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The DePaul University Library and DePaul’s Office of Mission and Values are proud to announce the digital publication of The Annals of the Congregation of the Mission: A Collection of Edifying Letters. Volumes may be viewed and downloaded for free at http://via.library.depaul.edu/annals_en/. The thirty-two volumes of The Annals (1894-1926) represent the
On Wednesday, January 25, DePaul University commemorates the 400th anniversary of a transformative moment in the life of St. Vincent: his sermon at the church in the French hamlet of Folleville. In 1617, Vincent was in the employ of the wealthy and powerful Gondi family as a tutor to their
The Congregation of the Mission, the religious community founded by St. Vincent de Paul in 1625, marks its 200th anniversary in America this year. In honor of this milestone, DePaul University Library and the Office of Mission and Values are proud to present The Bicentennial Celebration of the Vincentians
From Monday, June 27 through Friday, July 15, 2016, DePaul University will host the 42nd General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission. The Congregation of the Mission, whose members are commonly called the Vincentians, is a religious order of priests and brothers founded in France in 1617 by St.
OKPlease join us as the John T. Richardson Library presents Our Better Natures: Exploring the Labor Movement In Chicago, 1880-1920, a discussion about the Spring 2016 exhibit of the same name. In commemoration of May Day, the library welcomes Thomas Krainz, PhD, associate professor in DePaul’s Department of History, as
DePaul University Library is proud to present its new exhibit for Spring Quarter, Our Better Natures: Labor in Chicago, 1880-1920. 2016 marks the centennials of two important pieces of labor legislation: the Adamson Act, which established the eight-hour work day in the United States, and the short-lived Keating-Owen Act, the
DePaul is proud to be a contributor to a new website exploring French paleography from 1300-1700. The site, French Renaissance Paleography (http://paleography.library.utoronto.ca), was developed by the Newberry Library and supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. DePaul University Special Collections and Archives joins a number of
DePaul University Library is pleased to announce the opening of its new Fall Quarter exhibit, Banned, Censored, Challenged: Reading as a Subversive Activity. The exhibit, which is currently on display in the John T. Richardson Library’s first floor Information Commons, explores the act of banning or challenging books, and the
DePaul University Library Special Collections and Archives recently acquired the Charles L. Souvay Cuneiform Tablets Collection, an assortment of 94 clay cuneiform tablets up to 4,000 years old. Cuneiform is a Mesopotamian writing system that began being used around 3300 BCE in the region of Sumer, in modern Iraq. It
In 2014, DePaul University Library’s Special Collections and Archives became the new repository of the Charles L. Souvay Cuneiform Tablets Collection. This collection consists of 94 clay cuneiform tablets in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, the majority of which date to as early as 2300 BCE. Cuneiform, a Mesopotamian writing