The Iowa Women’s Archives and University of Iowa Libraries are marking Women’s Equality Day—Friday, Aug. 26—by unveiling a new digital collection documenting the decades-long campaign by Iowa women to gain the right to vote. The Women’s Suffrage in Iowa Digital Collection is the culmination of a yearlong project to select and scan photographs, letters andContinue reading “Women’s Suffrage in Iowa: an online exhibit & digital collection”
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Tweeting Civil War diaries
It took some 19th-century journals to drag us into using the 21st-century equivalent, but we’re finally on Twitter. Follow us at UIL-transcripts, or drop by the Civil War Diaries Transcription Project site to read our Tweets and see other enhancements, including newly-added diaries and an improved design (we’re still smarting from the old version being comparedContinue reading “Tweeting Civil War diaries”
Civil War crowdsourcing project goes viral
Woo, hoo! We’ve been slashdotted. This is when a popular website (in this case, Reddit.com, an enormous online community where contributors share web content that others may find interesting, enlightening, etc.) links to a smaller site (in this case, our Civil War Diaries transcription project) causing a huge influx of web traffic that overwhelms theContinue reading “Civil War crowdsourcing project goes viral”
Digital humanities director search underway
After a series of digital humanities faculty hires, the University is now seeking an internal candidate to head the new Digital Studio for Public Humanities, to be housed in Main Library. We in DLS are excited about this latest development, and we look forward to building on recent experimental digital project collaborations with faculty members andContinue reading “Digital humanities director search underway”
Commemorating Civil War sesquicentennial with digital collection & crowdsourcing effort
University of Iowa Libraries has launched a new exhibition and digital collection to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and it’s enlisting the help of a few good men and women (well, lots, really) to help make the collection even more accessible and useful. The exhibition, “‘Now Do Not Let Your Courage Fail’: VoicesContinue reading “Commemorating Civil War sesquicentennial with digital collection & crowdsourcing effort”
Scottish Highlanders
Posing with bass drum, 1948 Local readers may have heard a report on Iowa Public Radio this morning about the Scottish Highlanders, The University of Iowa’s all-female bagpipe band. For those of you who want to know more, several hundred photos of the group can be viewed in the Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes digital collection.Continue reading “Scottish Highlanders”
Portraits in conversation
The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of its latest digital collection, Félix de la Concha’s Portraits in Conversation: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/felixdelaconcha De la Concha is a painter who creates multidimensional portrayals of his subjects while conducting and recording interviews about their life, work, and views on art. The collection features Spanish-language interviewsContinue reading “Portraits in conversation”
Iowa Geological Survey now online
The University of Iowa Libraries has recently posted the Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report (1893-1941) online. The annual reports contain information on the topography and geological formations of all of Iowa’s counties, assessments of Iowa’s mineral resources, and reports on Iowa’s water resources. Whether being used to grow crops in the field, livestock in theContinue reading “Iowa Geological Survey now online”
A Child Welfare Christmas
Holiday scenes from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station images, arranged in order from most to least pathetic-Charlie-Brown-looking trees:
WW2 in Iowa Thankgiving: Turkey, potatoes, and exotic dancers
“Prison camp soldiers gobble turkeys!”, Clarinda Herald Journal, Nov. 23, 1944 “WAC tables turned for Thanksgiving dinner,” Des Moines Register, Nov. 26, 1943 “Gets some expert advice,” Des Moines Evening Tribune, Nov. 25, 1943 Among the expected stories of soldiers celebrating Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner and all the trimmings, the World War II Iowa Press Clippings digital collectionContinue reading “WW2 in Iowa Thankgiving: Turkey, potatoes, and exotic dancers”