{"id":3470,"date":"2015-11-20T21:34:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3470"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:36:00","slug":"news-and-updates-from-special-collections-11202015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/11\/20\/news-and-updates-from-special-collections-11202015\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Updates from Special Collections 11\/20\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awards and Recognition<\/h2>\n

Congratulations to John Fifield, Caxton Club Grant Recipient
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\"Caxton<\/a><\/span>On Wednesday, November 18, University of Iowa Center for the Book students Ian Huebert, Amy Richard, and Special Collections’ Olson Graduate Assistant John Fifield all accepted\u00a0grants from the Caxton Club at the Union League in Chicago. John’s grant will fund his return to the Biblioteca de la Recoleta in Arequipa, Peru, in January. He will be continuing research on Colonial Spanish monastic libraries and the Transatlantic Book Trade. You can view\u00a0photos from the projects at the Recoleta at recoleta2015.tumblr.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Join us in congratulating John!<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to Kelly Grogg, Ella Von Holtom, and Heather Wacha\u00a0for Being Accepted Into the Obermann Graduate Institute<\/h4>\n

\"Oberman<\/a>Olson Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg, and department employees\u00a0Ella Von Holtom, and Heather Wacha were all accepted as Graduate Fellows for the\u00a0seventh annual\u00a0Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy. Join us in congratulating Kelly, Ella, and Heather!<\/p>\n

Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n

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New Acquisitions<\/h2>\n

Early 20th Century Autograph Scrapbook<\/h4>\n

Marie Mattingly Meloney, the creator of this album, gifted it to Laird C. Addis in 1926. It contains many autographs and small mementos from famous figures of the early 20th<\/sup> century, collected during Meloney\u2019s time as an award-winning reporter and editor. She was close friends with Marie Curie, and was responsible for a nationwide campaign to purchase radium for Curie and her laboratory. More information about the album is available here<\/a>. \u00a0Donated by Laird Addis Jr.<\/p>\n