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Don’t miss this newest display featuring a costume from the popular play, She Stoops to Conquer.

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Costume design by Clara Painter

She-Stoops-1280x1024This costume, designed by Clara Painter, was worn by Aleah Zimmer in the role of Miss Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer, a comedy written in the 1700s by Oliver Goldsmith. The play was performed by the SOU’s 2015-16 Theatre Program and directed by Dennis Smith.

Currently on display through the summer in the Bailey Area, second floor of the library.

 

 

Come and vote in the SOU Super Tuesday primary at Hannon Library! This Super Tuesday game will go on for the entire month of March. At the end of month we’ll tally the votes and announce the results. Visit the election display located on the first floor of the library, in front of the Reference Desk. 

It’s a great way to get yourself ready for the November 2016 election—not to mention, it’s also fun! 

And while you’re there, don’t forget to check out the display honoring Women’s History Month. 

The SOU Super Tuesday is solely an academic activity to promote civic awareness. Southern Oregon University and Hannon Library do not endorse any particular candidate, political party, or ideological perspective, nor do we seek to influence actual election outcomes. We encourage civil discourse and ask participants to be respectful of all viewpoints.

Whether old or young, everyone can appreciate a great peanut butter sandwich. That’s why Hannon Library has provided a charming display case for Peanut Butter Lovers Month, located on the second floor, in the Children’s Collection of the library.

Peanut butter was first patented in November 1895, by John Kellogg, an occasion that has been celebrated by peanut farmers for years until National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month was establish in 1995.

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A jar of peanuts sits among intriguing children’s novels of characters and adventures all around peanut butter.

By Donica Burdette

Thnxgiving1The display All About Turkeys, located on the first floor in the Learning Commons, provides facts about the history of the turkey and how this now iconic bird has been integrated as a national symbol of Thanksgiving. This display also includes information about the annual presidential pardoning of the turkey, and visual guides of turkey distribution across the Unites States.

Thnxgiving2Located next to All about Turkeys, the display Thanksgiving Declared a Holiday attracts students and viewers alike with historical information of how Thanksgiving became what it is today. The processes and developments of how the Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 was created are available to view.

Thnxgiving3Have A Happy Thanksgiving, located on the third floor in Taylor Mezzanine, displays an artistic array of autumn flowers and leaves, capturing the essence of November in a developed and informative way. Books about Thanksgiving are displayed and provide information about the harvest feast for viewers.

By Donica Burdette

DrumsThis display on National Drum Month recognizes percussionists’ unique sounds, which have provided rhythm and beats throughout music history. A collision of styles is found in this display, located on the third floor in the Taylor Mezzanine, exhibiting everything from jazz drumming, to the history of drumming. The display case is rhythmic and colorful, containing CD’s, books, and ­­­doumbek drum modeled after the drum styles used in 1100 BCE Babylonia and Sumer. Saxophone

Saxophone fans will appreciate the National Saxophone Month display case located in the
Bailey Collection on the second floor. Filled with books and CD’s about saxophones, this display case gives examples on works that can be easily accessed through the library’s music collections.

By Donica Burdette