by Zach Miller
Quick Summary
Come to Andersen Library on the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus on February 19 for light refreshments, conversation, and brief remarks by local artists and scholars who have worked with the Givens Collection as researchers and artists in residence. Established in 1986, the Givens Collection is a community resource for collecting, preserving, and making accessible nearly 250 years of works by African American authors, playwrights, artists, and more.
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This event is free and open to the public. Please register online with Eventbrite.
About the Event
What: Givens Collection Open House
When: Sunday, February 19, 2017, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Please note updated date & time)
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, Givens Suite, Room 120
Enjoy light refreshments, conversation, and brief remarks by local artists and scholars who have worked with the Givens Collection as researchers and artists in residence.
This is also your chance to:
- Hold a first edition of the first book published by an African American writer, Phillis Wheatley’s 1773 Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral!
- View ephemera from Minnesota’s hip-hop community!
- Explore the archives of Penumbra Theatre!
About the Collection
Established in 1986, the Givens Collection is a community resource for collecting, preserving, and making accessible nearly 250 years of works by African American authors, playwrights, artists, and more.
Since 2014, the Collection has partnered with Penumbra Theatre Company to lead a national digital initiative that facilitates access to African American history and culture, Umbra Search African American History (umbrasearch.org), an online search tool that brings together more than 400,000 digital objects from over 1,000 US libraries and archives.
