Announcements

The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection at the Beinecke Library is pleased to announce that the Richard Bruce Nugent Papers are now available for research. A detailed list of materials in the archive can be found here:  Richard Bruce Nugent Papers (JWJ MSS 92).

C. S. Giscombe, Poetry Reading Thursday, October 18th, 4:00pm Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu

Arnold Rampersad “Reflections on Nationalism and Literature” Tuesday, September 18, 4pm Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street James Weldon Johnson Memorial Lecture  Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu

The Yale Collection of American Literature Welcomes Donald C. Gallup Fellowship in American literature Alexander Runchman, Trinity College Dublin. Fellowship research: Delmore Schwartz's 'International Consciousness'

The Beinecke library is pleased to announce that the Solomon Sir Jones film collection is now available for research; the films can be viewed online from the library's web page:  SOLOMON SIR JONES FILMS, 1924-1928. The Solomon Sir Jones films consist of 29 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928. The films measure 12,800 feet (355 min).

Beinecke Library announces the opening of its latest web exhibition, Exile as Destiny: Czesław Miłosz and America. The web gallery includes selections from the full exhibition, which was on view October 24 through December 17, 2011.