Tutt Library News

Mini-exhibit: Robert Ormes: Cartographer and Mountaineer 1904-1994

Robert Ormes, former Colorado College professor, made lasting contributions to the hiking and climbing community of Colorado.  Best known for his book, Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Bob produced several other guides and atlases to the region.  Never trained as a cartographer, his hand sketched trail notes reflect the basic mountaineering skills he used his entire life.  Worn wool pants and an old army pack worked for him all of his life. No need for gortex, ultralight equipment or a GPS.  Two exhibit cases in the Tutt 2nd floor atrium highlight a few examples of Bob's love of the mountains.

Our year in 365 photos

End of the 365!
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At Tutt Library, we have been taking an average of a photo a day for the last year (actually a little longer--we gave ourselves an extension) and posting them to our Flickr account. There are photos of staff, students, faculty, books, Chas in funny outfits, etc.

Now we're done! Please take a look at our set of 365 Tutt Library Days.

New exhibition of student-printed books

Visit the second floor of Tutt Library to see books from Cover to Cover, a class taught by Eric Saline and Colin Frazer at the Press at Colorado College, Block 1, 2007.

Each student in the class designed and hand-set type for a book in a limited edition (usually about fifteen copies). The student exchanged books with each other and donated a complete set to Special Collections. They're really amazing—they used handmade paper, and really thought "outside the book," you might say.

Mini-Exhibition: Chas in Costume

Tutt Library is named for Charles *Chas* Leaming Tutt, Jr. (1889-1961), CC trustee from 1934 to 1950. He was also president of the El Pomar Foundation, which gave a $1.25 million grant for the library building in 1959. In 1992, Edward Honnen (CC 21) commissioned sculptor Cloyd Barnes to build the statue that stands out front.

Over the years, CC students, faculty, and staff have decorated the statue of Chas in various ways. Photographs of some of his costumes are currently on display in the library atrium, and many more photographs are available in Special Collections.

"Cherokee Phoenix" Exhibit at Tutt Library

The traveling exhibition "Cherokee Phoenix: The Cherokee Nation's Newspaper of Northern Georgia, 1828-1834" will be on view in the Tutt Library atrium until July 13. Frank Brannon of SpeakEasy Press (Birmingham, AL) created the exhibition and is currently teaching Book Arts and Letterpress at CC. He'll be speaking about his work on Sunday, July 1 at 7:30 in McHugh Commons.

Chinese Calligraphy Exhibit

Chinese calligraphy and painting has been an essential art form in the nation of China for thousands of years. Since its original inception more than two thousand years ago, five styles of writing have developed which are all still in use today. CC senior Chelsea Kuiper's exhibition, "Chinese Calligraphy and Painting" represents a collection of Chinese sayings and poems written in these script styles using the traditional materials of ink and rice paper.

In addition, the exhibition includes several Chinese-style still life paintings of bamboo and orchids.

Come check out this exhibition on the second floor of Tutt Library, which will be on view from now until May 20. See more photos of the exhibition on Flickr.

Library Shenanigans

CC Curator of Special Collections Jessy Randall has compiled images, video, and sound files of streaking, singing, costumes for the Chas statue, Pac-Man and Star Wars re-enactments, and other funny (but harmless!) mischief people have gotten up to at Tutt Library and elsewhere. Visit her Library Shenanigans page if you dare!

Artists' books at Colorado College

Artists' books at Colorado College

In association with the the current Book as Object show at Coburn Gallery, Special Collections has a few examples of artists' books on display in the second floor atrium of Tutt Library. Artists represented include Mary Chenoweth, Jill Timm, Laura Russell, Natalie d'Arbeloff, and the Cuban press Ediciones Vigia. The mini-exhibition will be up from November to December 2006.

Zines Mini-Exhibition on Tutt 2nd Floor South

Zines at Tutt Library

Take a look at the display case at the top of the stairs in Tutt Second Floor South (up the stairs from the Learning Commons, near the old periodicals room) and see a selection from the Colorado College Zine Collection. Zines are small-circulation magazines, usually the product of one person's labor of love. Zines are often quite personal, with music, work, pop culture, and sexuality as common themes. Some zines are available to read in the magazine lounge section of Tutt Second Floor North, while the rest of the collection can be read in Special Collections, Tutt Second Floor South.

Darwin Day display on Tutt second floor

In honor of Darwin Day (Feb. 12), Tutt Library's Natural Science Liaison Librarian, Rebecca Harner, has assembled a n exhibit of books by and about Darwin, along with information about his life.

See the display case at the top of the stairs on the second floor, as well as the bulletin board and collection of books available to check out at the foot of the stairs up to the third floor. View more photos of the exhibit online.