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SPRING 2013

March 21, 12:00 pm, Gould AuditoriumTariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University, “The Needs for Ethics when Dealing with an Islamic Legal System”

March 24, 3:00 pm, Gould AuditoriumFriends of the Library lecture: Gerald Elias, author of The Daniel Jacobus Mystery Series

For more information, call 801-585-9521 or go to www.lib.utah.edu

SPECIAL EVENTSMarch 26, 6:00 pm Alta Club, Salt Lake CityBook Collectors EveningSpeaker: Peter Crawley, BYU Emeritus Professor & Book Collector

April 9, 6:00 pm Student Union, Crimson View Room Friends of the Library BanquetSpeaker: Rick Anderson, Library Interim Dean

Contact Judy Jarrow for tickets to these events: 801-581-3421 or judy.jarrow@utah.edu

BOOK ARTS PROGRAMMarch 20-April 17, 5:00-8:00 pm (Wednesdays) Simple Book Repairs for At-Home Curators

April 6, 1:00-5:00 pm (also taught on Sept 7) Educator’s Workshop – Material Mash-up: A Medley of Decorative Techniques

May 14-July 2, 5:00-8:00 pm (Tuesdays) Non-Credit Letterpress

July 13, 9:00 am-5:00 pmTunnel Vision (tunnel book workshop)

July 26 & 27, 9:00 am-5:00 pmThe Amazing Dremel (making books using a dremel)

August 2 & 3, 9:00 am-5:00 pmEducator’s Workshop – Sum of Parts

August 16 & 24, 9:00 am-5:00 pmLet’s Get Digital (letterpress with software and photopolymer)

For details go to www.bookartsprogram.org or call 801-585-9191

ExhIBITIONSFebruary 19 – March 27, level 5Threads of the Silk Road

April 3-June 30, level 4Booking a Brouhaha: Artists’ Books Course V

May 17-September 1, level 4Rivers and Dams of the Colorado PlateauExhibition Reception: July 8

LECTURES

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It was December 7, 1941 when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl

Harbor. This day is one that Nobuo Iwamoto and Ernie Poulson will never forget, as it changed their lives forever.

On January 17, 2013, the Special Collections division of the Marriott Library held a gathering to thank and honor both veterans of WWII and veterans who are currently studying at the U. Guests viewed an array of photographs, scrapbooks, letters, and magazines held in Special Collections and received a letter of recognition. Roger Perkins, Veteran Support Center director, gave a military coin to each of the World War II veterans.

“We are so grateful to the veterans who have served our country,” explains Walter Jones, Assistant Head of Special Collections who was stationed in Korea during the Vietnam War. “We must never forget the sacrifices and contributions they have made to ensure our continued freedoms.”

Special Collections houses a wealth of collections related to WWII, including the Army’s 10th Mountain Division, which included many Utah men who fought in Italy’s mountains. Those who are interested in perusing collections related to WWII should visit the George S. Eccles Special Collections Reading Room on level 4. Digital collections can be accessed through the library’s web site at www.lib.utah.edu or call 801-581-8863.

WWII Veterans Honored

Mr. Nobuo Iwamoto, with his wife Yasuko and daughter Jani, stand next to a photograph of him taken while serving in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service (MIS). In November of 2012, Mr. Iwamoto received the Congressional Gold Medal for his service in the MIS. This award was given to members of the 100th 442nd division, which was composed of Japanese American troops serving in WWII. Mr. Iwamoto has donated many photographs from his life during this era to Special Collections.

Mr. Ernest Poulson served as an Air Force pilot during the war. His plane was shot down over Romania during a mission to destroy a large oil refinery. He was captured by the Romanians and held prisoner for ten months before escaping. He later formed the first ROTC unit at the U. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart, Colonel Poulson ended his military career as deputy and chief of the ATLAS Weapon System Integration Division. He is photographed here with Walter Jones, Assistant Head of Special Collections, a Vietnam War veteran.

Making Outreach to Students Who ServedThe Marriott Library recognizes that

veterans are a unique population on campus, and is committed to helping our student veterans succeed. As the liaison to the Veterans Support Center and a veteran herself, librarian Sarah LeMire (pictured in group photo) offers assistance to student veterans, including one-on-one research consultations, office hours and study labs, and an online resource guide for student veterans and veteran research. Sarah also partners with the U’s Veterans Support Center on projects and events for veterans, including an event in February called Lionesses: Voices of Military Women, which highlighted some of the experiences of women veterans on campus.

Back row: David Blackburn, IT Director in Eccles School of Business, Walter Jones, Assistant Head of Special Collections. Front row: Sarah LeMire, Research and Information Services Librarian and liaison to Veterans Support Center, Roger Perkins, Director of the Veterans Support Center, and Jorge Huerta, U student and veteran who served in Afghanistan.

