CONTENTdm Featured Collections: April 2011

Ceramics Highlights from the Williamson Gallery

Claremont University Consortium

An international collection of contemporary ceramics, including American, British, Japanese, Korean and Mexican works. The collection's core is focused on West Coast ceramics, especially the work of the "Otis Group" who challenged the traditional direction of the field of ceramics in the mid-1950s.

Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity

Colorado State University Libraries

The projects on this site are first featured at an annual series of events, the Celebrate Undergraduate Research & Creativity (CURC) Showcase, that are held each spring and highlight the exciting, innovative and creative work of students in all disciplines. Celebrate Undergraduate Research & Creativity provides a venue for integrating experiential learning into the undergraduate curriculum. The goals include providing scholarships for bright, ambitious Colorado State undergraduates and fostering a close connection between faculty and students.

Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects (1773)

University of South Carolina-Thomas Cooper Library

Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London, 1773) is the first book published by an African-American author, and the frontispiece portrait of Wheatley is the only surviving work by the African-American slave artist Scipio Moorhead (born ca. 1750).

Pennsylvania Geology

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

This collection contains materials relating to the geology and water resources of Pennsylvania as published by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey, and others. Included are materials from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Geological Surveys. Types of materials include geological and hydrological reports as well as geological maps and atlases.