News Last week was the 100th anniversary of Dada. The University of Iowa Libraries is home to the International Dada Archive. Read more. Timothy Shipe, Curator of the International Dada Archive […]
Author Archives: Colleen Theisen
Need Stress Relief? Color Our Collections
Last week the Internet was filled with coloring pages from Special Collections and archives around the country. Here are our contributions. Print them out, color them, and tag us on […]
Main Library Exhibition Gallery is Now OPEN : First Exhibition “Explorer’s Legacy”
Explorer’s Legacy: James Van Allen and the Discovery of the Radiation Belts February 1 – April 8 After months of being closed for renovations the new state of the art […]
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/29/2016
Upcoming Events: Iowa Bibliophiles Wednesday, February 10th at 7PM in the Special Collections Reading Room. Heather Wacha will be talking about a single Medieval manuscript leaf from Special Collections, Msc […]
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/22/2016
Staff Publications Amy Hildreth Chen Special Collections Instruction Librarian Archive Journal, Notes+Queries, “Methods to Use Digital Resources to Teach Primary Sources”: http://goo.gl/wcJuF7 Upcoming Events The U.Iowa History of Medicine […]
January 28: Injections, Itches, and Institutions: The Experience of Rural Medicine in Iowa, 1910-1950

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the Iowa Women’s Archives invite you to hear: Injections, Itches, and Institutions: The Experience of Rural Medicine in Iowa, 1910-1950 […]
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/15/2016
Instruction: Spring Semester Sign Up Update from Instruction Librarian Amy Chen Special Collections librarians can support any aspect of class planning for teaching with rare books and primary source materials. We […]
Amy Chen Honored as a “Bright Young Librarian”
Special Collections Instruction Librarian Amy Hildreth Chen was selected to be featured as a “Bright Young Librarian” by Fine Books & Collections Magazine. Please join us in congratulating her on […]
A Look Back on 2015 in Special Collections
Issue no. 20 of Dada/Surrealism Journal Now Available
By Tim Shipe, Curator, International Dada Archive, and Arts & Literature Liaison We are pleased to announce the publication of issue no. 20 of our journal Dada/Surrealism, a special number entitled […]