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...

13 June, 2022 /

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....

07 June, 2022 /

“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...

30 May, 2022 /

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....

26 May, 2022 /

  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...

16 May, 2022 /

One of the things I appreciate most about our Special Collections is the wealth of materials around strong and influential women who have significantly shaped Utah history....

05 May, 2022 /