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.

Egyptian desert and tea will be served.

On January 25, 2011, thousands of Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Cairo.  They spilled across the venerable Qasr al-Nil bridge, broke through security barriers as they raced through downtown streets, and marched in small clusters or long lines along the Nile Corniche from the southern and northern districts.  Egypt’s spring had begun.

Caught in the whirlwind of these events was Ohio State University Libraries’ Associate Professor Magda El-Sherbini.  She was conducting research at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina when these events unfolded.

In this informal talk, El-Sherbini will discuss her experiences during the revolution in Egypt and the Alexandria Library.  She will talk about her research and also share her observations on the role of the library as a culture center.

Sponsored by the Library’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Wednesday, May 2
3  p.m. (please note time change)
Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave.
Campus Reading Room

Dr. Ernesto Zedillo is a global strategist and expert in globalization and emerging markets in Central and South America.  In this talk, he will consider how weak or ineffective governance impacts globalization efforts.

Dr. Zedillo is the director of Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and professor of international economics and politics.  He was president of Mexico from 1994-2000, and has been a leading voice on globalization and its impact on relations between developed and developing nations.

The lecture is co-sponsored by University Libraries and the OSU Center for Latin American Studies.

Richard Minsky will present a methodology for self- critique, curatorial selection and criticism based on the balance of object, image and metaphor for 12 invited participants, each of whom will bring one book for discussion. This workshop is open to the general public.

Minsky has offered this workshop at all levels, from postgraduate (artists in all media with MFAs, at Southampton College in the 80′s) to specific book arts undergraduate classes (many times, places like Washington University in St. Louis), for groups of mature book artists who exhibit their work (such as San Diego Book Arts) and mixed groups of faculty, students and local artists.

By Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of African-American History
The Ohio State University History Department
February 21, 3:30 PM

Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave.
11^th floor

Forty years after the death of Malcolm X, his influence is still motivating and influencing individuals all around the world in their struggles for respect and human rights. In this lecture, History Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries sheds some light on the life of Al-Hajj Malik Al-Shabbaz, better known as Malcolm X. His talk will include a discussion of the controversy generated by Professor Manning Marable’s book Malcolm X: A life of Reinvention and will feature audios of some of Malcolm’s most important speeches.

Wang Ning
Respondent, Heather Inwood

Professor Wang Ning is Director of the Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies of the
Institute of Arts and Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Professor of English and
Comparative Literature and Director of the Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies,
Tsinghua University. Professor Wang’s expertise covers a wide range of theoretical issues including
Chinese and Western literary theory, post-modernism, post-colonialism, cultural studies, globalization
studies, translation studies and video communication research. His books include Globalization and
Cultural Translation (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2004). Translated Modernities: Literary and
Cultural Perspectives on Globalization and China (Canada: Legas Publishing, 2010).

Heather Inwood is Assistant Professor, Department of East Asia Languages and Literature at Ohio
State University. Her research bears on the relationship between new media and contemporary
culture in China. Her current book project, “On the Scene of Contemporary Chinese Poetry,” analyzes
cultural discourse on the “live scene” (xianchang) spanning different spaces of the media, and
investigates the functioning and conceptualization of the post-2000 poetry scene in mainland China.

Co-sponsored by:

• The Institute for Chinese Studies
• Project Narrative, OSU English Department
• The Chinese Collection of The Ohio State University Libraries

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

The program will be Wednesday, February 1, at 6:30 p.m., in the Science and Engineering Library, 175 West 18th Ave.

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