This piece is featured in the latest edition of The Bridwell Quarterly. Exploring the future of sustainable printing, binding, and book making in Canada During the week of February 10th, 2025, Bridwell Director Anthony Elia traveled to Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) to visit with book artists and printers and explore the city’s vibrant book arts culture…Continue Reading Book arts & printing in wintry Winnipeg
This event will be held at Bridwell Library on October 3, with sessions outlined in the conference program. If attending, please submit your RSVP for the conference. Welcoming scholars and thinkers from coast to coast This fall, Bridwell Library will host a conference welcoming scholars and religious leaders from coast to coast. Liberating Theology and…Continue Reading Faith & ethics in dialogue: A cross-disciplinary collaboration at Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library makes headlines In the wake of the announcement of a $2.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, which itself follows a major planning grant from the same foundation, Bridwell Library continues to make news for the dedication and expertise of its team. Elisa McCune, special collections and integrative projects librarian, has made news…Continue Reading A divine encounter with a mysterious text
This news appears in the Winter/Spring 2025 edition of The Bridwell Quarterly. The Spring 2025 edition of The Bridwell Quill, the library director’s thought piece, is available now. Transformative developments underway at Bridwell Library Exciting changes are in the future for Bridwell Library. With the announcement of a $2.5 million Religion and Culture grant from…Continue Reading Building on momentum at Bridwell Library
Considering the centuries ahead A key component of the new Rees-Jones Library of the American West will be a conservation lab, where historical materials will be repaired and protected. To learn more about the painstaking process of safeguarding such treasures, members of the Friends of SMU Libraries Board met with conservator Jesse Hunt for a…Continue Reading A lab in the library: Using science and art to save rare materials
Exciting changes ahead for one SMU library With the new year comes exciting news for one of the SMU Libraries. The Lilly Endowment, a philanthropic foundation dedicated to community development, education and religion, has awarded Bridwell Library a $2.5 million grant through the foundation’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative, which has provided awards to only…Continue Reading The Lilly Endowment awards Bridwell Library a $2.5 million grant
This announcement, along with other news at Bridwell Library, can be found in the Fall 2024 editions of The Bridwell Quarterly and The Bridwell Quill. One need not travel across time or space to learn the stories of those who came before – they need only to visit Bridwell Library, and specifically, Bridwell Library’s Special…Continue Reading A World Awaits at Bridwell Library
In his introduction to the latest edition of the Bridwell Quarterly, library director Anthony Elia writes, “Every season offers us something to consider, reflect upon, and deal with. This spring and summer were no exception.” This is certainly true in the case of Bridwell Library, as is detailed in the newest editions of the Quarterly,…Continue Reading Seasons of Change at Bridwell Library
Anthony Elia, director of Bridwell Library, was invited to give two lectures at the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, this past August. The conference—held every five years in a different location—was attended by more than 1,200 delegates from across the globe, and each assembly is guided by a different theme. This year, the theme…Continue Reading Bridwell in Sweden
Bridwell Library has been busy acquiring new manuscripts and hosting a number of exciting events over the winter months. You can read all about them in our latest publications, which are now available to view online. We hope you will enjoy the Winter 2024 issues of The Bridwell Quarterly and The Bridwell Quill, a Note from the Director. …Continue Reading What’s New at Bridwell Library? Winter 2024