Jul 24, 2022 175 Years Ago Today — Journey of the Utah Pioneers
"Streets and sidewalks were moving masses of humanity — wide awake to the significance of pioneer week...
Jul 11, 2022 Rare Books Goes On Vacation!
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view...
Jul 13, 2020 Book of the Week — The Central Pacific Railroad: A Trip Across the North American Continent…
“A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building to make it stand.” – Mark Twain The Central Pacific Railroad: A Trip Across the… New York: T. Nelson and sons, 1870 F594 C46 This is one in a series of pictorial guide-books published by T. Nelson and...
Jul 06, 2020 Book of the Week — Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah
"After following some miles down the ravine upon which we had encamped, we struck upon an Indian lodge-trail, leading either to Cache Valley or to Ogden's Hole. This we followed in nearly a southerly direction, crossing many deep hollows and very steep ridges, up which...
Jul 26, 2016 On Jon’s Desk: A gift from Ed Firmage raises questions
A gift from Ed Firmage (University of Utah Professor Emeritus) to the Rare Books Department raises intriguing questions. In the front of this well preserved copy of the Life of Brigham Young; or, Utah and Her Founders, published in 1876, is a calligraphic inscription wherein...
Jul 26, 2016 Book of the Week — The Democratic Book
“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936 THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK, 1936 Philadelphia?, 1936? JK2313 1936 D38 oversize This book was given to...