About the Exhibits
These digital exhibits are based on exhibits on display in The Claremont Colleges Library and Denison Library during Spring 2016 for The Claremont College's celebration of Shakespeare's legacy 400 years after his death. The exhibits were curated by three Pomona College students: Emma Fredgant (2017), an English major; Alana Friedman (2016), an English major; and Pieter Hoekstra (2017), a Religious Studies major. During Summer 2015, they were SURP/CCEPS Fellows in Pomona’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program and the Library’s Claremont Center for Engagement with Primary Sources. Mentored by Colleen Rosenfeld, Pomona English, and Lisa Crane and Gale Burrow, librarians in The Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections, the students explored primary and secondary sources to discover their own approaches to Shakespeare in order to create exhibits commemorating Shakespeare’s legacy.
The portrait of Shakespeare in the header was also created by these three Pomona College students. Using slices from different portraits of Shakespeare, it presents the possibility of multiple interpretations of the man--in keeping with the theme of the exhibits: “Interpretations of Shakespeare, or, What You Will.”
Download the brochure for the exhibits on display in Spring 2016.