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category-collection-connection category-new-acquisitions tag-book-of-hours tag-joy-curry tag-marginalia tag-medieval-manuscript tag-student-work has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 12 March 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Mar</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">12</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/03/12/beware-of-marginal-monsters/" rel="bookmark">Beware of marginal monsters</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/03/12/beware-of-marginal-monsters/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="835" height="1200" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-1568x2254.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-scaled.jpg 835w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-712x1024.jpg 712w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-768x1104.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by Museum Studies Intern Joy Curry</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-scaled.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="712" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-712x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7982" style="width:177px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-712x1024.jpg 712w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-768x1104.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020502-1-scaled.jpg 835w" sizes="(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Illuminated “O” with dragons around text</figcaption></figure></div> <p><a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01IOWA_ALMA21931894280002771&context=L&vid=01IOWASC&lang=en_US&search_scope=sc_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,bo13&sortby=rank" data-type="link" data-id="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01IOWA_ALMA21931894280002771&context=L&vid=01IOWASC&lang=en_US&search_scope=sc_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,bo13&sortby=rank">This 14th-century book of hours </a>may be tiny, but it is jam-packed with beasts, ranging from fish to lions to feathered dragons. It’s a marvel that so much of the art has survived, especially since the book is missing 19 miniatures. Fortunately for us, the illustrator incorporated figures throughout the letters, lines, and margins of the book.</p> <p>According to the seller’s information, the illustrator of this manuscript also worked on the Ghent Psalters (Bodleian MSS Douce 5-6). We recognize them by their decorative line-fillers, dragons in the margins, and finely-painted expressive faces. The illustrator decorated our manuscript for use in the diocese of Thérouanne. As a book of hours, the reader would have used it for religious meditations and devotions.</p> <p>In that context, it may seem strange that the art decorating the book is so unsacred. The marginal creatures don’t create an orderly, contemplative scene; they attempt to bite letters and borders, they smack into one another, and they vomit vines that curl around the text block.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="849" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1-849x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7983" style="width:648px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1-849x1024.jpg 849w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1-249x300.jpg 249w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1-768x926.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1.jpg 995w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020484-1-1568x1890.jpg 996w" sizes="(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Illuminated “D” with monster inside, as well as in the margins</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="746" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485-746x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7984" style="width:229px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485-746x1024.jpg 746w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485-219x300.jpg 219w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485-768x1054.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/03/1000020485.jpg 874w" sizes="(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Two fish meet face to face </figcaption></figure></div> <p>As Michael Camille has argued, these chaotic creatures don’t detract from the religious purpose of the text. By mixing up important medieval categories—man and beast, sacred and profane—the art plays with taboo and makes a visual contrast between the holy interior of the text and the wild, disorderly margins. As Elaine Treharne pointed out, art that encroached on the text block, like the decorative line-fillers, still contributed to the order by maintaining a balanced writing grid</p> <p>Of course, these small illustrations also provided an opportunity for artists to show off their skill and joy in their work. Even though the book of hours is tiny, the illustrator still took care to show the scales on the fish, shading on the leaves, and feathers on the wings. Whatever its exact purpose, this art shows impressive dedication to the craft.</p> <p><br>Come visit Portable Book of Hours, use of Thérouanne (xMMs. Bo13) today. </p> <p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p> <p>Camille, Michael. Image on the Edge : The Margins of Medieval Art. Reaktion Books, 1992.</p> <p>Treharne, Elaine. Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts: The Phenomenal Book. 1st ed., Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192843814.001.0001.</p> <p>Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ffa96f42-fde8-4f82-93e5-0c645f7f1b94/ Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. 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She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson and received a bachelors in anthropology and East Asian studies. In 2019, she received her master’s degree in library and information science online through Simmons University in Boston.</p> <p>For the last four years, Isabel has worked for the Arizona Historical Society where she developed a love of architectural drawings and a deeper appreciation of local and regional history.</p> <p>As a librarian, Isabel likes the opportunity to help others connect with people and places through what others have created, and she enjoys supporting the long-term care of unique materials for future generations.</p> <p>“I am excited to start exploring the wonderful UI [Libraries] collections as well as the Stanley Museum of Art collections and sharing that excitement through engaging moments with students, faculty, and staff. The chance to help others access a rich variety of resources to spark their creativity and passion is something I really look forward to in my position.”</p> <p>When not working, you can find Isabel exploring local restaurants and delicacies, watching classic films, playing board games, and attending cultural festivals and performance art events.</p> <p>Welcome, Isabel!</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/03/03/welcome-isabel-cazares/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-03T18:21:15+00:00">March 3, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-03T18:24:39+00:00">March 3, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/staff-news/" rel="category tag">Staff News</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/instruction/" rel="tag">instruction</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/isabel-cazares/" rel="tag">Isabel Cazares</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/new-staff/" rel="tag">new staff</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/stanley-museum-of-art/" rel="tag">Stanley Museum of Art</a></span><span class="comments-link"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M21.99 4c0-1.1-.89-2-1.99-2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v12c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h14l4 4-.01-18z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/03/03/welcome-isabel-cazares/#respond">Leave a comment<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Welcome Isabel Cazares</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7964" class="post-7964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-connection category-sackner-archive category-voices-from-the-stacks tag-corita-kent tag-iwa tag-kaylee-swinford tag-sackner-archive tag-student-workers tag-voices-from-the-stacks has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 24 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Feb</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">24</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/24/voices-from-the-stacks-corita-kent/" rel="bookmark">Voices from the stacks: Corita Kent</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/24/voices-from-the-stacks-corita-kent/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1023" height="1200" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-1568x1840.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348.jpeg 1023w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-256x300.jpeg 256w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-873x1024.jpeg 873w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-768x901.