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  • Two-time Academy Award nominee Peter Bogdanovich acknowledges the audience inside the IU Cinema upon receiving an honorary degree from President Michael McRobbie in 2011. Three individuals are in the photo, all wearing full regalia and standing at a podium.

    Bogdanovich Collection at Lilly Library

    January 13th, 2022

    The passing of world-renowned filmmaker and film historian Peter Bogdanovich is inspiring renewed interest in the artist. There are insights at Indiana University’s Lilly Library, a rare books and special collections library, with unique holdings chronicling Bogdanovich’s life.
  • Photo of the 1928 Webster's Dictionary open to the entry for the word collector

    IU is America's Dictionary Destination

    October 14th, 2021

    National Dictionary Day is Oct. 16 and marks the birthday of the father of the American dictionary, Noah Webster. In celebration, the Lilly Library announces the establishment of the Merriam-Webster Archive, as well as the acquisition of the complete Madeline Kripke Dictionary Collection, of which the archive is a part.
  • An exterior photo of the Lilly Library during a busy festival

    Lilly Library announces $500,000 mural project, thanks to Lilly Endowment Inc.

    January 23rd, 2020

    Following a recently announced $10.9 million grant to support necessary core renovations at Indiana University’s world-class rare books library, Lilly Endowment Inc. will now provide an additional $500,000 to help IU commission an inspirational and iconic cycle of murals.
  • Explore writings of "Founding Fathers" in rare newspapers and magazines

    October 28th, 2019

    Among the important collections added to the Library in recent years is the "Jonathan Krause Rare Newspaper and Magazine Collection," which spans the mid-seventeenth through the late-nineteenth centuries, and has a special focus on late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century American publications. There is a very strong concentration on newspapers and magazines that includes the writings of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine. There are also a number of earlier newspapers and magazines relating to the American Revolution, and a focus on later American history including slavery and abolitionism, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
  • A librarian is presenting a rare book to a young male and female student inside a library.

    Highlights from Lilly Library collections on display one last time ahead of renovations

    October 25th, 2019

    The building will temporarily close Dec. 6 for its first major renovations since opening in 1960. There will be limited access to some collections until construction is complete in 2021.

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