by Katarina Stiller | Jan 16, 2026 | Behind the Scenes, Collection Highlight, Rare Books
The Beach Conservation Lab recently treated a Qur’an manuscript (MS 046) in the Special Collections and University Archives. Before Treatment After Treatment The beginning of this manuscript has a double-page illumination with red and gold floral motifs, and it is...
by bisio | Aug 12, 2021 | Collection Highlight, Collections, Digital Collections, Finding Aids, Manuscripts
Post by Liliya Benz, Special Projects Processing Archivist Special Collections and University Archives is pleased to announce that access to previously unavailable material related to Oregon landscape architects Chester E. Corry, Barbara Fealy, Elizabeth Lord, and...
by Staff | Oct 14, 2020 | Collection Highlight
University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) recently acquired a rare photograph of Chief Eagle That Scares of the Lower Yanktonai, photographed by David C. Herrin of Portland, Oregon (1899-1901 residency). In the dialect of the Lower...
by Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | Collection Highlight, Rare Books
Cornelius Gemma (28 February 1535 to 12 October 1578) published several critically seminal works concerning topics of medicine, astronomy, astrology, and astrologic medicine. Born in Leuven, Belgium, Gemma’s early roots were in the study of art, however his interests...
by Staff | Aug 24, 2020 | Collection Highlight, Rare Books
Emblem books are the result of a marrying between humanist philosophy, art, and the introduction of the printing press in Italy in the 15th century. An emblem can consist of a vignette, a proverb or title, an epigram, and accompanying illustrations. The subject of...
by Staff | Aug 24, 2020 | Collection Highlight, New Collections
The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan set into course a cascading release of executive orders and exclusion orders that effectively functioned to segregate and intern Japanese Americans, citizen or noncitizen, in internment camps. Such actions were...