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by Olson Graduate Research Assistant, Kaylee Swinford.</em></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="873" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-873x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7966" style="width:464px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-873x1024.jpeg 873w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-256x300.jpeg 256w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348-768x901.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8348.jpeg 1023w" sizes="(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Collage of Corita Kent from the Josephine Pletscher Papers (IWA0913)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Corita Kent was an American artist, educator, activist, and former religious sister. With a rebellious spirit, Corita was a pioneering designer, who produced a body of work for over three decades combining themes of spirituality, hope, peace, and acceptance. Inspired by the popular Pop Art movement taking hold throughout the 1950s–60s in America, Corita’s serigraphs, also known as screenprints, incorporated questions about racism, war, poverty, and religion through found text, images, and vibrant colors.</p> <p>Corita, born Frances Kent in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1918, grew up in Los Angeles after her family relocated there when she was a young child. At 18, Corita decided to join the order of the nuns at the Immaculate Heart of Mary, providing her the opportunity to pursue art and higher education in a way that would not have been an option for many women in 1936. While here, she took the name Sister Mary Corita though wished to be referred to as Corita. As a member of the teaching order, she taught art education at various institutions while receiving an art education herself. In 1947, Corita was then asked to teach with the Art Department at the Immaculate Heart College where she would remain until 1968.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery alignleft has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="665" height="1024" data-id="7967" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502-665x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7967" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502-665x1024.jpeg 665w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502-195x300.jpeg 195w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502-768x1183.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8502.jpeg 779w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="603" height="1024" data-id="7968" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501-603x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7968" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501-603x1024.jpeg 603w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501-177x300.jpeg 177w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501-1206x2048.jpeg 707w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8501.jpeg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px" /></a></figure> <figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">Corita Kent with her students at Immaculate Heart College from <em><a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/871491" data-type="link" data-id="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/871491">Sister Corita</a></em></figcaption></figure> <p>The Art Department at Immaculate Heart College was a space of growth and development for Corita. Here she would develop her art style, which in early stages often incorporated religious imagery, containing medieval-influenced figures, then later evolving to integrate a wider breadth of material like song lyrics, advertisements, abstract shapes, and brighter colors. While Corita was further developing her work, she was having a significant impact on her students, urging them to discover new ways of experiencing the world. Through exercises like exploring a grocery store for inspiration or looking through an empty 35mm slide mount to frame compositions, Corita’s approach to teaching inspired her students and led to a fruitful period of creation and exploration for Immaculate Heart College which drew national recognition. This influential impact can be seen in the work of Corita’s students of this time, found within the student’s pieces, as well as the <a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/1020100" data-type="link" data-id="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/1020100">Irregular Bulletin</a>, a zine-like newsletter created by the art department to announce the activities and accomplishments of students and faculty.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-scaled.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="838" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-1024x838.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7969" style="width:466px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-1024x838.jpeg 1024w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-300x245.jpeg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-768x628.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8540-scaled.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Page from the Irregular Bulletin, created by the Art Department under Corita Kent’s direction</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Through rising tensions within the country from the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, Corita and her fellow sisters became more politically and civically engaged, participating in demonstrations throughout the city, and gaining a reputation as rebellious nuns. By 1968, the strain between the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters and the Archbishop of Los Angeles was high, leading to the majority of the sisters dispensing with their vows, and Corita leaving LA for the East Coast. It was there Corita would continue to create under a more introspective style until her passing in 1986.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="691" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession-1024x691.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7970" style="width:435px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession-300x203.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession-768x519.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/MarysDay1964procession.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Immaculate Heart nuns protesting at a Mary’s Day Procession in 1964 (Courtesy of Corita Art Center)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Within the University of Iowa’s collections, Corita’s work can be found through various published books, screenprints found both in the Special Collections and Archives as well as the Stanley Museum of Art, and an intimate manuscript collection from a former student, her mentee and friend, Josephine Pletscher. Pletscher, with a long-lasting connection to the Immaculate Heart College, amassed a thorough collection, not only regarding the Immaculate Heart, but also Corita and her career. Incorporating correspondence, serigraphs created both by Pletscher and Corita, as well as Corita’s personal rosary beads, the care and connection between the two women is evident.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="980" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503-980x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7971" style="width:421px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503-980x1024.jpg 980w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503-287x300.jpg 287w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503-768x803.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_8503.jpg 1148w" sizes="(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Published books featuring Corita Kent’s art found in the Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry at Special Collections and Archives</figcaption></figure></div> <p>With impactful messages that continue to resonate today, Corita’s work reminds viewers to reflect upon and explore the world around them. Just as she imparted to her students, great strength comes from opening oneself to new possibilities.