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A Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian
Brie Gettleson leans her elbow on a shelf in the library stacks

Brie Gettleson, Latin American studies librarian in the Center for Global Collections, is now offering office hours at the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

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    • A Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian

    Brie Gettleson speaks about her role as a subject librarian with the Penn Libraries and liaison for the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

    Kristina García

    From the Archives: 1915 film of Penn-Cornell football game
    Archival footage of a Penn vs Cornell football game in 1915.

    An image from the film of the 1915 Penn-Cornell football game at Franklin Field.

    (Image: Courtesy of University Archives & Records Center)

    From the Archives: 1915 film of Penn-Cornell football game

    The oldest film in Penn’s University Archives & Records Center documents the 1915 football game featuring Penn versus Cornell, played on Thanksgiving Day in front of a packed crowd at Franklin Field. Penn plays Cornell Nov. 9 in their 130th meeting.
    Libraries exhibition explores the movement of books
    a hand on a hand-made book with moveable parts

    Various types of books were created for the exhibition that visitors can touch, including one of wood inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts.

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    Libraries exhibition explores the movement of books

    A new exhibit at the Penn Libraries explores the myriad ways books move—as physical objects in different formats, and across space and time—featuring 24 items from the collection, a video wall displaying 26 additional items, and interactive models.
    Exploring the authenticity of a pair of storied gloves
    Historic gloves in a case.

    The gloves under ultraviolet light. 

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    Exploring the authenticity of a pair of storied gloves

    Kislak Center curator Alicia Meyer is researching a pair of gloves in the Penn Libraries collection rumored to have been William Shakespeare’s, enlisting the help of Tessa Gadomski in the Libraries conservation laboratory to see if the gloves could be from the 1600s.
    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars focus on criminal justice and art
    From left to right, headshots of Haejin Fujimura, Makoto Fujimura, and Kemba Smith

    From left to right, Haejin Fujimura, Makoto Fujimura, and Kemba Smith.

    (Image: Office of Social Equity and Community)

    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars focus on criminal justice and art

    In the second year of the Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program, the Office of Social Equity & Community  will host Kemba Smith Pradia, a criminal justice advocate, and artist Makoto Fujimura and lawyer Haejin Fujimura for the 2024-25 academic year.

    Kristina García

    A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries
    yellowed historic document with a grid of squares and a hand holding a photo

    A map of the stalls at the historic Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. 

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    A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

    Tens of thousands of items related to public markets acquired by Penn alum David K. O’Neil create a collection unique in size and scope. Spanning four centuries from locations near and far, his collection now has a home at the Penn Libraries.