Staff Publications Amy Hildreth Chen Special Collections Instruction Librarian Archive Journal, Notes+Queries, “Methods to Use Digital Resources to Teach Primary Sources”: http://goo.gl/wcJuF7 Upcoming Events The U.Iowa History of Medicine Society and the Iowa Women’s Archives invite you to hear: Injections, Itches, and Institutions: The Experience of Rural Medicine in Iowa, 1910-1950 Jennifer GunnContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 1/22/2016”
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A Look Back on 2015 in Special Collections
Best Wishes to Our Graduating Student Workers
By Lindsay Moen, Department Liaison It has only been a few months into my new position as Department Liaison, and one of my major job duties is to supervise the student employees. I did not anticipate that the hardest part of this new job would be watching wonderful students graduate and leave the department. This FallContinue reading “Best Wishes to Our Graduating Student Workers”
News and Updates from Special Collections 12/11/2015
Notes from the Special Collections Classroom This week’s news from Instruction Librarian Amy Chen. Latin Classes On Monday, four sections of Marcia Lindgren’s Latin I came to Special Collections to learn how Latin circulated in the early modern period with either Acquisition Librarian Margaret Gamm or Instruction Librarian Amy Chen. Students rotated among eight booksContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 12/11/2015”
Iowa Bibliophiles December 9th Meeting: All Are Welcome
Iowa Bibliophiles December Meeting SOME 17th CENTURY TRAVEL AND GEOGRAPHY BOOKS Refreshments 6:30PM — Talk at 7PM Special Collections Reading Room — 3rd Floor Main Library Travel back in time to see portions of the world as documented in richly-illustrated, large books published by John Ogilby between 1649 and 1675. The books include explorationsContinue reading “Iowa Bibliophiles December 9th Meeting: All Are Welcome”
News and Updates from Special Collections 12/4/2015
In The News This Week A Look Back at History as the Hawkeyes Complete a Historic Season University Archivist David McCartney tells KWWL TV news about the last undefeated Hawkeye football team in 1922. Querido Pedro: llega ‘Cien años de soledad’ A profile of the Lastra collection, especially correspondence between Gabriel García Márquez andContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 12/4/2015”
News and Updates from Special Collections 11/20/2015
Awards and Recognition Congratulations to John Fifield, Caxton Club Grant Recipient On Wednesday, November 18, University of Iowa Center for the Book students Ian Huebert, Amy Richard, and Special Collections’ Olson Graduate Assistant John Fifield all accepted grants from the Caxton Club at the Union League in Chicago. John’s grant will fund his return to theContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 11/20/2015”
News and Updates from Special Collections 11/13/2015
Recently Cataloged Two carts of 1930s-2000s science fiction books from the James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Science Fiction Collection have recently returned from the Cataloging-Metadata Department. Among these are hardcover and paperback books as well as magazines and periodicals. Included are works by Isaac Asimov, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Herbert and more. Use the keyword “Hevelin” inContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 11/13/2015”
News and Announcements from Special Collections 11/7/2015
New Acquisitions Lindset, John (ed.). Alice in a World of Wonderlands. Oak Knoll Press, 2015. This superb three volume set arrived recently from Oak Knoll Press, which published it in cooperation with the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. The first volume includes Essays on Alice, the second includes Back-Translations, and the third includes aContinue reading “News and Announcements from Special Collections 11/7/2015”
News and Updates from Special Collections 10/30/2015
Publications For a sneak preview of the new issue of Dada/Surrealism, go to http://ir.uiowa.edu/dadasur/vol20/iss1/. Several years in the making, Dada/Surrealism no. 20 is a special issue, “From Dada to Infra-noir: Dada, Surrealism, and Romania,” and is a collaboration between general editor Tim Shipe and Monique Yaari, professor of French at Penn State. ThisContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 10/30/2015”