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Sexpectations: single white females:aAn exhibition of selected rare books and other documents, 1700-present. Monash Rare Book Collection, ISB, 20th October 1997 - March 1998
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 20 October 1997 - March 1998. This exhibition marked the 10th anniversary of the Centre for Women's Studies at Monash University. The…
Music to delight the eye: highlights of the Monash University Music Library 18 March - 31 May 1996
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 18 March - 31 May, 1996 Opening address given by Professor Margaret Kartomi, School of Music-Conservatorium. Guitarist Matthew Fagan…
Music at Monash: highlights from the Monash University music collections 11 July - 30 September 2004
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 11 July - 30 September 2004 Opening address given by Professor Margaret Kartomi, School of Music-Conservatorium. "Music at Monash" is a…
Aspects of Korean music and culture: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library, Rare Book Collection, 27 May - 26 June 2002
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 27 May - 26 June 2002. The exhibition includes editions of musical scores rarely seen outside Korea. Recordings of traditional, folk and…
Australian women writers 1910-1950: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 29 March - 31 July 2007
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 29 March - 31 July 2007 Opening address given by art historian Dr Janine Burke. This exhibition includes works by over 100 novelists and…
Books never die: a Rare Books exhibition on the history of the book 14 June - 7 September 2012
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 14 June - 7 September 2012 Opening address given by Shane Carmody, Director Development, State Library of Victoria. This exhibition is a…
In Fairy Land: an exhibition of fairy tale books from the Rare Books Collection 6 March - 7 June 2013
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 6 March - 7 June 2013. Opening address given by Dr. Rebecca do Rozarion, Lecturer, School of English, Communications and Performance…
Louis-Nicolas Davout, 1770-1823: the Marshal's library: collecting books in Napoleonic France: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection. Monash University Library, 26 August - 17 October 1994
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 26 August - 17 October 1994. The happy accidents that a private collection in Melbourne holds a bundle of papers relating to the library of…
French fiction: Monash Rare Book Collection 2 November 1995 - 4 March 1996
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 2 November 1995 - 4 March 1996. French literature has been part of the curriculum at Monash University since 1961. The collections in the…
Censors and censorship in enlightenment France: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection 3 September - 14 October 1996
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 3 September - 14 October, 1996
Artist's books: an exhibition hosted by Rare Books 28 September - 25 November 2011
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 28 September - 25 November 2011 Opening address given by Sarah Bodman, Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books, Centre for Fine Print…
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): an exhibition of material from the Rare Books Room, Monash University Library, 9 May - 30 June 1990
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 9 May - 30 June 1990
Cover illustration "Portrait of Swift" by Charles Jervas; Bibliographical descriptions by Merete Smith; Captions by…
Cover illustration "Portrait of Swift" by Charles Jervas; Bibliographical descriptions by Merete Smith; Captions by…
The artful inscriber: an exhibition of material from the Rare Books Room, 20 August - 30 September 1990, Monash University Library
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 20 August - 30 September 1990
Some items kindly loaned by private collectors
Some items kindly loaned by private collectors
Recent acquisitions [1]: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection. Monash University Library, 5th December 1990 - 31st March 1991
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 5 December - 31 March 1991. Monash University Library has good reason to be proud of its Rare Book Collection. The areas of collection…
Yellowbacks : an exhibition of material from the Rare Books Collection. Monash University Library, 26th November 1991 - 2nd March 1992
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 26 November 1991 - 2 March 1992. 'Yellowbacks' were first brought to the attention of bibliophiles in 1934 by John Carter in his New Paths…
Eighteenth century French book illustrations: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Room. First floor, Main Library, 16th July - 21st September 1992
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 16 July - 21 September 1992. Any institution that has serious teaching and research programmes devoted to the eighteenth century in France…
Early images of the Australian Aborigines: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection, 14 October - 29 November 1993
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 14 October - 29 November 1993. This Exhibition has been organised to mark the Year of the Indigenous Peoples. The items on display give…
Christmas: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection. Monash University Library, 8 December - 31 January 1994
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 8 December 1993 - 31 January 1994. There are few assertions about the nature, significance and history of Christmas which will pass…
Recent acquisitions [2]: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection. Monash University Library, 21 February 1994 - 8 April 1994
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 21 February - 8 April 1994. This exhibition features significant items acquired since the previous “Recent Acquisitions” display in…
Swift & his times (1667-1745): an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection. Monash University Library, 2 June - 21 August 1994
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 2 June - 21 August 1994. The nucleus of the Monash Rare Book Collection is its Swift collection. There was an Exhibition held in 1990 of…
Translations of the Greek and Latin classics: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection, 25 June to 11 August 1996
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 25 June - 11 August, 1996. This exhibition concentrates mainly on English translations from the Restoration and the eighteenth century; the…
Early medical books: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection 26 March - 24 April 1997
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 26 March - 24 April 1997
The Restoration 1660-1700: an exhibition of books from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection, 24 July - 12 September 1997
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 24 July - 12 September 1997. The exhibition includes original writings from the time and provides an insight into the politics and history…
The occult: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection 4 June - 24 July 1998
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 4 June - 24 July 1998. This exhibition displays material from the Rare Book Collection covering the fields of witchcraft, spiritualism,…
From the sands of the Sahara: ancient Kellis and its texts: Monash University excavations at Ismant el-Kharab Dakleh Oasis, Egypt: an exhibition of photographs rom the Department of Classics and Archaeology and matrial from the Monash University Rare Bookes Collection 30 July - 2 October 1998
