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The Rare Books Department and Special Collections welcomes U back to school with our latest digital exhibition, A History of Special Collections. A New Family Encylopedia Charles A. Goodrich (1790-1862) T. Belknap, 1834 AG5 G6 1834 From the John R. Park Library Collection. Co-curated by Lyuba Basin and Rachel Ernst, this digital...

Color Standards and Color Nomenclature Robert Ridgway (1850-1925) Washington, D. C.: The author, 1912 QC495 R5 Robert Ridgway, ornithologist and full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum, was renowned for the accuracy with which he painted birds and was unmatched in his eye for the coloration....

Co-curated by Lyuba Basin and Rachel Ernst Level 4, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery J. Willard Marriott, The University of Utah August 21, 2023 through December 8, 2023 For the curators, archivists, and librarians working in Special Collections Divisions across the state and the country, maintaining a historical record through...

Tallie Casucci, librarian, rock climber, and now oral historian, teamed up with Rachel Wittmann, librarian and podcast lover, to create a podcast of oral histories hosted by the J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.The Ascent Archive: Interviews with Rock Climbers podcast features oral histories collected by...