Dear Rare Reader, You might remember from our last chat that we recently installed an exhibition on the fourth floor of the Marriott Library about the Deseret Alphabet, a late nineteenth-century typographic pet project of Brigham Young’s. Since then, we have been busy promoting both the...
Step into the world of nineteenth-century Utah, where faith, identity, language and typography converged in one of the boldest printing experiments in American history: The Deseret Alphabet. Discover the remarkable story behind this visionary script—from its ambitious beginnings to its lasting impact. This exhibition explores the...
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...
"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...
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...