</p> <p>To learn more, visit us in person to view the published Corita Kent printed materials within the collection, or visit the finding aid for the <a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2590" data-type="link" data-id="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2590">Josephine Pletscher Papers (IWA0913) </a>which can be viewed in person at the Iowa Women’s Archive. Additional information about Corita and her work can be found at <a href="https://www.corita.org/about/center" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.corita.org/about/center">Corita.org</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/24/voices-from-the-stacks-corita-kent/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-24T20:19:16+00:00">February 24, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-24T20:19:17+00:00">February 24, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/" rel="category tag">Collection Connection</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/sackner-archive/" rel="category tag">Sackner Archive</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/voices-from-the-stacks/" rel="category tag">Voices From the Stacks</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/corita-kent/" rel="tag">Corita Kent</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/iwa/" rel="tag">iwa</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/kaylee-swinford/" rel="tag">Kaylee Swinford</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/sackner-archive/" rel="tag">sackner archive</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/student-workers/" rel="tag">student workers</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/voices-from-the-stacks/" rel="tag">voices from the stacks</a></span><span class="comments-link"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M21.99 4c0-1.1-.89-2-1.99-2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v12c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h14l4 4-.01-18z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/24/voices-from-the-stacks-corita-kent/#respond">Leave a comment<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Voices from the stacks: Corita Kent</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7960" class="post-7960 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-staff-news tag-frank-paluka tag-staff has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 20 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; 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Frank joined Special Collections in 1961, becoming the head of the department in 1962. He remained in this position until March of 1986.</p> <p>Under Frank’s direction, Special Collections’ holdings of rare books grew into a noteworthy collection. Among his many contributions as director, Frank developed the Iowa Authors Collection, worked with author Mildred Wirt Benson to receive her manuscripts, and grew the Leigh Hunt letter collection.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Frank-Paluka.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="347" height="501" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Frank-Paluka.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7961" style="width:296px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Frank-Paluka.jpg 347w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Frank-Paluka-208x300.jpg 208w" sizes="(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Frank Paluka, director of Special Collections from 1962-1986</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Professionally, Frank was an outstanding scholar and bibliophile. He was the editor of <em>Books at Iowa</em> for over 20 years and author of the book <em>The Three Voyages of Captain Cook</em>. Frank was also a passionate book collector in his free time, and his personal book collection showed a man with a keen eye for fine books who also demonstrated a curiosity about the world around him. His home contained a large collection of Henry James first editions and biographies of Captain Cook. Yet his collection stretched beyond traditional titles and topics, spanning from genre fiction to alternative science and the occult.</p> <p>Frank donated hundreds of his personal books to Special Collections, including several rare works and items by Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, and Sax Rohmer. Along with his books, the Libraries also holds his papers in the archives. His professional papers provide a view of his impact on our own collections here at the UI, while personal letters and photographs from his youth offer a look at the man behind the books.</p> <p>His legacy is still felt here in Special Collections and Archives, especially when we use the material he procured or donated to us in our classes. We will continue to carry on his memory by working to spark even half as much love of books as he had in the students of the university.</p> <p>Read former University Librarian Dale Bentz’s 1986 tribute to Frank upon his retirement in <a href="https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/bai/article/id/28752/"><em>Books at Iowa</em></a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/20/remembering-frank-paluka/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-20T19:15:49+00:00">February 20, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-20T19:15:50+00:00">February 20, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/staff-news/" rel="category tag">Staff News</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/frank-paluka/" rel="tag">Frank Paluka</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/staff/" rel="tag">staff</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7940" class="post-7940 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-connection tag-joy-curry tag-language-of-flowers tag-mabbott-poe tag-student-work has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 19 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Feb</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">19</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/19/language-of-flowers-speaks-volumes/" rel="bookmark">Language of flowers speaks volumes</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/19/language-of-flowers-speaks-volumes/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="600" height="900" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by museum intern student Joy Curry.</em></p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019957-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="899" data-id="7945" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019957-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7945" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019957-1.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019957-1-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Illustrated plate from <em>Poetry of Flowers</em></figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019959-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="596" height="1024" data-id="7944" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019959-1-596x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7944" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019959-1-596x1024.jpg 596w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019959-1-175x300.jpg 175w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019959-1.jpg 698w" sizes="(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Front plate of <em>Poetry of Flowers</em></figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019963-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="900" data-id="7946" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019963-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7946" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019963-1.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019963-1-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Illustrated plate from<em> Poetry of Flowers</em></figcaption></figure> </figure> <p>Valentine’s Day is, among other things, a common time to give and receive flowers. If you visited a florist this last holiday, you might have seen some explanations on what flowers mean. You may have heard of the symbolism attached to different colors of roses for example, a red rose means love, and a yellow rose means friendship—but you can send even more specific messages with your bouquet if you know where to look. During the Victorian period, floral enthusiasts published full-blown dictionaries explaining a symbolic “language of flowers.” This language of flowers gained popularity from a misinterpretation of the Turkish harem game of Sélam, which involved rhyming items, as a language of symbolic objects that lovers used to communicate with one another in secret.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="900" data-id="7948" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7948" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019975-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019955.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="899" data-id="7949" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019955.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7949" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019955.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019955-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a></figure> </figure> <p>Here in Special Collections and Archives, we have two poetry compilations that contain floral dictionaries: <a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01IOWA_ALMA21307731650002771&context=L&vid=01IOWASC&lang=en_US&search_scope=sc_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,kirtland&sortby=rank&facet=creator,include,Kirtland,%20C.%20M&offset=0"><em>Poetry of Flowers</em> selected by Mrs. C. M. Kirtland,</a> and Frances S. Osgood’s 1860 book <em><a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01IOWA_ALMA21307804120002771&context=L&vid=01IOWASC&lang=en_US&search_scope=sc_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Frances%20Osgood&offset=0">The poetry of flowers and flowers of poetry; to which are added, a simple treatise on botany, with familiar examples, and a copious floral dictionary</a></em>. </p> <p>These books show that Victorian “flower language” was far from standardized. For example, Kirtland and Osgood give very different meanings to the Bachelor’s Button flower. Osgood describes it as meaning “I with the Morning’s Love have oft made Sport,” while Kirtland claims that it means “Celibacy.” So, if you want to use floral language to communicate with someone, make sure you’re both referencing the same dictionary!