n.an organized display of materialsSmith 1938b, 68One end of one floor of the stacks is sectioned off as an exhibition room. Here the shelf space has been inclosed with glass, behind which the documents are displayed on inclined boards. The exhibit is open to the public from about 10 to 1 every day.Litton 1941a, 65The main body of federal pension records in the National Archives has been made practically complete for the period prior to the World War by a recent accession of the individual files on pension and bounty-land claims based on service during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and the related exhibits submitted in support of those claims, such as family Bibles, marriage certificates, commissions and discharges, and diaries.Gustafson 1976, 279He thought it impractical to spend a very large sum of money to remodel the library, especially since the Exhibition Hall at the Archives Building had been specifically designed to safeguard and exhibit the documents.Casterline 1980, 8Not only do exhibits of archival materials show what a repository collects, preserves, and makes available to users, but they have the potential to educate, communicate, and serve a variety of other functions.O’Connor 1984, 163It is vital to impress upon the designers and fabricators the idea that preservation standards are an inherent part of any exhibit using original documents, and that their inclusion need not be in conflict with the goals of the designers.Mecagni 2011, 211–212When possible, we also like to include an online version of our physical exhibits, so the information can be saved for perpetuity and used as an outreach tool long after the physical exhibit has been replaced.Lacher-Feldman 2013, 2Exhibit development in archives and special collections allows us to apply historical research methods to collections, to interpret and analyze information and artifacts, and to describe how collections intersect and complement one another. Through the exhibit development process, we become greater experts in our own collections, creating new levels of interest concerning our materials, and exploring their interconnectedness in new ways.KU Libraries 2018, 1This is not a “best of” exhibit or even a sampler, however; those approaches have been pursued successfully several times in the library’s past. In 1994, the library created A Silver Anniversary: The First 25 Years of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, an exhibit that attempted to reflect the diversity of the collections while putting them in the historical context of the time, and in 2011-12, we mounted Discover Kenneth Spencer Research Library to showcase a cross-section of collections as we reinvigorated the library’s exhibit program.Bell and Sparks 2020, 46Examining the content and historical significance of the publications and drawing attention to the high quality of the publications, especially in the 1950s and 60s, the exhibit provided context and highlighted the tension in which the newsletters were produced.Ruzek, Gillis, and Doublet 2020, 329Digitizing and creating an exhibit around these scrapbooks resulted in the Kipling Scrapbooks Digital Exhibit: an interactive, open-access website that includes the digitized scrapbooks; an interactive map and timeline; and scholarship on the British Empire and travel writing, the Indian State of Rajputana, and the history and practice of scrapbooking.Leventhal et al. 2021, 330Researchers may also be interested in accessing the records for either scholastic efforts, including creating exhibits/exhibitions, or for historic restoration or renovation to extant structures reflected in the collection.Bauer et al. 2023, 463AUB’s Archives and Special Collections Department also mounts physical exhibitions, usually developing a corresponding virtual exhibit, with fifteen exhibits that can be viewed online. Occasions for exhibitions include the receipt of a notable new collection like the Anisa Najjar collection or commemorating major milestones in AUB and Lebanese history like the centennial of the First World War.Hackbart-Dean, Barcelona, and Hamilton-Brehm 2023, 596Online exhibits may complement or feature digital objects from permanent, traveling, or donor-funded physical exhibits, or they may simply stand alone.an object produced and identified in court or before an examiner for use as evidenceLacy 1946, 268An important fact to consider is that questioned document evidence does not always consist entirely of opinion evidence. Often such evidence is supported by photographic exhibits showing physical evidence to corroborate the expert’s opinion.Eckert 1963, 187We were, however, collecting transcripts and exhibits from the emergency boards appointed by the President under the Railway Labor Act, for a course in governmental intervention in labor disputes, and we found that the exhibits contained a wealth of historical material on the industry and the unions.King 1963, 490The referee did admit, however, the copies of the maps as exhibits that might be used to corroborate other evidence.
