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Dec 18 2015

News and Updates from Special Collections 12/18/2015

Posted on December 18, 2015December 2, 2016 by Colleen Theisen

From the Web and Social Media

 

Boy hitting a pinata at a LULAC party in 1967

Preservation Projects Librarian, Vitalina Nova, wrote a blog post about the League of United Latino American Citizens Council 10, both their past records and their current projects for the Iowa Women’s Archives blog.

Image on the left from LULAC Council 10 Records, IWA0733

 

 

Rose Bowl sticker2016 Rose Bowl a chance to make new memories: UI archivist recalls Iowa’s five previous visits to Pasadena.  This month’s Old Gold column by University Archivist David McCartney was posted this week.

This 1959 Rose Bowl decal was sold by Iowa Book and Supply and donated to the university by 1976 alumnus Vernon Lustick, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

 

 

Notes from the Special Collections Classroom

This week’s news from Amy Chen, Instruction Librarian 

 

Image of a class of students examining books

Counting up some totals at the end of the semester, Special Collections (not including the Iowa Women’s Archives) taught 119 class sessions total in the Fall 2015 Semester:

4 in August

34 in September

39 in October

28 in November

14 in December

 

 

New Acquisitions

Arrival Notifications from Margaret Gamm, 

Acquisitions & Collections Management Librarian 

 

The Descent of Mount Gadam is a new acquisition for our Charlotte Smith miniature book collection. Amos Paul Kennedy published the book in 1993 under the imprint of his Jubilee Press, which was later renamed the Jubalee Press. The text is an adaptation of a folktale of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe people of northern Ethiopia.

Folktale title
Page from a book with quote "Do not make a mistake, let each one stand it its place."
Image of Africa
Posted in Weekly UpdateTagged Classes, Descent of Mount Gadam, gadam, instruction, iwa blog, LULAC, Old Gold, statistics
World War 1 map
Sep 04 2015

Special Collections Week in Review, 8/28 – 9/4, 2015

Posted on September 4, 2015January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

 Recently on the Web and Social Media:

 

1930's Science Fiction Fanzines

The Hevelin Fanzine Digitization Project was featured on The Verge.  The University of Iowa Libraries is digitizing science fiction fanzines from the 1930s-1950s.

 

 

 

hallAugust Old Gold column from University Archivist David McCartney, Harrison Hall, the Residence Hall That Never Was. 

The planned 1,100-student high-rise, proposed in 1966, never got off the ground.

 

 

An artists book with three spoons in the binding

A Culinary Alphabet by Annie Tremmel Wilcox, published in 1998 was featured on our Instagram page. This culinary artist’s book has three spoons as part of the binding.  [Szathmary N7433.4 W524 C8 1998]

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events:

 

1. The first Iowa Bibliophiles meeting of the 2015-2016 season

Cheryl Jacobsen Image

University of Iowa Center for the Book calligraphy instructor Cheryl Jacobsen will present about calligraphic hands featured in Medieval manuscripts held in Special Collections.

6:00PM – Stop by to view a repeat showing of the livestream video of Alison Altstatt’s September 4th talk

6:30PM – Refreshments served

7PM – Cheryl Jacobsen’s talk

Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd Floor Main Library, 125 W. Washington, Iowa City, IA

 

2. Special Collections Editions featured in Old Capitol Museum Exhibition

 

donqOpening Reception for The Quest Begins: Quixote at 400

Thursday, September 17, 2015 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Old Capitol Museum

 

Exhibition: Illustrations of Don Quixote: Interpretation of Imagination

September 17, 2015 to January 3, 2016

Old Capitol Museum Keyes Gallery for the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences

Explore artistic interpretations of Cervantes’ tale from the 1600s to the 1930s through collected images from editions of Don Quixote from the University of Iowa Libraries.

 

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the sponsoring department or contact person listed in advance of the event.

 

New Acquisitions:

 

1. A new acquisition for our collection of miniature books.

Miniature book - view of the coverAmos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Descent of Mount Gadam, Jubilee Press, 1993.  Adapted from a folktale of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe people of northern Ethiopia. Includes a linocut outline map of Africa.

https://vine.co/v/eTJBM6xpHaH

 

2. A new addition to the University of Iowa Libraries’ map collections for studying World War I.

World War 1 mapThe Markets of the World. Open to Great Britain: Closed to Germany, London : Roberts & Leete Ltd., [1916].  This map shows sources of import for Britain during 1916.

https://vine.co/v/eT5YZ5uwWnm

 

Just for Fun:

Our graduate assistants made a parody of our new acquisition unboxing videos we’ve been making on the social media site Vine.

Please welcome our “new acquisition,” graduate assistant John Fifield.

https://vine.co/v/eIYrx5PBEwY

 

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