Penn State Alumni Library

LIBRARY EVENTS and EXHIBITS
through 9/19/08
In Sickness and In Health: The History of University Health Services on display in the HUB-Robeson Galleries' exhibit cases and Robb Hall, Hintz Alumni Center.

through 8/29/08
Faster, Higher and Stronger: The Modern Olympic Games features the extensive personal Olympic collection of Penn State Alumnus Harold Wilson '51, and includes rare and valuable items dating back to the 1912 Stockholm Games. Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library.

through 8/8/08
My Beloved Cartoonists: Original Cartoon Art from Fred Waring's America includes a selection from the collection of more than 500 items housed in Fred Waring's America, 313 Pattee Library, west. Main exhibit hall, Pattee Library.

Note: all items updated bi-monthly, July 2008

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Penn State in China collections fill gaps for Chinese University

Researchers from the South China Agricultural University (SCAU) recently visited Penn State’s Special Collections Library to examine and copy materials from collections that are helping them to... (read more)

Modern Olympic Games Highlights Penn State Participants

"Faster, Higher and Stronger: The Modern Olympic Games," featuring the personal Olympic collection of Penn State Alumnus Harold (Hal) Wilson '51, is on display in the Frank and Mary J. Smeal Foundation Exhibits Hall, 104 Paterno Library, through September 17...
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Chinese Furniture

The Chinese Furniture, made of teak wood and inlaid with marble, came to the University in 1929 as a gift of alumni ...
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Years Ago... in the Historical Digital Collegian

Some great athletes are born; others excel through athletic skill combined with sheer hard work and determination. The Historical Digital Collegian pages allow us to see Penn State’s Olympic athletes more clearly and to better understand the hallmark of Penn State’s athletes is their commitment to ... (read more)

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Being a Good Ambassador for China

Joseph Fennewald, Penn State Hazleton

The Shout Heard Round the World

Carol Wright, University Park

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