March is Women’s History Month. Check out one of these titles by or about transformative women in American history:
We have a lot more where those came from. You can also browse other biographies of American women in our collection.
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In 2001, Edgewood hosts a conference on Black women writers, featuring author readings, musical performances, book signings, and a panel discussion. Keynote speaker A'Lelia Bundles (below left), a journalist and news producer, had recently published a biography of her great-great-grandmother, Madam C.J. Walker, who is widely cited as the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.
Attallah Shabazz (below right), daughter of Malcolm X, speaks at a Black History Month presentation in the Edgedome in 1990.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Edgewood’s enrollment of Black students triples. African American students come not only from Madison and Milwaukee but also from Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. Many countries in Africa and the African diaspora are represented, with international students arriving from Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Trinidad.
Political activist, professor, and author Angela Davis presents an address entitled “The Struggle Continues” at a Women’s History Month event in 1992. She is pictured below with Jonathan Øverby, host of “The Road to Higher Ground” on Wisconsin Public Radio. Dr. Øverby is an Edgewood alum several times over, having earned both a master’s and a doctorate in higher education administration. Dr. Øverby later became Edgewood’s first-ever postdoctoral fellow and is a member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
Chinosole Chitunda returns to campus as a distinguished alum in 1986 to speak on “the progression of self and social awareness through literature.” After graduating from Edgewood, Dr. Chitunda earned a PhD at the University of Oregon and taught around the country – and the world. “I want to take my audience on a journey beginning at Edgewood, to New Orleans, San Francisco, Africa, of course, and back to the United States,” Dr. Chitunda wrote in a letter (above right) accepting the invitation to speak at her alma mater.
]]>Forgot your laptop at home? Or your charger? Roommate spilled soda on it? Whatever the reason, the library has you covered.
Last semester students requested that the library's laptops be available for checkout outside of the library. We are happy to announce that you can now check out a laptop from the library overnight. We have travel cases, mice, and charging cables as well.
This is a service for students only. Faculty or staff needing a laptop should contact the Technology Assistance Center.
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Regular spring semester hours begin on Sunday, January 21:
You'll find the 2023 issue of LOST/FOUND in our Edgewood College Creative Arts Journals collection. That collection features digitized copies of the various literary and creative arts magazines published at Edgewood College. These magazines contain fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written by Edgewood College students, as well as student-created photographs, digital art, paintings, and other artistic works. It includes the following journals:
OSI, Learning Lab, Writing Center & the Library present...
Pizza to Pass
Come for a fun night of studying, tutoring from Course Coaches, treats, prizes, and pizza of course!
Thursday, November 30, 2023
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Oscar Rennebohm Library
The library may be the go-to place for laptops and printing, but it's also home to something more personal.
We recently digitized a photo album from the Edgewood College Archives commemorating the dedication of St. Joseph Chapel on April 30, 1959. In addition to beautiful photographs, the volume contains six large, cream-colored pages filled with signatures of people who were present at the dedication. Some of the names are easy to make out -- such as the first one, Bishop William Patrick O'Connor, who presided over the service. Others may be harder to decipher. Either way, these traces of the human hand make a distant event feel closer and more intimate.
Handwriting isn't just hidden away in the archives either. When you open a book from the stacks, you never know what you might find. Maybe that Irish poetry book was signed (or inscribed, to use the formal term) by a former owner.
Sometimes, it's more than just a name. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was a famous and controversial Russian poet known for his criticisms of the Soviet Union and his denunciation of anti-Semitism. Five of his poems were set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich in his Symphony no. 13, "Babi Yar." When he visited Madison in 2001, Yevtushenko inscribed several volumes of his poetry in our collection: With his name, with a message to the Oscar Rennebohm Library wishing "that your students will never abandon poetry," and even with a drawing, which he captioned "the symbol of my life: oh the sharp edge of the Kremlin tower."
Around the library you will also find many examples of artists' handiwork, from the fine embroidery of the Hmong paj ntaub near the P&P room, to the eagle at the base of the stairs, which was hand-carved by Ho-Chunk sculptor Harry Whitehorse from a burr oak that formerly stood on campus.
As you make your way upstairs, two wildlife prints are signed and numbered by the artist, Owen J. Gromme. He was a curator at the Milwaukee Public Museum known for his precise observations of nature and advocacy on environmental issues. Online access to Gromme's 22 volumes of Field Notes is available exclusively in our library's Digital Collections.
]]>Officially designated in 1990, National Native American Heritage Month is observed each November to recognize the history and significant contributions of indigenous Americans.
For information specific to Wisconsin's twelve tribal nations (out of 574 tribal nations in the U.S.), take a look at our Indigenous People guide.
For reading inspiration, here's just a small selection of titles by indigenous authors that we have in our library's collection:
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Print (PS 3569 .I44 C4 1986)
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Ebook via Libby and Print (General Collection, PS 3555 .R42 R68 2012)
There, There by Tommy Orange
Ebook via Libby and Print (General Collection, PS 3615 .R32 T48 2018)
Warrior Girl, Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Print (LZ 7 .B685 WAR 2023)
IRL by Tommy Pico
Print (PS 3616 .I288 I75 2016)
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Print (PR 9199.4 .W4745 J64 2018)
Reckonings: Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women ed. by Hertha D. Sweet Wong, Lauren Stuart Muller, and Jana Sequoya Magdaleno
Ebook via EBSCO eBooks
Libby allows you to borrow ebooks and audiobooks. You can find links to Libby in our A-Z Resource List and on the library homepage (in the Ebooks, Audiobooks, & Streaming tab).
For help and more info, see our FAQ: How do I download ebooks?
]]>The Oscar Rennebohm Library has books for all readers. Looking for something cozy and/or spooky to read this October? Below is a sampling of cozy/spooky reads. Included in the list are print books we own, as well as audiobooks & ebooks that are available via the Libby app.
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Audiobook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3613 .A2945 A88 2023)
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Ebook via Libby and Print (General Collection, PS 3608 .E5715 B66 2022B)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Print (Curriculum, LZ 7 .T459561 CEM 2020)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Audiobook and ebook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3625 .A7384 F68 2023)
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Audiobook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3613 .A8997 G65 2023)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Print (Relax & Read, LZ 7 .G337 G373 2008)
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Print (General Collection, PS 3602 .A59529 L44 2022)
The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern
Print (Relax & Read, PS 3613 .O74875 N54 2012)
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
Ebook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3618 .A533 U54 2023)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Print (General Collection, PR 6113 .A487 V47 2022)
You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Print (Relax & Read, PS 3607 .O4374 Y68 2023)
Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Audiobook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3623 .I57726 F57 2022)
Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Audiobook via Libby
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Print (Relax & Read, PS 3618 .I79 H68 2022)
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Print (General Collection, PS 3616 .C4365 H68 2022)
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Print (Relax & Read, PS 3608 .E543 H69 2023)
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
Audiobook and eBook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PR 6108 .U588 M87 2023)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Audiobook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PR 9199.4 .M656174 M49 2020)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Audiobook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, PS 3602 .A775325 N56 2020)
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Print (Relax & Read, PR 6060 .E95 N66 2023)
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson
Ebook via Libby and Print (Relax & Read, LZ 7 .J243527 WEI 2022)
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Print (Relax & Read, PR 6113 .O85 W45 2019)
Libby allows you to borrow ebooks and audiobooks. You can find links to Libby in our A-Z Resource List and on the library homepage (in the Ebooks, Audiobooks, & Streaming tab).
For help and more info, see our FAQ: How do I download ebooks?
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