Category: Collections and Acquisitions

October is LGBTQ History Month, and it’s the perfect opportunity to explore the online tool Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis. The...

Thanks to a generous gift from alumnus Daniel J. Smith (BA economics ’85) and Linda Way-Smith, we were able to...

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association (ALA) that celebrates the freedom to...

On August 19th HBO Max premiered the documentary special Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground. The new program is directed...

We are thrilled to be adding the Charles Johnson Papers to the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections and to...

Spencer Thornton Banks was a Black commercial artist. He was born on June 5, 1912, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and moved...

Have you ever wondered what Washington University faculty do with their papers when they retire? Some donate their materials to...

The Washington University Libraries recently acquired the Charles Johnson Papers, an archival collection of materials related to the life and...

In summer 2020, officials from Evanston, Illinois, reached out to local historians and asked for a report compiling evidence of...

The D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library (DMGHL) recently acquired the John Held Jr. Collection, an archive of material belonging...

University Archives is comprised of more than 300 unique collections that chronicle the history of Washington University from 1853 to...

The jeweled binding, also known as the treasure binding, is a form of bookbinding that emerged during the Middle Ages...