Press Kit: "Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible" traveling exhibit at OSU
Media Contact
Bonnie Ann Cain-Wood, APR
Phone: (405) 744-7331
Fax: (405) 744-7579
Email: lib-pub@okstate.edu
Media Advisory
The OSU Library is hosting the exhibit “Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible.” The exhibit tells the story of the King James Bible and its cultural influence up to today. It was brought to OSU through a grant provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which was awarded to catalog librarian Misty Smith and digital library services librarian Nicole Sump-Crethar.
The OSU Library is one of only 40 sites selected to host the exhibit. This is the exhibit's only appearance in OKlahoma.
- When: Aug. 22-Sept. 19, 2012
- What:"Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible," a traveling exhibition
- Who: Free and Open to the public
- Where: Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, OSU-Stillwater
More Information
- Press Release: Manifold Greatness Crusades into the Library
- E-Invitation
- Facebook Event
- OSU Library Manifold Greatness website
- Manifold Greatness national website
Related Events
Aug. 29, 3:30 pm
"King James Bible: Towards a Visual & Transatlantic History" by Dr. Cristina Cruz Gonzalez, Asst. Professor, Art History
- Flier
- Press Release-Exhibit Opening Ties Art & Native American Influences: Cristina Gonzalez spotlights the lasting impact of King James Bible
- Video-Cruz Gonzalez discusses the King James Version in America
Sept. 6, 6 pm
Stillwater Speaks: "God & the Commons"
Sept. 12, 3:30 pm
"The King James Bible—Beloved Companion to Controversy" by Michael Thompson, Endowed Professor, Religious Studies
- Flier
- Press Release -Religious Studies Professor Presents Bible’s Turbulent Past Mike Thompson discusses KJV controversies
Sept. 19, 3:30 pm
"Poetry, Devotion, & the Politics of Bible Translation in Reformation England" by Andrew Wadoski, Asst. Professor, English
- Flier
- Press Release-Psalms Translation Gets Radical: Andrew Wadoski closes traveling exhibit series
Sept. 25, 3:30 p.m.
"King James Bible & Two of its Famous Contemporaries:
William Shakespeare & John Milton" by Edward Jones, OSU English Professor & David Anderson, OU English Asst. Professor
Sponsors
The traveling exhibition was made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Local presentation of this exhibit is made possible by the Oklahoma State University Library. Other local partners include
- OSU art department
- OSU English department
- OSU religious studies program
- Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
- Stillwater Public Library
- Stillwater Homeschool Group
- Payne County Historical Society
URL: http://www.library.okstate.edu/news/pressroom/manifold/index.htm
Last Updated: 23 Aug 2012
