Category: Special Collections and Archives

Earlier this year I curated a pop-up exhibition of Ediciones Vigía artists’ books as part of my Ellin M. Kelly Internship in Special Collections and Archives. The exhibit, which ran from May 21st—22nd, featured twenty-two Cuban artists’ books from the 1990s. In Cuba during the 1980s, mass-produced paperbacks were the

Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity as an Ellin M. Kelly Intern to curate materials for a pop-up exhibition and special event featuring Sister Helen Prejean. This post focuses on the legacy of Sr. Helen as an advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, the recent release of

Earlier this spring, I curated an exhibit as part of my Ellin M. Kelly Internship in Special Collections and Archives highlighting local, underground newspapers from our collections.  This post focuses on the artwork of the The Chicago Seed, which is available for research in our Reading Room. With popping colors, swirling

Special Collections and Archives announces the launch of a new digital resource, the Slavery Acknowledgement Project. The Slavery Acknowledgement Project improves access to 19th-century handwritten documents that present evidence of slaveholding and the use of enslaved labor in the foundation and early operation of Vincentian educational institutions in Missouri from

A good house is one you send love letters from; good news, standing, withstanding. More to come. Block Island, a collection of poetry originally published in 1985, has been given new life by editors Susan Hagedorn and Carla Berrigan. The above poem, which graces the book jacket of this thoughtfully

As part of her Ellin M. Kelly internship within DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives, intern Kiara Ruiz reflects on her time spent “getting to know” the Berrigan brothers via their papers and personal library. The collections of Daniel Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, and Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister represent only a

Anthony Rayson is a writer, artist, activist, and self-proclaimed anarchist. Along with creating and authoring zines, he collaborates with incarcerated people in the creation, publication, and distribution of their own zines. In 1998 Rayson established the South Chicago ABC Zine Distro–a distribution network providing zines to incarcerated people for free

As part of the Ellin M. Kelly Internship program, current interns Sarah Wilson and Kiara Ruiz were able to shadow and assist in an instruction session in Special Collections and Archives. Kiara Ruiz describes this instruction session below.  On May 8th, Special Collections and Archives (SPCA) had the opportunity to

DePaul University Special Collections and Archives celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with a pop-up event curated by Ellin M. Kelly Intern Sarah Wilson on Thursday, May 29th. The exhibit highlighted the wide-ranging interests and experiences of the AAPI diaspora through artists’ books from Asian American artists.

The DePaul University Library celebrated National Library Week on April 9th with activities focusing on some popular materials and offerings in the library, such as comics, games, vinyl records, and table-top role playing games. Special Collections and Archives created a companion pop-up exhibit focusing on pop-culture items from our collection