Join us in Room 100, 1st Floor, of the George A. Smathers Library for an OPEN HOUSE event in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday on Thursday, February 19th, 2026 from 1-3 pm. Come meet our librarians and archivists and have light refreshments.
Materials on display from:
The Zora Neale Hurston Papers – literature and correspondence
The Jim Haskin Literature Collection – African American Biography
Performing Arts (Bo Diddley, Michael Jackson Thriller, Katherine Dunham. Normal Studio Movie Posters)
Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature
The Sherry Sherrod DuPree Collection – Gainesville and Local History
The A. Quinn Jones and Lincoln High School Collection – Education
Jimmy Carter Memorabilia – Political and Popular Culture Collections
Maps – Harlem Artists Guild/first Black woman to hold a directorship role in publishing, Louise E. Jefferson – sample work
