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Fostering news ways to publish, promote and preserve the historic and...
The University of Iowa Libraries launched an experiment this morning by publishing online the first in a series of letters written by Civil War solder Joseph F. Culver to his wife Mary. The idea,...
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Nile Kinnick Collection now online
Each fall tens of thousands of people cheer their beloved Iowa Hawkeyes in the football stadium that bears the name of Iowa’s only Heisman trophy winner: Nile Kinnick Jr. Standing only 5’8” tall,...
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UI Libraries launches new crowdsourcing site with manuscript cookbooks and more
Calves head hash, dandelion wine, election cake, and West Indies-dressed turtle are just a few of the recipes from the University of Iowa Libraries’ new Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks...
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A soldier’s last Thanksgiving
Nile Kinnick, 1942 An avid letter writer who was very close to his family, Nile Kinnick left a detailed record of the eventful period in his life when he left home to attend the University of Iowa,...
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IDL wishes you HH
Grant Wood’s Christmas card, 1924 | Figge Art Museum Grant Wood Digital Collection Happy holidays from the Iowa Digital Library! Christmas at the UI Children’s Hospital, 1921 | Iowa City Town and...
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A good beginning
Perhaps your New Year’s resolutions include a self-documentation project, like more frequent updates on Facebook, Twitter, or even a good old-fashioned diary? For inspiration, we present Iowa Byington...
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DIY History: 30,000th submission, new collections for UI Libraries’...
30,000th transcribed page: “Remedy for a woman with child taken harm by fall or fright or any mischance,” Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704 Thanks to the public’s voracious appetite for historic...
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“It means a lot to me to see this picture”: connecting with historic...
Slezak-Hubbard house, Iowa City, ca. 1920 | Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes on Flickr Along with transcribing handwritten diaries and letters, users at our DIY History crowdsourcing site can comment,...
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Transcribing Iowa women’s lives: the diary of a teenage girl in 1876
“Boys are not allowed” – Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877 | Iowa Women’s Archives selections Now awaiting transcription at our DIY History crowdsourcing site is the late-19th century diary of Belle...
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First do no harm: historic UI medical photos now online
Medical practice announcement, Victor, Iowa, 1864 | UI College of Medicine Historical Photographs New at Iowa Digital Library: University of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs...
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Springtime in Iowa
Remembering Iowa City’s tornado of 2006 and floods of 2008, via Iowa Digital Library. Here’s hoping for a less extreme 2013… Alpha Chi Omega house, University of Iowa, April 2006 | University...
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Reading & greeting
Reach out to your book-loving friends by sharing a reading-themed eCard, featuring images from Iowa Digital Library. Summer reading: send an eCard from Iowa Digital Library
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Move over, fried twinkies: Iowa State Fair historic recipe contest
To make almond cheese cakes, Ann Kenwrick cookbook, 1770 | Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts This August, traditional Fair fare such as deep-fried Twinkies, Snickers, and sticks of butter will be making...
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Crowdsourcing continues!
Pioneer Lives transcription collection-in-progress Special Collections staff survey World War II letters and diaries A letter for transcription about transcription! Things might seem a little quiet at...
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Great mustaches of the Iowa Digital Library
The libraries and archives that feature historic mustache images — from NYPL to the Smithsonian to our own Special Collections — are kicking into high gear in honor of Movember, so we thought we’d join...
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Historic photos: JFK at the UI, 1959
As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death, we’re celebrating the 54th anniversary of his 1959 visit to the University of Iowa campus. Not yet an official presidential...
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Exploring pioneer lives: UI Libraries and Rhetoric students partner on new...
This November, as Thanksgiving brings thoughts of pilgrims, the University of Iowa Libraries is exploring a later period of American history with a new digital collection, crowdsourcing initiative,...
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Wishing you an animated holiday
Animated gif featuring Helen Grundman 4-H scrapbook, 1928-1932 | Iowa Women’s Archives Animated gif featuring LULAC Christmas party photo, Davenport, Iowa, early 1960s | Iowa Women’s Archives Animated...
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Upstairs and downstairs in historic cookbooks
Anne Bayne cookbook, circa 1700 | Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks While “Downton Abbey” fans tune in to season 4 in record numbers and our Special Collections department celebrates with an...
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New milestone for DIY History: 40,000 pages transcribed!
We’re thrilled to announce the latest milestone for DIY History, the Libraries’ transcription crowdsourcing project: 40,000 pages transcribed! To mark the occasion, we’re featuring our most prolific...
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