The end of the spring semester is coming and, for many of our students interested in architecture, this means it is crunch time for submitting applications. Both undergraduate and potential graduate students are doing the difficult work of drawing together a portfolio for entrance into...
The Willem Johan Kolff papers (http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv39526) contain materials that record the many artificial organ projects, from early dialysis to the first artificial heart implant, as well as the personal life of one of the world's most respected pioneering doctors. Dr. Willem Johan Kolff has been an...
“You oceans both, I close with you, We murmur alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift, knowing not why, These little shreds indeed standing for you and me and all.” WHITMAN CROSSHATCH… Walt Whitman (1819-1892) East Hampton, NY: 2015 From the artist’s statement: “both a hunt for, and a despair of, meaning. The...
Footage from the Audio-Visual Archive in Special Collections is featured prominently in KUED’s new special, “National Parks - Beyond the Crowds,” which airs Tuesday April 26 at 7PM. This documentary, which explores some of Utah’s less visited National Parks and Monuments, places archive footage almost in...
The Marriott Library was recently informed that it would be receiving a $50,000 grant through the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a two-year collaborative project starting May 1 that will improve search capabilities for those using digital collections. The project will create a...
The first transcontinental railroad was built by the Western Pacific, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Companies and officially opened on May 10, 1869 with the driving of the last spike in a ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah....
In a previous post we introduced MCX Utah and the Marriott Library Materials Collection. This time around we want to answer the question “How do I use this collection?” This promotional video follows Alex Carr on his journey to create and patent his CHAR Poles. The video...
“In the zoo we see, on a small scale, how different all animals are from each other… We have to live together whether we like it or not.” KUTHAN’S MENAGERIE COMPLETED George Kuthan (1916-1966) Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2003 Descriptive text about six animals – a raccoon, flamingo, anteater, penguin, monkey...
A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts is supporting free workshops to the community through the Book Arts Program at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. Workshops include classes in encaustics, paper decoration, letterpress printing, leather binding and much more. There...
Marriott Library’s collections include far more than simply books. Many of these items are fragile as well as valuable, and one of the most important tasks for the Library’s Preservation Department is their protection. Protection implies a number of things: proper housing in appropriate materials;...