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Mar 31, 2025 We Recommend – Power of the Page

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In partnership with Tanner Humanities Center and the J. Willard Marriott Library, join us for a one-day symposium exploring the dynamic intersections of book history. Through three engaging sessions, scholars and practitioners will delve into how books have served as acts of defiance, how printing technologies...

Sep 06, 2024 We Recommend — The Legacy of Sacajawea

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This September, join the American West Center for a series of lively talks and readings about Sacajawea’s legacy...

Apr 16, 2024 WE RECOMMEND — ARCHIVING THE ARCHIVES

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Join us this month to learn more about the History of Special Collections at the Marriott Library with Archiving the Archives – an exclusive community showcase – on Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM in the Rare Books Classroom...

Nov 02, 2023 We Recommend – Dia de Los Muertos: Hecho en Utah

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The Day of the Dead is an indigenous-based celebration to honor ancestors and to center the cycle of life-death in collective memories. In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared El Día De los Muertos as a Cultural Heritage for Humanity....

Mar 01, 2023 We Recommend — The Art and History of Books

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Registration for this event is currently full, but please look forward to future events with the Rare Books department. There is a word that describes a person who loves to read, admire and collect books. That word is bibliophile, and bibliophiles have existed since antiquity...

Sep 30, 2022 We Recommend — Author Meets Reader with Joy Harjo

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Join the University of Utah and the Tanner Humanities Center for the latest Author Meets Reader series, featuring Joy Harjo -- an internationally renowned performer, inspiring woman, and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who is currently serving her second term as the 23rd US...

Nov 01, 2021 We Recommend — The Curtis Collection: A showcase of The North American Indian

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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Edward Curtis photographic collection will be on view for an exclusive showcase in the Rare Books Classroom on Thursday, November 18 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM. Space will be limited to 40 people and reservations will be...

Feb 11, 2020 We Recommend — Writing Across the Civil-Military Divide

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My wide hips raised two warriors from sweat & clay, blood sonata & birth cry. I said anger & avarice, & they called themselves Cain & Abel. I said gold, & they opened up the earth. I said love, & they ventured east & west, south & north. I said evil, &...

Jan 31, 2020 You Are Invited — 10th Annual Book Collector’s Evening

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Ann Montanaro Staples, director of the Movable Book Society, and Vice Chair of Friends of the Library Board will discuss the history of movable books and how complex paper engineering educates and entertains readers....

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