Spoken word performer and hip-hop artist Black Atticus will perform at the John C. Hodges Library on Thursday, March 31, 2022. His appearance will feature the first public performance of an original song inspired by materials in UT’s Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives. Registration is now open. Black Atticus is a local … Continued
What services and resources are important to our library users, and how successfully do the libraries deliver them? Many library users will soon receive an email invitation from Louis Becker, Assessment Programs Librarian for UT Libraries, to participate in an online survey designed to answer those questions. On February 9th, invitations will go out to random samples of faculty, undergraduates, graduate … Continued
Did inflammatory political rhetoric incite an insurrection at the US Capitol in 2021? Join us on February 17 to hear two scholars of communication studies analyze the political rhetoric surrounding the events of January 6. Lucas Logan and Jeremy Rogerson will be our guests on the next episode of For Your Reference, the UT Libraries’ original … Continued
Cartoonists Paige Braddock, Marshall Ramsey, and Danny Wilson have used their skills as illustrators and artists to document the experiences of those who lived through the Chimney Tops II wildfires that swept through the Great Smoky Mountains in 2016. Join us on Thursday, February 10, at 6:30 p.m. (EST) for a conversation with the artists. … Continued
Save the Date for the 2022 Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. (EST). Join us for a conversation with author Kathleen Dean Moore and WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper. We will hear the author’s current concerns as an environmental philosopher; an interview and audience questions will follow. This virtual event is … Continued
Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War by Lawrence Lee Hewitt has been named Book of the Year by Civil War Books and Authors, an influential blog run by Andrew J. Wagenhoffer that reviews non-fiction books on the American Civil War. In 1978, Lawrence Lee Hewitt became the first manager of … Continued
University of Tennessee Libraries recently unveiled nine new digital collections featuring media guides from a wide variety of athletic programs that are filled with stats and stories all Volunteer fans are sure to enjoy. The digitization of these athletic guides was a helpful learning experience for all involved. The project itself allowed all members to … Continued
November 30, 2021—An oral history project led by the University of Tennessee Libraries records the lived experiences of the Chimney Tops 2 wildfires that swept through Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains five years ago. Today the UT Libraries launched a website that shares interviews collected by Rising from the Ashes: The Chimney Tops 2 … Continued
“For future generations, I think it’s really important for them to understand that in times of trouble, people do come together.” Fran Day of the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts was recalling the Chimney Tops 2 wildfires that in 2016 ravaged the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding communities. Her video recorded comments … Continued
UT faculty members Erin Darby and Theodora Kopestonsky will be our guests on the upcoming November 18 episode of For Your Reference, the UT Libraries’ original livestream series featuring conversations with guest scholars, and will be discussing archaeology and material culture. Darby is an associate professor of Early Judaism, and Kopestonsky is a distinguished lecturer … Continued