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Book of the Week – A Poet’s Alphabet of Influences

16 Monday Sep 2013

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A Poet’s Alphabet of Influences
Mark Strand (1934- 2014)
Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, c1993

Drawings by Bonnie Sucec. Fine press book from the Red Butte Press, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Printed under the direction of Everett L. Cooley. Issued in a linen-bound case. Edition of 75 copies, signed by poet and artist. University of Utah copies are no. 20 and no. 27.

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Rare Books Welcomes CBAA

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

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The Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library hosts the 2014 College Book Arts Association meeting with Print, Produce, Publish in January 2014.

The conference features a variety of events including member’s exhibition, invited speakers, panel presentations, studio demonstrations, roundtable discussions, vendor’s fair, Salt Lake City area tours, local exhibitions, student member portfolio reviews, members’ showcase, auction and Cornered – a folded-form exchange.

As part of the conference, the Rare Books Division offers two hands-on sessions of forty artists’ books selected from the rare book collections by Luise Poulton, on Thursday, January 2.

On Friday, January 3, Luise moderates the panel discussion, “Artists’ Book Collections and the Classroom.”

For more information and to register, please go to the conference webpage.

See you there!

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University of Utah rare books featured in University of Washington graduate student capstone project

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Alison Conner, Rare Books Curator and MLIS candidate at the University of Washington, used rare books as the focus of her capstone project. Based on a physical exhibition Alison curated in 2012 as another school project, Alison designed and produced a collaborative, multimedia, online exhibition. Visit fightingwordsonline.org for a virtual tour of the American Revolution, told through the words of those who fought it. Videos, scanned images, and text work together to enhance the experience. Alison worked with faculty and students from the University of Utah’s Theater department, Film and Media Arts department; and staff from the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Scholarship and Information Services and Special Collections’ Rare Books Division.

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Hello from the Majles Library in Tehran

27 Saturday Oct 2012

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A researcher from Tehran writes about pieces from J.Willard Marriott Library’s papyrus, paper, and parchment collection.

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Inspirations Newsletter Fall 2012

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

Fighting Words: American Revolutionary War Pamphlets

10 Friday Aug 2012

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Fighting Words, 2012

Fighting Words, 2012

August 10–September 23

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.

“Best of State”

21 Monday May 2012

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Special Collections Receives “Best of State” Award

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.”

Associated Press – Nuremberg Chronicle

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

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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.'”

Second Annual Book Collector’s Evening

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Book Collector Incite Postcard

March 28, 2012
6:00 PM
Alta Club
100 East South Temple

Join the University of Utah’s Friends of the J. Willard Marriott Library for an eventful evening of rare books, a silent auction, and speaker Michael Vinson’s “Following Charlie Everitt on the Overland Trail in Search of Wagner-Camps and Other Western Rarities.” Ken Sanders, Ken Sanders Rare Books, will comment on two Utah writers and Luise Poulton, Marriott Library Rare Book Curator, will talk about the rare books on display from Special Collections.

The Evening will also include the opportunity to share your book collecting adventures and favorite books with fellow aficionados.

To attend: please contact Judy Jarrow at 801-581-3421 or judy.jarrow@utah.edu

Reservations required. Friends/Members: $40 Non-members: $45

Friends of the Marriott Library Lecture- Edward Abbey

04 Sunday Mar 2012

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March 4, 2012 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Gould Auditorium, J. Willard Marriott Library

Friends of the Marriott Library presents:

“R. Crumb meets the Monkey Wrench Gang: Edward Abbey
and the Modern Environmental Movement”

Ken Sanders has been in the rare book business in Utah since the1970s. He founded Ken Sanders Rare Books in 1997 and Dream Garden Press in 1980. He has been engaged in buying, selling, appraising, and publishing for more than 30 years. Articles by Ken Sanders have appeared in publications such as OP and Firsts Magazine. Ken first appeared as an appraiser for the Antiques Roadshow on the Salt Lake City 2007 season shows. He has since traveled to San Antonio, Spokane, Dallas, El Paso, Billings, Denver, Phoenix and Hartford with the Roadshow. Ken is working on a project called Uconclasts about Utah literary mavericks, with artwork by local artist Trent Call.

Following Ken’s lecture, please join us in the Special Collections Gallery, level 4, for a reception opening the Rare Books Division exhibition: Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective.

The event is FREE and open to the public.