Archive: October, 2016
October 31, 2016 by Cory Nimer
Graduating as president of the Normal Class of 1891, Richard R. Lyman described “an incalculable debt of gratitude” he felt to Brigham Young Academy for the care and teaching he and his classmates received. Over the course of his public life, Lyman worked to advance the cause of education in Utah, and contributed to the …
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As we celebrate Halloween, let us remember the events that occurred near this holiday 178 years ago. On October 30, 1838, 18 men and boys were murdered at Haun’s Mill on the western Missouri frontier. Of the 18 victims, 17 were Mormons – mercilessly shot and killed by a group of 240 Missouri militiamen. The Haun’s Mill …
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections has acquired extensive collections of Romantic-era authors Robert Burns and William Wordsworth, but there are many other examples of Romantic literature to be found in our vaults. Special Collections Fall 2016 intern Rachel Rackham has put together a guide listing our earliest editions of major Romantic poets like Byron, Coleridge, …
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: George Halliday papers (MSS 139). Materials include a handwritten diary that was kept from 1845 to 1854, part of which was written in Pitman shorthand. The diary also includes a brief autobiographical sketch of Halliday from his birth up …
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One of the premier collections in our Renaissance printing collection is a collection of imprints by Parisian printer Simon de Colines. The library is constantly adding to the collection in order to get a complete record of Colines’ output as a printer. Here are images from our most recent acquisitions:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Mormon Battalion poem (MSS SC 2224). This is a handwritten poem commemorating the activities of the Mormon Battalion in service of the United States during the war with Mexico (1845-1848). The item was written in ink. “By John Hancock who …
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The library’s current Comics & Mormons exhibit features original artwork and published comics and graphic novels from Special Collections’ America Collection. You may be surprised to learn that graphic novels, comic books, and even anime are hiding in other collections as well! Back in 2010, this blog featured some graphic novel treatments of Herman Meville’s …
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October 10, 2016 by Maggie Kopp •
exhibit
With a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio in Salt Lake City this month, L. Tom Perry Special Collections is celebrating with our colleagues at the Salt Lake City Public Library by creating a small exhibit on the history of Shakespeare performance in 19th century Utah. “For So Work the Honey Bees”: Shakespeare in Territorial Utah …
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October 7, 2016 by Ryan K. Lee •
Archibald Gardner,
bishop,
business,
Canada,
engineer,
mills,
Star Valley,
Utah,
West Jordan,
Wyoming
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Archibald Gardner autobiography (MSS 537). Includes a handwritten autobiography of Gardner, detailing his birth and life in Scotland, immigration to Canada, marriage, and joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The autobiography is written at the back …
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