Nikki Giovanni Papers to open with celebratory events, exhibition
The BU Libraries invites you to the grand opening of the Nikki Giovanni Papers at Boston University as we celebrate the influential poet, writer, and activist and provide the world’s first glimpse into her personal papers. Coinciding with Boston University Alumni weekend, the Nikki Giovanni Papers opening, “Poetry is a Culture of People”, is free […]
Applications open: Nursing Archives Associates Archival Research Award
The Boston University Libraries Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center and the Nursing Archives Associates are pleased to announce that applications are sought for the 2026-2026 Nursing Archives Associates Archival Research Award. The award will help offset travel and related expenses to visit the Boston University Libraries to conduct research in the more than 200 collections […]
BU Libraries Symposium Will Revisit the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Spy Case
From BU Today: “Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed 73 years ago on charges that they passed atomic secrets to the Russians. But their prosecution has inspired bitter debate ever since, with many believing that Ethel, in particular, was wrongly convicted. Now “we have what many believe is the smoking-gun document” to make the […]
BU Libraries welcome Giordana Mecagni as Director of Special Collections and Archives
Giordana Mecagni joined the BU Libraries on March 30 as the Director of Special Collections and Archives, overseeing the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, University Archives, and the special collections held across the library. The special collections and archives of the BU Libraries extend from the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, which serves as the […]
Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek Selected as Inaugural Recipient of Nursing Archives Associates Archival Research Award
The Nursing Archives Associates (NAA) have selected Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, as the inaugural recipient of the NAA Archival Research Award. The award supports historical research about nursing and health care, and encourages the use of the History of Nursing Archives housed in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University Libraries for primary source […]
BU Libraries to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with community tours of King Reading Room
The Boston University Libraries join the Howard Thurman Center, the City of Boston, BU African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and BU Government & Community Affairs in inviting all to the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. The annual celebration features thoughtful and inspirational speakers and provides community members and opportunity to tour the Dr. Martin […]
From BU Today: Robert Redford’s Mysterious, and Little-Known, Tie to Boston University
Upon the passing of legendary actor and director Robert Redford last week, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at BU Libraries invited BU Today to learn more about its Robert Redford collection and view the annotated scripts, promotional materials, personal sketches, and other materials he gave to the University. From BU Today: “The collection has over a dozen […]
BU Libraries celebrate Della Hardman Day
On July 26, the BU Libraries celebrated Della Hardman Day with the Martha’s Vineyard community. This annual celebration honors the legacy of Della Hardman—an artist, educator, author, and advocate for cultural understandingand social justice—whose papers are preserved by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at the BU Libraries. After earning her master’s degree in fine […]
Digital Edition of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman Now Available
A digital version of the five-volume documentary edition, The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, edited by Walter Earl Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Emeritus, is now publicly available online. This comprehensive online resource, developed by The Howard Thurman Papers Project in collaboration with The Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia, makes accessible Dr. […]
Textiles Tell Stories Highlights BU Libraries African Textiles Collection
BU Today featured the new Special Collections exhibition, Textiles Tell Stories: Exploring the African Studies Library Collection, and spoke with the African Studies librarians and faculty and scholars of BU’s History of Art & Architecture department who curated the exhibition of African textiles held at the BU Libraries. At the opening of this exhibition and its complementary community exhibit, Textiles Tell […]