Jun 23, 2025 MANROOT: A CELEBRATION OF PRIDE
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The art and craft of quilting has been practiced by women from all over the globe for centuries and the pioneer women who came to Utah have certainly earned their stripes in this endeavor. Not only did these women come to Utah toting treasured quilts,...
Pioneer Day is celebrated in Utah every July 24th and typically begins with the Days of '47 parade honoring the year when pioneers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arrived in Utah. Here is one story from the diary of pioneer John...
Digital Library Services and Special Collections collaborate to make unique and rare materials available in the Digital Library. The collections listed below represent the work of archivists, staff, student workers, and librarians to ensure that digital collections are discoverable in the Digital Library and preserved...
April is Earth Month. Here is a sampling of Marriott Library collections and resources useful to researchers, professionals and teachers across a variety of disciplines....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...