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Happy Fossil Day everyone! Check out this group of CBU searching for fossils at C**n Creek Science Center in 2000. You c...
10/15/2026

Happy Fossil Day everyone! Check out this group of CBU searching for fossils at C**n Creek Science Center in 2000. You can still search for fossils there today! It’s one of the most important fossil sites in the U.S. with a 70-plus million-year-old seafloor deposit of about 700 marine species.

Browse at the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu!

The library wants to show our appreciation for our work study students. This time we want to thank Georgia!
10/14/2026

The library wants to show our appreciation for our work study students. This time we want to thank Georgia!

World Space Week is here, and we want to remind you of the “Chances of Finding Habitable Planets.” Dr. Johnny Holmes, pr...
10/08/2026

World Space Week is here, and we want to remind you of the “Chances of Finding Habitable Planets.” Dr. Johnny Holmes, professor of physics and natural science at the time, presented during the 2022 Library Speaker Series Symposium. This portrait photo is likely from the 1980s.

Take a look at any of the presentations at the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu!

Banned Books week is October 4th- 10th CBU! Check out some books that have been banned and challenged that are free to r...
10/06/2026

Banned Books week is October 4th- 10th CBU! Check out some books that have been banned and challenged that are free to read to the library. Celebrate your freedom to read by checking out the display!

Even more books can be found at cbu.edu/library. Enjoy your next read!

Happy and CBU! The Archives would like to share a couple postcards from Brother Clair Stanislaus Battersby. He sent ...
10/01/2026

Happy and CBU! The Archives would like to share a couple postcards from Brother Clair Stanislaus Battersby. He sent postcards from Manila and Rome in 1973 to Plough Library.

Check out the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu for more letters!

We’re a month in to the fall semester CBU! Here are some photos of what was happening in September at CBU this .In Sept...
09/24/2026

We’re a month in to the fall semester CBU! Here are some photos of what was happening in September at CBU this .

In September 1970, this photo of Brother Clair Stanislaus Battersby was taken.

In September 1982, CBC convocation was held on the steps of Plough Library.

In September 2014, students Sara Swisher and Evan Henking visited the Memphis Farmers Market.

Have fun this September!

Browse the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu.

We asked students to name one thing they would like to have in the future, and we got a variety of responses. We hope ev...
09/23/2026

We asked students to name one thing they would like to have in the future, and we got a variety of responses. We hope every CBU student gets their ideal future!

It’s September of Service at CBU this month, World Clean and Green Week, and ! CBU students used help clean up McKellar...
09/17/2026

It’s September of Service at CBU this month, World Clean and Green Week, and ! CBU students used help clean up McKellar Lake here in Memphis. These photos show their efforts in 2013, 2015, and 2016.

Find out more about the McKellar Lake clean up with the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu!

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! The library has a display with several non-fiction and fiction books to celebrat...
09/15/2026

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! The library has a display with several non-fiction and fiction books to celebrate. Check out even more books at https://www.cbu.edu/library/

Remember that September is Save Your Photos Month, and that’s what the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives strives to do. ...
09/10/2026

Remember that September is Save Your Photos Month, and that’s what the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives strives to do. Archives are all about preservation and making history public. Some of our oldest photos are from the 1870s, over 100 years old!

In 1878, refugee camps were set up to protect people from the yellow fever. The Brothers kept records and attended Mass at the camp. In fact, Brother Maurelian Sheel, first president of CBC, caught and recovered from the yellow fever. He pushed for the Brothers to move out of city limits and requested federal involvement, contacting President Rutherford B. Hayes directly. His photo is from the 1980s.

You can learn more with the Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives at digitalcollections.cbu.edu!

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