The Wife and Husband equally conspire, To work by Night and rake the Winter fire: He sharpens Torches in the glim'ring Room, She shoots the flying Shuttle through the Loom: Or boils in Kettles Must of Wine, and Skins With leaves, the Dregs that overflow the Brims. The Works of Vigil:...
Are you getting excited for Spring Semester? We are too! Here are some important dates about library closure & reopening to keep in mind....
"We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter, if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not, and that the Universe extends so in infinitum." -- Cyrano de Bergerac Elements d'astronomieJacques...
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announced that the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts – and partnering organizations such as the J. Willard Marriott Library – was the recipient of the Award of Excellence for four in-house produced history exhibits...
It’s a new year. With all the new potential and possibilities a turn of the calendar represents, let these books serve as a guide to planning your year, creating new goals (or not), and general tips on good self-governance. ...
“When asked what one is doing, one can only explain it as ‘something else.’ Now one does something big, now one does something small, now another big thing, now another little thing. Always it is something else. We can talk about a thing, but we...
Have you been craving the movies, the theater, symphony, or ballet but maybe you’re a little apprehensive right now? Worry not; the Marriott Library offers numerous databases that pull from years of live performances and films from around the world and can be enjoyed from...
Nadja Durbach is an historian of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain who is particularly interested in the history of the body. She has taught in the History Department at the University of Utah since 2000. She teaches courses in British history, the history of medicine and...
“The most fundamental thing about a book is to find the right paper, because it’s the whole ground of the being of the book, and the quality of the paper is in some ways the most elusive … Critics of the book generally focus on...
“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything, and who, having eyes to see what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way,...