Dr. Ronald Rubin has donated four issues of early American newspapers highlighting Jewish contributions to commerce. The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, October 9, 1781, features an advertisement by Haym Salomon, broker, considered the Financier of the American Revolution. In the news that day, a report on the war...
Happy GIS Day! November 15, 2017 marks international GIS Day – a day devoted to demonstrating the real-world applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and how it makes a difference within our society. This global movement brings together universities, government agencies, schools, non-profits, and GIS...
The Map of the Week for November 13th examines the physical extent of the prehistoric pluvial lake known as Lake Bonneville, which covered most of the Utah territory until approximately 14,500 years ago. Through this interactive application, viewers have the opportunity to examine the depth...
“All for the People and all Through the People” — Programma Revolution had been bleeding red on the tongues of Russian citizens for a least a decade before the fateful Autumn of 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power from Tsar Nicholas II, ending the 300 year...
“this is how it is longing sets in as days shorten and nights, well, nights shoulder their way right into day. it helps to have a sense of humor, a big stack of cordwood, skis waiting for snow, a book and a chair, some paper to draw on, cloth to stitch with thread: threads to tie it...
“Dedicated to the officers and men of the Utah Air National Guard whose past accomplishments, sincere endeavor, and esprit de corps have been an inspiration to all air units and with whom it has been our privilege to serve.” Title: Vapor Trails: 1949, 191st Fighter Squadron Author:...
Hats off to the Ski Archives Board who put on an incredible party to benefit the library’s Ski Archives! More than 500 skiiers, snowboarders, athletes, outdoor enthusiasts, and volunteers gathered at Little America Hotel on November 7 for the 27th Ski Affair event that included...
“Also mein allerliebster bruder, sterck dich ynn dem Hern und sey gestrost ynn seiner mechtigen krafft, auff das du erkennest, tragest, liebest, und lobest aus gutwilligem hertzen, den veterlichen willen Gottes. Du werdest ledig odder nicht. Das du aber solches vermogest zu ehren seines heyligen...
“…yours until the final ghosts from darkened fires rise like filaments on the low blue-grey edge of light and air, to shine like music must, momentarily, to the blind.” Autumn’s End Christopher Buckley Lagniappe Press, 1992 PS3552 U339 A98 1992 Printed in October 1992 with 12 point Dante. The poem first appeared in “Hubbub,” Fall 1992....
I am currently working on my next book project, Terre Firma, the impetus of which began while I was in an artist residency in May, 2016 at the Tallgrass National Prairie Preserve in central Kansas. I received my undergraduate degree in the Flint Hills of...