As blades of grass begin to peek through receding snow and we shed our winter parkas, fans of America’s favorite pastime quiver with the anticipation of hearing the phrase, “play ball!” Whether we’ve driven 2,372 miles to see our favorite center fielder play on the...
THEATRO DEL MUNDO Y DE EL TIEMP… Giovanni Paolo Gallucci Impresso en Granada en las casas de autor, por su industria, y a su costa por Sebastian Munoz, impressor de libros ano 1607 First published in Venice in 1588 as Theatrum mundi, et temporis, this book...
After 17 years of unfolding, unsticking and washing 140,000 newspaper clippings, the conservators in the Marriott Library's Preservation Department have uncovered fascinating historical details of life at The University of Utah from 1915-1950. ...
image from “The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas,” Essex House Press, 1899 PR2841 A2 E55, Rare Books You are invited to join the University of Utah’s Friends of the...
The Walter R. Jones Collection on the Vietnam and Indochina Wars is a recent and important addition to the Special Collections Print and Journal collections. The collection is an extensive repository of journals and books, fiction and non-fiction, bearing upon the French and American experience...
Exhibition Details: February 19 – May 1, 2016 Special Collections Gallery, 4th floor Free and open to the public Special Collections at J. Willard Marriott Library collects extensively on the topic of outdoor recreation in Utah and the surrounding region. Whether it's river running, skiing, hiking, climbing, snowboarding, or other...
“Wisdom! Let us attend!” VO SLAVU STYIA… Orthodox Eastern Church Kiev: v Kievopecherskoi lavre, 170? The Monastery of the Caves was founded in 1015 just outside of Kiev. In 1615, as part of a prestige-building effort, the Abbot raised money to buy a printing press. The oldest known...
The Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library is pleased to announce our 2016 community workshop series! Over the course of the year, we’re offering various classes in encaustics, paper decoration, letterpress printing, leather binding and much more. Guest instructors include Julianna Christie, Karen...
These days almost anybody can make a movie. People capture single moments on their phones or edit complex masterpieces with affordable, high quality equipment and post them online for fellow hobbyists and entertainment seekers to look at and discuss....
“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...