About this Exhibition

This exhibition was curated by Andrea Twiss-Brooks, Director of Humanities and Area Studies at the Library, and Dr. Kristine Palmieri, Postdoctoral Researcher, at the Rank of Instructor, at the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge.

The curators would like to acknowledge the generous support of the University of Chicago Women’s Board, the John Crerar Foundation, the Kathleen and Howard Zar Science Libraries Fund, the Yerkes Futures Foundation, students in the “Capturing the Stars” class (KNOW 32203/ASTR 18950), undergraduate research assistants and volunteers, Professor Richard G. Kron, Professor Emily Kern, Chelsea Kaufman, Patti Gibbons, Russell Heibel, and the staff of the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center for making this exhibition possible.