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Special Collections and University Archives is home to the Kelvin Smith Library’s rare books and manuscripts collections, and the records of Case Western Reserve University.
In the Freedman Center, the Digital Scholarship Team brings expertise and technology together in support of students, faculty and staff pursuing interdisciplinary, collaborative and experimental research and learning. Attend one (or all!) of the workshops available this fall that will allow you to explore new ways to advance your scholarship.
Cleveland Salon
Kelvin Smith Library, Special Collections, Hatch Reading Room, 2nd Floor
In the 1920s Cleveland, OH was an epicenter of modern artistic thought. The Cleveland Salon, 1920-1924 features work from painter William Sommer, poet Hart Crane, architect William Lescaze, and theater designer Richard Rychtarik. Featuring items from Kelvin Smith Library’s Hart Crane Collection, this exhibit shows how these artists influenced each other and their impact on national and international styles. Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections will host this exhibit, curated by Lawrence Waldman, Ph.D., from September 23, 2024 through December 6, 2024.
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KSL Collections Annex supports library storage on campus
Carefully tucked into the secure, climate- and humidity-controlled, renovated spaces in the basement of the building known as the 11000 Cedar Incubator are invaluable Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) resources for students, faculty, staff and the greater Case Western Reserve…
KSL team digitizes Forest City Hospital archives
The legacy of Forest City Hospital—an institution founded in 1957 by Black physicians to serve Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood—is now accessible online thanks to a team of experts at Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library (KSL).
Karamu Archives Research Wins Award
Karamu House, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is the oldest African American performing arts and community educational center in the United States. In 2021, Kelvin Smith Library acquired the theater’s archive, which includes a century’s worth of records documenting the…