Mar 27, 2025 Resources at the Marriott Library in Celebration of Earth Month

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Feb 25, 2025 Archival Project Shines Light on Women in Utah History

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Allison McCormack, librarian and Hallie Oines, metadata specialist began working on a project to improve access to the archives of Utah women in the Marriott Library in November 2023. Funded by the National Historical Publication and Records Commission, the project involves researching Marriott Library archival...

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Feb 21, 2025 Resources at the Marriott Library in Celebration of Women’s History Month

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There are no shortage of library collections and resources highlighting the historic achievements and remarkable lives of Utah women. Here is just a sampling of what's available in the Marriott Library....

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Feb 12, 2025 Alberta Hunt Nicholson, Pilot in WWII

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The year was 1943, and the United States was now heavily engaged in WWII on both the European and Pacific fronts. It was also the year that Alberta Hunt Nicholson, a resident of Salt Lake City, joined the Women’s Airforce Service Project (WASP), aiding in...

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Jan 06, 2025 Ballet West Featured in Library Exhibition

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The exhibition in the Special Collections Reading Room at this time mostly concerns traditional ballet from the Ballet West Records (Accn1129).  The collection is an accumulation of the history of Ballet West, which was created in 1951 by Willem Christensen as the first ballet dance...

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Dec 02, 2024 The History of Israel and Palestine Through Rare Books

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Did you know that you can schedule a time to visit the Rare Books Classroom and see treasures beyond your wildest imagination? First editions of Euclid and Galileo, a Hebrew scroll found in Spain and a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible are just a few...

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Nov 26, 2024 In Memoriam: Michele Burgess (1960-2024)

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"I am the canopy in the opera of dusk the vast irrational archive the void I wore as a veil opening my book the trees I felled still falling and then a curtain the grief of evening walking and remembering the pages inside my lids...

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Aug 20, 2024 Now on display! Record Keepers and Record Makers

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"We are all en mal d'archive: in need of archives...

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Jun 24, 2024 Susan and the Traveling “Tarsh”

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“The importance of these prints derives not only from the fact that they are early witnesses to the use of printing in the Middle East, or their textual and artistic content, but also from their rarity.” - Mark Muehlhaeusler, "Eight Arabic Block Prints from the Collection of...

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Jun 19, 2024 Remembering Utah gay activist David Nelson

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On June 11th, 2024, David K. Nelson passed away at the age of 62 in Salt Lake City. Q Salt Lake has published a thorough obituary about Nelson’s life, activism and accomplishments. While his work for the LGBTQIA+ community is well documented, his archival contributions...

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