Rare and Distinctive Collections

The CU Boulder Archives surveyed 1,847 collections in under a year, improving the efficiency with which archivists at CU can make collections visible and accessible to researchers. Behind the work was a simple, disciplined strategy—and the Libraries has four tips for applying the same approach to your own life to conquer your to-do list like an archivist.

One Seed has distributed over 7,200 red sunflower seed packets to the community and the history of how the flower was cultivated—and saved—is as serendipitous as its rediscovery in the archives.

Stop by Norlin Library’s East Entrance on April 14 to pick up your free red sunflower seed packets and learn about the flower’s unique history. Seeds will also be available for pick up at each of the campus libraries’ service desks.

Instructors from across campus have incorporated the Earth Sciences & Map Library’s art and map exhibit, Topophilia, into their coursework and faculty from all disciplines are invited to use it to support their teaching.

The University Libraries community gardening project One Seed has shared thousands of red sunflower seeds with members of the university community and beyond—a flower which stems from CU Boulder history.

Three undergraduate fellows in the University Libraries’ have curated exhibits using materials from Rare and Distinctive Collections.

CU’s American Music Research Center and University Libraries’ Rare and Distinctive Collections recently acquired materials from Otis Taylor, an internationally renowned and Boulder-based blues banjo player.

The fifth installment of the Embodied Judaism exhibit series, "Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity" explores the significance of food and agriculture for Jewish religious, cultural, national and political identities.

To Program for Writing and Rhetoric (WRTG) Teaching Associate Professor Rebecca Dickson, maps are an avenue for making a good argument. WRTG regularly partners with the Earth Sciences & Map Library to explore how maps can facilitate new ways of learning for first-year students.

The CU Digital Library lets you check out old issues of the campus student-run newspaper.