An introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services, led by a library staff or student guide. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Note: see the library’s website (beinecke.library.yale.edu) for current public health protocols and other important visitor information.
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In this talk, Jennifer Coggins will note some highlights from the library’s extensive collections related to Noah Webster, his life, family, and work. The talk will also preview the library’s annual Dictionary Day event, this year in conjunction with the New Haven Museum and the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society.
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Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, 1974, 35mm, 112 mins)
European artists of the 17th through 19th centuries often depicted Black figures wearing pearl ornaments. The dialogue between racial and chromatic blackness paired visually with pearly luminescence resulted in a contrast that evoked notions of luxury, distant lands, and exoticized portrayals of Black bodies. Art historian and curator Adrienne Childs explores the complexities of the Black body that was subjugated and enslaved in one context yet used to showcase luxuries in another.
The Qur’an declares that God taught humanity the use of the pen. Taking this commandment to heart, Muslim scholars systematically organized and extended almost every field of knowledge in astonishing new ways. For over a thousand years, this pursuit of knowledge set in motion exchanges with other artistic, religious, and scholarly communities.
The Trip to Bountiful (Peter Masterson, 1985, 35mm, 108 mins)
“A superbly crafted drama featuring the performance of a lifetime by Geraldine Page” (Variety). Page won an Academy Award in the role of a 1940s widow who sets off from Houston for one last visit to her beloved childhood home. Adapted with heart from the Horton Foote play. DCP from AGFA.
The “Page 100” series is a celebration of the centenary of actress Geraldine Page, presented by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Yale Film Archive.
The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971, 35mm, 105 mins)
Geraldine Page is headmistress at a Mississippi girls’ school during the Civil War, and Clint Eastwood is a wounded Union soldier whose arrival throws the place into a tizzy. With suspense and black humor, this southern gothic melodrama is “a triumph of style, totally engrossing and utterly convincing” (Kevin Thomas). 35mm print from the Harvard Film Archive.
From Queen Elizabeth I to Harry Styles the legacy of pearls is a story about self-fashioning. Pearls feature prominently in many pictures of celebrated figures from the past. Worn as jewelry—as embellishments of the body and apparel, or embedded in the settings of precious objects—pearls illuminate ideas about beauty, power, and style.
Sweet Bird of Youth (Richard Brooks, 1962, DCP, 120 mins)
A gigolo drifter (Paul Newman) and a fading film star (Geraldine Page) arrive at his southern hometown after misadventures in Hollywood, only to run afoul of the local kingpin (Ed Begley in an Oscar-winning performance). Page “portrays fallen grandeur with superb dash” (Janet Graves) and Newman’s in peak cad-era form.
The “Page 100” series is a celebration of the centenary of actress Geraldine Page, presented by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Yale Film Archive.
