To commemorate the 100th. anniversary of the start of World War I, the Special Collections and Archives Department has mounted an exhibit featuring sheet music and also photographs and memorabilia from the Eddie Rickenbacker Collection.  Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973) was known as the Ace of Aces as a pilot in World War I.  He shot down 21 enemy planes and 5 enemy balloons.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.   The exhibit is located in several glass display cases located on the left hand side upon entering the department following the first five glass display cases featuring an exhibit on William Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Intersession July 31 - August 17 by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.  Regular hours of operation will resume on the first day of classes, Monday, August 18 at 7:30 a.m.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Final Exams July 28 - 30 by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.  Special hours will be in place also for July 25-27 for classes ending and Study Days.

Be sure to check the Hours link located in the upper central part of the Auburn University Libraries  homepage to find out hours of operation during the July 4 holiday period affecting Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5.  Normal Summer Semester hours of operation will resume on Sunday, July 6.

Auburn Author

A Difficult Par:  Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf

Dr. James Hansen, Auburn University Department of History

Reading and Book Signing

Date and Time:  Thursday, May 22 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:   Auburn University Libraries, Auburn University Department of History, and Auburn University Bookstore.

Be sure to click on the Hours link located in the upper central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to find out library hours of operation during the Intersession schedule, May 3 - 15.  Regular hours of operation begin on May 16.

Discover Auburn

Auburn:   A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village, 3rd. Edition

Mickey Logue and Jack Simms

Presentation and Book Signing

Date and Time:  Tuesday, April 15 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:   Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Bookstore

Discover Auburn

"Loveliest Village of the Plains":  Auburn Places and Poems Across the U.S.

Dr. Emily Friedman, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Thursday, April 10 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and The Auburn University Department of English.

"Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain,

Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,

And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed,

Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,

Seats of my youth where every sport could please,

How often have I loitered o'er thy green,

Where humble happiness endeared each scene!"

- Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774)