</p> <p>We hope you had a happy Valentine’s Day—but even if you didn’t, here are some floral ways to express your feelings, courtesy of the Mabbott Poe Collection!</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="669" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1-669x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7953" style="width:337px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1-669x1024.jpg 669w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1-768x1175.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1.jpg 784w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/1000019987-1-1339x2048.jpg 785w" sizes="(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px" /></a></figure></div> <p>· A bouquet of Cherry Blossom or Foxglove, Scarlet Auricula, and Turk’s Cap means “Your insincerity and avarice make me hate you.”</p> <p>· A bouquet of Nasturtium, Oak Leaves, Heliotrope, and Everlasting or Immortelles means “Your patriotism, courage, and fidelity merit everlasting remembrance.”</p> <p>· A bouquet of red roses, Carolina Syringa, and Sycamore means “I love to disappoint your curiosity.”</p> <p>· A bouquet of Lemon Geranium and Withered White Rose means “Our unexpected meeting left but transient impressions.” If you receive this bouquet, the book recommends responding with a bouquet of African Marigold and Moonwort, meaning “Vulgar minds soon forget.”</p> <p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p> <p>Seaton, Beverly. The Language of Flowers : A History / Beverly Seaton. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995.</p> <p>Nossett, Lauren, and Luca Pixner. “The Language of Flowers and the (Re)Productive Female Body in Hedwig Dohm’s Werde, Die Du Bist.” Feminist German Studies 36, no. 1 (2020): 144–65. doi:10.1353/fgs.2020.0011.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/19/language-of-flowers-speaks-volumes/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-19T19:05:29+00:00">February 19, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-19T19:05:30+00:00">February 19, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/" rel="category tag">Collection Connection</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/joy-curry/" rel="tag">Joy Curry</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/language-of-flowers/" rel="tag">language of flowers</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/mabbott-poe/" rel="tag">mabbott poe</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/student-work/" rel="tag">student work</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7923" class="post-7923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-university-archives category-voices-from-the-stacks tag-anne-moore tag-phillip-hubbard tag-university-archives tag-voices-from-the-stacks has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 12 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Feb</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">12</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/12/voices-from-the-stacks-phillip-g-hubbard/" rel="bookmark">Voices from the Stacks: Phillip G. Hubbard</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/12/voices-from-the-stacks-phillip-g-hubbard/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1000" height="638" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063.jpg 1000w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063-300x191.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063-768x490.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by Olson Graduate Research Assistant Anne Moore.</em></p> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="714" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01-714x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7927" style="width:309px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01-714x1024.jpg 714w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01-209x300.jpg 209w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01-768x1102.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059986103_111-01.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Hubbard in 1966, after being appointed dean of academic affairs (From University Archives Faculty Files, RG01.0015.003) </figcaption></figure></div> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0">Phillip G. Hubbard was an engineering professor, administrator, civil rights champion, and distinguished member of the University of Iowa community. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0">He was the first </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0">Black</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0"> professor</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW30373324 BCX0"> at the university and spent more than 40 years advocating for students and providing counsel to six presidents. In 1971, he became the first Black vice president at any Big 10 university. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW30373324 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">Hubbard was born in Missouri in 1921, but his mother moved the family to Des Moines, Iowa</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">where the schools were </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW268327791 BCX0">desegrated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">so her children could have a better education. Hubbard attended North High School and </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW268327791 BCX0">shined</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0"> shoes to save up money for college. He first came to the UI as an undergraduate student in 1940, when the university was still largely, if informally, segregated. Black men were excluded from university housing, and all students of color were discouraged from using the cafeteria and attending social events. Like many Black male students, Hubbard lived with a local </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0">Black</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW268327791 BCX0"> family during his undergraduate years because of housing discrimination in Iowa City. Years later, Hubbard and his wife, Wynonna, would welcome Black students into their own home. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW268327791 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW142694591 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW142694591 BCX0">In 1943, Hubbard enlisted in the Army reserves but eventually returned to the UI to finish his BS in electrical engineering, graduating with honors in 1947. That same year, he was hired by the university as a research engineer, making him </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW142694591 BCX0">the first Black faculty member</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW142694591 BCX0"> at the UI. He went on to earn an MA in hydraulics and mechanics, a PhD in engineering, and became an assistant professor in 1954. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW142694591 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW66755484 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW66755484 BCX0">As the civil rights movement reached its peak throughout the United States, Hubbard helped to </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW66755484 BCX0">found</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW66755484 BCX0"> the Committee on Human Rights to combat housing and employment discrimination at the UI and in Iowa City. They investigated complaints and lobbied for Fair Housing ordinances, which were adopted by the city in 1964. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW66755484 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1000" height="638" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7930" style="width:442px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063.jpg 1000w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063-300x191.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Yearbook1968_Page-063-768x490.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">1968 University of Iowa Hawkeye Yearbook </figcaption></figure></div> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">Hubbard was appointed dean of academic affairs at the UI in 1966, becoming the first Black administrator at a university in the state of Iowa. In 1971, he was named vice president of student services. During his leadership tenure, he was a staunch advocate for students of all </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">walks of life</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">. He fought for better undergraduate support and engagement and was admired on campus for his willingness to listen to student concerns. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">His</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">steady </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">relationship with students helped see the university through </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">the turb</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">ulence of the Vietnam </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">W</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">ar and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">protests that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW42170482 BCX0">rocked the campus. