In addition to displays in the Main Library (Learning Center), described below, exhibits are also regularly mounted in the United Methodist Archives Center by the Drew University Methodist Library and the General Commission on Archives and History for The United Methodist Church.
Current Exhibits
Drew University Library
is proud to announce the opening of
“Land of the Morning Calm”
Drew Theological Seminary and Early Christian Missions to Korea
Methodist Center Lobby
September 27, 2012 – January 31, 2013
Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Drew University Library exhibit “Land of the Morning Calm”: Drew Theological Seminary and Early Methodist Missions to Korea examines the origins of Korean Methodism and the historic links between Drew Theological School and American missionary presence in Korea. The exhibit highlights the Henry and Ella Appenzeller family and brings attention to five lesser known Drew graduates and their families between 1885 and 1920. Attention is also given to the origins of Western medical and educational work in Korea.
Materials for the exhibit have been drawn from several collections including: Chung Dong First Methodist Church in Seoul, Korea, the Drew University Archives, Drew Methodist Library and the General Commission on Archives and History for The United Methodist Church. Historical items include manuscript journals, denominational records, photographs, ephemera, and film footage documenting the lives and work of Drew Alumni during the initial years of Methodist missionary outreach to Korea.
The exhibit is housed at the United Methodist Archives and History Center on the campus at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. The free exhibit runs from September 27, 2012, to January 31, 2013, and is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For questions please contact Christopher Anderson, Director of the Methodist Library and Coordinator of Special Collections at Drew University. He can be reached by phone (973) 408-3910 or by email cjanders@drew.edu.
John Cunningham, popular historian and alumnus of the College of Liberal Arts class of 1938, passed away on June 7, 2012.
In memory of his distinguished career– including authoring the definitive history of Drew University– the library is hosting a small exhibit of his works in the entrance to the main library.
On campus, Cunningham was known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Drew history, but to the greater New Jersey population, he was known as the prolific and readable chronicler of New Jersey history at large. The author of University in the Forest and This is New Jersey, Cunningham “had a passionate love affair with New Jersey–its history, its image, its people, its properties great and small, and its unique character. He would defend the state of New Jersey with all his might and against all detractors,” said a friend, Dick Floersheimer, at Cunningham’s memorial.
For more information about John Cunningham, see:
- In Memoriam: John T. Cunningham C’38 by Barbara Price
- John T. Cunningham in the Drew History Wiki
- Words with Friends from Drew Magazine
- Drew Loses a Legend, from Drew Today
The Library will feature an exhibit honoring Thomas H. Kean, former governor of New Jersey (1982-1990) and president of Drew University (1990-2005), in the newly completed Thomas H. Kean Reading Room and Gallery. The exhibit will highlight items from the Governor Thomas H. Kean Collection, the Drew University Archives, and personal memorabilia belonging to the Governor, and will include material covering his role as chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission).
A rotating exhibit of recent faculty work is always on view in the lobby display cases of the Main Library.
Online Exhibits
- East, West, and the Individual: Intersections in the Book Bindings of Sarah Wyman Whitman, exhibit by by Catherine Magee, CLA ’10
- Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass: An Exhibit from the Special Collections of Drew University Library
- Who is my neighbor? The Life and Work of Mildred Moody Eakin
- New Beginnings: A History of Presidential Inaugurations at Drew University
- Bela Kornitzer’s Great American Heritage: A Journalist and Five Presidents
Library Hours and Driving Directions
The current exhibit(s) can be viewed during our regular Library hours.
For directions to the Library, call (973) 408-3949 or view the University’s driving directions page.
You can also view a map of the campus which shows the location of our building. Select “Rose Memorial Library” from the available list, then click “Find Building;” the map will reload with an arrow pointing to our specific location.
Descriptions of previous Library exhibits are now available on a separate page.