In this episode guest Peter Balestrieri brings us a letter from Ursula LeGuin that he found tucked inside of a recently donated copy of “The Farthest Shore.” LISTEN: Download this episode (right click and save) Guest Peter Balestrieri Citation LeGuin, Ursula to Martin, John Located in “The Farthest Shore.” Allen and Brenda Lewis Science FictionContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast: Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea, and Tolkien with guest Peter Balestrieri”
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2017 Year in Review for Special Collections
Left: Manuscripts class with fifth grade students. Right: Center for the Book class. Photos: Final tote bag pile, Colleen Theisen and Rebecca Romney speaking at Prairie Lights, Janet Weaver speaking about Mujeres Latinas at Hancher, the Instagram meetup, and a crowd scene from the final plenary session. NBC Nightly News filmed a segment about theContinue reading “2017 Year in Review for Special Collections”
09: Historically Yours: Love, Marjorie; Knitting hats for strawberries, swearing at horses, and the circus comes to town: Life in Kansas in the 1930’s
Living miles apart from your loved ones in the 1930’s a letter was a great way to stay connected. University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science faculty member and author Jennifer Burek Pierce is the guest for episode nine of Historically Yours and reads a fun conversational 1938 letter from Marjorie McVicker (Sutcliffe) toContinue reading “09: Historically Yours: Love, Marjorie; Knitting hats for strawberries, swearing at horses, and the circus comes to town: Life in Kansas in the 1930’s”
Historically Yours Podcast: A Tale of Woe for Miss Rosa Poe with guest Peter Balestrieri
Listen to the podcast: Download this episode (right click and save) For this episode of Historically Yours, Curator of Science Fiction and Popular Culture, Peter Balestrieri takes us back into the publishing industry reading a handwritten letter from 1868 written on behalf of Miss Rosa Poe, sister of Edgar Allan Poe. Letter information: MsL T473d Thompson, John ReubenContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast: A Tale of Woe for Miss Rosa Poe with guest Peter Balestrieri”
Historically Yours Podcast: Academics, Fans, H.P. Lovecraft, and the price of paper
For this episode of Historically Yours, School of Library and Information Science graduate student Kathryn Heffner reads a typed letter on Arkham House letterhead with details relating to what it took to get HP Lovecraft published during World War II, both figuratively and literally. Listen here: Download this episode (right click and save) Letter: Msc0429, ThomasContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast: Academics, Fans, H.P. Lovecraft, and the price of paper”
Historically Yours Podcast Ep. 6: Calamity Jane’s Death with Elizabeth Riordan
The sixth episode of Historically Yours is here and this time we’re joined by Graduate Assistant Elizabeth Riordan. For this episode, Liz recalls her Wild West phase as a child and reads a letter from a train conductor in South Dakota looking back years later and telling the tale of meeting “bundle of rags” CalamityContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast Ep. 6: Calamity Jane’s Death with Elizabeth Riordan”
Historically Yours Podcast Episode 5 – James Thurber Letter
The fifth episode of Historically Yours is here and this time we’re joined by University Archivist David McCartney. For this episode, David McCartney tells a poignant tale of letter writing past and present and then reads us a letter from James Thurber from his time at the New Yorker in 1935. Know anythingContinue reading “Historically Yours Podcast Episode 5 – James Thurber Letter”
Historically Yours Podcast: Warren G. Harding letter with guest Ben Schmidt
The third episode of Historically Yours is here and this time we’re joined by School of Library and Information graduate student Ben Schmidt. Ben reads a letter from Warren G. Harding responding to a request for a memorial for World War I. Do you know anything about the movement to make a memorial?Continue reading “Historically Yours Podcast: Warren G. Harding letter with guest Ben Schmidt”
Historically Yours Podcast Episode 2: Heroic Deeds with Liz Riordan
Historically Yours is brought to you by the wacky folks who wander in and out of the University of Iowa Special Collections. Your host is Colleen Theisen, today’s guest is Liz Riordan. Our theme music was composed by Will Riordan. Download this episode (right click and save) (Subscribe on Podbean, iTunes, or Pocket Casts.Continue reading “Historically Yours Podcast Episode 2: Heroic Deeds with Liz Riordan”
New Podcast Historically Yours Launches
The University of Iowa Special Collections has a new podcast, Historically Yours which will be a biweekly podcast. In each episode Outreach Librarian Colleen Theisen and a guest will read one historic letter, research the context, and discuss the role of letter writing past and present. Episode 1 features Digital Project Librarian Laura Hampton readingContinue reading “New Podcast Historically Yours Launches”