As a virtual supplement to our exhibit The Comics Continuum (on view in the Main Library 3rd floor hallway, now through November) this fall we are featuring items from our comics collections on the Special Collections & University Archives blog. Below we’ve described two examples of collaboration in comics from the exhibition, but please exploreContinue reading “Collaboration in Comics: Tradition and Experimentation”
Category Archives: Collection Connection
Civil War transcription – The Winslows
As part of the roll-out of our expanded Civil War transcription project (see the announcement here) we tweeted a letter written by Ferdinand S. Winslow to his four year old son, William Herman. Several of our readers have wondered what became of the Winslows after the war, and the story is actually quite interesting. FerdinandContinue reading “Civil War transcription – The Winslows”
Beyond Superheroes: Exhibit on “The Comics Continuum”
How long have comics been around? Do comics reflect or shape our society? What was the Comics Code Authority? How do comics build community? As a spinoff of the upcoming symposium on graphic language, Special Collections and University Archives presents The Comics Continuum, an exhibit from our collections available for perusal, research andContinue reading “Beyond Superheroes: Exhibit on “The Comics Continuum””
‘Now Do Not Let Your Courage Fail’: Voices from the Civil War
University of Iowa News Release May 5, 2011 http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2011/may/050511libraries-civilwar.html University of Iowa Libraries has launched a new exhibition and digital collection to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and it’s enlisting the help of a few good men and women (well, lots, really) to help make the collection even more accessible andContinue reading “‘Now Do Not Let Your Courage Fail’: Voices from the Civil War”
Being Biblical Through the Ages
How did versions of the Bible reflect the struggles of the European Reformation? How did the Bible “migrate” to America? What is a Cherokee Testament? How did President Lincoln use the Bible in his private and political life? Can the Bible be a comic book? Editions of the King James Bible around the worldContinue reading “Being Biblical Through the Ages”
Library Guide on the 1960s
What was it like to be a student, a professor, university staff, or a resident of a US college town in the 1960s? Special Collections & University Archives is launching a Library Guide – a collection of resources for learning, teaching, and researching the history of the 1960s at the University of Iowa, the stateContinue reading “Library Guide on the 1960s”
The Art of the Counterculture: Talk Featuring Collection on Lil Picard
For a personal excursion into the art of the counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s, join WorldCanvass at 5:00 p.m. on January 28 in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum. Among other guests of the show, the head of Special Collections & University Archives Sid Huttner will talk about the life andContinue reading “The Art of the Counterculture: Talk Featuring Collection on Lil Picard”
In Memory of Ming Wathne
We are sad to note the passing of Ming Wathne, who donated her extensive collection of science fiction fanzines to the University of Iowa Libraries in 2009. For many years Ming ran the Fanzine Archive, a lending library for fanzines related primarily to media properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek. Her collection hasContinue reading “In Memory of Ming Wathne”
From Iowa to Soviet Siberia: The Zimmerman Steel Journey III
In 1931, Henry Zimmerman of Lone Tree, Iowa traveled to Kuznetsk, Siberia, to oversee the building of steel mills in the Soviet Union. The University of Iowa Special Collections has been collaborating with Russian History doctoral student Irina Rezhapova (Kuzbass Institute of the Federal Penal Service) on a special digital project which tells the story of Zimmerman’s journey.
From Iowa to Soviet Siberia: The Zimmerman Steel Journey II
In 1931, Henry Zimmerman of Lone Tree, Iowa traveled to Kuznetsk, Siberia, to oversee the building of steel mills in the Soviet Union. The University of Iowa Special Collections has been collaborating with Russian History doctoral student Irina Rezhapova (Kuzbass Institute of the Federal Penal Service) on a special digital project which tells the story of Zimmerman’s journey.