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW42170482 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW180652755 BCX0">In 1967 Hubbard spearheaded the Rust, Iowa, and Le Moyne for Expanding Educational Horizons (RILEEH) program, which created partnership between the UI and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW180652755 BCX0">predominantly Black</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW180652755 BCX0"> colleges in the rural south. RILEEH facilitated student exchanges, teacher training, and graduate research to help support under-resourced academic institutions in Mississippi and Tennessee. Later, Hubbard would recruit faculty from these same institutions to help build the emerging Afro-American studies program.</span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">As part of his</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0"> work to</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">promote </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">cultural studies at UI</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">, Hubbard chaired </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0"> newly created committee on Afro-American studies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0"> in 19</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">68</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0">He</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263996233 BCX0"> encouraged students of all backgrounds to take classes in this emerging field. He saw inclusivity and cultural competency as vital in higher education, believing the university should produce well rounded students who are prepared to live and work in a diverse world. He advocated for the Afro-American Cultural House and the Chicano Indian American Cultural Center (now called the Latino Native American Cultural Center), understanding the importance of creating a welcoming and supportive environment for minority students.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW263996233 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059987747_049.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="362" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059987747_049.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7931" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059987747_049.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/31858059987747_049-300x181.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Hubbard with Students in 1983 (Frederick W. Kent Collection of Photographs).</figcaption></figure></div> <p><span data-contrast="auto">To that end, Hubbard created Opportunity at Iowa in 1987, a program aimed at increasing diversity at the university through the recruitment and retention of minority students and faculty. This included scholarships, outreach to underserved public schools in Iowa, and summer workshops for highschoolers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">After more than 40 years of service, Hubbard retired from the UI in 1990, though he continued to advise Opportunity at Iowa. A year later, Union field (located south of the Iowa Memorial Union) was renamed Hubbard Park in his honor. In 2001, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Daily-Iowan-Iowa-City-Iowa-1991-08-29.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1000" height="586" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Daily-Iowan-Iowa-City-Iowa-1991-08-29.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7928" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Daily-Iowan-Iowa-City-Iowa-1991-08-29.jpg 1000w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Daily-Iowan-Iowa-City-Iowa-1991-08-29-300x176.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/Daily-Iowan-Iowa-City-Iowa-1991-08-29-768x450.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Dedication of Hubbard Park in August 1991 (Daily Iowan Archives)</figcaption></figure> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Hubbard passed away in 2002 at the age of 80. Today numerous scholarships, medals, and awards bare the Hubbard name, including the Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award and the Wynonna G. Hubbard Scholarship. As we reflect on his life and legacy, we should strive to honor Hubbard’s commitment to human rights and his dedication to uplifting students of all backgrounds. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">To learn more, view the finding aid for the </span><a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/1297"><span data-contrast="none">Phillip G. Hubbard Papers (RG99.0248)</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, or visit us in person or online at the </span><a href="https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/"><span data-contrast="none">Iowa Digital Library</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. You can also search the </span><a href="https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/index.php"><span data-contrast="none">Daily Iowan archives</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> for articles on Phillip Hubbard’s work, or check out his autobiography </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">My Iowa Journey: The Life Story of the University of Iowa’s First African American Professor </span></i><span data-contrast="auto">on </span><a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/9i2ftm/01IOWA_ALMA51534136740002771"><span data-contrast="none">InfoHawk+.</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/12/voices-from-the-stacks-phillip-g-hubbard/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-12T18:05:49+00:00">February 12, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-13T16:10:17+00:00">February 13, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/university-archives/" rel="category tag">University Archives</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/voices-from-the-stacks/" rel="category tag">Voices From the Stacks</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/anne-moore/" rel="tag">Anne Moore</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/phillip-hubbard/" rel="tag">Phillip Hubbard</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/university-archives/" rel="tag">University archives</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/voices-from-the-stacks/" rel="tag">voices from the stacks</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7916" class="post-7916 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-connection category-dada category-new-acquisitions tag-dada tag-neue-jugend tag-timothy-shipe has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 7 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Feb</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">7</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/07/new-acquisition-neue-jugend-imparts-dada-history/" rel="bookmark">New acquisition, Neue Jugend, imparts Dada history</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/07/new-acquisition-neue-jugend-imparts-dada-history/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="900" height="1200" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-1568x2091.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-scaled.jpeg 900w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-768x1024.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-scaled.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-768x1024.jpeg" alt="Cover of June 1917 edition of Neue Jugend" class="wp-image-7917" style="width:479px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3778-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cover of June 1917 edition of<em> Neue Jugend</em>, taken by Ursula Romero</figcaption></figure></div> <p><em>The following is written by curator Timothy Shipe</em></p> <p>Among the International Dada Archive’s latest acquisitions are several issues of the Berlin journal <em>Neue Jugend</em>, founded in early 1914 by two student poets, Heinz Barger and Friedrich Hollaender.</p> <p><em>Neue Jugend</em> is a telling example of how the Berlin dadaists managed to elude wartime government censorship. The journal published five issues before its editors were drafted to fight when Germany went to war in August 1914. A sixth issue, distinctly pro-war in tenor, was published in December, after which the journal went silent. Meanwhile, the young writer Wieland Herzfelde served in the German medical corps in Belgium, returning to Berlin in early 1915, expelled from the military for insubordination and deeply disillusioned by the massive slaughter he had witnessed. In Berlin he joined a circle of young writers and artists who, like Herzfelde, were seeking an outlet for their growing pacifist sentiments. Their ingenious solution was to purchase publishing rights to the dormant <em>Neue Jugend</em>.