For this episode of Historically Yours, School of Library and Information Science graduate student Kathryn Heffner reads a typed letter on Arkham House letterhead with details relating to what it took to get HP Lovecraft published during World War II, both figuratively and literally. Listen here: Download this episode (right click and save) Letter: Msc0429, ThomasContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast: Academics, Fans, H.P. Lovecraft, and the price of paper”
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Upcoming October Events
Handy Books exhibit reception. Friday, October 6th, 12-1pm Special Collections Reading Room Saving Brinton, The documentary was extended at Film Scene in Iowa City and has additional showings through at least October 11th. Read more. Buy tickets. The Reformation and Books – 500 Years Later Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm Raymond Mentzer, DanielContinue reading “Upcoming October Events”
Special Collections September Update
Newsfeed: Tim Shipe has published an article on the Dada Archive in Romania’s leading art magazine, Revista ARTA. Entitled “Serving Dada Scholarship: The International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa,“ the article appeared in issue # 26/27 (2017). The documentary Saving Brinton premieres tonight, Friday, September 29, at Film Scene in Iowa City.Continue reading “Special Collections September Update”
“Saving Brinton” Documentary Premieres at Film Scene on Friday, 9/29
Frank and Indiana Brinton from Washington, Iowa toured the Midwest starting in the late 1890s putting on shows with motion pictures. More than 30 years ago, Washington, Iowa history teacher Michael Zahs took in their collection of early film history and kept it safe for more than 30 years, donating the collection to the UniversityContinue reading ““Saving Brinton” Documentary Premieres at Film Scene on Friday, 9/29″
“Handy Books” Exhibit Comes to Special Collections September 15th
Sunday, August 20, 2017 – 8:00am to Friday, September 15, 2017 – 5:00pm Friday, September 15, 2017 – 8:00am to Wednesday, November 1, 2017 – 5:00pm UI Special Collections, 3rd Floor Main Library An exhibit of works that engage not just the eye, but also the hands—through folds, flaps, tabs, slices, pop-ups, embossing, decay, wear, mutilation, feel—mind and handContinue reading ““Handy Books” Exhibit Comes to Special Collections September 15th”
Big Events from Summer 2017 in Special Collections
BIG EVENTS FROM SUMMER 2017: UI Libraries Hosted the Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference The University of Iowa Libraries hosted the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association for their annual conference June 21-23. Staff from Special Collections spent more than a year planning for the event and dozens of librarians,Continue reading “Big Events from Summer 2017 in Special Collections”
40 Years of Work: Peter and Donna Thomas
The University of Iowa Special Collections is home to the archives of Peter and Donna Thomas, a selection of which is on display on the Special Collections gallery on the third floor of the Main Library until September 13, 2017. Donna and Peter will join us in Special Collections for an exhibition reception and talkContinue reading “40 Years of Work: Peter and Donna Thomas”
Historically Yours Podcast Ep. 6: Calamity Jane’s Death with Elizabeth Riordan
The sixth episode of Historically Yours is here and this time we’re joined by Graduate Assistant Elizabeth Riordan. For this episode, Liz recalls her Wild West phase as a child and reads a letter from a train conductor in South Dakota looking back years later and telling the tale of meeting “bundle of rags” CalamityContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast Ep. 6: Calamity Jane’s Death with Elizabeth Riordan”
University Archivist presents on “Documenting Activism: How the Digital Humanities Can Uncover the History of Protest”
University Archivist David McCartney presented on “Documenting Activism: How the Digital Humanities Can Uncover the History of Protest” at the American Association of University Professors national conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on June 16. McCartney, who curated the online exhibit “Uptight and Laid-back: Iowa City in the 1960s,” launched in 2016, described how the webContinue reading “University Archivist presents on “Documenting Activism: How the Digital Humanities Can Uncover the History of Protest””
Historically Yours Podcast Episode 5 – James Thurber Letter
The fifth episode of Historically Yours is here and this time we’re joined by University Archivist David McCartney. For this episode, David McCartney tells a poignant tale of letter writing past and present and then reads us a letter from James Thurber from his time at the New Yorker in 1935. Know anythingContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast Episode 5 – James Thurber Letter”