{"id":4271,"date":"2016-04-11T21:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:14:24","slug":"special-collections-update-482016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/11\/special-collections-update-482016\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections Update 4\/8\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Newsfeed:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Blog post: Updates on History of the Book: The Game by Amy Chen.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/04\/updates-on-history-of-the-book-the-game\/\">http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/04\/updates-on-history-of-the-book-the-game\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blog post:\u00a0Felicia Rice and Guillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a Artwork Doc\/Undoc on Display. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/05\/felicia-rice-and-guillermo-gomez-pena-artwork-docundoc-on-display\/\">http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/05\/felicia-rice-and-guillermo-gomez-pena-artwork-docundoc-on-display\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iconic artist Corita Kent profiled on CBS Sunday morning:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/corita-kent-an-overshadowed-pop-art-icon\/\">http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/corita-kent-an-overshadowed-pop-art-icon\/<\/a>Kent was born in 1918 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. \u00a0You can learn more about her in the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives, where many of her serigraph prints are preserved in the papers of her lifelong friend <a href=\"http:\/\/collguides.lib.uiowa.edu\/?IWA0913\">Josephine Pletscher<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>New site proposed for UI art museum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.press-citizen.com\/story\/news\/education\/university-of-iowa\/2016\/04\/03\/new-location-university-of-iowa-museum-art\/82587646\/\">http:\/\/www.press-citizen.com\/story\/news\/education\/university-of-iowa\/2016\/04\/03\/new-location-university-of-iowa-museum-art\/82587646\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Events:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, 4\/13<\/strong>: Iowa Bibliophiles,\u00a0Jane Murphy and Mark Brookfield, 36 year partners in Murphy-Brookfield Books, will talk about the enormous changes brought on by Internet bookselling in the last 20+ years. (Refreshments 6:30 PM, Talk 7:00 PM, Special Collections Reading Room).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, 4\/30<\/strong>: <em>Music &amp; Magic Lanterns<\/em> at CSPS in Cedar Rapids. More information: <a href=\"http:\/\/bestevents.us\/cedar-rapids-music-and-magic-lanterns\/1087032\">http:\/\/bestevents.us\/cedar-rapids-music-and-magic-lanterns\/1087032<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Upcoming Deadlines:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Extended to 4\/15<\/strong>: Apply for the Linda and Richard Kerber fund for financial support for those traveling to do research in the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/kerber\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, 6\/3:<\/strong>\u00a0Proposals for seminars for the 2017 Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference held in Iowa City. <a href=\"http:\/\/rbms.info\/blog\/news-events\/call-for-proposals-rbms-seminars-for-the-2017-conference-in-iowa-city\/\">Read More.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instruction:<\/h4>\n<p>Last week, we had eight classes in special collections plus a visit from Twinrocker Paper\u2019s Kathy and Howie Clark on Friday afternoon. The Clarks spoke to an audience of Center for the Book faculty and students and generously shared examples of their work.<\/p>\n<h4>New Acquisition:<\/h4>\n<p>Poems of Thomas Gray, illustrations by William Blake<\/p>\n<p>This Folio Society reproduction is absolutely gorgeous, and while we\u2019ve posted about it before on social media, I couldn\u2019t resist another go. \u201cOde on the Death of a Favorite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Golden Fishes\u201d also seemed to deserve highlighting.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4271 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/11\/special-collections-update-482016\/bard\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/bard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/bard-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/bard-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/bard-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/11\/special-collections-update-482016\/cat\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cat-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cat-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cat-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/11\/special-collections-update-482016\/ode\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/ode-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/ode-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/ode-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/ode-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/04\/11\/special-collections-update-482016\/cover2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cover2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cover2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cover2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/04\/cover2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Social Media:<\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BD81_oQRx7i\/?taken-by=uispeccoll<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givetoiowa.org\/GiveToIowa\/WebObjects\/GiveToIowa.woa\/wa\/goTo?area=libraries\">Donate to the University Libraries\u2019 Special Collections Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to stay connected? 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