The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Vita Paladino, Director of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University, is retiring and ending her 43 year tenure. We, her staff, will miss her and are so grateful for her vision and guidance, her good humor and wisdom, and all that she has done to transform and advance the mission of the Gotlieb Center. Check out this amazing article by BU Today about Vita's career and legacy:

Vita Paladino: The Collector Steps Down | BU Today | Boston University After 43 years of helping to preserve history, Gotlieb Center’s Vita Paladino says goodbye

Check out this fantastic Daily Free Press article on our recent True Crime Student Discovery Seminar! To see more material on the Rosenbergs and hear about Justice and Espionage in the US from the sons of the Rosenbergs, come to our event TONIGHT at 6PM in the GSU Metcalf Ballroom! Free entry for Students!

Documents on ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the Rosenbergs opened for students in ‘True Crime’ seminar – The Daily Free Press Community, Features Documents on ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the Rosenbergs opened for students in ‘True Crime’ seminar March 25, 2019 12:14 am by Shifa Rajwani Ryan Hendrickson, HGARC assistant director for manuscripts, and Dick Lehr, a College of Communication journalism professor, lead students as t...

Thank you again to Professor Deborah Jaramillo and everyone who attended last night's Student Discover Seminar "Hollywood Blacklist"! Check out out our next SDS "True Crime" featuring Journalist Dick Lehr and Archivist Ryan Hendrickson in an exhilarating exploration of crime and murder on March 19, 2019!

Read interview with Melvin Miller, editor and publisher of the Bay State Banner and editor of "Boston's Banner Years: 1965-2015 - A Saga of Black Success," and come see the HGARC exhibition featuring 50 Years of the Bay State Banner, open Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM (Photo courtesy of Allan Dines Photography)

https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2019/02/15/bay-state-banner =_

Many thanks to Michael Douglas for a wonderful evening and congratulations on receiving the Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award! His exhibition will be on display at Mugar Library through the spring semester. Check out his latest project, the Kominsky Method, out on Netflix! (courtesy of Allan Dines Photography)

In 1964, the same year that King won the Nobel Peace Prize, he chose to donate his papers to his alma mater, Boston University for safe-keeping. Today you can go to the 3rd Floor of Mugar Library and enter the Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Room, which display his original writings, correspondence and schoolwork, including his dissertation and BU transcript.

MLK on Display at BU’s Gotlieb Center | BU Today | Boston University Nobel laureate gave his papers, other items to his alma mater in 1964

Fun fact: the Gotlieb Archives holds the collections of 36 Academy Award Winners!
Check out the latest "Capturing History" article on BU Today!

Oscar Winners and Academy Awards History Up Close | BU Today | Boston University Academy Awards history on view at the Gotlieb Center

A special Valentine's Day edition of "Capturing History," Part 2 of BUToday's series on HGARC

Love Letters Brought to Life

Special thanks to the amazing actors who participated in bringing history to life!

Love Letters Brought to Life | BU Today | Boston University Actors read romantic love letters from Gotlieb Center collections

Check out the first of a 12 part series showcasing us, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center!
This first article features our director Vita Paladino, and her office of wonders, which has everything from a marble bust of one of BU's founders to Lauren Bacall's Oscar!

Keeper of the Treasures | BU Today | Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center director Vita Paladino: great narratives, all with meaning

Tonight's the night! Celebrity chef and "Ciao Italia" host Mary Ann Esposito will headline our Friends Speaker Series!

Be there at 6:00pm as she talks about her work and her show's record-breaking 26th season! Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Avenue. A presto! 🍝😊

Exciting NEWS!

"Archives: There and Back Again", the Student Advisory Council's first-ever feature film, is now available on our website. Explore this and MORE great video content on our website, at www.bu.edu/archives. 😎🎬

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