Archive for the “General” Category

The winner of the iPod in the Cion essay contest was Tommy Goetz, whose essay appears below.  He is pictured here with librarian Sherri Saines accepting his award.  Congratulations to Tommy, and to all the incoming students who entered this contest, thank you for sharing your insights with us!

A new school year means a whole batch of new students starting to read Cion.  Just like last year, this blog will attempt to keep you informed of Cion-related events happening across campus and bring you occasional ideas on interesting topics in the novel that you could research.  In the meantime, there’s a whole year’s worth of information here for you to look through!  So welcome, and we hope you have fun exploring this novel with us.

Book cover for Crafted Lives

Alden Library has just added a new book on African American quilters, Crafted Lives, by Patricia A. Turner. Quoting from the dust jacket blurb:

Patricia A. Turner explores the culture and recent history of African Americans through the creations and wisdom of nine quilters. Turner profiles quilters who exemplify the range of black women and men dedicated to the making of quilts, and she shows how their craft work establishes order and meaning in their lives. The artists comprise eight women and one man, ranging fro teenagers to octogenarians, representing an array of education and income levels, and living across the United States, including Alaska.

Here is the record in ALICE which will show the location and current status of this book.

 

Alden Library has just added a new two-volume encyclopedia on the Underground Railroad, entitled The Underground Railroad : an encyclopedia of people, places, and operations.

In addition to the articles themselves, there are several other useful features in these volumes:

• maps (near the front of each volume)
• a detailed timeline (at the end of vol. 2)
• lists of notable passengers and conductors (at the end of vol. 2)
• a comprehensive bibliography (at the end of vol. 2)

The second volume ends with a detailed index, which allows you to pinpoint Ohio-based activities of the Underground Railroad.

These volumes may be found in the Reference Collection in the Learning Commons on the 2nd floor of Alden Library. The call number is: E450 .S65 2008. Although these volumes may not be taken out of the building, we encourage you to make photocopies of articles you’re interested in.

For more resources on the Underground Railroad, see this page in the Cion Blog.

This blog, developed and maintained by librarians in Alden Library at Ohio University, is intended to support the University’s Common Reader for 2008-2010, the novel Cion, written by English Department faculty member Zakes Mda. As the site develops, we hope to include information and suggestions for research that arise from issues and themes in the novel.

We welcome your comments; just post them using the link at the end of the articles in the blog. We reserve the right to edit or delete abusive or irrelevant comments as well as the usual “spam.”