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Rare Children’s Classics Donated Anonymously

We are delighted to announce the addition of copies from the first

published editions Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865, and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872, to the Rare Books Division, Special Collections. These rare Lewis Carroll books, valued together at $30,000, were contributed by an anonymous donor, to whom we are very grateful.

About the bookS Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (who used the pseudonym Lewis Carroll), the now-famous Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was intended solely for Alice Liddell and her two sisters. Dodgson made the story up to engage the bored children during a series of outings. Alice asked Dodgson to write the story down. He presented his manuscript to Alice as a Christmas

gift in 1864. Dodgson also gave a copy to his friend, George MacDonald, a popular writer of fairy tales and fantasy, who read the story to his children. MacDonald’s six-year-old son is said to have declared that he “wished there were 60,000 copies of it.” MacDonald encouraged Dodgson to publish the work.

The first edition included illustrations by John Tenniel, a cartoonist for the magazine, Punch. The edition of 4,000 copies was released in time for Christmas in December of 1865, carrying 1866 as the publication date. By 1884, 100,000 copies had been printed. Dodgson began writing Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There in 1869. The first edition was of 9,000 copies. The books are in their original gilt pictorial

cloth bindings; they can be seen by visiting Special Collections on level 4.

“This contribution is a wonderful and welcome addition of two major titles in children’s literature. In addition to their contribution to literature, these books are important works in helping us understand the history of printing and we are very grateful for this fine contribution.”

GREG THOMPSON, Ph.D.Associate Dean of Special Collections

D onald Thomas (Don), a member of the Marriott Library Advisory Board, was awarded

the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Award from the NAACP Salt Lake Branch on January 21. In his speech, Don gave a rousing call to us all to ensure injustices are eliminated. Don’s speech can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/DonThomasSpch.

Greg Prince’s connection to the Marriott Library began with his keen interest in Mormon history.

He used the library’s Special Collections materials heavily in researching the life of former president of the LDS Church, David O. McKay. This research resulted in the award-winning biography, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, published by the University of Utah Press (2005). A graduate of UCLA with degrees in dentistry and pathology, Greg worked at the National Institutes of Health for fifteen years in the field of pediatric viruses. He then co-founded Virion Systems, Inc (VSI), a biotechnology company that pioneered the development of Synagis – the standard of care for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in high-risk infants. Greg is the author of 150 scientific publications in the field of infectious diseases. He and his wife JaLynn reside in Potomac, Maryland and have three children.

What happens when mathematicians, scientists, and a poet travel to Antarctica? You get the poetry of science. Problems of

Description in the Language of Discovery was published by the Red Butte Press and is an imprint of the Book Arts Program, a division of Special Collections at the library. English professor and former Utah Poet Laureate Katharine Coles wrote the poem out of her stay in Antarctica alongside U of U scientists and engineers, many of whom, like the poet, were funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. This Red Butte Press edition, the primary text of the poem is interlaced with a secondary text—a gloss, which Coles extracted from the Antarctic field notes of professors Ken Golden and Cynthia Furse, assistant professor Joyce Lin, and undergraduate assistant David Lubbers. The edition was produced in its entirety by the Book Arts Program staff, students, and University of Utah colleagues.

“The thing I was constantly reminded of on the trip – watching scientists focusing hard on small details in that vast landscape – is how we are all, scientists and artists, working constantly out of a sense of wonder at the mysteries of the world, and how the tiniest detail can open us to wonder as powerfully as the largest horizon. I hope this is reflected both in the poem and in the book, which deploys imagery in such a delicate and even whimsical way to evoke the Antarctic landscape and experience,” explains Katharine Coles.

Red Butte Press Publication Melds Poetry and Science

Problems of Description in the Language of Discovery, Red Butte Press’s new publication, is an imprint of the Book Arts Program at the library and features the writing of Katharine Coles, Ph.D., former Utah Poet Laureate and professor of English.

Gregory Prince, DDS, Ph.D.

Board Highlight

M. Donald Thomas, Ph.D.

Darby Fanning, Education Services Librarian at the Marriott Library, has been awarded the U’s

John R. Park Teaching Fellowship, which will allow her to travel and study at Australian academic libraries, focusing on international students.

Congratulations!

Darby Fanning, MLIS

For more information contact David Wolske at 801-585-9191 or david.wolske@utah.edu.

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On January 27, 2013, the Friends of the Marriott Library and Ballet West co-

sponsored a special presentation to celebrate the generous gift of the Willam Christensen Ballet West Archives to the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections. Willam Christensen, or “Mr. C” as he was known in the dance community, established the first ballet department in an American university at the University of Utah in 1951. It grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation.

