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”
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Unboxing the Hevelin Science Fiction Collection on Tumblr
The time has come! The James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection of Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books is being unboxed and processed. Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to welcome long-time student worker and avid researcher Peter Balestrieri who is joining our staff as a Processing Librarian and taking on the task of making the collection ready for researchers. Continue reading “Unboxing the Hevelin Science Fiction Collection on Tumblr”
150 Years Later a Civil War Story Unfolds
In celebration of the U.S. Civil War Sesquicentennial, The University of Iowa Libraries is bringing to life the compelling story of Civil War soldier Joseph F. Culver and his wife, Mary, featuring letters held in Special Collections in the J.F Culver Papers. Letter by letter their story will unfold over the next three years published onContinue reading “150 Years Later a Civil War Story Unfolds”