Monday, April 4, 2011

Six Iconic Crimes: Violence through the Decades and War in Print

From April 4-30, the O'Toole Library offers a special exhibit: "Six Iconic Crimes: Violence through the Decades and War in Print: Books and Images from the O'Toole Library Collection." The exhibit focuses on Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, Leopold and Loeb, Charles Manson, Aileen Wuornos and the Columbine Massacres with a separate display spotlighting books on war reporting. This presentation is held in conjunction with the annual Saint Peter's College Media and History Conference, which this year has the theme of If It Bleeds, It Leads: Reporting on War and Crime. The conference will be held on Thursday, April 7. Co-Curators: Daisy DeCoster, MLIS, Assistant Librarian, Reference and Ilona MacNamara, Associate Librarian, MLS, MA, Reference and Exhibits Coordinator. Special thanks to Mary Kinahan-Ockay, B.A,, Dip. Anglo-Irish Lit., College Archivist.

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