June 2016

June 2016

What's New

Hamilton College Joins Lever Press

Hamilton College recently joined with forty other small liberal arts colleges in supporting the launch of the Lever Press. The new academic press aims to acquire, develop, produce and disseminate a total of 60 new open-access titles by the end of 2020. More.. .

Special Collections Awarded Digitization Funding

The Central NY Library Resources Council (CLRC) recently awarded Hamilton funding to complete the digitization of the Beinecke Lesser Antilles manuscripts, part of the Burke Library’s Special Collections. Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie applied for the funding through the CLRC’s Regional Bibliographic Data Bases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program (RBDB). More.. .

Graduating LITS Student Employees Honored at Luncheon

Fifty graduating seniors were recently honored at a luncheon in Burke Library to thank them for their years of service to LITS. A special feature of the luncheon was the unveiling of books purchased in each student’s honor, based on recommendations by LITS staff. Student majors and interests are taken into account when selecting the books, and a book plate with their name is placed in the front of each item. These books will become part of the general collection. More.. .

New Acquisition in Special Collections

A recent acquisition to our general rare books collection is what appears to be a very unassuming 66-page volume entitled Hunter’s Panoramic Guide from Niagara to Quebec by W. S. Hunter published in Montreal, 1857. It is bound in brown cloth with gold stamped decoration. It measures only 5 inches by 7 and one half inches. However, when you open the front cover, you realize that is a pretty special book. More.. .

"Stampless" Letter from Member of Class of 1848

Special Collections and Archives recently acquired a stampless letter from a member of the class of 1848. Edward Fowler Fish (1828-1906) wrote to his 11-year-old sister Lucia Hull Fish (1835-1913) from the college, on October 27th, 1846, care of James Benham, Hammondsport, Steuben Co. [NY]. The letter begins, "Dear Sister, It has been my intention ever since this term commenced, to write to you, but I have kept putting it off till the term is half gone and no letter written yet.” More.. .

New Faces in LITS

Welcome Adam Wickert!

Adam Wickert joined LITS on April 11 as Desktop Systems Administrator. In this position he provides technical services related to supporting desktop computer hardware and software. In this role, Adam’s focus is supporting the labs and research facilities within academic departments. More.. .

Welcome CCNY Tech!

CCNY Tech, a local company, joined LITS on March 21 as the new service provider for the College’s computer hardware repair services. There are three new faces in the repair facility (Burke 373A). Michael Baker, Jacob Sears, and Daniel Blackburn makeup the team of support professionals from CCNY Tech. More...

Small Talk from the VP

Four Score and Seven Days Ahead

Dave Smallen

It is hard to believe, but the 2015-2016 academic year is complete. At Class and Charter day we celebrated faculty and student achievements, the staff recognition luncheon did the same for our non-faculty employees, and Commencement celebrated the graduation of our seniors. When our students leave the campus, many Hamilton departments move into high gear to prepare for the start of the next year. More...

Presentations, Publications, and Exhibits

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of 1816

Please stop by and see the exhibit located on the first floor of Burke Library, Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of 1816. This exhibit brings together many aspects of the importance of 1816. Many of these items are part of the wonderful selection of rare and unique items found in the Hamilton College Special Collections and Archives. More...

New Couper Press Book on Iroquois-Language Manuscripts

The Couper Press recently published a comprehensive collection of more than thirty Iroquois language documents from the Samuel Kirkland Papers at Hamilton College. Dating from 1768-1803, these manuscripts have been transcribed, transliterated, and translated, many for the first time. The volume includes line-by-line photographic illustrations of each letter, along with the translator's work. More.. .

Goodwillie Published New Article in Ephemera Journal

Christian Goodwillie, LITS Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives, recently published “Baseball, Beards, Bands, and the Babes: Michigan’s House of David Religious Community” in Ephemera Journal, the quarterly publication of the Ephemera Society of America. More...

Couper Press Publishes Book on Robert White

Robert White's spiritual journey eventually led him to the Shakers, but, much to his dismay, his wife did not share his views and remained committed to Quakerism. As a married, celibate Believer, Robert White had to balance the often-conflicting roles he played in his two families, natural and Shaker. How he functioned as a Shaker convert living "in the world" is a story of faith and challenges; an exceptional Shaker experience in the mid-nineteenth century. More.. .

"Reconstructed Visions" Exhibit

New exhibit in Burke Library by Max Freedman ’17. Max writes, “These works are designed to show a personal experience of place. The blurs of color that seem almost randomly arranged represent how I view my surroundings. I break down the things I see into their most basic elements: line, shape and color. By appreciating each element individually, it enables me to have a great understanding of how every part comes together to create what we visually experience.” More...

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