Events and Engagement

Events & Exhibits

EXHIBIT | Remembering One Man’s War in Vietnam

May 12, 2025 – May 30, 2025
Allen Library North, Ground Floor Lobby
Take in this exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

In 2013 the UW Libraries purchased an extensive collection of books, photographs, office files and ephemera curated by a civilian official in the US Embassy in Saigon, Robert Jones III (reportedly the longest-serving US official in Vietnam).

Normally found in the Southeast Asia section of the Libraries’ International Collection, this extensive range of historical, cultural and literary texts provides a glimpse into the social milieu of war-time Saigon. The collection tells us what books were circulating freely on the streets of Saigon, and what literary and historical texts influenced society at this critical time of war and dislocation in Vietnam.

These historical materials that Jones collected from the French colonial period in Vietnam, and the contemporary publications he continued to collect from the diasporic communities in the US after his return, show the continuities of these cultural worlds across time and geography.

EVENT| 135 Years of Open Access to Federal Government Information

May 20, 2025 from 2:00pm-3:30pm
Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space, Suzzallo Library
Federal Document
Come celebrate the 135 year anniversary of the Libraries role as a Federal Depository Library (FDL)! We’ll be marking the occasion with a greeting from Dean of Libraries Simon Neame, remarks from representatives of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), words of reflection from librarians Cass Hartnett and Kian Flynn and readings from selected government documents. A reception will follow on the Ground Floor of Suzzallo Library.
More information about this celebration.