CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
The exhibitions at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center are a vital part of our role as cultural presenters. The exhibitions enable Boston University students, faculty and staff, as well as the general public, to explore first-hand the Center's remarkable collections.
Drawing on personal papers, news articles, historic pictures, personal effects and other memorabilia to tell their stories, our exhibits provide rare insights into both the public personae and the private lives of the more than 2,000 extraordinary people whose archives are housed here. The Center also presents exhibits on political, social, religious and cultural movements that have played critical roles in contemporary culture, such as the African American experience, 20th century espionage, or the history of comic art. Whatever the exhibit's focus, viewers come away with a deeper understanding of the people and events that continue to shape our lives.
The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault
This major exhibition explores, from a variety of perspectives and categories, the causes, reactions, and responses to the great nineteenth-century conflict that divided the fledgling nation of the Unites States of America. This is accomplished with a broad selection of original manuscript pieces: letters, journals, maps, official documents and publications, all selected from collections held in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Among the collections involved, the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts and the First Corps of Cadets present a close view of the part Massachusetts played in the conflict.> Click Here For More Information.
India at Boston University
An exhibition created in conjunction with the First Boston University-India Symposium, which was held on May 10, 2013. This exhibition is drawn from a number of different collections, reflecting the diverse holdings of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center in the area of Indian literature, both historic and contemporary.> Click Here For More Information.
Keith Lockhart: An Exhibition of his Archive
This exhibition highlights the career of the charismatic twentieth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, one of the recent additions to the list of collections at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.> Click Here For More Information.
Celebrating the Spirit of Verdi
The year 2013 marks the bicentennial of the birth of composer Giuseppe Verdi (October 10, 1813). Boston University's College of Fine Arts, School of Music, has chosen to focus on the works of Verdi for an entire year. To kick off this festival of Verdi, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center has prepared a major exhibition featuring both manuscript and photographic materials from a number of our individual collections dealing with Verdi, primarily in performance.> Click Here For More Information.
Rare Books From the Ruth and Robert Horlick Collection
This exhibition features a selection of rare books ranging in date between the 16th to 19th centuries. They are part of a larger gift given to the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center by Ruth and Robert Horlick, a graduate of what was then the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University in 1949.> Click Here For More Information.
Jules Massenet: A Centenary Tribute
This single-case exhibition marks the centenary of French composer Jules Massenet's death (August 13, 1912).> Click Here For More Information.
Abel Meeropol and Strange Fruit
This single-case exhibition, created in conjunction with the Boston University Music Society's 5th Annual Graduate Musicology Conference; "Music and Violence: Conflict, Resistance, and Reconciliation," briefly documents the creation of the song Strange Fruit, written by highschool teacher/political activist Abel Meeropol, under his pen name, "Lewis Allan."> Click Here For More Information.
What's New In Our Vault at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
This exhibition showcases a variety of material from the recent additions to our collections at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.> Click Here For More Information.
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein
This exhibition features rare and first editions of books by and about the writer, poet and art collector Gertrude Stein. The materials on display are gifts of The Jerome E. Weinstein and Charlotte B. Weinstein Family Trust.> Click Here For More Information.
A View from the Vault: Forty-Five Years of Collecting
Behind the glass in the exhibit hall is an extensive exhibition of the papers of over 150 individuals in more than 60 exhibit cases where you will find the private letters, notes, annotated manuscripts, published volumes, photographs, and personal scrapbooks of the collectees of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.> Click Here For More Information.
The Fairbanks Legacy: The Archives of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
This major exhibition provides an insight into the many facets that composed the life and career of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: actor, producer, decorated naval officer, diplomat, author, and public servant.> Click Here For More Information.
Pin His Ear to the Wisdom Post: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the School of Prophets
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who received his doctorate from the School of Theology in 1955 six months before he stepped into history as the leader of the legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott, is not merely the most celebrated graduate of Boston University; he is its quintessential alumnus, the personification of the vision its founders had in establishing the institution in 1839.> Click Here For More Information.
Boston's Great Maestro Arthur Fiedler
The exhibition Boston's Great Maestro Arthur Fiedler documents the life and career of Arthur Fiedler and his legendary association with the Boston Pops.> Click Here For More Information.
Bidú Sayão: A Tribute
This small exhibition follows the life and career of Brazilian-American opera star Bidú Sayão.> Click Here For More Information.
