University of Pittsburgh Library System

The University of Pittsburgh Library System receives a National Endowment of the Humanities grant for the third time since 2022, to fund the program called the “Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power,” a two-week-long workshop hosted at the University of Pittsburgh Library System. ...more

On Friday, July 25 at 6:30pm the August Wilson Archive Community-Artist Scholar recipient Imani Batts will have a closing reception for her exhibition, Nothing New Under the Sun at Studio 4

We hope to see you there!

Please join us on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from 10 a.m.- noon at 340 Hillman Library, Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room as this year's August Wilson Archive Student Research Award Recipients present their projects. 7 local students spent their summer researching within the August Wilson Archive and developing creative projects that were guided by their research..more 

Please join us on Friday, August 8, 2025, from 10-11:30 a.m. at 340 Hillman Library, Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room as the August Wilson Archive Educator Award recipients hold a panel discussion about their summer research within the August Wilson Archive. Educators will be discussing their topics of research and showcasing materials from the parts of the collection that they worked on...more

Join us on Friday, September 12, 2025 from 2:30-3:30pm in the Archives & Special Collections Gallery to hear directly from the curator about the new exhibit Dig In! Exploring the Culinary World Through Rare Books and Archives. Then, visit the Text & conText Lab to make your own recipe book!...more

Join us on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from noon - 1 p.m. for a guided tour of the newly updated ULS Digital Collections sites! During this session, you’ll learn how to navigate and utilize the University of Pittsburgh Library System’s (ULS) Archives & Special Collections Digital Collections for your curriculum, class project, or your own personal interest!...more  

Please join us Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. at Pittsburgh Public Theater for a presentation and exhibit featuring the work of August Wilson Archive Student Research Award Recipient Maria McDill. During her research at the archive, Maria compared scripts from Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean play and explored their evolution and Wilson's creative writing process. She used this information as inspiration for her quilt....more