In fall 2017, GIS Services embarked on a new method for sharing the possibilities of GIS with others by offering drop-in information sessions. These sessions have continued into spring 2018, providing a great opportunity for students, staff, and faculty of the University of Utah to: ...
Are you seeking one of the many family-friendly spaces available on the University of Utah campus? This mapping application was developed to assist individuals in just that way, offering a resource for easily identifying, locating, and visualizing spaces available to the University community. #MapMonday Family-Friendly Spaces...
Collections Celebrating Women’s History with Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent Collection Anna Neatrour March 13, 2018March 21, 2018 Since March is women’s history month, I thought I would take the opportunity to share the Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent Collection. Sargent was a medical missionary in China, and...
“The white-haired Ziusudra gazes dreaming out to sea. Above his white head, the tall palms dream also, Undulating slowly the green indolence of their leaves. The old man remembers Long days, long since, when he watched other waves Heaving like these, heaving onward eternally, Yet never breaking On any earthly shore; For earth...
Roger Paxton, Ph.D. has been working quietly and diligently as a volunteer behind the scenes of Special Collections for years. Since February of 2005, Roger – as he prefers to go by – has logged more than 2,000 days – that’s 7,000 hours – processing...
Brothers Toby and Norm have contributed papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other treasures chronicling their father’s and family’s legacy. The collection is now available to the public through the Special Collections Department on level 4. The following Rosenblatt biological sketch was written by Roger...
“From the great above she opened her ears to the great below, The goddess, from the great above she opened her ears to the great below” Inanna: from the great above she set her mind to the great below Jana Lee Pullman Madison: Western Slope Press, 1989 PS3566 U55 I63 1989 Printed on...
[caption id="attachment_8574" align="alignnone" width="740"] The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Left) & the J. Willard Marriott Library (Right)[/caption] We are delighted to announce a collaborative grant awarded to the library and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project entitled “Landscape,...
Rare Books thanks Dr. Renee Kovacs for the following translation of our clay tablets. Palace Dedication Inscription of King Sin-kashid of Uruk Old Babylonian period, c. 1900-1700 BC Seven lines of Sumerian cuneiform, six on obverse, one on reverse....
“Ishtar cried out… Six days and seven nights the wind shrieked, the stormflood rolled through the land. On the seventh day of its coming the stormflood broke from the battle… The word sea grew quiet, the storm was still; the Flood stopped. All of humanity was turned to clay. I crouched, sitting, and wept. My...
