What do the UI Libraries and UI Athletics have in common? Hawkeye History! In this blog post, Chloe Waryan, Exhibit Design Intern at the University of Iowa Special Collections, interviews Gregg Niemiec, Spirit Coach of the Iowa Spirit Squad. For Herky’s 70th birthday, Gregg and Chloe team up in the Special Collections to discuss theContinue reading “Who’s Got Spirit?: An Interview with Gregg Niemiec, UI Spirit Coordinator”
Category Archives: Collection Connection
Breaking News, Brokaw Collection in Process
By Elizabeth Riordan, Graduate Assistant Last fall, Special Collections became the new home for the Tom Brokaw papers, a collection that covers the life and career of a man who was welcomed into the homes of millions of Americans through NBC Today and Nightly News. The collection contains various aspects of his life, from appointmentContinue reading “Breaking News, Brokaw Collection in Process”
Edward Gorey’s Reawakening of Dracula
By Hannah Hacker Dracula has been a name that has instilled fear and fascination in the imaginations of readers and viewers since its original publication by Bram Stoker in 1897. There have been many adaptations and remakes of the novel since then, including F.W. Murnau’s silent film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Graunens, the 1931 UniversalContinue reading “Edward Gorey’s Reawakening of Dracula”
UI Special Collections claims the Iron Throne at World Con
By Hannah Hacker Last month on August 17-21, two of our very own, Peter Balestrieri and Laura Hampton, went to represent the University of Iowa Libraries at the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, Mid AmeriCon II, in Kansas City, Missouri. Some may wonder what a couple of Special Collections librarians were doing at aContinue reading “UI Special Collections claims the Iron Throne at World Con”
Shakespeare Invades Iowa City Once Again – 100 Years Later
By Hannah Hacker On August 29 through September 25, the University of Iowa Libraries’ Main Gallery will be featuring the Folger Shakespeare Library’s traveling exhibit First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare. This exhibition will mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. This exhibition will also be marking another anniversary more pertinent to theContinue reading “Shakespeare Invades Iowa City Once Again – 100 Years Later”
Sample the Szathmary Culinary Collection
Feeling overwhelmed by the more than 20,000+ cookbooks from 1498 to the present day, thousands of recipe pamphlets, and multitudes of handwritten cookbooks? Sample an item from a tasting menu. Just stop by the Reading Room on the 3rd floor of the Main Library and order up a culinary item to browse from one ofContinue reading “Sample the Szathmary Culinary Collection”
Historical Crushes YouTube Series
Special Collections’ Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg, is somehow convincing our librarians to admit to their secret historical crushes…
Chock Full O’ Ephemera
By Denise Anderson, Archives Assistant This bit of ephemera, this flattened Cellophane envelope, with its cheerful “Good Morning!” greeted me as I opened to page 41. I love that this colorful advertisement served as a book mark in Print, a journal of the graphic arts, for a library reader investigating “Lasansky and the Iowa PrintContinue reading “Chock Full O’ Ephemera”
In Plain Sight: Autograph Collections Yield Unrealized Riches
By Jacque Roethler, Manuscripts Processing Coordinator Librarian We recently came across two autograph collections in our stacks from collectors named Charles Alrich and Peggy LeBold which we have combined into one collection. Each one was very sparsely described and their catalog entries did not tell the full story of the riches inside. One was collected by CharlesContinue reading “In Plain Sight: Autograph Collections Yield Unrealized Riches”
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 social media (Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook). Or try the hashtag #colorourcollections on your favorite site to see the endless options from other institutions around theContinue reading “Need Stress Relief? Color Our Collections”