Archive: March, 2013
March 22, 2013 by Maggie Kopp •
exhibit
The Lee Library’s newest exhibit features poet William Wordsworth and his impact on American nature writing and environmentalism. Visit the Level 3 Gallery to see rare editions of authors like Wordsworth, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the father of America’s national parks, John Muir — all from L. Tom Perry Special Collections. The exhibit is open …
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The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies was established in 1972 at Brigham Young University. It works to promote the study of the Intermountain West by sponsoring research, publication, teaching, and public programs. The Center receives operating funds and staff support from the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and the College of Humanities. …
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Here are some of the newest additions of critical works to the Rowe Collection of William Wordsworth. And check out the new LibGuide for the Rowe Collection at http://guides.lib.byu.edu/speccoll/wordsworth. Rowan Boyson, Wordsworth and the Enlightenment Idea of Pleasure. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Laura Dabundo, The Marriage of Faith: Christianity in Jane Austen and William …
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Edwin “Eddie” R. Kimball graduated from Brigham Young University in 1926 and would return to coach football beginning in 1936. He would become athletic director in 1937 and serve as both head basketball and football coach for several years. Kimball coached basketball from 1936 to 1941. In 1941 Kimball resigned as basketball coach to focus …
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections doesn’t actively acquire books on medicine, but the History of Science Collection does have several hundred books published before 1800 about medicine, surgery, and human anatomy. Many are in Latin, but you’ll find a good number of titles in English or other European languages.While the information in these books is …
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