Her name is Leslie Felder. She arrives with three large bags: her school backpack, the diaper bag, and the bag that contains water bottles, changes of clothes, favorite toys, cheerios… She also has her two young children, Stanley (three years-old) and Leora (15 months) in...
“Matt Christensen, a sophomore in engineering, took time to look at the display between classes. ‘I think it’s really interesting how they’ve created something both new and fresh, but out of a format we’re all used to,’ Christensen said.” Land-Art Inspired Library Exhibit Showcases Books As Art...
Preghiera alla Vergine… Modena: Il Bulino edizioni d’arte, 2007 Facsimile. This illuminated manuscript belonged a young woman of the Veronese aristocracy. Produced on vellum in the second half of the thirteenth century, it is illustrated throughout with miniatures and consists of forty-two folios, or eighty-four pages. The...
“A eia kekahi, i kona heluhelu ana, ua hoopihaia oia me ka Uhane o ka Haku.” KA BUKE O NA BERITA AMEN A KAUOHA San Francisco, 1855 First edition The first missionary work in Hawai’i for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1850, when Charles...
Special Treatments Illuminations from the Wisdom Volume The Utah Calligraphic Artists guild is pleased to host an evening lecture with Diane von Arx, one of three American calligraphers invited to be part of the artistic team for the St. John’s Bible project. Thursday May 5, 2016 7PM Utah Cultural Celebration...
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...
