The Libraries have multiple exhibition opportunities to support curricular and co-curricular learning from pop-up exhibits to comprehensive gallery installations. For more information, please consult our proposal guidelines and timeline recommendations and curator responsibilities. You can also fill out our modest proposal form or feel free to contact Terry Snyder, Sarah Horowitz, or your subject librarian.
What is a space? It seems obvious, particularly in relation to Haverford College. Every part of campus is a space of some sort. But what about the parts of our campus that aren’t clearly defined as places? This exhibit examines how past generations of students have engaged with and in these in-between spaces–turning them into places.
September 2022—March 2023
Curated by Emma Scharff ‘25 as part of the Documenting Student Life Summer 2022 Internship.
Enduring Presence 2023: Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Art showcases contemporary Lenape artistry in PA.
January—July 2023
Curated by Adam Waterbear DePaul and Lily Sweeney ‘23 with Digital Exhibit Curator Alex Rodriguez-Gomez ‘23.
Curated by Grace Thiele '17
This exhibit provides a biography of Hugh D. Vail, a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Haverford College in the 1800s and is comprised of letters, an obituary, a Quaker meeting's genealogy, and a diary entry.
Curated by Jordan Nieusma '14
This exhibit is made up of important and representative passages from the journals, letters, and memoirs of Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814).
Curated by John Anderies and Christopher Densmore
A joint digital project of Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library, this online projected coincided with an international conference on Quakers and slavery. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) was the first corporate body in Britain and North America to fully condemn slavery as both ethically and religiously wrong in all circumstances. It is in Quaker records that we have some of the earliest manifestations of anti-slavery sentiment, dating from the 1600s. After the 1750s, Quakers actively engaged in attempting to sway public opinion in Britain and America against the slave trade and slavery in general. At the same time, Quakers became actively involved in the economic, educational and political well being of the formerly enslaved.
Curated by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme '14 and co-curated by Thomas Littrell '15
This exhibit celebrates the 450th birthday of William Shakespeare through an exploration of the Shakespeare-related holdings of Haverford College's Special Collections.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.