"Fitzgerald christened it the Jazz Age, but John Held, Jr. set its style and manners. His angular and scantily clad flapper was accepted by scandalized elders as the prototype for modern youth, the symbol of our moral revolution… So sedulously did we ape his caricatures...
A frequent task here in the Rare Book office at the Marriott Library is cataloging and archiving new books that have been donated or acquired. It is common for me to see all the new books before they get incorporated into the book "vault" and...
Last year, on May 22, Rare Books lost our dear friend, Marie Christensen Dern. On that day, like the rest of the world, we were sheltering in place. We were locked out of our office, and more disorientingly, out of the Rare Books Vault. We...
"[W]e will put woman suffrage in the Constitution; we will strike the fetters from the wrists of our wives, mothers, sisters and daughters; we will grant them the boon already granted to the black man under the pledge of the declaration that 'all men are...
“The most advanced philosophy of the day holds as one of its cardinal tenets that constant reiteration of an idea, whether embodied as fact or dogma, will so influence the mind as to make it a concrete reality for the person holding it, with most...
"This is the mapping of interference. Mistakes of the publishing process begin to read as stars, galaxies and nebulae." The Secret Astronomy of Tristram Shandy Abra Ancliffe Portland: Abra Ancliffe, 2015 N7433.3 A53 S43 2015 From the artist’s statement: “The Secret Astronomy of Tristram Shandy reproduces over one hundred, self-reflexive black...
Hail! all hail the day, The bright, glorious day, When the banner of Freedom unfurl'd: It was purchased with blood, And the tall standard stood As a beacon of light for the world. Song for the Fourth of July, 1862 Eliza Roxey Snow (1804-1887) Salt Lake City, Utah?, 1862? PS2885 S22 S6 1862 Eliza Roxey...
"This way. Close your eyes Then. I say Close your eyes. Stranger & Stranger Katharine Coles (b. 1959) Salt Lake City, UT: Red Butte Press, 2016 From the colophon: “This collaboration evolved over a decade through artistic dialogue between poet Katharine Coles and painter Maureen O’Hara Ure. This imaginary collection...
Tuesday, February 12 6:00PM Alta Club 100 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah A Rare Book Rogue in Texas: The Crimes and Misdemeanors of Johnny Jenkins In 1975, John Jenkins engineered the largest rare book coup of the twentieth century – the purchase of the legendary Eberstadt inventory of rare...
Several pieces from the rare book collections were used to help illustrate “What Makes A Book So Special,” episode 1, season 6, Its All About the Book, from VERVE, featuring Marnie Powers-Torry, director of the Book Arts Program....