“Bound to Maintain Them”: Prisoners of War and Humane Captivity in the German Empire, 1916-1917 is an exhibition of materials on loan to the Hartford Public Library, which are entirely from the papers of Jerome P. Webster, Trinity Class of 1910. As a special assistant to the American Ambassador in Berlin from March 1916 – March 1917, Dr. Webster inspected over 40 camps and medical facilities across the empire, and the collection holds reports, correspondence, and over 400 photographs related to these inspections.
Shown here installing the show in the Hartford History Center is volunteer curator and Trinity library staffer Jillian M. Hinderliter. From September to December the exhibition was displayed in the atrium of the Raether Library and Information Technology Center, and was one of the “walking tour” stops during President Berger-Sweeney’s inauguration.
The exhibition opens officially on January 9th, and copies of the published booklet, researched and written by Ms. Hinderliter, will be available.
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It is somehow fitting that my 300th post to this blog is about our student exhibition opening on Wednesday night (12/10), which was a solid success, and drew almost 30 students and staff who heard the presentations with interest.
Filling the occasional gaps in conversation, and providing an excellent backdrop as always, was our resident piano player Romulus Perez.
All six shows will be up through June 30th, and catalogs will be available for those who stop in to see them (Monday – Friday, 10:00am – 4:30 pm).
The shows are:
Voices for the Vote: What Women were Saying and Reading during the Fight for Suffrage (Gaia N. Cloutier ‘16)
The Impossibility of Translating Culture (Alix A. de Gramont ‘15)
Aotearoa: The Land of the Long White Cloud (Quirin A. Sackmann ‘15)
Vinegar Valentines (Meghan E. Shaw, graduate student)
Shall We Dance? The Evolution of Etiquette on the Dance Floor (Karen J. Tuthill-Jones, graduate student)
Functional Pottery in America (Mariah J. West, graduate student)
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From the Archivist’s Perspective: Feature Columns and Articles by Peter Knapp in the Trinity Reporter, 1976-2012
The Watkinson Library and Trinity College plan to publish a volume honoring the retirement of College Archivist Peter Knapp, which will occur on August 29, 2014. Mr. Knapp is himself a Trinity institution. Graduating with the Class of 1965, he received his M.A. in History from the University of Rochester and a Master’s in Library Science from Columbia University. He was hired by the Trinity College Library in 1968 as Head of Reference.
In 1972 Mr. Knapp also took on the development of the College Archives, and soon began writing articles on Trinity’s history for the Reporter. He would ultimately collaborate with his wife, Anne H. Knapp, to produce Trinity College in the Twentieth Century: A History (2000), intended as a second volume to Glen Weaver’s 1967 History of Trinity College.
The prospective publication of 40 short essays concerning Trinity history that Mr. Knapp wrote for the Trinity Reporter, including a few excerpts from Peter’s book-length study, also includes one original contribution never before published, on Trinity men who served in the Civil War (on both sides!).
More information about this publication is forthcoming!
Theodore Roosevelt speaks at Commencement
Building the Chapel
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I am pleased to announce the availability of copies of a limited, signed and numbered edition (1 through 30) of a 3-color lino-cut print by local artist Kait Lennon, a recent graduate of the University of Hartford Art School and a printer at Hartford Prints!
All proceeds from the sale of these prints will go toward the purchase of a copy of the first edition (1855) of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
The dimensions of the sheet are 9 x 12 inches, and the print itself is 8 x 10, ready-to-frame!
Cost: $150.00
Please e-mail richard.ring@trincoll.edu if you would like a copy.
Also available for those who donate to the Whitman:
On December 3, 2013, the students of Clare Rossini’s First-Year Seminar (“The Practice of Poetry”), having visited the Watkinson to compose lines of Whitman’s poetry in metal type the week before, went on a field trip to print keepsakes at Hartford Prints!, a local letterpress shop. The news article covering the event is here, and here are pics of the students printing.
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The Watkinson Library has recently published a memorial keepsake to honor the career and service of Donald Brown Engley, who was Librarian at Trinity College from 1951-1972, and a member of the Watkinson Board of Trustees from 1960-2004. This 18-page booklet with letterpress covers was printed in an edition of 250 copies, and designed and composed in Emerson types by Michael Russem of Kat Ran Press. For more information contact richard.ring@trincoll.edu.
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We have just published a new, full-color brochure, which gives a brief history of the Watkinson and an overview of the collections. This beautifully illustrated gem will be available very soon. Please e-mail me at richard.ring@trincoll.edu with your preferred mailing address for a copy.
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It is somehow fitting that my 300th post to this blog is about our student exhibition opening on Wednesday night (12/10), which was a solid success, and drew almost 30 students and staff who heard the presentations with interest.
The shows are:
