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these are the men i look up to. what have i done to end up here?

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Happy birthday Robert Morse.

Robert Morse played the lead role in the very Mad Men like musical from the 1960s, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” which ultimately came out as a movie in 1967. 

Season 5 of Mad Men took place in 1967, and a special feature/promo that came out in 2011 before the 5th season aired (the season that takes place in 1966/1967) was titled, “How to Succeed in Business Draper Style.”

The comparison and tie-in to “How to Succeed” is particularly fun because Robert Morse also appeared as Bert Cooper in Mad Men.

I put these two photos together back in 2012, but realized I never shared them here. 

“Don’t forget - he’s now in advertising. That does something to a man’s brain.”

(Not Robert Morse, but to finish the comparison, here’s a bit of “A Secretary is Not a Toy.”)

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living with ADHD is being stuck in a Matrix of your own making, and forgetting you made it

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There was an interesting thread on Bluesky dissecting Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's relationship

TL:DR - It seems like Gaiman has been exaggerating the level of closeness between them for YEARS

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Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

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this is stomp dog it shows up to stomp away sadness

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#VoicesFromTheStacks

Los Bailadores Zapatistas and the Latino Native American Cultural Center

Last week, the Latino-Native American Alumni Alliance (LANA3) gathered on campus to celebrate more than 50 years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC) at the University of Iowa.

In 1971, three students—Rusty Barceló, Ruth Pushetonequa, and Tony Zavala—founded the the Chicano Indian American Cultural Center, later renamed the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC). In it’s five-decade history LNACC has hosted events like cookouts, powwows, and dances; published literary magazines and newsletters; held rallies, boycotts, and protests; and sponsored a variety of other educational and social programs.  

The Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives recently acquired new materials from LNACC, including these beautiful dresses handmade by students in Los Bailadores Zapatistas, a baile folklórico troupe on campus. Baile folklórico encompasses many different types of traditional folk dance stemming from various regions of Mexico and cultural traditions, often with Indigenous and Spanish influences.

Los Bailadores Zapatista’s was formed at University of Iowa in the mid-1970s and aimed to “increase the education level and understanding of mestizo dancing and music, and to share our mestizo culture with the university and community population.” Los Bailadores performed on campus and throughout Iowa and the Midwest, often accompanied by the singing group El Conjunto Chicano. They visited other campuses and performed at community events and festivals. In 1978 they attended the National Ballet Folklórico festival in Kansas, and six students traveled to Mexico that summer to learn traditional dances.

Celina Espinoza, the groups instructor, taught the other members how to sew costumes, which are representative of traditional dance attire worn in different regions of Mexico. The group performed dances from the states of Jalisco and Veracruz, as well as from northern regions of Mexico and what is now the Southwestern United States.

Los Bailadores Zapatistas was just one of several student organizations affiliated with LNACC that brought Chicano art, music, and culture to audiences on the University of Iowa campus and beyond. To learn more about Los Bailadores and the Latino Native American Cultural Center, visit us in person or online at the Iowa Digital Library, check out our past blog posts on LNACC, and see the full finding aid to this collection here.

--Anne M, Olson Graduate Research Assistant

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One of my all-time favorites. Sometimes I miss certain collection items so much it hurts.

#miniaturemondays

Take a look at this dainty edition of Dante’s La Divina Comedìa, or the Divine Comedy. This edition was printed in Venice in 1629 by Niccolò Misserini. It includes the original text of the poem, as well as a short biography of Dante Alighieri written by Lodovico Dolce. The narrative poem, originally written in Italian circa 1308-1321, is considered one of the greatest works of western literature.

Smith Miniatures Collection PQ4302 .C29 1629

--Anne M.

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Source details and larger version.

Just started a collection of vintage Pandora’s box imagery.

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