Celebrating 100 Years of Peabody Library
Notable Peabody Collections
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Peabody Pillar
Digitized versions of the Peabody Pillar from 1949-1979.
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Peabody College
by Call Number: LB2193 .N297 C66 2002ISBN: 0826514251Publication Date: 2002-11-01In this book, Paul Conkin, author of the award-winning history of Vanderbilt, Gone with the Ivy, tells the story of Peabody's many lives, of its successes and failures, and of its many colorful leaders and professors.
Questions?
Contact Karen Swoopes, Peabody Library Administrative Assistant or Melissa Mallon, Peabody Library Director.
Peabody Through The Years
Special Events
All Vanderbilt faculty, students, staff, and particularly Peabody alumni are invited to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Peabody Library. Watch the space below for additional details about our special events.
100th Birthday Party – September 26, 1:00-2:30 pm (Fireside Reading Room, 1st Floor)
- Join us for a casual, drop-in celebration with cake & refreshments. Library tours will be available on request.
- This catered reception will feature champagne and refreshments, and is a chance to celebrate the historic nature of this Carnegie Library.
- Join us for an engaging talk given by Steve Baskauf (Vanderbilt Libraries & Vanderbilt University Arboretum) to discuss the evolution of the magnificent trees on the Esplanade, followed by a walk around the Peabody College grounds. Light refreshments are provided.
A Peabody Library 100th Anniversary Event with Tipper Gore – November 8, 4:00-5:30 pm (Grand Reading Room, 2nd Floor)
- Please join the Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries in celebrating the Peabody Library 100th Anniversary with remarks by Tipper Gore, Peabody College alumna, activist, author, photographer, and former second lady of the United States.
Remarks will begin around 4:15 pm and the event will conclude with a reception in Peabody Library's Grand Reading Room.
[New event added!] Peabody Library: A History of Its First 100 Years – January 22, 2020, 2:00-3:00 pm (Fireside Reading Room, 1st Floor)
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The history of Peabody Library is connected in interesting ways both with the history of Peabody College and with the larger history of libraries and library education in the United States. To help mark Peabody Library's centennial, this talk by Peabody librarian David Golann will highlight photos and other artifacts that illuminate the history of the library and the library school that called it home for many years. Light refreshments will be provided.
- This event provides the community with the chance to contribute to the public good by editing Wikipedia entries featuring the women of Peabody (coincides with Women’s History Month). Lunch will be provided.
