A display of memorabilia belonging to Coach Hayes and his wife Anne is on display through February 28 in the Special Collections area on the first floor of the Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue.

The exhibit uses photographs, documents, books, and artifacts from the Wayne W. “Woody” Hayes Papers and other archival collections to tell the story of Hayes’ successful football coaching career at Ohio State as well as other less well known aspects of his life and career, such as his interest in military history and politics.

Some of the highlights include one of Hayes’ playbooks, family photos, letters from US Presidents Ford and Nixon, a piece of a goal post from the 1955 Rose Bowl, and the couch from Hayes’ office.

A second digital display, “Woody Hayes:  100 Years On and Off the Field,” recalls Hayes time at Ohio State, his education and military service, politics and philanthropy, and his family and friends.

Owens made history at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by winning four gold medals in track and field.  Owens spent much of his later life working with young people and serving as a goodwill ambassador for the Olympic movement and the United States.  His accomplishments will be explored in detail throughout the exhibit.  Highlights include Owens’ Olympic gold medals and diary, an Olympic torch from the 1936 Berlin Games, and Owens’ Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The exhibit will explore Owens’ legacy after his death in 1980 and explain his connection to today’s Olympic athletes.  Material from the 2012 London Olympics worn by an Ohio State University student-athlete will be included in the exhibit.

Additional information on Owens and his life are also available from the Archive’s web site.

The Thompson Library is located at 1858 Neil Avenue Mall at The Ohio State University.  Gallery Hours: Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon- 5 p.m.

For more information, please contact Tamar Chute (chute.6@osu.edu; 614-292-3271).

Gallery hours:
Monday-Wednesday, Friday: 10 am-6 pm;
Thursday, 10 am-8 pm;
Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Opening reception: Monday, September 10, 5:30-7 p.m.

“Dancing Dimensions: Movement through Time and Space” highlights dance and movement collections of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, ranging from an 18th-century French fan with dance scenes to a top hat from Chorus Line; from dance in notation to dance in 3D; costume and set designs to a costume that pirouettes and scenery. Through a variety of materials such as photographs, programs, posters, correspondence, video, and a mask, the exhibition will celebrate dance and movement artists and companies, international as well as those who have kept dance thriving in Ohio.

Contact:               Nena Couch (couch.1@osu.edu)

Phone:                 614-292-9606

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will exhibit some of the most finely choreographed cartoons on paper in the dance-related exhibition Line Dancing.

Image above: Howie Schneider (1930-2007).  Eek and Meek (detail),
January 16, 1983.  Ink on paper.  Howie Schneider Collection,
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

Line Dancing surveys dance in cartoon art to celebrate the renovation of Sullivant Hall, the future home of both the Department of Dance and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. The show includes a wide range of examples, from a 1788 print of A Cotillion – the precursor to the American Square-dance – to modern works like a jig being done by Charles Schulz’s Snoopy. Whether it’s a literal depiction of dance as an event, or the symbol of dance as metaphor, the works in the exhibition are moving. A special viewing is scheduled for Friday, November 16, in tandem with the Department of Dance performance of Dance Uptown in Mershon Auditorium.

Dancing Dimensions: Movement through Time and Space
September 5-December 30
Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 am-6 pm; Thursday, 10 am-8 pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 pm.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
Thompson Library Gallery, 1858 Neil Ave.

Dancing Dimensions: Movement through Time and Space is an exhibition at the OSU Libraries’ Thompson Library Gallery, September 5-December 30. The exhibition highlights dance and movement collections of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute. These range from an 18th-century French fan with dance scenes to a top hat from Chorus Line; from dance in notation to dance in 3D; costume and set designs to costumes and scenery. Through a variety of materials such as photographs, programs, posters, and correspondence the exhibition will celebrate dance and movement artists and companies, international as well as those who have kept dance thriving in Ohio. Bebe Miller’s work will be featured in the exhibition.

]]> http://library.osu.edu/blogs/librarynews/2012/08/08/exhibits-show-ohio-state-is-dancing/feed/ 0 http://library.osu.edu/blogs/librarynews/2012/06/06/842/ http://library.osu.edu/blogs/librarynews/2012/06/06/842/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:23:51 +0000 allen.916@osu.edu http://library.osu.edu/blogs/librarynews/?p=842 Chinese in Columbus: A History
Through August 15
Lower Level, Thompson Library
1858 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210

Contact:  Guoqing Li (李国庆): li.272@osu.edu

 The Ohio State University and the Chinese community in Columbus are celebrating the 200th anniversary of our City. Columbus offers Chinese Americans some of the best opportunities in a friendly environment that embraces cultural diversity.  This exhibition will share with the visitors some historical landmarks of Chinese Americans in Columbus.

