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Students Investigate: The Original Fashion Influencer-Women’s 18th and 19th Century Periodicals”

This series features the work and research of University of Iowa students at the Libraries. The following is written by Jenna Zukauskas , an undergraduate student worker at Special Collections and Archives. Before there was the “get ready with me” or “do it yourself” trends, fashion and style had to find other ways to makeContinue reading “Students Investigate: The Original Fashion Influencer-Women’s 18th and 19th Century Periodicals””

Students Investigate: Special Collections’ most accessible Civil War documents

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following is written by Whitney Jensen, an undergraduate student worker at Special Collections and Archives. Do you have an interest in the vast collection of Civil War documents found in Special Collections and Archives at the University of Iowa but unsure where to begin?Continue reading “Students Investigate: Special Collections’ most accessible Civil War documents”

Students investigate: the materiality of medieval music

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following is written by Larisa Greway, a museum studies intern at Special Collections and Archives. If you can read a piece of sheet music, you’ve benefited from over a thousand years of evolution. In the Middle Ages, music not only sounded, but looked muchContinue reading “Students investigate: the materiality of medieval music”

Students Investigate: New Year, new France

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following is written by Brianna Bowers, student worker for Special Collections and Archives.  Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution or used the turning of the calendar to wipe a clean slate for yourself? These resolutions can be effective at creating new habits,Continue reading “Students Investigate: New Year, new France”