The life and work of painter Eve Drewelowe (1899-1988) are celebrated in a new digital collection created by the University of Iowa Libraries and the School of Art and Art History. This pioneering artist, who in 1924 received the UI’s first Master’s degree in studio arts, is the focus of the Eve Drewelowe Digital Collection,Continue reading “Pioneering artist Eve Drewelowe featured in digital archive”
Category Archives: Iowa Digital Library
XOXO, Digital Library Services
University of Iowa student with bow and arrow, mid-1920s Whether you are single, happily attached, or somewhere in between, we in Digital Library Services offer you a historical perspective of that sometimes treacherous holiday lurking just around the corner: St. Valentine’s Day. “My heart pants 4 u, ” Aug. 1, 1907 The February 14, 1961Continue reading “XOXO, Digital Library Services”
500 years of Western printmaking
Congratulations to the University of Iowa Museum of Art on their new exhibit, “In the Footsteps of Masters: The Evolution of the Reproductive Print,” now on display at Davenport’s Figge Art Museum. For a sneak preview of some of the artifacts on display, please view the “Prints” gallery in our University of Iowa Museum ofContinue reading “500 years of Western printmaking”
The ghost of holiday recipes past
Student party at the Iowa Memorial Union, 1920s Those of you wanting to party like it’s 1929 this holiday season have no further to look than the Iowa Digital Library’s Szathmary Recipe Pamphlets digital collection, featuring early 20th-century advertising ephemera reflecting the evolution of the modern American diet. See excerpts below for instructions on preparing old-school seasonalContinue reading “The ghost of holiday recipes past”
4800 Tom Turkeys
Happy Thanksgiving from Digital Library Services! Forty-eight hundred Tom Turkeys by A.M. Wettach, ca. 1960 University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
University history in motion
Students rush to class formally attired in suits and dresses. Football fans stream out of Model Ts and into a brand new Kinnick Stadium. Herbert Hoover campaigns for president on the steps of the Old Capitol building. These scenes from the past come alive in the latest addition to the Iowa Digital Library’s Iowa CityContinue reading “University history in motion”
Witnessing history from 100 feet up
To mark the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we’re featuring a reminiscence by Michael Gartner from the Iowa Journalists Oral Histories collection. Gartner’s long career spanned a stint as a sports reporter at The Des Moines Register at age 15 to a position as president of NBC News. In this clip, he discusses his mostContinue reading “Witnessing history from 100 feet up”
‘The man who brought the literary world to Iowa’
In 2000, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack declared Oct. 12 to be “Paul Engle Day,” in honor of the Iowa-born poet who served as head of the Writer’s Workshop from 1942 to 1977, helping to develop it from an obscure experimental program to an internationally renowned literary center. Featured here is an audio recording from the firstContinue reading “‘The man who brought the literary world to Iowa’”
Innovation in history
The Libraries is currently preparing to play host to area junior high and high school student researchers participating in National History Day, a program that teaches critical thinking, research, and presentation skills through a nationwide contest. Below are a few images from Iowa Digital Library related to this year’s theme, Innovation in History: Impact and Change. Diesel locomotive fromContinue reading “Innovation in history”
Iowa State Fair, from another point of view
From seven points of view, to be exact, as we feature these Fair-related images from the Iowa Digital Library. “From another point of view” editorial cartoon by Ding Darling, 1927 “Hot Popcorn (Iowa State Fair)” oil painting by Bill Hamilton, 2004 State Fair 4-H demonstration, ca. 1928 President Gerald Ford at Iowa State Fair byContinue reading “Iowa State Fair, from another point of view”