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Book of the Week – Winter Orchard

09 Monday Dec 2013

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Winter Orchard
Carl and Marie Dern
Fairfax, CA: Jungle Garden Press, 2005
N7433.4 D444 W5 2005

Carl and Marie Dern were born and raised in Utah, where they met as children. Winter Orchard was their response to the orchards they passed as they drove between Salt Lake City and Provo. Carl and Marie moved to California where Carl, a sculptor, opened a studio and Marie began collaborating with poets and authors and producing fine press books. “Jungle Garden Press” was named after their backyard. Many of its editions, including Winter Orchard, incorporate pieces of metal sculpture by Carl. Designed, printed and bound by Marie,  Winter Orchard includes a tree made of steel, brass, and tin. Box designed by Marie Dern. Edition of sixty copies. University of Utah copy is no. 8, signed by Carl and Marie Dern.

Book of the Week – Aged, Disabled, and Destitute: what shall we do for our broken veterans?

11 Monday Nov 2013

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Aged, Disabled, and Destitute: what shall we do for our broken veterans?
J. H. Paul (1863-1939)
Salt Lake City, UT: s.n., 1930?
HD7105.35 U6 P38 1930

Joshua Henry Paul was the President of the Latter-day Saints University of Salt Lake City, a theological school which included high school, normal, business and college course of study. He studied at the University of Deseret, under John R. Park. In 1889 he became associate editor of the “Salt Lake Herald,” but resigned to become president of the Brigham Young College at Logan, which he left for the presidency of the Agricultural College of Utah. After he retired he became active in the movement for an old-age pension in the United States.

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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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GBW Standards Seminar

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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The Rare Books Division hosted two events for the Guild of Bookworkers 2012 Standards Seminar, held in Salt Lake City. Eighty participants from around the world attended these events.

Guild of Bookworkers 2012 Standards Seminar

Movable Book Society

27 Thursday Sep 2012

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The Rare Books Division hosted two events for the Movable Book Society’s 2012 conference, held in Salt Lake City. Sixty participants from around the world attended these events.

Movable Book Society 9th Biennial Conference