EXHIBITIONS ON PWP
Exhibit at the University of St Andrews with Digital/Online Option
To celebrate the anniversary of Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subject, Religious and Moral, the University of St Andrews has mounted a display of the copy of the book it has held in its Library since 1773. The book can be found in Gallery 2 of the Wardlaw Museum, on The Scores. Next to it are two other books from our collections that respond to Wheatley in very different ways: The Letters of Ignatius Sancho, An African and Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia. To supplement the physical exhibition, an online Exhibit has been created that compares different copies of Wheatley’s book, looks at the history of the St Andrews copy, and considers Wheatley’s writing practice and social networks. You can access the exhibit here: https://www.exhibit.so/exhibits/A9v7lFvtD3hct3WbK8cf
Thank you to Tom Jones of St Andrews for providing this profile of–and link to–the exhibition. |
Exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture collaborates with University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Special Collections to present a semester-long exhibit on Phillis Wheatley Peters. This exhibit celebrates the semiquincentennial of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects and traces how Wheatley’s poetry, image, and name have been reprinted, recirculated, and remixed by and for educators, activists, artists, and readers of all ages in every era over the last 250 years.
Read more about the exhibition here. |
Wheatley Manuscripts at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture now has a collection of 30 objects related to Phillis Wheatley Peters, including the original and only existing manuscript of Wheatley's poem "Ocean."
Selected items from the collection, including "Ocean," is now available for viewing online through the Searchable Museum website. |