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The Spring 2026 Exhibition | <\/a>Cultivating Community: Stories from Special Collections<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2026\/01\/repSpring2026-300x169.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThis exhibition highlights stories of survival, contemplation, competition, protest, and learning, from six distinct collections in Rare Books and Special Collections. Each section, presented by a different subject curator, focuses on an example of how people over time and in different places, construct community and cultivate hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Community of Learners in Colonial America and the Early Republic<\/strong><\/a>
Rachel Bohlmann, Ph.D. (Curator, American History and American Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Gay Olympic<\/s> Games: Community Through Sport<\/a><\/strong>
Gregory Bond, Ph.D. (Curator, Joyce Sports Research Collection)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWomen Religious in Male Spaces<\/strong>
David T. Gura, Ph.D. (Curator, Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIreland\u2019s Idealized Community<\/strong>
Matthew Knight, Ph.D. (Curator, Irish Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nA Community of Solidarity<\/strong>
Natasha Lyandres (Curator, Russian and East European Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nTransnational Communities of Resistance during El Salvador\u2019s Civil War<\/strong>
Payton Phillips Quintanilla, Ph.D. (Curator, Latin American and Iberian Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe current spotlight exhibits are Pennant Race: Souvenir Fan Pennants of the Negro Baseball Leagues<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (January\u2013February 2026) and First Impressions: An Introduction to Mesoamerican\u00a0sellos \/\u00a0Primeras impresiones: Una introducci\u00f3n a los sellos mesoamericanos<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (January\u2013April 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\nAll exhibits are free and open to the public during\u00a0business hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSpecial Collections will be open regular hours<\/a> during Notre\u00a0Dame’s Spring Break (March 9 \u2013 13, 2026).<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Please join us for the following public events and exhibits being hosted in Rare Books and Special Collections: Monday, March 5 at 5:00pm\u00a0|\u00a0Italian Research Seminar: M.A. Student Presentations (University of Notre Dame) \u2014 This semester\u2019s speakers are: Giorgia Buscema and Madeline Grossman. The Spring 2026 Exhibition | Cultivating Community: Stories from Special Collections This exhibition … Continue reading Upcoming Events: March 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":3220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5065,75050,75053,75058,75054,75060,12646,75062,75063,75052],"tags":[77938,73938,156,77929,54896,77931,5072],"class_list":["post-11315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibits","category-irish-studies","category-italian-literature","category-latin-american-studies","category-medieval-renaissance","category-miscellaneous","category-russian-east-european-studies","category-sports-research","category-us-history-culture","tag-book","tag-manuscripts","tag-news","tag-periodicals","tag-photographs","tag-printed-ephemera","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11315"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11351,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions\/11351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThis exhibition highlights stories of survival, contemplation, competition, protest, and learning, from six distinct collections in Rare Books and Special Collections. Each section, presented by a different subject curator, focuses on an example of how people over time and in different places, construct community and cultivate hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Community of Learners in Colonial America and the Early Republic<\/strong><\/a> The Gay Women Religious in Male Spaces<\/strong> Ireland\u2019s Idealized Community<\/strong> A Community of Solidarity<\/strong> Transnational Communities of Resistance during El Salvador\u2019s Civil War<\/strong> This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The current spotlight exhibits are Pennant Race: Souvenir Fan Pennants of the Negro Baseball Leagues<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (January\u2013February 2026) and First Impressions: An Introduction to Mesoamerican\u00a0sellos \/\u00a0Primeras impresiones: Una introducci\u00f3n a los sellos mesoamericanos<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (January\u2013April 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n All exhibits are free and open to the public during\u00a0business hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please join us for the following public events and exhibits being hosted in Rare Books and Special Collections: Monday, March 5 at 5:00pm\u00a0|\u00a0Italian Research Seminar: M.A. Student Presentations (University of Notre Dame) \u2014 This semester\u2019s speakers are: Giorgia Buscema and Madeline Grossman. The Spring 2026 Exhibition | Cultivating Community: Stories from Special Collections This exhibition … Continue reading Upcoming Events: March 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":3220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5065,75050,75053,75058,75054,75060,12646,75062,75063,75052],"tags":[77938,73938,156,77929,54896,77931,5072],"class_list":["post-11315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibits","category-irish-studies","category-italian-literature","category-latin-american-studies","category-medieval-renaissance","category-miscellaneous","category-russian-east-european-studies","category-sports-research","category-us-history-culture","tag-book","tag-manuscripts","tag-news","tag-periodicals","tag-photographs","tag-printed-ephemera","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11315"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11351,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions\/11351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Rachel Bohlmann, Ph.D. (Curator, American History and American Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nOlympic<\/s> Games: Community Through Sport<\/a><\/strong>
Gregory Bond, Ph.D. (Curator, Joyce Sports Research Collection)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
David T. Gura, Ph.D. (Curator, Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew Knight, Ph.D. (Curator, Irish Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Natasha Lyandres (Curator, Russian and East European Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Payton Phillips Quintanilla, Ph.D. (Curator, Latin American and Iberian Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nSpecial Collections will be open regular hours<\/a> during Notre\u00a0Dame’s Spring Break (March 9 \u2013 13, 2026).<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"