In the 1950s, the Ford Foundation and the Fund for the Advancement of Education recognized television as “the most powerful medium of communication yet devised by man.” In that decade, the number of home television sets skyrocketed from 50,000 to 50 million, and educators, government...
“Stones stand at stiff attention as sun nears” MILITARY CEMETERY Here stationed without trumpet, without tears Are the unwilling dead. Days walk the rounds Of sentry duty past the ordered mounds. Stones stand at stiff attention as sun nears, Inspects them and departs. On earthen ears The volley from the silent rifle...
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are a highly requested resource in libraries. Each collection of hand-made maps contains detailed surveyor information on commercial, industrial and residential sections of cities and towns ranging from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s. While the J. Willard Marriott Library...
Vojvodjanski zbornik: almanah. vols. 1 (1938) and 2 (1939) Novi Sad: S.n., 1938-1939 xPG1400 I5 V64 This journal of art and culture was produced in Vojvojdina, an autonomous province of Serbia, on the eve of the second World War. The journal, published in these two issues only, assembled...
It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Salt Lake City is home to many counter-cultures, including a long-standing and energetic music community. This community includes local bands, promoters, fans and the record stores and concert venues that support them. Oftentimes the...
Rare Books is proud to support the Book Arts Program with its collections. For more information about the Book Arts Program and future workshops, visit their website or like them on Facebook. Up-cycled Stories: Books as Process Julianna Christie, Marnie Powers-Torrey & Emily Tipps May 28 Saturday, 10:00–6:00 Book...
“It was all as grand as grand could be.” Feathers, Paws, Fins and Claws Presentation and Reception Christine A. Jones and Jennifer Schacker Weller Book Works Trolley Square Thursday, May 26, 6:30PM This event is free and open to the public A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through...
Greetings, Graduate students have been keen users of the Marriott Library’s Audio Studio. This blog post will describe a project from the student’s concept, to fruition, to promotion, to feedback, and lastly the follow-up. Last December a graduate student in Environmental Humanities approached me with a project....
Click here to read more about Leslie. Since the last post, Leslie has graduated (on May 5, 2016) and was featured in the President David W. Pershing's commencement speech. "The men and women receiving their degrees tonight reflect the educational diversity of this University and the individual interests...
On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public education is unconstitutional and that separate educational facilities were "inherently unequal". Overturning the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson in which “separate but equal” facilities were allowed and often encouraged, Brown v....