Public outreach is a vital function of any archives or library as it attempts to fulfill its service mission and generate support for its needs.  Important, too, in an academic environment is the fostering of research in special collections, which exist to be used.  To attain these goals, archives and libraries must make their holdings better known to their immediate communities as well as those farther removed from the institution.   In the St. Louis Room, a regular schedule of exhibits has proven to be a popular way to accomplish this objective.   Exhibits highlight collections of papers and objects from the archival collections as well as volumes from the rare and special books library.   Exhibits are generally mounted for two months beginning in January around the middle of the month.

• View some of the mosaics in the exhibit:
The Ravenna Mosaic Company: A Retrospective
• View a brief description of the current St. Louis Room exhibit, Hildreth Meière: A Profile of the Artist
  
  
• View descriptions of previous exhibits in the Saint Louis University Archives
• November 2002/January 2003:  The Professor was a Cosmopolite: Around the World with Dr. Spitzer
• July/November 2002:  Big Fun in a Little Package:  The Story of Big Little Books, 1932-1989
• June/July 2002:  The Photograph as Document and Art
• Januray/March 2002:  Black Elites:  Successful People of Color in St. Louis
• July/September 2001:  SLU Style
• May/June 2001:  All That Glitters:  The Age-Old Allure of Fine Jewelry
• February/April 2001:  Season for Justice:  Social Justice Collections in the Saint Louis University Archives
• December/January 2001:  Illuminations:  The Art of the Illuminated Manuscript
• September/November 2000:  Man of Destiny:  Peter J. Verhaegen, S.J.
• August/September 2000:  American Type:  St. Louis Novelist Shirley Seifert
• June/July 2000:  Oscar and Julia:  Civilization and Inspiration
• April/May 2000:  Westward Ho!  The Westward Expansion Collection