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Fall 2015
Friends Book Sale
Wednesday–Saturday, October 21–24, 2015
116 Memorial Library, 728 State Street
The largest semiannual used-book sale
in Wisconsin includes literature, history,
children’s books, science, art, philosophy,
reference texts, foreign language books, and
more. DVDs, CDs, and LPs are also available.
All sales are open to the public.
Hours are:
Wednesday, October 21
Preview sale: 4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
($5 admission)
Thursday and Friday, October 22–23
Regular sale: 10:30 a.m.–7 p.m.
(No admission fee)
Saturday, October 24
Bag sale: 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
($4 per bag)
Bring a grocery bag or buy one for $1
1:05–2:00 p.m., remaining books are free
Saint John’s Bible in Madison: A Look Back
The Saint John’s Bible is a hand-written and illuminated bible
commissioned by the monks of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Celebrated calligrapher Donald Jackson and a team of scribes and
illuminators completed the bible over a fifteen-year period employing
techniques and materials that untold scribes before them used prior to the
invention of the printing press. (The Saint John’s Bible was on display at the
Chazen Museum of Art December 19, 2014 to March 15, 2015.)
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Looking
Back: A
Special
Event
Dow Protests at 1967 Graduation
UW Archives S04779 23/321
UW–Madison Archives Talk &
Moderated Panel Discussion
Featuring: Mayor Paul Soglin, Rev.
David Couper, Jane Brotman-Austin
and Michael Zaleski
https://www.library.wisc.edu/
friends/events-and-exhibits
https://www.library.wisc.edu/
friends/
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Varsity Hall, Union South
1308 W. Dayton Street
A co-sponsored event with the University of
Wisconsin Archives will provide a look at
the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam
War, and at campus history during those
tumultuous years. From 1965–1975 the UW–
Madison campus was a national flashpoint
of anti-war protests. Find out about the
extensive resources and materials available
at the UW–Madison Archives and at the Oral
History Project that capture the memories of
former students, faculty, and citizens involved
with the Sterling Hall bombing and campus
demonstrations. The evening will feature a
talk by UW–Archives staff that will include
movie clips, videos, and photos. This will be
followed by a panel discussion moderated
by Friends Board member Jim Fleming, of
Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Psalms
Frontispiece,
Donald Jackson,
Copyright 2004,
The Saint John’s
Bible, Saint John’s
University, Collegeville,
Minnesota, USA.