{"id":3801,"date":"2015-03-25T20:14:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2015-03-25T20:14:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T20:14:49","slug":"corridor-collaboration-preserving-cedar-rapids-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2015\/03\/25\/corridor-collaboration-preserving-cedar-rapids-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Corridor Collaboration: Preserving Cedar Rapids\u2019 History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/Flood1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/Flood1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Flood1-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The flood of 2008 threatened to destroy many of Cedar Rapids&#8217; treasured artifacts. Since then, the University of Iowa Libraries\u2019 Conservation Lab treated over 7,500 items, 100 boxes of manuscripts, and 11,000 single sheets affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>On April 23 the UI Alumni Association will co-host a Lifelong Learning event at the National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library to celebrate the near-completion of the UI Libraries\u2019 restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Find out how the UI Libraries partnered with National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library and the African American Museum of Iowa to rescue the city&#8217;s valuable relics. Panelists will display and discuss the restored items while detailing how these organizations united to preserve these pieces of Cedar Rapids history.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<br \/>\nJeff Kueter &#8211; President and CEO, UIAA (moderator)<br \/>\nDave Muhlena &#8211; Library Director, National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library<br \/>\nBrianna Wright &#8211; Curator, African American Museum of Iowa<br \/>\nNancy E. Kraft &#8211; Head, Preservation and Conservation, UI Libraries<\/p>\n<p>WHEN: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 6:30 p.m. (reception), 7 p.m. (discussion)<\/p>\n<p>WHERE: National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library, Cedar Rapids, IA<\/p>\n<p>The program is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a cash bar will be available. Register by Tuesday, April 21, at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowalum.com\/lifelonglearning\/czech\/\">http:\/\/www.iowalum.com\/lifelonglearning\/czech\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flood of 2008 threatened to destroy many of Cedar Rapids&rsquo; treasured artifacts. Since then, the University of Iowa Libraries&rsquo; Conservation Lab treated over 7,500 items, 100 boxes of manuscripts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3802,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}