{"id":5864,"date":"2018-02-21T14:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2023-08-07T01:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T01:27:42","slug":"iowa-city-archives-crawl-saturday-february-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2018\/02\/21\/iowa-city-archives-crawl-saturday-february-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa City Archives Crawl Saturday February 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iowa City Archives Crawl<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2018\/02\/icac_header-300x172.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>Saturday, February 24 at 11:00am to\u00a0<abbr title=\"2018-02-24T15:00:00-06:00\">3:00pm<\/abbr><\/p>\n<p>What gems are preserved inside of Iowa City\u2019s libraries, museums, and archives?<\/p>\n<p>At the area\u2019s first-ever archives crawl, visitors can snoop in between the pages of historic diaries, read other people&#8217;s mail, hold feathers and fossils, and peer into mysteries revealed by\u00a0historic artifacts like\u00a0swords and\u00a0locks of hair kept in remembrance.<\/p>\n<p><i>All events are free and open to the public!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm, the following sites will be open to the public. Each will offer tours, demonstrations, and short talks by experts (see specific times at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archivesagainstamnesia.com\/archives-crawl\/\">archivesagainstamnesia.com\/archives-crawl<\/a>).\u00a0Start your crawl at any of these sites, where you can pick up an archives crawl &#8220;passport&#8221; and map.\u00a0<i><b>Bring your fully stamped passport to any site for a prize!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Iowa Main Library, 125 W. Washington St.<\/li>\n<li>University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, Macbride Hall, 17 N. Clinton St.<\/li>\n<li>Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St.<\/li>\n<li>State\u00a0Historical Society of Iowa Research Center, 402 Iowa Ave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>All four sites\u00a0will be\u00a0open to visitors between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Iowa City\u00a0Archives Crawl will occur prior to the\u00a02018 Provost\u2019s Global Forum and Obermann Humanities Symposium, Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice.<\/p>\n<p><i>Free and open to the public.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Colleen Theisen in advance at 319-335-5923.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa City Archives Crawl Saturday, February 24 at 11:00am to\u00a03:00pm What gems are preserved inside of Iowa City\u2019s libraries, museums, and archives? 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