Are you interested in Early Modern Japan, the history of the Jesuits, or 17th and 18th century books? Our spring quarter exhibit has it all! This exhibit shares A&SC rare book collections related to St. Francis Xavier, one of the founders of the Jesuits and first missionaries to Asia. It includes works on his life […]
A&SC Women Religious Archives Winter Exhibit This winter, we are featuring an exhibit drawn from our new Women Religious Archives on the uniforms of various Catholic women religious orders, referred to as their habits. Curated by archivist Bess Pittman, the exhibit highlights materials in SCU Archives & Special Collections from the Holy Union Sisters, the […]
Our summer exhibit is inspired by these free, public theatrical productions, offering a repertoire of rare books from Santa Clara University Library’s Special Collections. Much like Shakespeare in the Park theatrical productions, the books on display reflect the creative variations in different styles and approaches to these cultural works. Each editor, illustrator and printer adapted and reworked their source material for their own times and audiences.
Every so often here in the archives, we come across something that doesn’t seem to make sense. Sometimes this is because history surprises us, and sometimes it is because something isn’t quite right. This particular case is a little bit of both. A little backstory: The Slotkin Collection We are currently processing The Slotkin Collection, […]
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! To celebrate, we have curated a new exhibit, Colonial Mexico & Early Print, that draws from our collection of rare books featuring the cultures, geography, flora and fauna of Mexico. Many of these books were collected by the Franciscans in Santa Clara’s mission era, although some were acquired after the founding […]
SCU Archives & Special Collections has recently added several works to support the teaching of 18th century Black authors, including texts by or about Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) and Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780). A distinctive feature of these 18th century publications is the repeated inclusion of testimonials that insist upon the authenticity of the […]
People often say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but I think that we all do. The cover helps us to focus our interest when looking into a sea of books. There are paperback and hard covers, there are solid and graphic covers, there are covers with images and there are covers with art. […]
I’m not the all-knowing anarchist. I’m just Lee, living day to day in a concrete cage while these life-stealing monsters try to shorten my life expectancy and decimate my hopes and dreams for the future. I’m just trying to leave something positive behind in the wake of my solitary confinement.” – Lisa “Lee” Savage (Tenacious […]
Over the past few months, the Santa Clara Early Modern Book Initiative has been working on something new! As quarantine has made it impossible for us to set foot in SCU’s Archives & Special Collections for our usual tasks, we’ve shifted gears to work on a project that will shine a light on a long-forgotten […]
Happy holidays and season’s greetings from SCU Archives & Special Collections! Although we can’t join all of you in person, we’d love to share with you some holiday cheer from our vault. To start with a Christmas classic, SCU Archives & Special Collections is pleased to have a copy of A Christmas Carol, by Charles […]
