Join the University Libraries and graduate student Robyn Spears Thursday, April 4 at 4 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room as she presents “Arkansas Aprons: Women’s Diaries and Food in the 19th Century.”…Continue Reading Robyn Spears to Conclude Spring Graduate Student Speaker Series
Join us for an open house as we reveal the new issue of Arkansauce, a foodways publication, this Thursday from 4-6 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room. …Continue Reading Libraries Debut New Issue of Arkansauce at March 28 Open House
The University Libraries have finished processing the Beth Brickell Research Materials on Maud Crawford (MC 2317), which are now available for the public to view and use any time the Special Collections department is open. Brickell, a U of A alumna, donated her extensive research materials into the unsolved 1957 disappearance of Maud Crawford, an attorney from Camden, to the Special Collections department in 2018….Continue Reading Libraries Process Cold Case Collection; Donor to Give Book Talk Saturday
Folklorist Virginia Siegel has joined the University Libraries’ staff as the new Arkansas folk arts coordinator for the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts program. …Continue Reading Siegel Appointed Folk Arts Coordinator for University Libraries
The collection of jazz musician and composer John Stubblefield is now available to the public in the Special Collection department. The collection includes scores composed by Stubblefield, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and more. …Continue Reading John Stubblefield Papers Now Available in Special Collections
All U of A students, faculty and staff are welcome to join the Northwest Arkansas Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in the Fine Arts Library at the University of Arkansas from 1-3 p.m. March 8 for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art and feminism. …Continue Reading Fine Arts Library to Host Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon