Library News
November 13, 2023
“Leading the Way Out of the Fire” by Paige Braddock (Rising from the Ashes: The Chimney Tops 2 Wildfires in Memory and Art, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee Libraries) On this seventh anniversary of the deadly wildfire that ravaged Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains in 2016, UT...
November 10, 2023
Cormac McCarthy UT Libraries has acquired photos, letters, and postcards from the widow of Jim Long, the Knoxville man on whom writer Cormac McCarthy based one of the memorable characters of his novel Suttree. The collection includes Long’s inscribed first edition of Suttree; a photo of Long and McCarthy as youngsters at St. Ma...
November 10, 2023
The Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library has digitized its entire collection of University of Tennessee theses and dissertations, making the work of UT graduates visible to scholars around the globe. Theses and dissertations in veterinary medicine and agriculture disciplines that were formerly housed at Pendergrass Library are now available online through TRAC...
November 2, 2023
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers can apply for funds to archive and share their data. The Data Archiving and Sharing Fund assists UT Knoxville researchers in openly archiving and preserving data sets by providing up to $250 toward depositing a data set in the data repository Dryad. The fund is supported in full by the University of Tennessee Libraries. Dryad ...
October 31, 2023
The costumed human who portrays the Vols’ beloved canine mascot at sports events has undergone many makeovers over the years. Smokey’s earliest human namesakes certainly looked nothing like a Bluetick Coonhound! The canine Smokey himself joined the team in 1953. After some deliberation, the UT Pep Club settled on a hound as the most appropriate mascot for the Volunteers — narrow...
October 31, 2023
What is the Library Storage Annex (LSA)? The Library Storage Annex is a facility that will provide for the storage of important physical library materials that need to be retained and preserved but that are not used often enough to require storage in Hodges or one of our branch libraries. Many universities host versions of an LSA, often referred to by the more generic term o...
October 31, 2023
Dean of Libraries Steve Smith Dean of Libraries Steve Smith recently shared his hopes and vision for the new Library Storage Annex—a modern climate-controlled facility that will house special collections materials; the University of Tennessee Archives; the Modern Political Archives; important but little-used items from the gene...
October 23, 2023
Artist Joe Delaney contemplates one of his in-process canvases (Alex Haley Papers, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, UT Libraries) The art of Knoxville-born artist Joseph Delaney is the featured display in the Special Collections Reading Room, first floor of Hodges Library. The exhibit includes fi...
October 18, 2023
President John F. Kennedy signing legislation that allocated funds for new community mental health centers. Photograph by Abbie Rowe, 1963. Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum A national exhibition examining the nation’s past responses to mental health and current approaches to care will be on display at UT Libraries ...
October 5, 2023
The Modern Political Archives (MPA) will close as of Monday, October 9, for about two to three years. The MPA collections, which have been housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, will be placed in secure storage until completion of the planned Libraries Storage Annex, a modern climate-controlled facility that also will house special collecti...
September 22, 2023
Beauford Delaney (Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator) The Delaney Legacy Committee invites the public to the Knoxville Museum of Art on Thursday, October 19, 2023, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., to learn about exciting plans to promote and preserve the legacies of Beauford and Joseph...
August 31, 2023
Cartoon by Paige Braddock (Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee Libraries) Editorial cartoons from the UT Libraries’ special collections are currently on display in Hodges Library. The Art of the Editorial Cartoon spotlights the work of Paige Braddock, Charlie Daniel, and Ed Gamble. Thre...
August 30, 2023
On September 2, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He spoke to a crowd of thousands assembled at Newfound Gap, at the state line between Tennessee and North Carolina. Celebrate by visiting the UT Libraries’ online digital collections for some stunning photographs of the Smokies over the decades. The fourteen collec...
August 18, 2023
NetID/Password Required for Online Access — On Campus or Off. Starting this August, students, faculty and staff will be required to use their NetID and password to access UT Libraries’ electronic resources — whether resources are accessed while on campus or from an off-campus location. The Libraries is making this change to address potential issues that could arise from privacy ...
August 18, 2023
The Clarence Brown Film Festival continues this weekend with more screenings of the legendary Hollywood director’s films. Clarence Brown’s papers reside at the University of Tennessee Libraries. Top: Clarence Brown directing Greta Garbo and Fredric March in “Anna Karenina.” Bottom left: Lobby card for “The Ye...