Advertise with Googlier.com http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll Special Collections and Archives at the University of Iowa Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:52:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/09/09/welcome-collin-vandewalle/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:46:21 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8194 We are excited to introduce Collin Vandewalle to the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives team as the Sackner project archivist for the next year.   Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Collin grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unable to stay away from his prairie roots, he returned at 18 to attend Drake University. There, he double majored in law, politics, and society; and rhetoric, media, and social change. While at Drake, Collin workedContinue reading "Welcome, Collin Vandewalle"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/09/09/welcome-frances-ritter/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:34:59 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8184 Please help us welcome Frances Ritter, collections archivist for the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA) at the University of Iowa Libraries. Frances Ritter is from Lansing, Michigan, where her previous job was collections archivist for the Archives of Michigan. She studied history and German at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and received a Master of Library and Information Science andContinue reading "Welcome, Frances Ritter"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/09/08/students-investigate-revolutionary-readings-in-the-ui-libraries-special-collections/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:19:53 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8172 This series features the work and research of University of Iowa students. The following is written by Noah Jedlicka, a student worker at Special Collections and Archives working on his Master of Arts in classics.  “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them withContinue reading "Students Investigate: Revolutionary Readings in the UI Libraries Special Collections"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/07/30/students-investigate-ui-archives-help-solve-an-ancient-mystery/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:21:24 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8162 This series features the work and research of University of Iowa students. The following is written by Noah Jedlicka, a student worker at Special Collections and Archives working on his Master of Arts in Classics. The University of Iowa has many texts and writings scattered throughout different departments, libraries, and seminar rooms across campus. AsContinue reading "Students Investigate: UI Archives help solve an ancient mystery"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/06/08/students-investigate-the-original-fashion-influencer-womens-18th-and-19th-century-periodicals/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:46:57 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8146 This series features the work and research of University of Iowa students at the Libraries. The following is written by Jenna Zukauskas, an undergraduate student worker at Special Collections and Archives. Before there was the “get ready with me” or “do it yourself” trends, fashion and style had to find other ways to make theirContinue reading "Students Investigate: The Original Fashion Influencer—Women’s 18th- and 19th-Century Periodicals"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/06/01/student-investigates-french-revolution-pamphlet-horoscope/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:12:14 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8110 This series features the work and research of University of Iowa students at the Libraries. The following is written by Brianna Bowers, an undergraduate student employee who has spent the last couple years working on describing French Revolution pamphlets at Special Collections and Archives for the catalog. Do you want to know your horoscope? Well,Continue reading "Students Investigate: French Revolution pamphlet horoscope"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/04/30/students-investigates-special-collections-most-accessible-civil-war-documents/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:43:59 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8100 This series features the work and research of UI students. The following is written by Whitney Jensen, an undergraduate student worker at Special Collections and Archives. Do you have an interest in the vast collection of Civil War documents found in Special Collections and Archives at the University of Iowa but unsure where to begin?Continue reading "Students Investigate: Special Collections’ most accessible Civil War documents"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/04/30/ui-museum-studies-students-gain-hands-on-experience-through-unpacking-travel-exhibit/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:40:20 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8093 The following is written by Lead Public Services Librarian Lindsay Moen The University of Iowa is home to the country’s oldest Museum Studies Program, with related courses dating as far back to the 1889–1890 academic year, according to early university course catalogs. This rich history of museum education continues today with Iowa’s Museum Studies CertificateContinue reading "UI Museum Studies students gain hands-on experience through Unpacking Travel exhibit"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/01/28/welcome-steven-gentry/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:54:05 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8087 We are excited to welcome Steven Gentry, collections archivist for the University Archives. Steven grew up in Columbia, Maryland, graduating from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in history. After college, he worked at Howard County Public Library as a circulation clerk, at which time he learned to truly appreciateContinue reading "Welcome, Steven Gentry"]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2026/01/07/students-investigate-the-materiality-of-medieval-music/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:42:57 +0000 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/?p=8079 This series features the work and research of UI students. The following is written by Larisa Greway, a museum studies intern at Special Collections and Archives. If you can read a piece of sheet music, you’ve benefited from over a thousand years of evolution. In the Middle Ages, music not only sounded, but looked muchContinue reading "Students investigate: the materiality of medieval music"]]>