Herman B Wells Library

Summer session classes are almost over and it's almost time to take a break! The Wells Library will be open throughout the intersession between summer and fall, with reduced hours.

August 1-16:
Monday-Friday, 9am to 5pm
Saturday-Sunday, 1pm to 5pm

August 17-23:
Monday-Friday, 8am to 8pm
Saturday 8/22, 1pm to 5pm
Sunday 8/23, 11am to 8pm

Fall semester hours will begin Monday, August 24.

ETA: after you click on the link, be sure to verify you are human! 😊

The latest issue of the Indiana Magazine of History includes "Finis, the end: The Civil War Diary of Theophilus A. Wylie, 1863-1865." Authors Dawn E. Bakken, Justin Hawkins, and David A. Nichols annotate TAW's diaries from the University Archives, giving terrific historical context to his entries: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/995406

If you missed part one, check out the March issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/987435

We are CLOSED Friday and Saturday! Have a safe and happy Fourth of July celebration, Hoosiers!

Happy Independence Day! All libraries on campus will be closed on Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4. We hope you have a safe and happy celebration, Hoosiers! Make sure you visit The Lilly Library, Indiana University earlier in the week or after the holiday to see the special Declaration of Independence exhibition.

The Wells Library will remain open for any Education Library users who need a place to study on Friday!

The Education Library will be closed on Friday, June 26 due to building construction. But don't cry - it will reopen on Monday, June 29 at 10 am.

Libraries on campus - including the Wells Library - will be CLOSED on Friday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday. We will reopen for normal hours on Saturday and Sunday. https://libraries.indiana.edu/hours

What a cool acquisition! And if you haven't seen Breaking Away yet, you should plan to watch it this summer. If you have an IU Bloomington login, you can stream it for free via IUCAT: https://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/19737142

Breaking Away and Beyond: New Steve Tesich Collection A major new collection that brings together the life and work of IU alumnus Steve Tesich was added to Archives Online last week. Tesich was an Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, and novelist whose career stretched from the late 1960s through the mid 1990s. He was born Stojan Tešić in 1942 in ...

It may not look like it on this cool and rainy day, but summer is here! The Wells Library will be open normal hours Saturday and Sunday but we will be CLOSED on Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. We'll reopen Tuesday.

Other libraries on campus will also be closed on Monday. For weekend hours, check our website (link in comments).

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The numbers are in from IU Day.

The Archives received donations from 45 individuals who pushed us over the finish line for our crowdfunding goal. We also secured several IUF bonus incentives AND was the recipient of an additional $10,000 from the Indiana University Foundation in a hat draw of units that met their goal.

An IU Day GRAND TOTAL OF $23,171!!!

The support is so touching and we are just so grateful. Thank you, thank you!!

Funds will go to our Mary Brown Craig University Archives Special Projects Fund and as many of you know, the first project is digitization of the Indiana Daily Student. It's an expensive project, but this will allow us to continue to move forward in making this resource more readily available to all! https://give.myiu.org/iu-bloomington/I320016600.html

📸: Palmer Little crosses the finish line, 1926. IU Archives P0020895

Safer Together Information for students about "Safer Together - An Archival Remix Contest"

Once Finals Week ends, summer hours begin! The Wells Library will observe summer session hours beginning on Saturday, May 9 through July 31 as follows:
Monday-Thursday: 8am-8pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 12pm-5pm
Sunday: 12pm-8pm

We will be CLOSED on the following holidays:
Memorial Day (May 25)
Juneteenth (June 19)
Independence Day (July 3 and 4)

We're looking forward to a great summer!