Join us for the opening of “Douglass, Baldwin, Harrington: The Collections of Walter O. Evans at Beinecke Library.” David Blight, Sterling Professor of History at Yale, will introduce Dr. Walter O. Evans, who will speak about his life as a collector. A reception will follow.

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Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek-letter fraternity established by African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University on December 4, 1906.

The Zeta Chapter of ΑΦΑ was founded at Yale on April 10th, 1909 and re-activated on March 29th, 1913 by A.J. Allen, J.W. Anderson, Charles H. Wesley, E.E. Caple, John M. Ross, Beale Elliott, Nimrod Allen, William N. Bishop, Frank Adams, John H. Lewis, Aiken A. Pope and Charles W. Burton.

Thomas Palmer and Paul Messier will discuss the printing of the photograph in photo books from the perspective of their remarkable careers in the field—pushing the boundaries of what is possible in printing books while preserving the history of the photographic medium. Thomas Palmer’s extraordinary work printing photography began with his many projects with printer and artist Richard Benson and continues to his current work making digital separations of photographs. We will hear from Thomas stories about printing as it has changed and developed throughout his career.

Join us on December 6, 2023 at 6 PM at the Ives Main Library of the New Haven Free Public Library for a talk about preserving archives of activism.

Join South African literary historian, author, and playwright Siphiwo Mahala for an up close look at the relationship between American writer Langston Hughes (1901-1967) and South African writer Bloke Modisane (1923-1986) through their correspondence collected in the Langston Hughes Papers at the Beinecke Library.

Mahala did research in the archives as part of his process for his play, “Bloke and His American Bantu,” which reimagines the friendship between Modisane and Hughes.