The South Side & UChicago communities are invited to explore UChicago Library in a new way. Please join us for a free family-friendly event & picnic with building tours, storytime, face painting & a DJ! RSVP strongly encouraged: lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/uch…

#HappyBirthday to The University of Chicago’s 1st president, William Rainey Harper, born #OTD in 1856! If you visit our classroom you can see his rolltop desk & chair. We have photos of him at the desk - complete with modern conveniences like a phone! (APF1-02522)

Celebrate #WomenAstronomersDay with the Yerkes Observatory Records at SCRC! Check out the alt text for the names of the women in this photo from 1921, and learn more here: voices.uchicago.edu/ochre/project/…. Yerkes Observatory

#Writer and #activist James Baldwin was born #OTD in 1924. Documents in our archives illustrate a dispute over his novel "Another Country". For the full story, see our Tumblr: rb.gy/tuw82b. #JamesBaldwin100

Hurry in for the last days of our Scav Hunt exhibit in SCRC! [50 rushing points. Go!]

Major #ThankYou to BMRC #ArchieMotley Archival Intern Chanelle Davis for putting together our newest web exhibit, Degrees of Distinction: Eva Overton Lewis and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD at the @uchicago and Beyond: shorturl.at/gkpfv Here is Chanelle in action!

Happy Birthday to philanthropist & businessman Julius Rosenwald, born #OTD in 1862! Read more about him, his The University of Chicago connections, & his personal papers on our Tumblr: tumblr.com/uchicagoscrc/7… J.R. & Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee, 1915, UChicago Photo Archive apf1-07303.

Ernest Everett Just was born #OTD in 1883. He completed his PhD in Zoology in 1916 The University of Chicago , and published The Biology of the Cell Surface in 1939. Learn more about how his portrait in Erman Hall came to be! shorturl.at/jtjPd. #UChicagoHistory #BlackHistory

When the world is your classroom, #dogs are students, too! The University of Chicago's September quarter kicks off on #NationalDogDay! Pictured are Ms. Skogman and Jack the Dog at the summit of #Colorado's #LongsPeak, 1922.

#OTD in 1963, #DrMartinLutherKingJr. gave his #IHaveADream speech at the #MarchOnWashington for Jobs and Freedom. The Johnson Publishing Company produced this book of photographs from the march, with the full text of speeches and song lyrics. shorturl.at/wWEur

All libraries will be closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday next Monday, September 2. Interim hours resume September 3. For a complete list of hours for libraries and departments visit: hours.lib.uchicago.edu