We are sorry to note that Earl Rogers, the University of Iowa’s archivist from 1970 to 1998, passed away early Wednesday morning at his home in Iowa City following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77. Earl was born May 2, 1938, in Moline, Illinois. He received the bachelor of science degree inContinue reading “Remembering Earl Rogers, the University of Iowa’s Archivist from 1970 to 1998”
Category Archives: University Archives
Advertising for “The Collegians,” by Carl Laemmle, Jr.
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.”
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”