by | Aug 23, 2018 | Rare Books
Special Collections is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (Great Art of Light and Shadow), one of the key scientific works, and possibly the rarest, by the German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). This acquisition was made...
by Elizabeth | Aug 8, 2018 | Collections, Moving Images, University History
In the fall of 1977, John Landis and his Universal Pictures production crew came to Eugene, Oregon, to begin filming their college comedy Animal House on the campus of the University of Oregon. They recruited dozens of UO students as extras, and used many well-known...
by Alexa Goff | Aug 3, 2018 | Collections, Finding Aids, Manuscripts
Special Collections and University Archives is pleased to announce a newly updated finding aid published for the George Alan Connor Esperanto collection (Bx 178). The finding aid is available on Archives West. The George Alan Connor Esperanto collection was compiled...