Halloween – News

Get ready for Halloween with Psycho (1960) and the Cinematography of John L. Russell

Publication date October 21, 2024
Categories: Events, Hamon Arts Library, Special Collections
Categories: Halloween, Hamon Arts Library, Jones Film Collection

The Jones Film & Video Collection in the Hamon Arts Library will host an evening of film and television history on Tuesday, October 29th, 7pm, in the Jeff Gordon Film Collection and Screening Room, 3rd floor Hamon Library. The event is free and open to the public. Shortly before filming Psycho, Russell worked as the cinematographer for…Continue Reading Get ready for Halloween with Psycho (1960) and the Cinematography of John L. Russell

Season of the Witch

Publication date October 22, 2019
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: books, ghosts, Halloween, Rare Books, Witchcraft

With Halloween approaching, I went searching for the spookiest book I could find in the DeGolyer stacks. We’ve got items on vampires, ghosts, and creatures that go bump in the night, and one work that claims to offer “full and plain evidence concerning witches.” Printed in 1681, Saducismus triumphatus, or, full and plain evidence concerning…Continue Reading Season of the Witch