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September 6, 2018
Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series begins with two films from 1953 starring the great Harriet Andersson. Dave Kehr wrote that Summer with Monika shows Bergman's "developing ability to probe the psychology of a rich, vital woman without losing his objectivity," while Derek...
Ives Yale Graduation photograph, 1898. MSS 14, The Charles Ives Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University.
September 6, 2018
The Irving S. Gilmore Music Library is pleased to announce the completion of an 18-month project, generously funded by a grant from the Grammy Museum, focused on preserving approximately 335 hours of unique non-commercial audio, predominantly from 1937-1956, featuring music by Charles Ives (1874-...
 shelf sign for Yale-Class system
September 3, 2018
A home-grown library classification system that has challenged generations of incoming Yalies is being phased out of the Sterling Memorial Library stack tower. Thousands of books will soon be easier to find in the online catalog and on the shelves.  Back in 1890, Yale librarians developed their own...
August 30, 2018
Travel to the French Riviera with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant by way of Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief. The romantic thriller won an Academy Award for cinematography, with additional nominations for costume design and art direction. "In his accustomed manner," wrote critic Bosley Crowther, "Mr...
Students studying at table in Bass
August 23, 2018
Construction will start in the Spring, after Commencement, on a renovation of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library to accommodate the growing student population. Bass Library is a favorite study space for many Yale College students.  Last renovated in 2007, the two-story underground library holds...
August 22, 2018
In 2018, in anticipation of the centenary of the birth of Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), the Yale Film Study Center began working with the Swedish Film Institute to strike new 35mm prints of eight of Bergman's most iconic films for Yale's collection. In order to create these...

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