“A library is as much a scientific instrument as a telescope.” — Luise Poulton Pioneers of Science: Ten Thousand Pages That Shook the World now online. Euclid’s Elements of Geometry was first printed in 1482, just as soon as one of the early masters of movable type...
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing” THE RAVEN Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1986 First published in 1845, Poe’s narrative poem The Raven tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, mourning the loss of his love named...
Greetings, This is Robert Nelson, Audio Projects Librarian & Head of the Audio-Visual Services unit within Creativity & Innovation Services (CrIS) of the Marriott Library. This past summer, Tony Sams (New Media Specialist) and myself needed to recruit a new student employee. Our successful candidate was Nathan...
The Map of the Week for October 2nd introduces scholars to the wide-ranging work of acclaimed artist Feliks Topolski as well as the artist’s self-published opus of over 25-years entitled: “The Topolski Chronicle“, available for viewing through the Fine Arts & Architecture Library. #MapMonday The Topolski...
“See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands And justifies himself with lifted hands Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.” A Discourse upon the Pharisee and the Publicane… John Bunyan (1628-1688) London: Printed for Jo. Harris, at the Harrow, over against the...
“Of a truth I confess they [the tales] are not mine, and if I said otherwise I should lie, but nevertheless I have faithfully set them down according to the manner in which they are told…” Le XIII Piacevoli Notti… Giovanni Francesco Straparola (ca. 1480- ca. 1557) In Venetia:...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 ASB 220 Pioneers of Science: Ten Thousand Pages That Shook the World Luise Poulton, Managing Curator, Rare Books, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah Euclid’s Elements of Geometry was first printed in 1482, just as soon as one of the early...
Written by Jessica L. Colbert, Resident Librarian, J. Willard Marriott Library Wow, what a busy month. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting down to write the reflection for my first month, but that’s probably because I wrote it a week late. This second month has been...
“He who writes histories must make the efforts that I made and see the land that he is to write about, as I saw it, for so was it done by ancient and modern historians…Very supernatural must be the talented man who will know how...
““How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been forced to vegetate in his primitive stupidity: he has been taught stories about invisible powers upon whom his happiness was...