This post was originally written by Jen Wolfe, Digital Scholarship Librarian, for the UI Libraries Digital Research & Publishing Blog. It is re-posted here with minor modifications. University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff discussed a curriculum project that combines historic documents with digital tools and methods as part of the Irving B. Weber Days local historyContinue reading “Archives Alive!: Teaching with WWII Correspondence”
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An Evening of Irish Music & Mystery: Featuring Author Erin Hart & Musician Paddy O’Brien
Join us for an Evening of Irish Music and Mystery, featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien. The evening will begin with traditional Irish music on the square between the Main Library and the Adler Journalism Building, followed by the author presentation and reception, and tours of the Conservation Lab and the Iowa Women’sContinue reading “An Evening of Irish Music & Mystery: Featuring Author Erin Hart & Musician Paddy O’Brien”
Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives
Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives Friday, April 18th, 2014, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM Old Capitol Museum Senate Chambers The Louise Noun – Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women’s Archives was founded by two women who understood the critical importance of women participating in politics at all levels. Join us for a day-longContinue reading “Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives”
Tamales and Juneteenth Cakes: Race, Recipes and Citizenship
Friday, March 28th, 2014 at 4:00p.m. Iowa Women’s Archives 3rd Floor, Main Library University of Iowa Speakers: Katherine Massoth, Ph.D. candidate Susan Stanfield, Ph.D.
Black Hawkeyes: The History of Black Students at the University of Iowa
Drawing on collections in the Iowa Women’s Archives, curator Kären Mason will discuss the history of African American women students at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, February 25th at the Iowa Memorial Union. If you can’t make it to the talk, check out this wonderful resource: African American Women Students at the University ofContinue reading “Black Hawkeyes: The History of Black Students at the University of Iowa”
Living Learning Community in IWA
On Tuesday of this week, the Iowa Women’s Archives held an event for the “New in Town” Living Learning Community. We asked the question, “What was it like to be a student at Iowa 100 years ago?” Each table represented a decade from the 1910’s all the way to the 2000’s, so the group ofContinue reading “Living Learning Community in IWA”
eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades
eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades Join us for a panel discussion featuring women who have been active in Iowa City’s feminist health clinic founded in 1973. The clinic had its origins in an abortion referral service started by Iowa City’s Women’s Liberation Front in 1971. The Emma Goldman Clinic for Women opened September 1,Continue reading “eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades”
John Fry: What I Learned from Publishing an Edited Manuscript, Fri, Sept 20, 10-11am
Laura & Earle Smith were barely out of college in 1913 when they left Moravia, Iowa, to try their hand at homesteading near Chugwater, Wyoming. Laura recounted their adventures years later in her memoir Almost Pioneers. Historian John Fry (UI PhD, 2002) came across Almost Pioneers while doing dissertation research in the Iowa Women’s Archives and later edited it forContinue reading “John Fry: What I Learned from Publishing an Edited Manuscript, Fri, Sept 20, 10-11am”
Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Iowa Women’s Archives In collaboration with the UI Council on the Status of Women, IWA will welcome Susan Birrell for a talk and Janet Schlapkohl for a dramatic reading on Thursday, March 28 starting at 4pm in the Iowa Women’s Archives (3rd floor south of the Main Library). UniversityContinue reading “Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm”
Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to “Silent Spring”
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a lyrical and compelling book about how DDT and other pesticides were damaging the environment and human health. The book called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world and became an inspiration for the environmental movement. One of Carson’s staunchest advocates andContinue reading “Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to “Silent Spring””