Few things are more ephemeral than a poster. Once the event they announce is past, the poster themselves are torn down or left to the mercy of time and the elements. This is unfortunate, because posters offer a unique perspective on daily life in a...
The art and crafts produced by the Southwest Indians is possibly the best known and most distinctive of all North American native peoples. The unique geometric designs and patterns of Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, and Pueblo rugs, pottery, jewelry, carving, and painting reaches back to ancient...
Among the areas we collect in the Special Collections Print and Journal Department are the books of local publishers. One of the most prestigious of those presses is Gibbs Smith located in Kaysville, Utah. Founded by Gibbs M. Smith and originally known as Peregrine Smith in...
The Special Collections Print and Journal collection has recently acquired the new eight volume History of Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: a Source and Text-Critical Edition, edited by Dan Vogel, published by the Smith-Pettit Foundation and distributed by Signature...
