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	From Poetry to Verse: The Making of Modern Poetry This exhibition documents the process of bringing new poetry to the public in all its various formats. Drawing upon the archives of Poetry, Chicago Review, Big Table, Verse, LVNG, and the papers of The Poetry Center of Chicago, the exhibit tracks the evolution and changing character of poetry from 1912 to the present.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Sept. 1 — Feb. 28, 2006	Subjects Literature
	Poetry Magazine: A Gallery of Voices This exhibition draws mainly on the unique historical portion of the Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection, an archive of the tens of thousands of letters and manuscripts Monroe collected exchanged with poets and collected during her tenure as editor of Poetry Magazine.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center May 1 — Oct. 1, 1980	Subjects Literature
	Celebrating the Poetry of Asia & the Middle East For their inaugural joint exhibit, five area-studies librarians on the fifth floor of the Joseph Regenstein Library celebrate poetry from their own areas of expertise.	Locations Regenstein Bookstacks, 5th Floor May 1 — June 30, 2018 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Korean Studies Middle East Southern Asia Japanese Studies Chinese Studies
	A Medium for Modernism: British Poetry and American Audiences This exhibition examines the concept of literary modernism as it developed through exchanges between British poets and American audiences. Included are manuscripts and letters by Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and W. B. Yeats; printed books; recordings and other materials drawn from the Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection and other Library collections.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center April 1 — Aug. 31, 1997	Subjects English Literature
	Marianne Moore and Harriet Monroe: The Poet, The Critic, and Poetry A revealing glimpse at the artistic and critical tensions between Marianne Moore, the poet, and Harriet Monroe, critic and founding editor of the Chicago-based Poetry magazine, this exhibition also celebrates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center May 1 — June 30, 1987	Subjects Literature
	Concrete Poetry, Concrete Book: Artists' Books in German-Speaking Space after 1945 This exhibition highlights the Fluxus movement's conceptual use of the book format.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Jan. 17 — March 17, 2017 View web exhibit >>
	Poetic Associations: The Nineteenth-Century English Poetry Collection of Dr. Gerald N. Wachs In the period between the French Revolution and the start of World War I, often called “the long nineteenth century,” English poetry enjoyed enormous popularity and respect. The Romantics and the Victorians, as we know them today, were celebrities and, often, close friends, part of a literary community that influenced their professional and personal lives. Dr. Gerald N. Wachs (1937-2013), working closely with his friend, bookseller Stephen Weissman of Ximenes Rare Books, collected their works, using as their guidebook the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (CBEL), the standard primary bibliography of English literature. They sought the finest copies, whenever possible ones that were presented by the author to other writers, friends, or family members. The resulting collection of nearly 900 titles, on deposit from the Estate of Gerald Wachs at the University of Chicago Library, illuminates the life and works of these enduring poets.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Sept. 21 — Dec. 31, 2015 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Literature
	City Lights Pocket Poets Series 1955-2005: From the Collection of Donald A. Henneghan This exhibition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Pocket Poets Series.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Oct. 1 — Jan. 1, 2006	Subjects Literature
	Huidobro Vicente in Avant-Garde This major exhibition of photographs, manuscripts and books traces the life and work of the avant-garde poet Vicente Huidobo (1893-1948).	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Jan. 1 — March 1, 1988	Subjects Art Spanish Literature
	William Butler Yeats and Chicago Offering a glimpse into the public life of Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), this exhibition focuses on Yeat's three visits to Chicago.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Nov. 1 — Jan. 1, 1994	Subjects Literature
	Sounds from Tomorrow's World: Sun Ra and the Chicago Years, 1946-1961 This exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years through images and sound recordings of his poetry and music, vinyl records and album artwork, promotional materials and early controversial broadsheets. While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount became Sun Ra—the leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Dec. 1 — Aug. 20, 2010 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music Chicago and Illinois
	A Catalogue to an Exhibition of Notable Books and Manuscripts from the Collections of the University of Chicago Library Prepared for the Dedication of the Joseph Regenstein Library This exhibition showcases 109 highlights from the the Department of Special Collections on the occasion of the dedication of the Regenstein Library.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Jan. 1 — Dec. 31, 1970	Subjects University of Chicago Library Special Collections
	My Budapest: Portrait of a European City Celebrating Budapest and Hungary as a significant part of continental culture and history, the exhibit is drawn from Louis Szathmary's renowned Hungarian collection of over 15,000 volumes, featuring books, artifacts, and documents.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center May 1 — Oct. 1, 1989	Subjects European History
	The Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books: Recent Additions To mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Mrs. Helen Regenstein and to chart the growth of the collection of rare books that her generosity and vision made possible, the department of Special Collections presents this exhibit representing acquisitions to the collection since her death.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Nov. 1 — Jan. 1, 1988	Subjects Literature Special Collections
	T. Kimball Brooker Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting The Brooker Prize is awarded annually to second- and fourth year students with outstanding book collections. This exhibit provides an opportunity for award winners to share selections from their collections with a wider audience.	Locations Regenstein 1st Floor Reading Room View web exhibit >>	Subjects Latin American Studies Medieval Studies Gender Studies Arts
	Representations of the Holocaust in the Arts and the Legacy of Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) An exhibit in two cases that examines artistic representations of the Holocaust and the polemics they created as a reflection on the legacy of the work of Elie Wiesel (1928-2016).	Locations Regenstein 4th Floor Reading Room Aug. 16 — Oct. 31, 2016	Subjects Jewish Studies
	War, Trauma, Memory It seems an understatement to note that war is traumatic to those who experience it in any way, shape or form. The pieces in this exhibit reflect their creators’ experiences in wars from the 16th century through the present day. Each of these pieces was published or made public by their creators; by that action the creator invites us into the captured moment. We see, not a moment of trauma itself but a time after that moment, whether that be seconds or years. In this exhibit, the trauma of war is represented by that very absence of trauma, through the experience creators share with viewers, listeners or readers.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center April 30 — Aug. 31, 2018	Subjects History
	On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life This exhibition explores the symmetry between medieval margins and the modern margins of academic life.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center May 19 — Sept. 10, 2012 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Art European History History of Print
	Artivism: Italy and Social Justice Art activism in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room June 11 — Dec. 15, 2018 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music Art Italian Literature
	On Reading Spring "On Reading Spring" is divided into six thematic sections, each offering a discreet meditation on the unfolding of the season through experiences commonly ascribed to spring: Refreshment, Vulnerability, Epiphany, Restoration, Tenderness, and Joy. By pairing a selection of the Special Collections Research Center’s rare and unusual published works with archival letters, diaries, photographs, musical manuscripts and early drafts of poems composed between March and June, "On Reading Spring" considers the ways in which diverse works reveal a sympathetic vernal experience across disciplines, cultures, and time periods.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center April 6 — June 30, 2020 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music Art Literature Photography