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"Jappalachia": Connections Between the Appalachian Trail and Japan’s Shinetsu Trail explores how the concept of a “long trail” has traveled through the world and evolved in changing relationships to the environment. The Shinetsu Trail and Appalachian Trail are both nationally funded long-distance trails established during times of increasing industrialization. This exhibit explores how social and environmental changes that followed in the areas helped spur the development of a long trail. Though the connections may be surprising, the relationships between the two trails reveal the manifold purposes and unique aspects of the places they serve.

This exhibition reflects on the materiality of the Medical Historical Library’s collection and provides illuminating examples of how material fragility and decay can also be a source of information about objects.

A history of the U. S. census, how it works, and its impact on communities.

This online exhibition highlights the visits to Yale by Martin Luther King Jr (1959 and 1964) and Coretta Scott King (1969) and complements the physical exhibit, annually displayed in the Sterling Memorial Library Nave as part of Yale’s celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The materials featured in “The Kings at Yale” are reproductions of records housed in Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Women have been students, faculty, and staff in the Yale School of Drama since its beginnings as the Department of Drama in 1925. In this online exhibition, explore the ways women brought their talents to theater production at Yale from its earliest days.

The history of Lingnan University and its affiliates, as well as an introduction to the Lingnan Foundation archives at the Yale Divinity Library. The exhibit reveals how generations of Lingnanians, both Chinese and American at various levels, have served Chinese society despite a series of political and social turmoil in China during the 20th century.

This exhibition seeks to explore the impact Annie Burr Lewis had during her lifetime and the legacy of her service and contributions of money, time, expertise, and the benefit of her network of social connections to organizations involved in education, historic preservation, and nursing, at Yale, Farmington, and beyond. Her personal interests and interpersonal connections influenced her choices of what to support. Her privileged upbringing positioned her to take a leading role in philanthropic endeavors. That she followed the path laid out for her by family and societal tradition may not be remarkable. But the direction that path took, the financial autonomy she enjoyed, and the lasting contribution to her world and the communities of today make her otherwise typical journey uniquely hers.

This exhibition brings together more than twenty versions of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice based in the Yale collections. Every one of these books tells more or less the same story. The volumes, however, encompass a plethora of formats, editions, and re-imaginings. Some reinvent Austen’s text in bold and modern ways. Others use the tools of printing and publication to make claims about the original text itself. Even when they contain exactly the same words, many small choices by publishers combine to create a completely different reading experience. This exhibition tells a visual story of how a book can be changed by its publishers, and by its readers.

Sterling Memorial Library was constructed in 1931 and is widely considered to be the heart of the university. Despite its collegiate gothic revival design, architect James Gamble Rogers (Yale College 1889) employed emerging building technology such as steel framing and a pneumatic tube system to create a modern library. This exhibit traces the architectural history of the library and its use of technology over time.

The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a global ecumenical federation of student Christian groups. It is the oldest international student organization, founded in 1895 by North American evangelist and global ecumenist John R. Mott. Today, WSCF connects two million members in over 90 countries, having over one hundred affiliated national movements which span the six WSCF regions: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North America.