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 30 July - 2 October 1998. Photographs from Monash excavations at the site of Ismant el-Kharab, ancient Kellis, in Egypt's Dakhleh oasis are…
French Theatre: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Book Collection, 7 October 1998--26 February 1999
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 7 October 1998 - 26 February 1999. Ideally, a theatre exhibition should go well beyond the texts of plays themselves. The buildings in…
Modern Australian poetry: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library, 18 March to 19 May 1999
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 18 March - 19 May 1999. This exhibition shows some of the extensive collection of Australian literature held in the Monash Rare Book…
Travel in the East: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library, 17 June to 20 August 1999
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 17 June - 20 August 1999. This exhibition includes works from the 16th to the early 20th century, from Marco Polo to "Chinese" Morrison.…
Science fiction: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library, 1 September 1999 to 29 February 2000
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 1 September 1999 - 29 February 2000. This exhibition centres on two of the less-well known areas of the Monash Rare Book Collection: a…
Early Australian history: an exhibition of material from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library, 6 April - 30 June 2000
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 6 April - 30 June 2000. The Australiana section of the Monash Rare Book Collection facilitates research into the lived experience of our…
TCA: Twentieth-Century Australia: an exhibition of private press books from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library, 14 June - 12 October 2001
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 14 June - 12 October 2001. This exhibition has two streams. In one we are taken through Australia's history, decade by decade, from…
Recent acquisitions [3]: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library, Rare Book Collection, 13 December 2001 to 6 May 2002
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 13 December 2001 - 6 May 2002. The exhibition highlights acquisitions by the Rare Book Collection and looking at it is a good way to gain…
English literature to 1800: an exhibition of Rare Books from the Monash University Library Collection, 1 August to 2 December 2002
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 1 August - 2 December 2002. From 1961 when the University began, Monash University Library has specialised in collecting seventeenth and…
Magazines: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Collection 19 December 2002 to 5 May 2003
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 19 December 2002 - 5 May 2003. An exhibition of colourful and curious magazines dating from the seventeenth century to the present.…
Australian fiction: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Rare Book Collection, 5 June - 29 September 2003
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 5 June - 29 September 2003. Reading fiction set in Australia from the early nineteenth-century to the present is a way of understanding our…
Tourism in Australia: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 22 October 2003 - March 2004
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 22 October 2003 - March 2004 Opening address given by Peter Spearritt. This exhibition on Tourism includes material that shows how we…
Portraits: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 29 April - 30 June 2004
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 29 April - 30 June 2004 Opening address given by Max delany, Director, Monash Museum of Art. Over 100 curious and quirky portraits,…
Coloured cloth bindings: highlights from the Monash University music collections 14 October 2004 - 28 February 2005
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 14 October 2004 - 28 February 2005 Opening address given by Dr. Alan Dilnot, School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies. The…
Communism: highlights from the Monash University music collections 16 March - 27 May 2005
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 16 March - 27 May 2005 Opening address given by Dr. Peter Lentini, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts. Over 150 items…
Sun Books: an exhibition of Sun Books publications from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 1 June - 31 August 2005
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 1 June - 31 August 2005 Opening address given by Brian Stonier, AO, co-founder and Managing Director of Sun Books. An exhibition of…
Recent acquisitions 4: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 15 December 2005 - 31 March 2006
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 15 December 2005 - 31 March 2006. This is the fourth "Recent Acquisitions" exhibition we have held and includes material acquired since…
The home: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 31 March - 30 June 2006
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 31 March - 30 June 2006 Opening address given by Philip Goad, Deputy Dean and Head of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture Building and…
Sport: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 27 July - 29 September 2006
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 27 July - 29 September 2006 Opening address given by Melbourne author Gerald Murnane. Sport is an interest, even an enthusiasm, which spans…
Ephemera: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 19 October 2006 - 28 February 2007
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 19 October 2006 - 28 February 2007 Opening address given by Seamus O'Hanlon, Lecturer, School of Historical Studies, Monash University. The…
The Pacific: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 27 September 2007 - 29 February 2008
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 27 September 2007 - 29 February 2008 Opening address given by Dr. Matt Tomlinson, Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Monash University.…
Fifty books for fifty years: celebrating a half century of collecting: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 7 May - 5 September 2008
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 7 May - 5 September 2008 Opening address given by Professor Adam Shoemaker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Monash University. To mark…
Southerly busters: Australian literature: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 25 September 2008 - 1 March 2009
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 25 September 2008 - 1 March 2009 Opening address given by Professor Peter pierce, National Centre for Australian Studies, School of…
Recent acquisitions 5: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 1 April - 31 May 2009
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 1 April - 31 May 2009 Opening address given by Professor Max King, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training), Monash University.…
Swift and Defoe: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 10 June - 1 September 2009
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 10 June - September 2009 Opening address given by Professor Clive Probyn, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash…
Children's books: the Lindsay Shaw Collection: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 13 April - 30 June 2010
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 13 April - 30 June 2010 Opening address given by Dr. Rebecca do Rosario, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash…