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Elaine Tennant named new Bancroft Library director
Elaine Tennant, a medieval and early modern specialist in the German and Scandinavian departments at the University of California, Berkeley, will become the James D. Hart Director of UC Berkeley’s...
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In a stunning Bancroft photo archive, ghosts of the Spanish Civil War
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Cal alum Robert Ropert, writing in California Magazine, describes his accidental discovery of a stunning trove of photos...
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ROHO staffer on Richmond’s remarkable boxcar village
One of the migrations detailed in the Bancroft Library's "California Crossings" exhibit is that of Pueblo Indians who, upon arriving in the Bay Area, were housed in a Richmond "boxcar village."...
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‘Everyday Dogs’ book depicts allure of man’s best friend
New book drawn from the Bancroft Library's vast Pictorial Collection celebrates the powerful connections between people and pets.
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Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures
Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.
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A taste of Chez Panisse history
It's tough to rustle up a new story about the most written-about restaurant in Berkeley, but California magazine has dipped deep into the Chez Panisse archive at the Bancroft Library and come up with a...
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The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to welcome the public to its new home with a Jan. 22 open house.
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Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to open Jan. 22
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city’s burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan....
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Long on the move, Bishop Berkeley finds a home at Doe
An 1873 portrait of the campus's namesake, in storage for 15 years, will hang permanently in the Heyns Room of Doe Library. The painting by John Weir is part of the permanent collection of the Berkeley...
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Mystery, murder on show in ‘Bullets Across the Bay’
Exhibit on locally themed mystery fiction, in Doe Library's Brown Gallery, is set to close Feb. 29.
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Dignitaries dedicate campus’s renovated Matsui Center
Students, faculty and state dignitaries lauded the Robert T. Matsui Center’s work promoting public service, policy research and education during a special event highlighting recent renovations.
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Bancroft showcases rare collection of Shakespeare works
The mini-exhibit features four bound editions of collected plays printed in folio format during the 17th century.
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Never-before-released Toklas oral history highlights exhibit of Bancroft...
A Bancroft Library exhibit opening April 4 provides a salon-like setting for conversations about the artistic contributions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual artists through the years.
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Hoover slept here (and other campus visits by U.S. presidents, sitting and...
A new library exhibit takes a look back at U.S. presidents, past, present and future, who have lunched, spoken and, yes, napped at UC Berkeley.
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Alumnus and Japanese-American WWII vet Kenji Sayama donates Congressional...
Kenji Sayama, who attended UC Berkeley in wartime and after, donated to Bancroft Library the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him and other Japanese-American soldiers from World War II.
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Picturing UC’s future: position sousaphones, reshoot, remix
At a precise location near Sather Gate, members of the Cal Band gamely shouldered their instruments Monday for a technically demanding photo op. The goal: to recreate a shot taken close to half a...
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UC Berkeley, as seen through Ansel Adams’ camera
Legendary photographer Ansel Adams shot thousands of photos of Berkeley and the other UC campuses during the 1960s, and now a photo book based on the collection, "Fiat Lux," is going out to all...
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The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life fall programming announced
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley’s Bancroft Library opens its fall season on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
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New oral history online: Warren Hellman talks about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Catch the late Warren Hellman talking about his Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in this video clip from The Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office.
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A student view of campus life in the ’80s (as in 1880s)
Letters penned by Elmer R. Drew, a UC Berkeley undergraduate in the 1880s, offers a snapshot of California, and campus life, of yesteryear: camping in Hetch Hetchy Valley, cart wheels atop the gym, a...
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