Woodlawn Cemetery is now a National Historic Landmark! On June 30, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that Woodlawn was one of 14 new national historic landmarks! Cited for its landscape and architectural design, Woodlawn’s application was strengthened by the archival documentation of its monuments, which are now housed in Avery’s Drawings […]
Avery Lib. Drawings & Archives: Madame C.J. Walker
A’Lelia Bundles, a Columbia University Trustee, Friends of Woodlawn Trustee, author, and granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker, posted this on her blog. (“Madam Walker Essay” from www.madamcjwalker.com by A’Lelia Bundles). –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Library Drawings & Archives on the Road
Here are some of the current exhibitions to which Avery Library Drawings & Archives has contributed material: San Diego Museum of Art Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement. June 18-September 11, 2011 6 drawings from Avery’s Gustav Stickley collection Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Palladio and His […]
Avery Index Expands Access to Full-Text Journals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals has expanded its direct online access to full-text scholarly journal articles by taking advantage of coded links provided by selected publishers. These links, identified by a DOI (digital object identifier) are “names” assigned to “entities” for use on digital networks. Information about a digital object may change over time, […]
Happy Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright
Happy Birthday to Frank Lloyd Wright (8 June 1867–9 April 1959). Avery Library has many Wright drawings and archival holdings. Flickr photo: Universal Pop. […]
Burlington Magazine Online Index Now Available
Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. has created an Online Index which includes the entire content of The Burlington Magazine dating from March 1903 to December 1987, with additional coverage to 2002 in progress. The Burlington Magazine has been a major source of scholarly art historical research since its inception, and has been indexed to a greater […]
Avery Index changes
Avery Index will be among the products migrated to EBSCOhost as a result of the EBSCO – WilsonWeb merger announced today. We do not have a migration schedule yet, but WilsonWeb subscribers should not experience any suspension of access to the Avery Index during this transition period. Please see the EBSCO – WilsonWeb Merger […]
4 DAYS LEFT! RENEW NOW!
If you are planning on charging books to your shelf or carrel during the Summer, please renew both the shelf/carrel and the books on it by Friday June 3. Books with green Spring flags will be cleared on Monday June 5. Now is also a good time to return those books from other Libraries, BorrowDirect […]
Happy 85th Birthday to Miles Davis!
His fans will make the pilgrimage to his monument in Woodlawn Cemetery today where he is buried near jazz greats Duke Ellington, Celia Cruz, and Illinois Jacquet. An alternative design for his monument can be found in Avery Library’s Drawings & Archives Woodlawn Cemetery archive. –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Library New Summer Hours
Avery Library has new summer hours.Come visit!! […]