[Sci-tech-public] MIT Libraries Maihaugen Gallery opening reception

[Michelle Baildon]

Dear friends and colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to invite you to celebrate the opening and inaugural
exhibit of the newly constructed MIT Libraries' Maihaugen Gallery on Friday,
April 18, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  The Gallery is located adjacent to the
Institute Archives and Special Collections, 14N-118, and was funded with the
generous support of two donors to the Libraries.  The celebration will begin
at 1:00 p.m. with remarks by Ann Wolpert, director of the Libraries.

The Maihaugen Gallery will feature rotating exhibits drawn from the
Libraries' collections.  The opening exhibit, "A Celebration of Gifts," will
feature many exciting and extraordinary items bestowed on the Libraries by
donors past and present.  To name just a few items, on display to the public
for the first time ever will be works from the collection of MIT's founder,
William Barton Rogers, original notebooks from Professor Harold "Doc"
Edgerton, and a first edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."

Although I unfortunately won't be able to attend, I hope you will be able to
join my colleagues to celebrate this occasion.  Light refreshments will be
served.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to any interested parties.

Regards,

Michelle

Michelle Baildon
History, History of Science & Technology, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Librarian
MIT Humanities Library
Room 14S-222
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel. 617-253-9352
Fax 617-253-3109