Newsfeed: Edward Gorey’s Reawakening of Dracula by Hannah Hacker: https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/10/24/edward-goreys-reawakening-of-dracula/ Keith/Albee Vaudeville Collection in DIY History! by Justin Baumgartner: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/2016/10/26/keithalbee-vaudeville-collection-in-diy-history/ 15 Vintage Recipe Collections to Explore (Check out #7!): http://mentalfloss.com/article/87451/15-vintage-recipe-collections-explore 200-Year-Old Historic Books Reveal Hidden Fore-Edge Paintings (Check out the final GIFs): http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hidden-paintings-on-edge-of-books Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare? Talk of Iowa from Iowa PublicContinue reading “Special Collections News 11/03/2016”
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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”
Special Collections News & Updates 7/22/2016
Newsfeed: Update on the Music Library Move: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/rbml/2016/07/22/were-moving/ Pomerantz Business Library’s 2015-2016 Infographic: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2016/07/14/pomerantz-business-library-a-look-back-at-fy-2016/ Migration is Beautiful Website Premieres at the 2016 National LULAC Convention July 12th was the kickoff for the 2016 National LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) convention. Janet, assistant curator for the Iowa Women’s Archives, attended the conference to promote “Migration isContinue reading “Special Collections News & Updates 7/22/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 5/6/2016
Important Announcements: The Iowa Women’s Archives will be closed May 16-27th for painting. Newsfeed: Talk of Iowa: Brinton Films Make Second Debut in 100 Years at World’s Longest Running Movie Theater featuring Greg Prickman, Head of Special Collections in an interview with Charity Nebbe. Kalona Times: More than a century later, silent film collection again shown inContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 5/6/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 3/18/2016
Newsfeed: Blog post: The History of the Book: The Game to be used in Fall 2016 curricula by Amy Chen. Blog post: In Plain Sight: Autograph Collections Yield Unrealized Riches by Jacque Roethler. Blog post: Rescuing Photographic Negatives by Nancy Kraft. “Equity at Iowa” a collaborative project between English professor Judith Pascoe and UI Libraries staff: http://equityatiowa.tumblr.com/ This week, “Talk of Iowa”Continue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 3/18/2016”
A Look Back on 2015 in Special Collections
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”
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 Updates from Special Collections 10/23/2015
Upcoming Events Halloween Event in the Learning Commons This Halloween, join Special Collections and University Archives as we create a pop-up museum featuring items by American writer and artist, Edward Gorey, along with some of our more literally gory books. You’ll even be able to take a bit of our collections with you, in buttonContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 10/23/2015”
News From Special Collections 10/16/2015
Librarians in the Wild: ICON Science Fiction Convention October 16-18th, 2015 The ICON Science Fiction convention began 40 years ago, born from a passionate group of fans that met in a science fiction class taught here at the University of Iowa by the Hugo and Nebula award winning author Joe Haldeman, and the same group who formed a U.I.Continue reading “News From Special Collections 10/16/2015”