This year marks a monumental milestone for the William D. Walsh Family Library, as it has been one quarter of a century since the building first opened its doors in the Fall of 1997. There is no better way to commemorate this historic birthday of our beloved building than by launching the library-wide campaign – Walsh25!
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Fordham University Libraries has a wide range of materials, from print books to electronic resources, to explore women’s history and activism. Whether you typically visit the library online or regularly visit our libraries in person, we hope the items curated below pique your interest.
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What better way to celebrate than to engage with historical records that center the Black experience in America? These digital collections – available through Fordham University Libraries – are great places to do so.
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Happy New Year and Happy Public Domain Day! Find out which titles are now in the public domain.
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September is Library Card Sign-up Month, so now is the perfect time to unlock new worlds at your nearest public library. For those of you who live, work, or attend school in New York state, we have great news – you are eligible to sign up for a New York Public Library card! This post covers how and why to get your NYPL card.
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Friday, September 17th, 2021 marks Constitution Day, a celebration of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787. Stop by Walsh Library this week and look for “Little Ben” to grab some Constitution Day freebies.
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Juneteenth originated in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 when Union Army General Granger issued General Order No. 3, relaying the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. This announcement came more than a month after the official end of the Civil War and over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
To commemorate Juneteenth, this post features a selection of resources highlighting music, first-person accounts from former enslaved individuals, and the gradual abolition of slavery in New York State.
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Pride Month is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, a series of protests beginning in the early hours of June 28, 1969 in response to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the West Village. In this post, discover primary resources covering the Stonewall Riots and New York City’s first annual Pride marches, known as Christopher Street Liberation Day.
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The month of May is unearthing a plethora of complexity within the Fordham community. The pandemic is over a year old, vaccine research brings both promise and hesitancy, the days grow longer and warmer, and in the midst of all this we find ourselves celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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We are pleased to share that the Fordham Museum has been featured in the April 2021 edition of Connections, published by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU). Written by Curator of University Art Jennifer Udell, Ph.D., the article explores a new student-curated exhibit, “Facing the Past: Reexamining the Modern History of Objects in the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art.”
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