Liberation Heroes
Recently Chapman University’s and the Leatherby Libraries Center for American War Letters Archives contributed some materials to a documentary that in conjunction with June Beallor Productions and the USC Shoah Foundation. The documentary, entitled “Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses,” aired May 1 on the Discovery Channel. This is a documentary about the liberation of concentration
New Materials for June
Summertime is here! Take advantage of the long summer days by checking out our newest materials and joining the Community of Readers. In the mood for poetry? Read translated poems from around the world in Strange Harbors and Masks. Did you know that we have a special collection featuring authors who are Chapman alumni? See
The Chapman University Pennant Scales El Capitan
Panthers: have you ever found yourself on the second floor of the Leatherby Libraries, between the Doy and Dee Henley Library of Social Sciences and the Donna Ford and Fahmy Attallah, Ph.D. Library of Arts and Humanities, gazing at a wall full of pictures of mountain climbers? You’ve encountered the Doti-Struppa Mountaineering Alcove, which honors
A Poem About Saying Nothing
During the Second World War, correspondence with loved ones back home was highly encouraged to boost morale and remind the home front of the people for whom they were working so hard. At the same time, however, military censorship evolved beyond the previous great war due to new intelligence gathering methods by the enemy. Anything
Read Along with the Leatherby Libraries' "Community of Readers" This Summer!
Planning to do any beach reading this summer? Think you’ll use your downtime to catch up on classic novels, or even graphic novels? Join the Community of Readers (CoR) and earn prizes as you read! The Leatherby Libraries has hosted Community of Readers for eleven years now. The program is open to anyone with a Leatherby Libraries account – that includes
Top Notch Undergraduate Researchers Honored
This Monday, members of the Leatherby Libraries and Chapman University community gathered to celebrate the winners of the Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize. Kevin Ross, Associate Dean of the Leatherby Libraries, and his wife Tam, have been sponsoring this contest for a number of years. Kevin and Tam see information literacy as a
The Earliest Evidence of Shakespeare in America
On Wednesday, May 1st, an audience gathered in the Center for American War Letters Archives to hear the second annual John and Margaret Class Lecture. Kenneth Karmiole, Santa Monica-based rare bookseller, had come to talk about a unique book he’d picked up at a book fair a few years back. What started out as an
New Materials for May
Happy Finals Week! Whether you are looking for resources for your final research paper or need a quick break from studying, come take a look at some of our newest acquisitions. May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Increase your knowledge of Asian history by checking out Visual arts, representations and interventions in contemporary China or Bamboo
From Jim Crow to Our Altar Murals: Reflections of Our Past and Present, Building for Our Future
On Saturday, April 27th, the Attallah College of Educational Studies hosted their 4th Annual Education and Ethnic Studies Summit. The theme of this year’s summit was “Ethnic Studies Community Movements: From Resistance to Policy.” As a part of the summit, the Leatherby Libraries hosted a reception celebrating the opening of an art exhibition by students
Library Study Carrel Named for Vidal Arroyo '19
When Vidal Arroyo arrived at the Leatherby Libraries on the morning of Thursday, May 2, he thought he was just going to have a chat with the Dean of the Leatherby Libraries Charlene Baldwin. After all, when they’d met at the inaugural Chapman University Phi Beta Kappa ceremony the week before, Dean Baldwin had chatted