During the week of June 6 was a busy one at the Marriott Library. Thirty-three junior high and high school students from the Uintah-Ouray Reservation participated in the University of Utah’s Storytelling Camp. Along with several campus partners, the Marriott Library welcomed students, providing workshops...
The next time you’re driving down South Temple Street, look for Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, librarian in the Marriott Library’s Faculty Services Department, on a University of Utah lamp post banner! Specifically, Donna’s banner is on the north side of South Temple, east of T Street...
"Yet he who praises Dr. Franklin for mere ability, praises him for that quality of his mind, which stands lowest in his own esteem. Reader, whoever you are, and how much soever you think you hate him, know that this great man loves you enough to wish...
Memorie di Matilda La Gran Contessa...
The Tanner Trust Fund, a publishing arm of Marriott Library’s Special Collections, has published Fact, Fiction, and Polygamy: A Tale of Utah War Intrigue, 1857 – 1858 – A. G. Browne’s The Ward of the Three Guardians. The University of Utah Press will distribute the...
The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, The New Art of Making Books Smoke Amy Pirkle Tuscaloosa, AL: Perkolator Press, 2008 N7433.4 P58 S5 2008 If this is your first introduction into the world of artists’ books you may find yourself at times stumbling over definitions....
“On mesa and valley floor and treeless loma, the mantle of vivid green is overlaid riotously with color — the orange of California poppies; the blue and lavender of sturdy lupines and lolling wild heliotrope; the mauve of owl’s clover; the pale gold of sun-cups...
Even though we're into the summer season, the J. Willard Marriott Library still has plenty of events and workshops. Here's a list of some of what's planned so far including in-person book discussions, Book Arts workshops and an upcoming event for graduate students....
De unicornu observationes novae Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680) Second edition edited by Caspar Bartholin Amsterdam: apud JHenr. Wetstenium, 1678 For thousands of years, in literature as well as in art, the unicorn has been depicted as a white horse-like animal with a long straight horn made up of spiraling grooves...
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Here are a few film recommendations from Joni Clayton to watch. All of these can be streamed for free by any current University of Utah student, staff, and faculty....