This exhibit  was created by the Chinese in Columbus Committee:

• Yung-Chen Lu (鲁永振)
• Jason Ma (马京升)
• Chi-lin Yu (俞济琳)
• Siu-Leung Lee (李兆良)
• Kuang-hong Hsu (徐贯宏)
• Yuan-Fang Zheng (郑元芳)
• Guoqing Li (李国庆)
• Lin Xu (许琳)
• Max Xu (徐登科)
• Minru Li (李敏儒)

Sponsors:

• Chinese Culture Link, Inc.
• Ohio Contemporary Chinese School
• Asian Festival

Co-Sponsors:

• University Libraries, The Ohio State University
• Institute for Chinese Studies, OSU
• Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU
• Asian American Studies Program, OSU
• Department of History, OSU
• National East Asian Languages Resource Center, OSU
• Chinese Flagship Program, OSU

Thompson Library Gallery
1858 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH  43210

Opening Reception
Wednesday, May 9
5:30 p.m.
Thompson Library Gallery

Ohio is known as the “Mother of Presidents,” having been the home of eight chief executives.  One– Rutherford B. Hayes–had a special relationship with The Ohio State University.  As Governor, he urged the Ohio Legislature to found a new land-grant college funded by land sales under provisions of the federal Morrill Act of 1862.  The Cannon Act, creating the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, passed both houses in 1870.  Governor Hayes nominated the first trustees, one from each Ohio congressional district.  These trustees chose Columbus as the site for the college with a strong endorsement by the Governor.

This exhibit explores Rutherford B. Hayes’ life, from his birth to his death in Fremont at age 70, as told in captions to photographs, paintings, diplomas, letters, documents, clothing, and artifacts displayed on the walls and in cases.  It also illustrates his involvement with The Ohio State University.  The exhibit highlights the periods of Hayes’ life–childhood/education, lawyer, marriage/children, Civil War officer, Congressman, Governor, President, and retired statesman.

A small portion of the exhibit illustrates the creation and evolution of the nation’s first presidential library and museum at Spiegel Grove from its founding in 1916 to the present day with vintage and current photographs of the home, museum, library, grounds, tomb, and White House gates.

“Rutherford B. Hayes: Buckeye President” provides The Ohio State University community a greater appreciation for the contributions of the 19th president to his state, his nation, and Ohio State.

An exhibition of The Ohio State University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts and The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center.

The exhibit includes the diary of Mr. James Dunn, a Columbus native who served onboard the USS Mason. The Mason was one of two US Navy ships with largely African-American crews in World War II.

The display also includes literary works selected from the library’s Charvat Collection, from some of the Harlem Renaissance’s best known writers: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, and Claude McKay.

The exhibit pays tribute to Ruby Elzy.  Ms. Elzy was an Ohio State alumna and trailblazing soprano of the 1930s. She headlined at the Apollo and performed for First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House. George Gershwin handpicked Ms. Elzy to create the role of Serena in Porgy and Bess.

For more information, contact Jose O. Diaz, Ph.D., Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee,  Diaz.6@osu.edu,(614)-688-4649

Program
Gallery Talk
Thursday, February 16
4-5 p.m

The Ohio State University Libraries highlights John Glenn’s journey into outer space with a free exhibit, “Friendship 7 at 50: An Anniversary Celebration of John Glenn’s Historic Space Flight,” on display at the Thompson Memorial Library. In addition to the exhibit, the OSU Libraries will offer a free program on Glenn’s historic flight on Thursday, February 16, from 4-5 p.m., in the Thompson Library.

Using manuscripts, photographs and artifacts from the John Glenn Collection, the exhibit details Glenn’s selection and training as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, his Friendship 7 space mission, and the public acclaim following his return to Earth.  The exhibit includes several items pertaining to the historic flight, including the hand controller Glenn used to maneuver the capsule; a fragment of the booster rocket recovered in South Africa; a section of the umbilical cable that connected the rocket to the launch tower; a piece of the Friendship 7’s heat shield, and a flight suit Glenn wore at the conclusion of the mission.

The exhibit also includes a circular “orbit computer” slide rule, letters Glenn wrote to his family during his training, and photographs of his experiences before and after the mission.

Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, in a mission that lasted just under five hours. Taking place during the height of the Cold War, NASA’s first orbital flight gained the United States parity in the space race with the Soviet Union. The mission propelled John Glenn into the national spotlight as an American hero and helped shape his later career in public service as a four-term United States Senator.

The exhibition is from the collection of the Ohio Congressional Archives.  Established in 2004, the Ohio Congressional Archives is a collaborative effort of The Ohio State University Libraries and the John Glenn School of Public Affairs.  Its mission is to collect, preserve, and provide public access to collections of private papers and related materials compiled by or pertaining to members of the Ohio delegation to the United States Congress.

For more information, contact  Jeff Thomas at  thomas.1082@osu.edu

This is a showcase of Shakespeare-related holdings from the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute and the Rare Books and Manuscripts collections. It also features materials from The Ohio State University’s partnership with the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and their “STAND UP FOR SHAKESPEARE” program. Presented by The Ohio State University Libraries, in association with The Arts Initiative (https://shakespeare.osu.edu/year-shakespeare).

For more information, contact:  Beth Kattelman, Curator; Geoffrey Wilson, Assistant to the Curator.