| THE DOCUMENTED BORDER | SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
EXHIBIT | On display October 3 – December 19
OPENING EVENT with Luis Alberto Urrea
Wednesday, October 8, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
An exhibit and a digital archive, “The Documented Border” shares original research material collected and
curated by University of Arizona faculty on the US-Mexico border. This innovative open access archive documents personal stories of journalists who have been silenced and government processes that cannot be videotaped or photographed.
Luis Alberto Urrea, Mexican American poet, novelist, essayist and author of the national bestseller and Pulitzer
Prize finalist The Devil’s Highway, delivers the keynote talk at the opening event of "The Documented Border." A book signing follows his talk.
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EVENT | 12th Annual Home Movie Day
Saturday, October 18, 10 a.m. – Noon
Special Collections
Dust off your old home movie reels and bring them to Special Collections for expert inspection, preservation recommendations and a screening of local home movies. Home Movie Day is an international celebration of amateur filmmaking held annually at dozens of local venues, providing the opportunity for individuals and families to discover how best to care for their films and get a rare chance to view examples of home movies. The Tucson community is invited to bring original 8mm, Super 8mm and 16mm films for consideration, inspection by experts, and screening on Home Movie Day alongside a community audience. Home movies filmed in Southern Arizona and the US/Mexico Borderlands are particularly welcome. Read more
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EVENT | 100 years of UA Cooperative Extension
Saturday, October 11, 10 a.m. – Noon
Science-Engineering Library
Join us on Family Weekend! Enjoy healthy treats from the Garden Kitchen and Blender Bike, learn about some of the latest gadgets for tracking your physical activity, find out about water safety and education, our fantastic 4-H programs and learn how Cooperative Extension has shared practical, science-based solutions to address Arizona’s agricultural, health and economic challenges.
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EXHIBIT | Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine
On display September 29 – November 8
Arizona Health Sciences Library
A traveling exhibition from the National Library of Medicine, this exhibit shares a historical review of the men and women who served as surgeons and nurses during the Civil War and how their work as medical providers challenged the prescribed notions of race and gender. Read more
Photographs: African American hospital workers, including nurses, at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, July 1863, Courtesy National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Susie King Taylor, 1902, Courtesy East Carolina University
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Celebrate 100 Years of Beer in Arizona!
Glücklich Oktoberfest to all you beer lovers out there! To celebrate, the UA Press is giving you a 40% discount on Brewing Arizona by Ed Sipos. Just use discount code AZOKTOBER14 at checkout.
With an eye like a historian, the good taste of a connoisseur, and the tenacity of a dedicated collector, author Ed Sipos serves up beer history with gusto. Brewing Arizona is the first book of Arizona beer. It includes every brewery known to have operated in the state, from the first to the latest, from crude brews to craft brews, from mass beer to microbrews. With more than 250 photographs—200 in full color—Brewing Arizona is as beautiful as it is tasty.
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Mark your calendars!
See our Fall 2014 event listing (PDF) for a complete list of exhibits and programs planned by Special Collections, the Arizona Health Sciences Library and the UA Press.
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