Brigham Young, Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith: these are three of the most highly recognized names in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These names, and many others, are part of a significant collection of original manuscripts recently donated to...
The covers of a book enclose worlds constructed of text and image. To open a book is to expose the intimate details of story, experience and idea. Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library since 1995, the Book Arts Program champions wide-ranging explorations of the...
Occasional reflections was ridiculed by Jonathan Swift in A meditation upon a Broom-Stick and by Samuel Butler in An occasional reflection on Dr. Charleton’s Feeling a Dog’s Pulse at Gresham College....
David Eskelsen David Eskelsen is the company spokesman for Rocky Mountain Power, Utah’s largest electric utility. He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, then worked as a staff writer for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden and Deseret News in Salt Lake City....
Take a business student’s idea… Add teaching excellence… Add help with design and patenting… And what do you get? CharPoles – an international business founded by student, entrepreneur, and CEO Alex Carr...
The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library would like to celebrate the 2015/2016 ski season by highlighting the archival collections of the Alf Engen family. Alf Engen Alf Engen was born in Norway and in 1929, at age twenty, immigrated to the United States...
Effervescent. Joyful. Maybe a bit Raucous. Words to describe the annual Ski Affair, a benefit for Special Collections’ Ski Archives. And this year, the silver anniversary for the event, was certainly no exception. More than 500 happy guests attended this year’s event, held the evening of...
On October 19, the library lost a dear friend in the passing of Marsha Irwin. When asked once about her dedication to the library Marsha replied, “Reading is my first love. I’ve been an avid reader since I first learned to read as a child....
"Downwinders of Utah” is an interactive geospatial timeline depicting the story of Utah nuclear fallout related to atmospheric testing of the Nevada test site. Beginning in 1951, the era of nuclear weapons testing was a time of tremendous change at both national and local levels....
On October 5, the library celebrated the launch of Dr. Peggy Battin’s “The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources” digital archive and print volume, a partnership between Oxford University Press and the Marriott Library. The two versions—the condensed, print version and the full, digital Archive—are connected...