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”
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Lucy Hartmann
After working in Special Collections for a while, we meet many people who leave a lasting impression on us—collectors, donors of papers, students, and researchers, among others, who devote countless hours to their work in these collections. In the midst of comings and goings, some individuals stand out, and one of them deserves special recognition.Continue reading “Lucy Hartmann”
Stewart Stern, 1922-2015
Yesterday I walked into a meeting to discuss an upcoming exhibition we are putting together on World War II. On the book truck I pushed in front of me were several boxes from the papers of Stewart Stern. Stern was a World War II veteran, a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge, who wentContinue reading “Stewart Stern, 1922-2015”
In Memory of George Ludwig
The U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer I, on this day 55 years ago, on January 31, 1958. Under the direction of Prof. James A. Van Allen of the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics, the satellite carried a payload of data-gathering equipment which eventually revealed the presence of radiation belts encircling the earth. OurContinue reading “In Memory of George Ludwig”
Farewell to Elizabeth Catlett
The New York Times reported today that “Elizabeth Catlett, whose abstracted sculptures of the human form reflected her deep concern with the African-American experience and the struggle for civil rights, died on Monday at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she had lived since the late 1940s. She was 96. “ Elizabeth was among theContinue reading “Farewell to Elizabeth Catlett”