Patience Essah Africana Studies Lecture Series

African American Covers of Country Music BEFORE Ray Charles:  Prevalence and Significance

Dr. Tim Dodge, Reference Librarian, History and Political Science Subject Specialist, Auburn University Libraries

Date and Time:  Tuesday, January 16 at 3:30 p.m.

Location:  Ground Floor Auditorium, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Ray Charles's 1962 release of his "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" L.P. is considered a milestone and is regarded as the first successful attempt of an African American artist to record music that was first recorded by a Country artist.  However, it turns out that Charles was by no means the first African American artist to have done so.  Tim Dodge will provide a historical overview of the phenomenon and will explore both the prevalence and significance of this recording activity.  Brief musical examples will be provided to help illustrate this little-known aspect of African American recording history.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and the Auburn University Office of Inclusion and Diversity.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during the Intersession and Holiday season by clicking on the Hours link located  in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.  Intersession hours will be in effect December 18 and 19 (following Commencement Hours December 16 and closure December 17) and January 3-9 (closed January 7).  Holiday hours will be in effect December 20 - January 2 (and the library will be closed December 23-26,  and December 31 -  January 1).Regular hours of operation will resume on January 10, the first day of classes for the Spring Semester.

Faculty, staff, and students wishing to obtain Interlibrary Loan and AUBIExpress services between the dates of December 20, 2017 and January 2, 2018 should take note of the following deadlines and plan research materials requests accordingly.   The Interlibrary Loan and AUBIExpress offices will be closed December 20, 2017 through January 2, 2018.   Book requests submitted after December 8, 2017 may not arrive after January 3, 2018.   Article requests submitted after December 15, 2017 may not arrive until after January 3, 2018.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Final Exams December 11-15 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 December 8-10 for classes ending and for Study Days, and December 16-17 for Commencement Weekend.  Intersession Hours, Christmas Break, and New Year's Break will affect library hours December 18-January 9. 

Be sure to check the Hours link located in the top central portion of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to see library hours of operation during the Thanksgiving holiday period.  Dates affected are Sunday, November 19 through Saturday, November 25.  Regular hours resume on Sunday, November 26 at 1 p.m.

Discover Auburn Women of Distinction

A Public Lecture Series Celebrating 125 Years of Auburn Women (1892-12017)

You Gotta Know When to Fold 'Em

Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Date and Time:  Tuesday, November 14 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Ground Floor Auditorium

"Once you've written over 6000 columns, worn out seven Fords, slept on your dirty clothes in the back of your van in the middle of the Sturgis Harley Davidson rally and interviewed not one, but two inventors of perpetual motion machines, it might be time to give up the best job on  earth, newspaper columnist".

Beginning as a writer for The Auburn Plainsman, Rheta spent over four decades as an award winning reporter and columnist in the Deep South.

She is the author of seven books including American Faces, 1987; Good Grief, The Story of Charles M. Schulz, 1989; Georgia, 2000; Poor Man's Provence:  Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana, 2008; Enchanted Evening:  Barbie and the Second Coming, 2010; Hank Hung the Moon and Warmed our Cold, Cold Hearts, 2012; and The Dog Buried over the Bridge,2016.

Sponsored by:   Auburn University Libraries and the Auburn Alumni Center.

Common Book Movie:   The United States of Secrets (2014/2017)

Date and Time:  Monday, November 13 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

See 2017 Common Book Film Series web site for upcoming movies.

Discover Auburn Women of Distinction

A Public Lecture Series Celebrating 125 Years of Auburn Women of (1892-2017)

Liz Huntley '93, Attorney, Author, and University Trustee

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 8 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Ground Floor Auditorium

Trustee Huntley, a civil litigation attorney in Birmingham represents the Sixth District.   She is a committed child advocate and the author of her memoir, More than a Bird.

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and the Auburn Alumni Association.

In celebration of 125 years of women students at Auburn University, join us for a series of timely conversations on women artists from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art’s permanent collection. Each conversation will begin with an introduction by an art historian and a member of the Auburn University community. Bring a brown bag lunch. Drinks and snacks provided.

Date and Time:

Monday, November 6, 2017

12:00pm

RBD Library Ground Floor Auditorium

Guest Speakers:

Alaundra Shealey, Master’s student in Apparel Design

Xoe Fiss, Curator of Education, K-12, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

Artwork:

Caroline Durieux, Dames de Pigalle, 1952

Lithograph with color monoprint

Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection

Discover Auburn Women of Distinction

A Public lecture Series Celebrating 125 years of Auburn Women (1892-2017)

Auburn History, and History at Auburn

Dr. Leah Rawls Atkins

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 1 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Leah Rawls Atkins holds three degrees from Auburn University and has been deeply involved with Auburn her entire life.  From her years as an undergraduate water skiing national champion, to receiving the first Ph.D. in History award at Auburn University, she has exemplified the words of the Auburn Creed.

Her career as a historian includes faculty service, leadership in institutional and state organizations, and the publication of numerous works, including a centennial history of women at Auburn.   She is a co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated Alabama:  History of a Deep South State.

A gifted and engaging speaker, Dr. Atkins will share her stories of the personalities and people behind History at Auburn.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and the Auburn Alumni Association.