Exhibits

The New Faculty Books exhibit showcases the most recent faculty book publications and previews forthcoming titles. This display, to be updated periodically, offers a glimpse at the range and diversity of the current research interests of the faculty. View book covers, call numbers and other details

Library staff are curating new exhibitions. We look forward to sharing these new displays with you in the future!

The second floor of the library features a room dedicated to the Presbyterian heritage in Korea and its connections with Princeton Theological Seminary.

You may need to zoom in on this display of the most diminutive items in Special Collections & Archives.

Ranging in date from around 1900 BCE to modern printing, these small wonders inspire awe and showcase the variance in bookmaking techniques, artistry, and content.

Special Collections & Archives staff have selected unique items from the collection.

On view are mysterious and mythological beasts from the 16^th, 17^th, and 19^th centuries, a cacophony of onomatopoeic bird songs and poems, drama in cuneiform, and a Qur'anic camel shoulder bone.

The third floor Women in Ministry Room (3028) has a photo exhibit celebrating the presence of women at Princeton Theological Seminary.

C.L. Seow has taught Old Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Seminary since 1983. Effective August 16, 2015, he joins the faculty of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University as the Vanderbilt, Buffington, Cupples Distinguished Chair in Hebrew Bible.

Edward Miller, brother to renowned Princeton Theological Seminary professor, Samuel Miller, collaborated in America's first medical journal as he was a practicing doctor and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Special Collections holds his private patient appointment book from the two years he was practicing privately prior to his death in 1812.

Exhibit created by Special Collections intern, Kaitlin Montague, MLIS 2016, Rutgers School of Communication and Information

On Sunday, March 7, 1965, 600 people participated in the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. A second march took place two days later, which James J. Reeb, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and Unitarian Universalist minister, joined. When it was over, three people had been killed, including Reeb. One year later, the Seminary held a series of five annual lectures by internationally distinguished religious and civic leaders: Eugene Carson Blake, Roy Wilkins, D. T. Niles, Ralph David Abernathy, and Paul Verghese.

"The Numismatic Luther," a special exhibit in honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, continues to be available as a digital exhibit: The Numismatic Luther: The Frederick J. and Joyce Schumacher Collection.

This outstanding collection of Luther-related medals and coins has been put together by Frederick J. Schumacher (Class of 1978) over much of a lifetime and represents Luther commemoration over many centuries. "More different medals and coins have been struck relating to Luther and his life and teachings than any other single person in history," writes Rev. Schumacher in an article he published about his collection.

What are the digital humanities (DH) and how are they part of seminary education? Princeton seminarians explored these and other questions in an early 2015 introductory DH course, proposing new interactive knowledge resources. Three student projects are presented in this digital exhibit: Love of God Audio Quotation Database (Jeffrey Cobbold), Digital Humanities and Text Encoding (Alan B. Thorne, Jr.), Father Forgive Me for I Have Trolled: Re-Imagining the Scope of Religious Confession in the Digital World (Michael J. Toy).