Apr 24, 2018 Exploring the 20 Highest Mountain Peaks in Utah
With its diverse geological features, Utah is home to some of the most beautiful mountains and picturesque landscapes found in the world. In this week’s Map of the Week, we embark on a 3-dimensional journey, visualizing the top 20 highest mountain peaks found in Utah....
Apr 18, 2018 Meet Matt McPherson: Media Studios Tech
Greetings, This is Robert Nelson, Audio Projects Librarian & Head of the Media Studios unit within Creativity & Innovation Services (CrIS) at the Marriott Library. My colleague, Tony Sams, and I hired Matt McPherson to help us with student and faculty multi-media projects. Matt comes to us...
Apr 17, 2018 1931 Salt Lake Telegram predicts the future
A 1931 reporter in New York predicted a day when families would reside in "house machines," researchers would work from rooftop laboratories, and Americans would attend school remotely, via the radio. Automation and robotics were frequent topics in U.S. newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s. In...
Apr 16, 2018 Book of the Week — Wrenching Times: Poems from Drum-Taps
“When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d…and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.”...
Apr 13, 2018 University of Utah’s Marriott Library Kicks-Off Event for Ethnic Archive, Honoring Judge Raymond Uno
The Raymond S. Uno Celebration, a benefit for the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library, paid tribute to Judge Uno’s lifetime efforts as an advocate for human and civil rights and social justice for all persons regardless of racial, cultural, gender identity and religious...
Apr 13, 2018 Cuentos — Students Respond
Students from Introduction to Textual Analysis (SPAN3070-1), taught by Prof. Isabel Dulfano, met in the Rare Books Classroom three times Spring Semester 2018 to work with three different sets of books from the rare book collections. Themes were “Narración de cuentos: literatura, historia, viajes, biografía,”...
Apr 10, 2018 Curtis Census
Rare Books is pleased to announce the launch of the Curtis Census, a website produced by Tim Greyhavens for the global community. The J. Willard Marriott Library is one of the institutions that holds an entire set of Edward Curtis’ The North American Indian....
Apr 09, 2018 Katherine’s Courtyard Now Open
The J. Willard Marriott and the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Libraries are thrilled to announce the opening of Katherine’s Courtyard. Spanning two levels, this new addition has been designed to provide students, staff, and our community with additional study, relaxation, performance, and...
Apr 09, 2018 Celebrate U 2018: A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements
The J. Willard Marriott Library and the Office of the Vice President for Research hosted the third annual “Celebrate U” event to acknowledge faculty members for extraordinary work produced in 2017. Those honored on April 4 were selected from these three categories: book authored, creative...
Apr 09, 2018 Analyzing Passenger Statistics Aboard the RMS Titanic
The RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 10, 1912, carrying 1,322 passengers and 882 crew members. In the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, Titanic collided with an iceberg, sinking the great ocean liner...