New Special Collections Exhibit - 70 Years of Friendship: Philip C. Curtis, '30, and Russell B. Babcock, '27

Mudd Learning Center Level 3, Special Collections
September 4-December 7, 2007

In honor of the Bobbitt Visual Arts Center exhibition Philip C. Curtis, '30: Sound and Silence, Special Collections has put together an exhibit featuring some of the archival materials used by the students in art history professor Bille Wickre's fall 2006 American Surrealism seminar. Wickre's students performed research in the Russell Babcock Collection of the College Archives, in addition to collections held by the Philip C. Curtis Trust and the Curtis family, to write numerous essays for the exhibition's accompanying catalogue.

The materials in "70 Years of Friendship" attempt to convey the bond between artist Philip C. Curtis and Russell Babcock, one of Curtis' closest friends and greatest supporters, while documenting their individual accomplishments as well. Items in the exhibit include publications, photographs, artifacts, correspondence and images of Curtis' art that span the seven decades of their relationship, including their time together at Albion College.

The exhibit is available during library hours in the display cases outside of Special Collections on the third floor of the Mudd Learning Center for the fall 2007 semester. We hope that you will stop by and take a look!

Questions? Contact the Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Jennie Thomas at archives@albion.edu or 517/629-0487.