“Golden words are painted [here] on purple pages, The Thunderer’s shining kingdoms of the starry heavens, Revealed in rose-red blood, disclose the joys of heaven, And the eloquence of God glittering with fitting brilliance Promises the splendid rewards of martyrdom to be gained.” GODESCALC EVANGELISTARY Darmstadt: Primus, 2011 Facsimile. The Godescalc Evangelistary...
Peggy Fletcher Stack, journalist, author, and religion editor at the Salt Lake Tribune, is this year’s Neale Nelson Memorial Lecture. As The Salt Lake Tribune's senior religion writer, Peggy has covered religion from every possible angle — institutionally, spiritually, emotionally, and socially. She has explored...
We are delighted to welcome Todd Samuelson, Ph.D. as the new Assistant Director of Special Collections. Todd comes to us from the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas A&M University, where he served as Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts and Director of the...
“AMERICANS! he had no child – BUT YOU – and HE WAS ALL YOUR OWN.” AN ORATION, UPON THE DEATH OF GENERAL… Gouverneur Morris (1752-1799) New-York, Printed by John Furman, opposite the City Hall, 1800 E312.63 M86 1800 Gouverneur Morris represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He wrote...
“The smooth black stream that makes thy whiteness fair, — Sweet fluttering sheet…” – from “The Love-Letter” POEMS Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) London: F. S. Ellis, 1870 First edition, first issue binding PS5240 A1 1870 University of Utah copy presentation copy inscribed to John Skelton and dated April of 1870. Skelton was a...
The Linda Sarver papers (http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv56265) consist of her costume designs and renderings, along with production materials created for several theatrical plays during her professional career as a costume designer. Included in the collection are professional and academic appointment materials such as curriculum vitae, book publishing...
“At night may I roam When the owl is hooting At dawn may I roam When the crow is calling Then may I roam.” – Teton Sioux SOUNDS OF THE NIGHT: THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE OWL Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) South Norwalk, CT: Winter 1994-1995 Earth tones contrast with night colors of deep...
“Farewel, my friends! farewel, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those: The bursting tears my heart declare- Farewel, the bonie banks of Ayr!” — Robert Burns, 1786 The staff of the Rare Books Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Frederick S. Buchanan (1931-2016). Professor...
In the days before World War II, if you wanted to go down a river you went in a wooden boat. By the late 1930s, the types of wooden boats used to run rivers had settled into a few major types; the light, flat-bottom skiff...
“I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I’ll GO to hell.’” THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN… Mark Twain (1835-1910) London: Chatto &...
