Special Collections has made an online version of the PNC-Riggs Collection Exhibit available as a web page. Mirroring the physical exhibit, this online version traces the profound influence Riggs Bank has had on the growing Washington D.C. area in the 19th and 20th centuries, the close connections between it and George Washington University, and the plans for processing and caring for the collection.

The exhibit is still viewable in Gelman Library’s Conference Room, Room 207, through October 18th.

Special Collections recently purchased more than 280 books from Kim Roberts a local poet and Editor of the online journal Beltway Poetry Quarterly. The majority of these books are hard to find chapbooks and other local press publications by local authors including:

• Ann Knox
• Kenneth Carroll
• Grace Cavalieri
• E. Ethelbert Miller
• D.C. Poet Laureate Dolores Kendrick

In addition to the book collection, Special Collections also acquired biographical files containing correspondence, articles, reviews, and miscellaneous materials gathered and maintained by Kim. These files offer a wonderful introduction to many local writers including Naomi Ayala, Hilary Tham, Joan Retallack, Josephine Jacobsen, and Marita Golden.