Exhibit opening lectures (MU)
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This collection contains the lectures given at formal exhibit openings at MU Libraries.
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Item Dedication: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Replica(University of Missouri, MU Libraries, 2013-01) University of Missouri, MU LibrariesThis video is of the speakers involved with the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Replica held January 29, 2013 at Ellis Library on the campus of the University of Missouri.Item MU Libraries' 150th Anniversary Federal Depository Library Program 1862-2012(University of Missouri, MU Libraries, Department of Government Documents, 2012-05) University of Missouri, MU Libraries, Department of Government DocumentsFederal Depository Library Program Anniversary : Of over 1,200 participating libraries, MU is the 15th oldest in the nation. We are the 6th oldest academic library in the FDLP. U.S. Superintendent of Documents/Assistant Public Printer Mary Alice Baish will be flying in from Washington to present our library with a 150-year certificate. U.S. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer will personally deliver a message of congratulation. A display of historic government documents will be exhibited in Special Collection -- Thursday, May 1, 2012 1:30-2:30 - Ellis Library ColonnadeItem Food revolutions : how science changed the way we eat, 1700-present(2012-03) Gruen, IngolfThis lecture by Ingolf Gruen shows how innovations in food science, the availability of seasonings, and other inventions have changed they way we eat from 1700 to the present.Item Art and human nature [videorecording](University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2010) Strathausen, CarstenThis lecture explored the two culture phenomenon between the sciences and the humanities, using the terms 'art' and 'human nature' to explore some terminiological tensions between the two cultures.Item Albert Lord and the study of oral traditions [videorecording](2011-02) Foley, John MilesThis presentation honors the landmark achievements of Albert Bates Lord, one of the founders of the field of studies in oral tradition, and celebrates the generous donation of his and Mary Louise Lord's personal libraries by their sons Nathan and Mark Lord to the University of Missouri. The discussion will trace the roots of Lord's research and scholarship in contemporary anthropology and philology, as well as discuss the spread of this comparative approach to more than 150 language traditions from the ancient world to the present day. Audio examples of Lord's fieldwork collections in the former Yugoslavia will illustrate the talk.