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‘Millions of Cats’ and prints for grown-ups: Wanda Gág at the Whitney

The manuscript for illustrator Wanda Gág’s diary, “Growing Pains,” is archived in the Kislak Center at Penn Libraries.

Lynn Dolby points to one of Jennifer Bartlett’s “In the Garden” panels.

Art Matters: ‘In the Garden’ by Jennifer Bartlett

During these hot days of summer, the cool of a garden water feature depicted in “In the Garden” by artist Jennifer Bartlett could provide some respite. Made of 270 one-foot-square steel plates painted with enamel, sections of the mural are installed in five locations in Van Pelt Library.

How to give away a $500,000 comic book collection

Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 comic book collection to Penn Libraries.

How to donate 80,000 comic books—and get a marvelous tax break

Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 collection of more than 75,000 comic books and graphic novels to Penn Libraries, featuring remarks from Sean Quimby of the Kislak Center.

Brigitte Weinsteiger sits with hands crossed on a park bench

Brigitte Weinsteiger named director of the Penn Libraries

Weinsteiger has been at Penn Libraries since 2008. She assumed the new role on June 1.

Old sheet music from the Gatz collection.

Gratz College gifts Gratz-Mandell Jewish music collection to the Penn Libraries

The collaboration to catalog and digitize materials will ensure lasting access to the collection of Jewish Music History.

A collector donated 75,000 comic books to Penn Libraries, valued at more than $500,000

An ambassador for accessibility

How Leslie Vallhonrat is helping to make the Penn Libraries web presence more useable for everyone.

‘The Conflict over the Conflict’

Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, spoke at Penn about addressing campus divides over the Israel/Palestine conflict.

Three students looking at gender, sexuality, and women’s studies archival material.

Archiving materials that reflect a ‘shared history’

How 50 years of material from the Program in Gender Studies and Women’s Studies and the Penn Women’s Center becomes more accessible for students, faculty, and researchers.

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