The Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club was incorporated on November 21, 1986 with the goals and Objectives of : Implementing a Literacy Project with an emphasis on Creative Writing and Great Books; Establishing a Visiting lecturers and Artists series featuring outstanding scholars, poets, writers, cultural luminaries and thinkers; acquiring and maintaining a Physical Facility to house a massive library, meeting rooms, office space and a concert/performing theater; Developing and staffing a Junior Division for Young Aspiring Authors; Organizing a Literature Performance Troupe that can tour our communities and the world; and Participating in and contributing to other worthwhile Artistic Endeavors. This display celebrates the history and continued contributions of the EBR Writers Club.
This display highlights the history of the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club within the Eugene B. Redmond Collection.
Exhibit curated by Tiffany Dvorak and Katherine Knowles.
Exhibit curated by Therese Dickman, Tiffany Dvorak, and Doug Meyer (Library and Information Services)
Sponsored by SIUE Library and Information Services and SIUE University Museum
Featuring Materials from the Ruth Slenczynska Collection (SIUE) and the Dan Vizer Collection (SIUE)
Special thanks to Lydia Jackson, Jeffrey Brown, Ginger Stricklin, Erica Vandiver (Library and Information Services), Erin Vigneau-Dimick and Mike Whisenhunt (University Museum)
This display features amazing women that are included in materials from the Eugene B Redmond Collection. Women featured include: Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Madeline "Morningfire" Meyers. Toni Morrison, Tess Onwueme, Edna Patterson Petty, Darlene Roy, Sonia Sanchez, Barbara Ann Teer, Margaret Walker Alexander, Treasure Williams, and Oprah.
Exhibit curated by Katherine Knowles and Tiffany Dvorak
“Civil Rights legend Frankie Muse Freeman, who received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from SIUE during its May 2017 commencement exercise, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, in St. Louis. She was 101.
Freeman spent her lengthy career advocating for civil rights issues that have had a lasting impact at the local, regional and national levels.”
Saint Louis Post Dispatch Obituary
This February 2018 exhibit featured the Black Arts Movement and the connection with SIUE. This display featured works by Amiri Baraka and Dr. Howard Rambsy.
Images of exhibits and background articles, books, websites, special collections, and contact information consulted in the creation of exhibits in 2018.
"Between the Worldly and Spiritual: The Woman Poet As Metaphorical Witch by Allie Barrows
A English graduate masters theses in the form of a display in the Redmond Learning Center, August 2018. Allie shares insights on poems by Sappho, Sylvia Plath, Furugh Farrukhzad, and Ai Ogawa.
Special thanks to Dr. Jessica DeSpain, Dr. Heather Johnson, Dr. Elizabeth Cali (English Department, SIUE), Lora Del Rio and Tiffany Dvorak (SIUE Lovejoy Library) for their frequent, thorough, help and support.
Diversity day display celebrating “Modern Voices From Around the World” features biographies, documentaries, first person accounts and translations of experiences and cultures from around the world which are available at Lovejoy Library. The voices chosen represent individual experiences and interpretations. These perspectives do not encompass the wide variety of opinions, thoughts, or views of the country in which they are associated.
Makala: An Intimate Portrait of a Man Supporting His Family in Congo
In The Shadows: Undocumented Immigration in America
Documentary videos available on Kanopy
Exhibit curated by Therese Dickman, Tiffany Dvorak, and Doug Meyer (Library and Information Services)
Sponsored by SIUE Library and Information Services
Franklin Valiant, Jr.
Friends of Lovejoy Library
National Ragtime and Jazz Archive
Featuring donated materials from Jean Kittrell Music Collection, Don Franz, and Dotti Miller
Special thanks to Lydia Jackson, Jeffrey Brown, Ginger Stricklin, Bill Weidler, and Marlee Graser (Library and Information Services), Emily Warf and Dr. Cory Willmott (College of Arts and Sciences), and Erin Vigneau-Dimick and Mike Whisenhunt (University Museum)
Jean Kittrell's obituary in the Intelligencer Edwardsville, August 2018