Celtic Cultural Programs

The first annual Celtic Cultural Program, presented on March 13-14, featured actor Hurd Hatfield, authors Burke Wilson and Morgan Llywelyn, and musicians Geraldine O'Grady and Tomas O Canainn. Under the patronage of Mrs. Rose Maguire Saul Zalles the Celtic Cultural Program sponsors lectures, concerts, art and book exhibits, and other cultural events showing the richness of Celtic culture. Associates who would like to receive information about future Celtic programs should call or write to the University Librarian and ask to be placed on the mailing list.

In conjunction with this program an exhibit of a selection of books from the Maguire Celtic Book Collection was displayed in the Gunlocke Special Collections Room of the Lauinger Memorial Library. This collection was donated recently to the library by Mrs. Rose Maguire Saul Zalles. It was formed from her own books and a collection she acquired recently from a renowned Celtic scholar. It has extensive materials on seven Celtic speaking peoples: Irish, Scotch-Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Gaulish, Breton and Cornish. The scope of this collection includes many aspects of Celtic civilization - art, history, language, literature and folklore.