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“Curtain Call: Selections from the Theatre History Collection” is now on display in Special Collections and showcases material from this extensive collection.  From ancient Greece to Hamilton on Broadway today, theatre productions entertain, inspire and awe. Actors use the stage ...

In November, Special Collections will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the acquisition of Binghamton University’s first early modern manuscript. In 1972, Professor Aldo Bernardo, co-founder of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies (CEMERS), facilitated the purchase of the ...

#BingCollects is a joint project between the Binghamton University Art Museum and University Libraries’ Special Collections that brings awareness of these rich and diverse holdings to our community through pop-up exhibitions. The pop-ups will be held in different locations and ...

On November 1, 1872, in an act of defiance against the election laws prohibiting women from voting, Susan B. Anthony, along with fifteen women from Rochester, New York’s eighth ward, registered to vote at the upcoming election. Entries in the ...

Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-born American director and actor and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film and often coined the “King of Comedy.” His anarchic world of cross-eyed rubes, bearded villains, ...

“The singular structure and habits of the Bat have long since afforded the poets an emblem of darkness and terror, and induced them to consecrate this creature to Proserpine, their queen of Hades. … it is by no means allowable ...

Intersession Hours 2011 – 2012 December 12-16     10 a.m. – 4 p.m. December 19-23     By appointment December 26-30, January 2     Closed January 3-29     10 a.m. – 3 p.m. ...