Upcoming Events
July 31
Great Books Virtual Discussion
Arthur C. Clarke
“Transience” (1949)
“The Sentinel” (1951)
“The Nine Billion Names of God” (1952)
“The Star” (1954)
August 28
Great Books Virtual Discussion
Ovid
Book 1 and Book 2 from Metamorphoses (8 CE; translated by Ian Johnston, 2011)
September 25
Great Books Virtual Discussion
Rachel Carson
Selections from Silent Spring (1962)
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 16-17
Regular Event Series
Special Collections hosts regular monthly, annual, and semi-annual events.
Ettinger Book Artist Series
(Formerly the Book FOR[u]MS Book Artist Speaker Series)
Fromkin Memorial Lecture
Recent Research in Social Justice and Human Rights
Great Books Roundtable Discussions
An informal gathering to discuss classic works of literature.
UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony
A biennial event for UWM authors whose publications have been added to the UWM Authors Collection
Current Exhibits
Our current major exhibition is “Dennis Bayuzick: A Printer’s Collection,” which includes materials from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick (1946-2022), painter, printmaker, letterpress printer, book artist, and long-time art professor at UW-Parkside, as well as a strong supporter of UWM Libraries’ Special Collections. Coming from a printing family, Dennis maintained a lifelong love of the printing arts and was a significant collector of wood and metal types and printing equipment, as well as hundreds of fine press publications and artists books.
The small exhibition in our reading room display cases is dedicated to the John S. Best Collection of books related to the care and breeding of dogs. Best was a Milwaukee-based lawyer and avid sportsman. His first Irish terrier was a dog named Nora who inspired his love for the breed. These books have never been put on exhibit before and show Best’s interest in Irish and Fox Terriers specifically, as well as dogs in general. His collection includes books with breed standards, encyclopedias about all kinds of dogs, and fiction books starring the animals. This exhibition shows just a fraction of the many books in his collection that are housed in Special Collections.