Digital Exhibits
A history of digital exhibitions curated from collections held within or cultivated by the WashU Libraries.
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More than Talking Heads details the production, original use, and recent restoration of the 183 unedited interviews conducted for the second series of the pivotal civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize. When done properly, as they were in Eyes on the Prize, the documentary interview is a highly skilled and deeply researched method of constructing historical evidence through personal testimony.
Before publishers started mass producing books with standardized bindings, owners took their books to be bound individually according to their tastes and budget. Intricately cut colors of leather, gold tooling, silver, ivory, and even gemstones would adorn the covers of these highly prized books. The Bound for Beauty exhibition explores the most beautiful books in the University Libraries’ collections—both miniature and average size—and the decorative techniques used to produce such beauty.
This digital exhibit is a companion to an onsite exhibit and reading event with acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Joy Williams. Joy Williams is the author of four novels and five short-story collections and WashU Libraries is home to the Joy Williams Papers, a major milestone for its Modern Literature Collection. and she has a long-standing connection to other writers in the Modern Literature Collection and Washington University’s Writer’s Program.
Washington University Libraries' permanent exhibition, A Declaration, spotlights a rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence printed by Solomon Southwick in Newport, Rhode Island. This digital version of A Declaration and its auxiliary companions archives the physical exhibits and will be updated as new projects are completed.
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