The latest display to be presented in Leatherby Libraries is that of La Frontera – The Border. Since the beginning of the year, La Frontera has presented on campus as part of a year-long initiative to explore the concept of borders and the many issues that surround the US-Mexico border. This display presents many different books
Earlier this week, a crowd filled in the Center for American War Letters Archives on the lower level of the Leatherby Libraries, ready for a Monday evening of poetry. Part of both Tabula Poetica, Chapman University’s Center for Poetry, and La Frontera – The Border: An Interdisciplinary Examination, the event was a reading by poet
On August 18, 1920, Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, which guaranteed women’s constitutional right to vote. This display, in the hallway leading from the lobby to the Lewis Family Lounge on the first floor of the Leatherby Libraries, chronicles the struggle for voting rights and first sixty years of the women’s movement in the United
Earlier this year, the Cal Poly Pomona California Center for Ethics and Policy and Veterans Resource Center received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead a series of dialogues about the California experience of war. One contingency of the grant was that some of the dialogues take place off of the
Since 2013, the Leatherby Libraries has enjoyed collaborating with Sikhlens, The World’s Premier Sikh Film Festival, an organization based in Orange County focused on showcasing talent from the Sikh community and educating the community at large about Sikhs and Sikhism. From showcasing some of the festival’s excellent art exhibits to helping kick off each November’s
Last year, the Leatherby Libraries helped organize the first ever Orange County Archives Bazaar, which was a smashing success. This year, we are happy to be participating again in this excellent cultural heritage event, which will take place on Saturday, October 26th, from 11 AM to 5 PM at the Hilbert Museum of California Art.
The Leatherby Libraries is happy to share that we are collaborating with the Cal Poly Pomona California Center for Ethics and Policy and Cal Poly Pomona Veterans Resource Center to host one of the dialogues in their “The American War Experience through California Voices” series. The discussion, which will take place on Tuesday, September 24th,
This week marked the opening of a new academic year. Classes are back in session, friends are re-connecting across campus, and the Starbucks is busy again. The Leatherby Libraries helped welcome a whole new crop of Panthers to the Chapman University community last week as a part of Fall Orientation 2019. We connected with first
Chapman’s summer reading program, Community of Readers (CoR), is twelve years strong and has reached a milestone of 1,720 titles reviewed since its initial program kickoff in 2007. Back then, 18 eager participants from across campus dove into 90 book titles, including some from President Emeritus Doti’s summer reading list. Concluding in August, CoR 2019
A somewhat unusual audience crowded the fourth floor lobby of the Leatherby Libraries Saturday evening, chatting, enjoying refreshments on the terrace, and, most importantly, taking turns making their way through the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections & Archives. The crowd, made up mostly of current and former “scenesters” (people associated with a particular