Root Beer
Nothing goes together with summertime like root beer. And given this summer, the colder the better. The Nourished Kitchen blog published a recipe for homemade root beer, and in describing the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Juan Gris
With a few items from the Iowa Digital Library, we celebrate Juan Gris 125th birthday, known for his cubist style and working alongside Picasso (a fellow countryman) and Braque whose cubist work was...
View ArticleMauricio Lasansky, 1914-2012
Mauricio Lasansky, the innovative printmaker and founder of the printmaking workshop at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, died last week at the age of 97. Lasansky studied and...
View ArticleArbor Day, 2012
Today is Arbor Day, the last Friday of April. Take a stroll through the Iowa Digital Library. Two Trees = Five Doors by Naomi Kark Schedl (2002) | University of Iowa Daily Palette Collection Old...
View ArticleBon Voyage, Christine!
We in Digital Research & Publishing sadly bid fond farewell to Christine Tade. Christine’s involvement in DRP extends back almost to the beginning of the department, to a 2006 professional...
View ArticleRemembering the Gettysburg Address
Today is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The Iowa Digital Library includes over 1000 items digitized from the archives of Lincolniana collector James Wills Bollinger....
View ArticleA Monument Man at SUI
Two collections in the Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Alumni Publications and University of Iowa Yearbooks include over 40,000 pages of campus history. Locating a specific name or event...
View ArticleSpring musings
Today is the vernal equinox – the first day of spring. 72 years ago, Nile Kinnick reflected on its meaning from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. His words about the trajectory of the...
View ArticleDRP welcomes Rob Shepard!
Digital Research & Publishing is pleased to announce that Rob Shepard has accepted our offer to be the new Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Librarian for the UI Libraries. Rob comes to us from...
View ArticleIDL highlights for Black History Month
The Iowa Digital Library is fortunate to host the college scrapbooks of three University of Iowa students from the 1920s and 1930s, which provide views of the African-American community during their...
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