Announcing the Creation of the
Modern Graphic History Library

The Modern Graphic History Library is a new collaborative effort of the Washington University Libraries' Department of Special Collections and the College & Graduate School of Art, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The Modern Graphic History Library acquires and preserves distinguished works of modern illustration and pictorial graphic culture to promote sustained academic consideration of those materials. The collection includes artists' working materials, sketches, and finished artworks - from book, magazine, and advertising illustration to graphic novels, comics, poster design, pictorial information design, and animation.

Exhibitions

Highlights from the Modern Graphic History Library
Ginkgo Reading Room & Grand Staircase Lobby, John M. Olin Library, Level 1
This exhibition features selections from some of the many collections that are part of the Modern Graphic History Library. It will run from November 16 until January 13, 2008.

Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's Magazine, 1940-1960
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
This exhibition presented by the Kemper Art Museum will run from November 16 through January 28, 2008. It features holdings from the Al Parker Collection in Washington University Libraries' Special Collections. The exhibition was first organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Date of announcement: 11/16/2007