</p> <p>Because the last issue had been staunchly pro-war, the authorities paid little attention to the journal as it resumed publication in July 1916 with a staunchly anti-war and internationalist orientation. Herzfelde and his associates managed to produce numbers 7 through 12 before the authorities took notice and banned the journal in early 1917. But the editors had one more trick up their sleeves. Taking advantage of a legal loophole, they were able to recast <em>Neue Jugend</em> as a “weekly” in newspaper format. Two issues of this “Wochenausgabe” appeared before it, too, was banned. But it is these two issues, with their radical page layout and avant-garde content, that mark the beginning of a Dada sensibility in Berlin.</p> <p>By this time, Richard Huelsenbeck had returned from Zurich, where he had helped found the Dada movement. Herzfelde and his colleagues eagerly adopted this new movement, giving it a more overtly political flavor. The final, June 1917 issue of<em> Neue Jugend</em> is considered one of the masterpieces of dadaist page design. Now, with the recent acquisition of nos. 1 and 2 of the first series and no. 1 of the “Wochenausgabe,” we are just one issue short of holding a complete run of this major Berlin Dada publication. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3756-1-scaled.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3756-1-768x1024.jpeg" alt="Pages from Neue Jugend" class="wp-image-7920" style="width:416px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3756-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3756-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/IMG_3756-1-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a></figure></div> <p><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/visitors-guide/">You can find out more about visiting Special Collections to view this and other items in the International Dada Archive by visiting our website.</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/07/new-acquisition-neue-jugend-imparts-dada-history/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-07T15:03:15+00:00">February 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-12T16:00:19+00:00">March 12, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/" rel="category tag">Collection Connection</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/collection-connection/dada/" rel="category tag">Dada</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/new-acquisitions/" rel="category tag">New Acquisitions</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/dada/" rel="tag">dada</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/neue-jugend/" rel="tag">neue jugend</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/timothy-shipe/" rel="tag">timothy shipe</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7912" class="post-7912 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-staff-news tag-map-collection tag-student-workers has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 4 February 2025" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Feb</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">4</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2025</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/04/hiring-for-maps-collection-graduate-assistant/" rel="bookmark">Hiring for Maps Collection Graduate Assistant</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/04/hiring-for-maps-collection-graduate-assistant/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1200" height="900" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-1568x1176.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-scaled.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-1024x768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7913" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2025/02/image-20250129-191058-77b84b24-scaled.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Calling graduate students looking to chart their next year!</p> <p>Applications are open for two graduate assistantships for hands on work in the University of Iowa Special Collections and Archives. In addition to the Olson Graduate Research Assistant search, we are seeking a graduate student to help navigate the Map Collection. Find the full postings on Handshake and a closer look below.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>About the Maps Collection at University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives</strong></span></p> <p>The University of Iowa Map Collection merged with Special Collections and Archives in 2013 as a result of the changing uses and users of paper maps. The collection is local, regional, and international in scope and subject coverage is broad, from topographic maps and atlases to aerial photos, historical maps, celestial charts, and more. It is the largest collection of its kind in the state and is accessible to patrons and researchers on campus and off. Through a Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Grant in 2024, a dedicated project is underway to revitalize discovery and access to the Map Collection. As a part Special Collections and Archives, it is part of an extensive teaching collection and supports researchers on and off campus.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Position Description</strong></span></p> <p>The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives invites current or incoming graduate students to apply for the Maps Collection Graduate Assistantship for 2025–2026 (August 2025–July 2026), with the possibility of an extension to summer 2027.</p> <p>The Maps Collection Graduate Assistant will assist the maps collection librarian and Special Collections and Archives staff with on-site projects pertaining to the collection and Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust grant project. Their work will support the project through activities such as identifying materials for digitization, generating metadata, expanding catalog records, providing collections care, and shifting materials. They will also support Map Collection operations by assisting patrons and researchers, contributing to research projects, assisting map-based instruction, or supporting outreach efforts. Prior knowledge of special collections and archives, maps, GIS, or cartography are welcomed but not required.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></p> <p>The Maps Collection Graduate Assistantship is open to incoming students who have been accepted into a graduate degree program at the University of Iowa for the upcoming fall semester, as well as students who are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program. Students in the School of Library and Information Science, new School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, and the University of Iowa Center for the Book, or the English, history, American studies, and art and art history programs may have particular interest, but applications from students in any graduate program will be carefully considered. Please note that students currently enrolled in the U2G students (undergraduate-to-graduate) program are not eligible for the Maps Collection Research Assistant position due to funding structure requirements.</p> <p>Successful candidates must also possess the following requirements:</p> <p>· Expected graduation date of May 2027 or later</p> <p>· Demonstrated interest in special collections, archives or a related field</p> <p>· Interest in learning about maps</p> <p>· Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills</p> <p>· Demonstrated skill at making progress towards goals in an environment with many competing priorities and projects</p> <p>· Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based setting where consultation, flexibility, and collaboration are essential</p> <p>· Demonstrated commitment to a welcoming and respectful environment, in a workplace setting, and/or in the community</p> <p>· Ability to carefully physically handle and maneuver oversized materials</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Application Details</strong></span></p> <p>Students wishing to apply should submit all required materials to Laura Michelson at laura-michelson@uiowa.edu. <strong>The deadline is midnight on Feb. 28, 2025.</strong></p> <p>· Current resume or CV</p> <p>· Statement outlining the skills or talents the candidate would bring to the Special Collections and Archives department and Map Collection, as well as outlining their academic and career aspirations in special collections or a related field and describing how the Maps Collection Graduate Assistantship aligns with those aspirations. The statement should not exceed two (2) typed pages (under 1000 words).</p> <p>· Contact information for two professional references who can speak to the candidate’s work experience should also be submitted.</p> <p><strong>For more, see the full posting for the <a href="https://jobs.uiowa.edu/content/temp/view.php?job=148134">Maps Collection Graduate Assistant on Handshake here.