21 Friday Sep 2012
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Check out some of the exciting rare books news reported in the J. Willard Marriott Library’s newsletter, Inspirations Fall 2012.
Snowsports Builder, Greg Thompson
Best of State, Special Collections
Rare Book Featured in National Exhibition
Edward Abbey Collections Is Major Donation to Special Collections
12 Wednesday Sep 2012
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Fighting Words: American Revolutionary War Pamphlets was a featured article in the Daily Utah Chronicle, the University of Utah’s student newspapers.
“Conner said. “Everybody has learned about the revolution — seeing the real documents makes it more alive for students, for anybody who looks at it.'”
10 Friday Aug 2012
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Alison Conner, American, battles, Benjamin Franklin, British, colonists, Concord, exhibition, fight, imperialists, J. Willard Marriott Library, Lexington, pamphlet, pamphleteers, pamphlets, print, revolution, revolutionary, Special Collections Gallery, Thomas Paine, William Pitt
Fighting Words, 2012
Exhibition: Fighting Words: American Revolutionary War Pamphlets
Curator: Alison Conner
Location: Special Collections Gallery, J. Willard Marriott Library, level 4
Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00–6:00; Saturday, 9:00–6:00; Hours differ during University breaks and holidays.
The exhibition is FREE and open to the public.
Before the first shots were fired at the battle of Lexington and Concord, American colonists and British Imperialists had already begun to fight in print. Words could not win physical battles but they could fight on the ideological front. American and British pamphleteers struggled to determine the meaning of the revolution and what winning meant. Ultimately they would define what it meant to be an American. Fighting Words chronicles the pamphlet war from both sides of the Atlantic, and includes pieces by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, William Pitt, and many more.
15 Friday Jun 2012
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The Washington Post review of the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition, 1812: A Nation Emerges featuring Karl Bodmer Aquatint from Rare Books.
15 Friday Jun 2012
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American history, aquatint, Karl Bodmer, National Portrait Gallery, rare books, War of 1812, Washington
‘”1812: A Nation Emerges,” a bicentennial exhibition organized by the National Portrait Gallery, commemorates a crucial moment in American history.
Through the gathering of stunning portraits by masters such as Gilbert Stuart, and unique objects such as a red velvet dress that belonged to Dolley Madison and the Treaty of Ghent that ended the war, “1812” presents a spectacular history of the conflict and its effects through the lives of extraordinary people.
The war of 1812 may have been a small war, but it had great consequences for our nation.’
Rare Books’ Karl Bodmer Aquatint Hangs in the National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
31 Thursday May 2012
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Featuring Greg Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections at the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair
21 Monday May 2012
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J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections Department (University of Utah) wins the Best of State Award in the category of “Educational Institution or Service.”
21 Monday May 2012
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Congratulations to Katherine Paterson, rare books assistant. She is one of five recipients of the Marriott Library Scholarship. Read her winning essay.
2012 Scholarship Essay_Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson
09 Wednesday May 2012
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25 Wednesday Apr 2012
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Associated Press, J. Willard Marriott Library, Luise Poulton, Nuremberg Chronicle, rare books, Utah
500-year-old Nuremberg Chronicle book surfaces in Utah
“Luise Poulton, curator and head of rare books at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library, called it “an exciting find,” but largely just because of the way it surfaced.
‘It’s that classic story,” said Poulton, who has several pages from another copy of a Nuremberg Chronicle on display. “You really never know what’s in your attic.'”
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