by Denise Anderson. Fall classes are now in session and the football Homecoming Centennial is upon us, so what better time to examine a felt pennant which advertises “The Collegians,” by Carl Laemmle, Jr. “The Collegians” was a series of 44 two-reel films, in which the same players reprised their characters through four years of a college life fullContinue reading “Advertising for “The Collegians,” by Carl Laemmle, Jr.”
Category Archives: Collection Connection
Frankenstein’s Cousin, The Vampyre – 1 of 3 from Peter Balestrieri
First of a series of three blog posts by Peter Balestrieri highlighting our collections relating to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. “It was a dark and stormy night” in June, 1816 that brought together some of Romantic literature’s shining lights to read ghost stories in the Villa Diodati near Geneva, Switzerland. Diodati had once hosted Milton and wasContinue reading “Frankenstein’s Cousin, The Vampyre – 1 of 3 from Peter Balestrieri”
Paperbacks in the Stacks
Students from Professor Loren Glass’ English/UI Center for the Book course Literature and the Book: The Paperback Revolution are using materials from Special Collections this semester to uncover the impact of paperback books on twentieth century American literature and culture. As they do, we are uncovering some hidden treasures of the paperback revolution in theContinue reading “Paperbacks in the Stacks”
Who Am I?
Do you know this man? Or perhaps you know this lovely girl with her bicycle? This mysterious item has a series of six photographs printed on fabric and bound together on a wooden holder. Based on clothing and hairstyle the photos seem to be from different time periods. Are they all different people? Did oneContinue reading “Who Am I?”
Voices From the Stacks #2: Spine Lining
The second edition of our new series, “Voices from the Stacks” comes from English Department graduate student, Miriam Janechek, who is working as a guest curator for an exhibition that will debut this fall: Filler pages from other books used to bind the spine of an 1856 edition of The Life of Benjamin Franklin demonstrateContinue reading “Voices From the Stacks #2: Spine Lining”
New Acquisitions: KRUI, Oakdale Scrapbook and Artists’ Books
Here are some featured items that have recently arrived in both Special Collections and in the University Archives. Researchers interested in the history of local radio, advertising, tuberculosis, and artist’s books should particularly take note of our recent arrivals. The University Archives now includes additional documents from KRUI. KRUI 89.7, the University of Iowa student radio station, beganContinue reading “New Acquisitions: KRUI, Oakdale Scrapbook and Artists’ Books”
Montgomery Sheet Music Give Cultural Panorama of Early 20th Century America
Donated to Special Collections in March 2012 by Linda Yanney, the Beluah Yanney Montgomery Sheet Music Collection has been processed by our outgoing Olson Fellow Gyorgy “George” Toth and is being added to our Sheet Music Collection (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/ToMsC900/MsC873/MsC873_sheetmusic.html). Covering the late 19th through middle 20th centuries, the Montgomery addendum complements our current collection of sheet musicContinue reading “Montgomery Sheet Music Give Cultural Panorama of Early 20th Century America”
Voices from the Stacks #1: Special Collections’ “Miseries”
Re-shelving, putting items in folders, boxing, labeling, sorting, shifting, dusting and vacuuming are just a snapshot of what happens behind the scenes everyday in any Special Collections or archives and that means our students and volunteers often have unique opportunities to identify unique items in the collections. From time to time in this space we will featureContinue reading “Voices from the Stacks #1: Special Collections’ “Miseries””
Zine Month in Special Collections
Happy International Zine Month! Throughout July Special Collections & University Archives will be celebrating by highlighting zines from our collections. Every day this month, Olson Fellow (and zine enthusiast) Kalmia Strong will be selecting a zine from our collections to share on Twitter. Follow us @UISpecColl to see her picks, which will cover a broadContinue reading “Zine Month in Special Collections”
“The Defaulter,” or, the Loan Crisis on the American Stage
Did you know that U.S. society lived through major economic crises before the Great Depression? How did American popular theater depict these financial crises? A reference question sent our graduate fellow Gyorgy “George” Toth looking in our John Springer Printed Ephemera Collection, which has some amazing playbills, programs, and advertisements of popular theater from the turn of theContinue reading ““The Defaulter,” or, the Loan Crisis on the American Stage”