</a></strong></p> <p>Eligible graduate students are welcome to submit applications for both Special Collections and Archives Graduate Assistant positions. <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/about/olson-fellowship/">Learn more about the Olson Graduate Assistantship on Special Collections and Archives website</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer responsive-max-width"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/author/eiriordan/">Elizabeth Riordan</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2025/02/04/hiring-for-maps-collection-graduate-assistant/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-04T18:18:28+00:00">February 4, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-04T18:18:29+00:00">February 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/category/staff-news/" rel="category tag">Staff News</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags:</span><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/map-collection/" rel="tag">map collection</a>, <a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/tag/student-workers/" rel="tag">student workers</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-7899" class="post-7899 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-connection category-science-fiction-and-popular-culture tag-hevelin-collection tag-student-workers tag-theo-prineas tag-weird-tales has-blocks entry"> <header class="FROOTLOOPS entry-header responsive-max-width"> <div class="post-date-icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 433 482" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-label="Posted on: 29 October 2024" role="img"> <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <rect fill="#fdcc00" height="478" width="433" rx="0" /> <g fill="#111" fill-rule="nonzero" font-family="ZillaSlab-Bold, Zilla Slab" font-weight="bold"> <text font-size="120" style="text-anchor: middle; text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Oct</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">29</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2024</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2024/10/29/10-weird-tales-covers-to-haunt-your-halloween/" rel="bookmark">10 Weird Tales Covers to Haunt Your Halloween</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2024/10/29/10-weird-tales-covers-to-haunt-your-halloween/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="494" height="687" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov.jpg 494w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov-216x300.jpg 216w" sizes="(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by graduate student worker Theo Prineas</em></p> <p>Sometimes, when I’m hunched over a desk in the back of the Hevelin pulps’ windowless archive room, the lights – which are set to a motion-sensing timer – go out. As I jump up and wave my arms to reactivate them, I expect a chalky-dry hand with long fingernails to snake out of the Hevelin pulp and pull me into the dark. Below are the covers that I have come across while I’m working on processing the <a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/857">Hevelin pulps</a> that really set me on edge. As the spirits and demons come out to cavort on All Hallow’s Eve, I invite you to join me in fear and fascination with <em>Weird Tales</em>’ spookiest covers.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jul-1945.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="475" height="698" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jul-1945.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7900" style="width:331px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jul-1945.jpg 475w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jul-1945-204x300.jpg 204w" sizes="(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>July 1945. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.</strong></p> <p>Now is the time to plan ahead for your thermostat wars with family, roommates, and friends. Personally, I will be channeling these two as I pull a blanket around myself and huddle in my apartment for the next few months. ‘Tis the season to be cold and spooky.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/March-1946.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="467" height="692" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/March-1946.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7901" style="width:327px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/March-1946.jpg 467w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/March-1946-202x300.jpg 202w" sizes="(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>March 1946. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.</strong></p> <p>I love the way the billowing heroism of the red cloak and fine suit of armor sag into the desiccated body of the ghoul. The decayed glory of this character is reflected by the sour sun, the hunching vulture, and the barren sprawl of the tree. Big mood.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jan-1947.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="463" height="687" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jan-1947.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7902" style="width:323px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jan-1947.jpg 463w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Jan-1947-202x300.jpg 202w" sizes="(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Jan. 1947. Cover art by A.R. Tilburne.</strong></p> <p>In landlocked Iowa, we occasionally need a reminder that the ocean is filled with primal horrors. I need convince myself that my life is complete without going to a beach. You’ve seen <em>The Meg</em>—now read this <em>Weird Tales</em> to meet the creatures that lurk below the depths!</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1949.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="462" height="687" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1949.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7903" style="width:322px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1949.jpg 462w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1949-202x300.jpg 202w" sizes="(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Nov. 1949. Cover art by Matt Fox.</strong></p> <p>He’s just a hungry little guy!</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1950.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="500" height="688" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1950.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7904" style="width:356px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1950.jpg 500w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/Nov-1950-218x300.jpg 218w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Nov. 1950. Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.</strong></p> <p>I find this cover compellingly mysterious. What strange creatures dance in the darkest part of Halloween night? The shadow over the satyr’s face hides its true intentions. You’ll have to read the pulp and enter the weird to uncover the truth.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1951-Jul.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="469" height="688" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1951-Jul.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7905" style="width:345px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1951-Jul.jpg 469w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1951-Jul-205x300.jpg 205w" sizes="(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>July 1951. Cover art by Charles A. Kennedy.</strong></p> <p>Who amongst us hasn’t danced in a moonlit fire ritual? To me, this is a quintessential graduate school rite of passage. How else am I supposed to get an A on finals? Study? No thanks. I shall instead entreat the Flame Birds that emerge with all the demons on All Hallow’s Eve for magical aid.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Sept.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="471" height="688" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Sept.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7906" style="width:345px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Sept.jpg 471w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Sept-205x300.jpg 205w" sizes="(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Sept. 1952. Cover art by Virgil Finlay.</strong></p> <p>I entered this copy of <em>Weird Tales</em> into the collection guide a few hours before leaving work to meet up with friends at the Iowa City Jazz Fest to watch the fireworks. The impression of this chaotic scene lingered in my mind as I departed from the quiet library into Iowa City’s bacchanalian street celebrations.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="494" height="687" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7907" style="width:348px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov.jpg 494w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1952-Nov-216x300.jpg 216w" sizes="(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Nov. 1952. Cover art by Anthony Di Giannurio.</strong></p> <p>Reader, it is fall. The skeletons rising from the mud evoke students dragging themselves to 8 a.m. classes as the mornings get darker and colder. Over our heads lurks the specter of a hungry vulture, a manifestation of the menace awaiting us at the end of the semester. Prepare yourselves for the grim scourge: finals.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1953-Jan.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="462" height="691" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1953-Jan.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7908" style="width:336px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1953-Jan.jpg 462w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1953-Jan-201x300.jpg 201w" sizes="(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Jan. 1953. Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.</strong></p> <p>The alien at the heart of the spiral is oddly hypnotic. As I write this, I’m getting very sleepy…Why do I have the inexplicable urge to go to the Reading Room and read this pulp? If I catch any library staff building a UFO in their office, I’ll know that they spent too long looking at this issue of<em> Weird Tales.</em></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1973-Winter.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="475" height="687" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1973-Winter.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7909" style="width:375px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1973-Winter.jpg 475w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/1973-Winter-207x300.jpg 207w" sizes="(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></a></figure></div> <p><strong>Winter 1973. Cover art By Bill Edwards.</strong></p> <p>The expressions on this cover capture the duality of Halloween. The devil’s expression is the depraved wickedness I feel after I buy myself cake even though I haven’t earned it. The terror of the man on the slab is my stomach’s horror at just how much sugar I’ve consumed. This is your invitation to join me in my depravity: Have some cake. Torment your gut biome. 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text-transform: uppercase;"><tspan x="215" y="132">Oct</tspan></text> <text font-size="220" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="320">22</tspan></text> <text font-size="80" style="text-anchor: middle;"><tspan x="215" y="435">2024</tspan></text> </g> </g> </svg> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2024/10/22/voices-from-the-stacks-los-bailadores-zapatistas-and-the-latino-native-american-cultural-center/" rel="bookmark">Voices from the Stacks: Los Bailadores Zapatistas and the Latino Native American Cultural Center</a></h2> </header> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a class="post-thumbnail-inner alignwide" href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2024/10/22/voices-from-the-stacks-los-bailadores-zapatistas-and-the-latino-native-american-cultural-center/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <img width="725" height="1049" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1.jpg 725w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1-207x300.jpg 207w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1-708x1024.jpg 708w" sizes="(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is written by Olson Graduate Research Assistant Anne Moore.</em></p> <p>Last week, the Latino-Native American Alumni Alliance (LANA3) gathered on campus to celebrate more than 50 years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC) at the University of Iowa.</p> <p>In 1971, three students—Rusty Barceló, Ruth Pushetonequa, and Tony Zavala—founded the the Chicano Indian American Cultural Center, later renamed the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC). In it’s five-decade history LNACC has hosted events like cookouts, powwows, and dances; published literary magazines and newsletters; held rallies, boycotts, and protests; and sponsored a variety of other educational and social programs.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="512" height="1024" data-id="7889" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-512x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7889" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-512x1024.jpg 512w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-150x300.jpg 150w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-scaled.jpg 600w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9325-crop-768x1536.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9319-crop-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="499" height="1024" data-id="7890" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9319-crop-499x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7890" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9319-crop-499x1024.jpg 499w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9319-crop-146x300.jpg 146w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9319-crop-scaled.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9313-crop-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="541" height="1024" data-id="7888" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9313-crop-541x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7888" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9313-crop-541x1024.jpg 541w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9313-crop-159x300.jpg 159w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/IMG_9313-crop-scaled.jpg 634w" sizes="(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px" /></a></figure> </figure> <p>The Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives recently acquired new materials from LNACC, including four beautiful dresses handmade by students in Los Bailadores Zapatistas, a baile folklórico troupe on campus. Baile folklórico encompasses many different types of traditional folk dance stemming from various regions of Mexico and cultural traditions, often with Indigenous and Spanish influences.</p> <p>Los Bailadores Zapatista’s was formed at University of Iowa in the mid-1970s and aimed to “increase the education level and understanding of mestizo dancing and music, and to share our mestizo culture with the university and community population.” Los Bailadores performed on campus and throughout Iowa and the Midwest, often accompanied by the singing group El Conjunto Chicano. They visited other campuses and performed at community events and festivals. In 1978 they attended the National Ballet Folklórico festival in Kansas, and six students traveled to Mexico that summer to learn traditional dances.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_5.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="921" height="664" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_5.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7891" style="width:781px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_5.jpg 921w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_5-300x216.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_5-768x554.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px" /></a></figure> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="681" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4-1024x681.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7892" style="width:662px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4-768x511.jpg 768w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_4.jpg 1045w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Celina Espinoza, the groups instructor, taught the other members how to sew costumes, which are representative of traditional dance attire worn in different regions of Mexico. The group performed dances from the states of Jalisco and Veracruz, as well as from northern regions of Mexico and what is now the Southwestern United States.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="708" height="1024" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1-708x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7893" style="width:366px;height:auto" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1-708x1024.jpg 708w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1-207x300.jpg 207w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LosBailadores_1.jpg 725w" sizes="(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Los Bailadores Zapatistas was just one of several groups affiliated with LNACC that brought Chicano art, music, and culture to audiences on the University of Iowa campus and beyond. To learn more about Los Bailadores and the Latino Native American Cultural Center, visit us in person or <a href="https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/" data-type="link" data-id="https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/">online at the Iowa Digital Library,</a> and check out our<a href="https://www.tumblr.com/uispeccoll/696127085501186048/voicesfromthestacks?source=share" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.tumblr.com/uispeccoll/696127085501186048/voicesfromthestacks?source=share"> past blog posts on LNACC</a>. You can also find the <a href="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/938" data-type="link" data-id="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/938">full finding aid to this collection </a>online. </p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LNACC-0001-crop.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="962" height="764" data-id="7896" src="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LNACC-0001-crop.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7896" srcset="https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LNACC-0001-crop.jpg 962w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LNACC-0001-crop-300x238.jpg 300w, https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/files/2024/10/LNACC-0001-crop-768x610.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px" /></a></figure> <figure 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