Learn about pre-ROTC military training programs on the UI campus during World War I in this month’s item, from University Archivist David McCartney.
Download PDF of Item of the Month - February 2008
Take a journey into the fantastic imagination and remarkable engineering skills of a Renaissance builder, in this month’s item - The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli, published in 1588.
Download PDF of Item of the Month, January 2008
December’s Item of the Month looks at the origins of the teddy bear. Printed copies are available in Special Collections and at the Main Library’s north circulation desk. A pdf download is available below, and high-resolution versions of the images used this month are accessible through the Iowa Digital Library.
Download PDF of Item of the Month, December 2007
November’s Item of the Month features one of our many books detailing 19th century expeditions to discover the Northwest Passage through the arctic. A pdf version can be downloaded here, and printed copies are available in Special Collections and at the north circulation desk of the Main Library.
Download PDF copy of Item of the Month, November 2007
This month’s item is a scrapbook assembled by William H. Ireland at the end of the eighteenth century containing many pieces related to his forgery of Shakespeare’s writing. Ireland managed to fool much of London’s literary elite with his hoax, which is documented in an extensive collection held by Special Collections. To find out more, download the PDF at the link below, or pick up a printed copy of the brochure in Special Collections, at the North circulation desk of the Main Library, or at Prairie Lights Bookstore in downtown Iowa City.
Download Item of the Month, October 2007 - William Henry Ireland’s Shakespeare Forgery Scrapbook
This post introduces a new feature here in Special Collections, a monthly look at an item in our collections. This month we feature a concept painting created in 1964 to visualize a scene from the film The Great Race. The movie, by the creator of the Pink Panther franchise, Blake Edwards, was released in 1965.
Item of the Month features will be posted here as a downloadable pdf file. Printed copies of the brochure are also available in Special Collections as well as the first floor of the Library.
Download Item of the Month, September 2007 - Concept Paintings from The Great Race
