Fondren Library Exhibits

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LocationExhibit
1st floor
Room 156
"Electric and Laboratory Equipment" - An exhibit including examples of vintage equipment from the 20th century used by Rice scientists.
1st floor Hobby Information Concourse"A Part Of- Not Apart From" - The history of PRIDE at Rice University. The exhibit documents the history of the LGBTQ+ community at Rice University from the 1970s to current day using materials from the Rice Thresher, the Campanile, and the Rice PRIDE records.
1st floor exhibit cases at front left of Fondren Library East Entrance
 
"Selections from the Printed Works Teaching Collection" - Posters by Marty Mazzurro of New York (2 woodcut and letterpress bird prints), Carlos Jimenez of Houston / Burning Bones Press (2 collage style screenprints Pistol Packing Mama and High Fidelity), Tessa Doyle of Houston / Burning Bones Press (2 "Bayou Round Up" screenprint posters including Roach Rodeo and Uncanny! Unearthly!), 3 small zines, 2 large green event posters for the printmaker showcase It Came From the Bayou (2019 and 2023)
1st floor exhibit cases at front right of Fondren Library East Entrance
 
"Selections from the Printed Works Teaching Collection" - Posters by Marty Mazzurro of New York (2 woodcut and letterpress bird prints), Carlos Jimenez of Houston / Burning Bones Press (2 collage style screenprints Pistol Packing Mama and High Fidelity), Tessa Doyle of Houston / Burning Bones Press (2 "Bayou Round Up" screenprint posters including Roach Rodeo and Uncanny! Unearthly!), 3 small zines, 2 large green event posters for the printmaker showcase It Came From the Bayou (2019 and 2023)
Inside Woodson Research Center"Replica of William Blake's Star Wheel Rolling Press created by Michael Phillips," presented by Woodson Research Center featuring this new item at Fondren Library and available for demonstrations in Spring 2023
1st floor flat cases outside Woodson Research Center

Case #1: "Sid Richardson, Old and New" An exhibit on the replacement, demolition, and future of Sid Richardson College.

Case #2: "Sid Richardson, Old and New" An exhibit on the replacement, demolition, and future of Sid Richardson College.

1st floor single case
by elevators
"Sid Richardson, Old and New" An exhibit on the replacement, demolition, and future of Sid Richardson College.
3rd floor
Lovett Lounge
"Black Renaissance in Houston's Performing and Visual Arts" - Selections from the Sheila Pree Bright photographic portraits of Houston Hip Hop Artists, the Ensemble Theatre records, the Community Artists' Collective records, and the Naomi Carrier academic career and community activism collection materials.
6th floor
exhibit cases
"Fondren Fellows" - The exhibit highlights the Fondren Fellows program, which funds Rice undergraduate or graduate students to conduct research or teaching projects sponsored by Fondren Library that involve skills, collections, spaces, or services related to libraries and archives.
Rice Memorial Center trophy case "Beer Bike at Rice" - This exhibit includes t shirts worn by the college teams over the years.