Collages, sculptures, artists' books, and textiles from a public art project using cards from The University of Iowa Libraries' retired card catalog.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Preservation Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
More than 11,000 cartoons (ca. 1900-1962) by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and conservationist. The collection also includes several audio clips from Darling's dictation recordings.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Paintings, drawings, and personal papers documenting the life and career of the artist, an Iowa native and UI alumna.
Integrated access to 17,000 art images from The University of Iowa Museum of Art, the School of Art and Art History Graduate Archive, and the Daily Palette digital collections.
Contributing Institution:
University of Iowa Museum of Art
School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
Scholarly and creative work at The University of Iowa, featuring faculty journal articles, student theses and dissertations, peer-reviewed journals, and UI Press e-books.
Nearly 1,600 letters written to, by, or about Hunt, a British Romantic writer; correspondents include Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth and Robert Browning, and many others.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Several hundred digitized artifacts by or about University of Iowa alumna Mildred Wirt Benson: journalist, pilot, amateur archaeologist, ghostwriter, and the original author of the best-selling Nancy Drew mystery series.
Thousands of artworks, including paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, by artists attending the UI's graduate studio programs.
Contributing Institution:
School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
Hundreds of entries from The Daily Palette, a UI web project showcasing Iowa artists working in the fine arts, literature, video, and the performing arts.
Contributing Institution:
School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
Thousands of publicity brochures, promotional advertisements, talent circulars, and musical recordings for performers and lecturers who were part of the Chautauqua circuit, bringing culture to small-town America.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Rita Benton Music Library, University of Iowa Libraries
Programs, ca. 1939-1969, for annual summer art festivals promoting art and culture in eastern Iowa. Included are images and descriptions of many artworks added to the collection of the University of Iowa Art Museum.
Contributing Institution:
Art Library, University of Iowa Libraries
Thousands of digitized artifacts from the permanent collections of the UIMA, including masterworks of European and American Art of the last century and a world renowned collection of traditional African Art.
Digital versions of 50+ books -- including biographies, reference works, and Iowa Short Fiction Award winners -- originally published by the Press.
Hundreds of audio and video recordings of readings, interviews, and conference panels held in Iowa City and featuring best-selling and award-winning writers and poets from around the world.
