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Love in the Stacks view detail comment email this

This blog entry introduces a collection of images of greeting cards and other items "chiefly drawn from the [University of Iowa] Libraries' research collections and selected to put you in the mood for Valentine's Day." Includes a link to the collection of cards, poetry, news clippings, and cartoons. From Jen Wolfe, librarian at the University of Iowa Libraries.
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/dls/2007/01/29/love-in-the-stacks/
Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually

Last updated Jun 29, 2009


The Atlas of Early Printing view detail comment email this

"This site depicts the spread of printing through Europe in the fifty years following the European refinement of the tools and process to make impressions from movable type cast in metal." View a map of Europe by year (1450-1500) to see locations of the spread of printing, universities, paper mills, fairs, and trade routes. Also includes material about 15th-century printing and an animated model of a printing press. From the University of Iowa Libraries.
http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/
Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts

Last updated Apr 9, 2009


African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection view detail comment email this

This digital collection of 200 "photographs, news clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, directories, and newsletters documents the experience of African American women in Iowa during the twentieth century. The collection, ca. 1924-1970, is an outgrowth of The African-American Women in Iowa Project, a collaboration between the Iowa Women's Archives and the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa." From the University of Iowa Libraries.
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_aawiowa.php?CISOROOT=/aawiowa
Topics: Black Resources

Last updated Feb 10, 2009





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