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The Penn Libraries @upennlib Mar 25, 2025

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The Penn Libraries @upennlib Dec 9, 2024

We won’t bury the lede: this week, therapy dogs are returning to the Penn Libraries! And that’s just one of the study break options we’ll have available during reading days and finals. Here’s everything we have going on in the coming days. library.upenn.edu/events

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The Penn Libraries @upennlib Dec 6, 2024

Historian Elizabeth A. R. Brown, who died August 8 at age 92, honored the Libraries with a bequest to establish an archive preserving the professional papers of medieval historians and an endowed archivist position to develop and manage it. library.upenn.edu/news/brown-gift

www.library.upenn.edu Penn Libraries receives $5 million bequest from medieval historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown The bequest alongside the gift of Brown's professional papers elevates the Penn Libraries’ position as a leader for research in medieval studies.

The Penn Libraries @upennlib Dec 4, 2024

Our fall exhibits are closing soon! Don't miss out on Material World, The Movement of Books, Boxing at the Legendary Blue, and more.

Here's a look at all our exhibits currently on display, including how to visit and closing dates. library.upenn.edu/exhibits

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The Penn Libraries @upennlib Dec 3, 2024

This Friday 10am-1pm, check out a student-curated pop-up exhibit about Frances Steloff, who founded the influential Gotham Art and Book Mart in the 1920s. library.upenn.edu/events/books-b…

www.library.upenn.edu Books, Bans, and Business: Two Women and a New York Bookshop Penn students curate a pop-up exhibit on the collections of Frances Steloff, who founded the influential Gotham Art and Book Mart in the 1920s.