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 21, 2023 Scrapbooks show climbing history of Utah in the 1960s

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The Alpenbock Climbing Club Scrapbooks (Volume I and Volume II) are now available online in the J. Willard Marriott Digital Library. The two scrapbooks document the activities of the Alpenbock Climbing Club from 1961 to 1964. ...

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Mar 27, 2020 News Broadcasts Now Available

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Since the KUTV News collection arrived at the Marriott Library’s Special Collections Department in 2005, Moving Image and Sound Archivists have been striving to provide access to these valuable historical materials recorded on now obsolete broadcast videotapes...

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May 27, 2019 University of Utah’s Marriott Library Celebrates Spike 150 with Free Exhibition “Path to the Pacific: Building the Transcontinental Railroad”

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The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library now through August 15 presents the exhibition “Path to the Pacific: Building the Transcontinental Railroad.” The public is welcome to enjoy a display of rare books, archival materials, and two gallery walls showcasing photographs and artistic works...

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Nov 19, 2018 Legacy of the Blitz Kids Honored by Marriott Library

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The year was 1944. The nation was in the throes of the war, Bing Crosby’s “Don’t Fence Me In” was at the top of the charts, and the U’s basketball team – led by coach Vadal Peterson – went to Madison Square Garden to...

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Dec 01, 2016 Comfort Food: Aloysius S. Church Video Restaurant Reviews

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In the wake of Thanksgiving and in anticipation of the winter holidays to come, many of us find our thoughts turning to all the wonderful foods of the season. If you're already hungry, visit the Audio-Visual Archive in Special Collections and find a mouthwatering appetizer...

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Oct 28, 2016 Saltair Re-Animated: AV Archive Footage Accompanies New Release of Carnival of Souls

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Kansas filmmaker Herk Harvey drove past Saltair only a couple of years after the once extravagant resort closed its doors forever, but the structure was already crumbling.  The ghostly sight of the dilapidated pavilion inspired his atmospheric horror film, Carnival of Souls (1962), a cult...

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Sep 22, 2016 A Window Into History: Home Movie Collections in the Audio Visual Archives

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Home movies are one of the most valuable components of the Audio Visual Archives in Special Collections at J. Willard Marriott Library. Whether on 8mm film or VHS or another format, these films give the viewer rare access to unguarded moments in the lives of everyday...

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Aug 17, 2016 Glimpse a World of Speed in Archival Videos

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For the past century, the Bonneville Salt Flats west of the Great Salt Lake have been a popular destination for thrill seekers, mechanics, and engineers determined to test the maximum speed of their motor vehicle or even break a land speed record.  Formed by the...

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