Ken Verdoia from KUED moderated the program, which featured Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute, ballet master Bruce Caldwell, professor emeritus and former principal ballerina Barbara Hamblin, and Roxann Lazzara, Willam’s daughter. They discussed the history of Ballet West and Mr. C’s many talents.

This gift was made by Willam’s children, Roxann Lazzara and Lee Christensen. The event served as the official unveiling of the vast and fascinating collection, which includes original set designs, photographs, letters, and ephemera spanning 50 years of Ballet West.

Bernard DeVoto (1897–1955) was a historian, critic, editor,

professor, political commentator, conservationist, and above all a writer of comprehensive skill. His Across the Wide Missouri won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1948, and in 1953 The Course of Empire won the National Book Award.

The Selected Letters of Bernard DeVoto and Katharine Sterne was edited by Mark DeVoto and recently published by the University of Utah Press. It contains 140 of the 868 letters written between 1933 and 1944 by DeVoto and Sterne, a young

fan permanently hospitalized with tuberculosis. The letters exchange opinions about life, literature, art, current events, family news, and gossip. Their publication has been praised by literary agent Carl Brandt.

Additional letters can be found at the U of U Press’s Open Access Collection at www.UofUpress.com. Visit the library’s Special Collections Department for more intriguing materials on Bernard DeVoto.

Marriott LibraryAdvisory Board

Board ChairNancy Browning

EmEritus Board ChairsMike C. Korologos | Brent Baker

Board mEmBErs

Opening of Willam Christensen Ballet West Archive Celebrated

Gracie, a therapy dog from Intermountain Therapy Animals, gives Alexa Steed a friendly

break from her studies during Geek Week, the week just prior to finals when the library remains open 24 hours per day. The Associated Students of the University of Utah provides financial support to cover the costs of extended hours.

Therapy Dogs Visit During Geek Week

A Heartfelt Thank You

Pete AshdownBrent Baker

Desmond D. Connall, Jr.Kelly Fletcher

Stephen FletcherMichael W. Homer

Gary Maxwell

Jerilyn S. McIntyre*Maria O’MaraGregory Prince

W. David Smith*Donald ThomasJanet Thomas

Christopher Warnock

*Will become board co-chairs in April 2013

We greatly appreciate the B.W. Bastian Foundation for funding an internship at the library. Jace Fowles,

a senior in psychology, is the intern charged with curating an exhibition of library materials on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. The internship ties closely to a research project he’s conducting entitled “Gay Mormon Identity, 1980- present.” The exhibition will go on display this summer to coincide with the Utah Pride Festival.

“Immersing myself in this opportunity and these records has been like doing fascinating genealogy work. I’ve been discovering a heritage that I never knew existed and have begun to unfold and bring to light the stories of individuals and groups that have brought about positive social change in Utah regarding LGBT issues,” explains Jace. “I hope that this exhibition brings a greater awareness to the community concerning gay pride and gay pioneers in Utah.”

Bastian Foundation Funds Internship

Joyce Ogburn, former Dean of the J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian,

was recently appointed to the position of Special Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the U. We would like to thank Joyce for her many significant contributions, including the comprehensive library renovation, substantial fundraising, and reinvention of services and technology. Joyce continues as a member of the library faculty.

Joyce Ogburn, MLIS, MS

The Selected Letters of Bernard DeVoto and Katharine Sterne Edited by Mark DeVoto

Legend in ballet, dancer and choreographer Willam Christensen founded both the San Francisco Ballet and Ballet West.

Jace Fowles

Like everyone on campus, we in the Marriott Library were very excited by

the inauguration of David W. Pershing as President of the University of Utah. His inaugural address provided an invigorating and inspiring vision for the future. The President has outlined a future marked by a sharpened and renewed focus on student success and a continued emphasis on innovation, research excellence, and scholarship that makes a difference in Utah and the nation.

Student success and research excellence have always been our passion here in the Marriott Library. We remain ready and eager to help move the U in the directions President Pershing has outlined. Every day, we are finding new ways to create scholarly success for the U’s students and faculty. In addition to our helpful librarians and library staff, our world-class collections, and our state-of-the-art computer labs, we will soon house the offices of the Student Success and Empowerment Initiative. This addition

will further establish the Marriott Library as a hub of activity and a provider of services to promote student engagement and success.

As we increase efforts toward student achievement here in the library, we continue to serve as a leader in the

library profession and the scholarly communication field, both nationally and internationally. This is an enormously exciting time for both the U and the Marriott Library. We’re doing great things and are poised to do even more to help move this great university forward.

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