Sep 06, 2024 We Recommend — The Legacy of Sacajawea

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This September, join the American West Center for a series of lively talks and readings about Sacajawea’s legacy...

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Apr 16, 2024 WE RECOMMEND — ARCHIVING THE ARCHIVES

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Join us this month to learn more about the History of Special Collections at the Marriott Library with Archiving the Archives – an exclusive community showcase – on Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM in the Rare Books Classroom...

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Jan 09, 2024 Rare Books Digital Exhibit — A History of Special Collections

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The Rare Books Department and Special Collections welcomes U back to school with our latest digital exhibition, A History of Special Collections.  A New Family Encylopedia Charles A. Goodrich (1790-1862) T. Belknap, 1834 AG5 G6 1834 From the John R. Park Library Collection. Co-curated by Lyuba Basin and Rachel Ernst, this digital...

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Mar 01, 2023 We Recommend — The Art and History of Books

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Registration for this event is currently full, but please look forward to future events with the Rare Books department. There is a word that describes a person who loves to read, admire and collect books. That word is bibliophile, and bibliophiles have existed since antiquity...

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Apr 06, 2022 Learn about Rare Books and History at the Special Collections Drop-in Hour

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Starting this semester, Special Collections Reference Librarian Rachel Ernst has been hosting weekly drop-in sessions for students to be able to learn more about the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections....

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Apr 04, 2022 Now on Display: Radical! A Retrospective of Twentieth Century Dissent

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Radical! A Retrospective of Twentieth Century Dissent A Rare Books Exhibition Level 4, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery J. Willard Marriott, The University of Utah March 18 through June 17, 2022 This exhibition is free and open to the public. This exhibition was originally curated in the summer of 2020 — amid...

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Aug 23, 2021 Rare Books Welcomes U Back to School!

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The Rare Books Department welcomes U back to school! Do you have your textbooks ready? How about your reading primers? Primers were a type of textbook that taught students how to read. Initially, they contained "primary" or fundamental religious materials. Reference to primers appears in English...

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Jul 19, 2021 Press of the Week — Porte Publishing Company

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"Printing is the Inseparable Companion of Achievement" — Roy Trewin Porte Roy Trewin Porte was born on May 8, 1876 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. When he was just five years old he moved to the states with his widowed mother, settling in Casselton, North Dakota. Porte’s mother likely did...

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Jul 12, 2021 Book of the Week — Mountain and Water Book

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“If a scholar only stays in one place, he will be blocked by one small river and become narrow-minded and ignorant. He must travel everywhere to see human affairs, the social customs of the north and the south, mountains and rivers, and to broaden his...

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Jul 05, 2021 Now On Display! Roar of Distant Breakers — A Rare Books Exhibition

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The Rare Books Department welcomes you all back to the J. Willard Marriott Library, and invites you to visit our latest exhibition, Roar of Distant Breakers, now on display in the Special Collections Gallery on level four. This exhibition was curated by Luise Poulton, the former Managing...

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