Archive: 2023

Ongoing Construction

It turns out that Cosmo isn’t the only big cat on campus. We know that from certain angles it looks like you can’t get to the library, but the good news is that we are open. The library is fully staffed and we are happy to help with your research needs. All of our exhibit …

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Library Film Series Summer & Fall 2023 Schedule

The BYU Library Film Series presents our summer and fall schedule. All films start at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Admission is free.   May 12 Vertigo 1958 Each May we celebrate James Stewart’s birthday. Arrive early, at 6:30, to enjoy a presentation on James Stewart by curator Ben …

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“Go Make Great” The Norman Wilson Story

Grace Soelberg, the Latter-day Saint Collections Assistant in Special Collections has curated a new exhibit, “Go Make Great” The Norman Wilson Story. Wilson was the first Black graduate of BYU. Dr. Norman Wilson was born in Gibsland, Louisiana on January 17, 1913. He grew up on his parents’ farms where they grew cotton, vegetables and …

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Ice Cream and Elevators: BYU’s First Student Film Restored

Curator Ben Harry Has restored BYU’s first student produced film. In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University were given the opportunity to make a film. It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and some of the cherished dating traditions of that …

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Library Film Series

March 10 What’s Up Doc 1972 The film series is expanding our selections into the 1970s with a timely screwball comedy. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal star. This film features one of the most memorable chase scenes of the era. 94 minutes   April 14 The Robe: The Greatest Story of Love and Faith 1953 …

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