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...
September 30th marked the first-ever Marriott Library “Appreciation Celebration,” honoring the library’s many volunteers, board members, and supporters. Held in the library’s Grand Reading Room on level 3, the event...
Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth behind a World War II Fence by Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey won the $10,000 Evans Biography Award, presented by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University on September 25, 2015. The book...
A film by Jordan Hanzon, a film major and part-time employee at the Marriott Library. Four student workers at the Marriott Library express their gratitude...
For those who ask “What goes on in libraries now that everything is online?” Here is one answer. Assistant Librarian Rebekah Cummings (Left) and Associate Librarian Anne Morrow (Right) have been working closely with the Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) in publishing the research projects of...
The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library houses thousands of collections and provides access to wonderful primary sources for on-site use by students, researchers, citizens of the local community, and the world. One such collection is that of Wallace Earle Stegner. Wallace Stegner (1909-1993),...