See butterflies in the Hill Library on April 17

Butterflies are flitting across the blooms of azaleas all over Raleigh—and they will be on display inside the Hill Library as well!

Join us on Thursday, April 17, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in the Hill Library’s Special Collections Reading Room to explore highlights from the entomology collections of the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), including illustrations, rare books, archival collections and more insect-related materials. 

Drop in for a hands-on look at these fascinating materials and to learn more about the work of the staff and students who steward these collections. While you’re there you can make a coil-bound notebook with a cover featuring images of bugs from our collections.

In addition to Special Collections highlights, we will host colleagues from the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology who will be displaying their Insect Specimen Collection.

SCRC materials on display will include insect-related items from Cooperative Extension materials that are currently being digitized as part of the “Extending NC Cooperative Extension Digital History" grant, archival materials from the Libraries’ collections in Entomology and Plant Pathology and rare books showing the history of entomology and the study of insects in early science history.

Come peruse design books, photography, artists' books (including one with an actual cicada shell enclosed inside it) and special-edition art print illustrations of insects, including the E. A. Seguy prints, made in Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles for use in decorative arts, wallpaper and textiles.

The Libraries is also partnering with Wynter Douglas, Interim Library Coordinator for the African American Cultural Center, and Christopher Baker, Director of Libraries at Shaw University, to feature highlights from the John H. Flemming Collection, a group of books from Shaw University President Flemming's personal collection, centered on African and African American culture, society, and history. Visit the Conservatory, just off of Hill’s Exhibit Gallery.