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Launch of the Explorer I Satellite
Posted on January 25, 2022 | No CommentsLaunch of the Explorer I Satellite 1958 journal, entry describing launch of Explorer I satellite. George Ludwig Papers, University Archives. -
Anti-War Blood Petitions
Posted on January 25, 2022 | No CommentsAnti-War Blood Petitions Blood petition signed by student S. Cogswell, 1967. Antiwar Petitions Collection, University Archives. -
Final Four Bound!
Posted on January 25, 2022 | No CommentsFinal Four Bound! Center for Media Production Photographic Service Images Collection, University Archives. -
Iowa Memorial Union’s Soda Fountain
Posted on January 25, 2022 | No CommentsIowa Memorial Union’s Soda Fountain Robert Hughes, center, one of the “union boys” employees at the Iowa Memorial Union soda fountain, 1940s. Robert Hughes Papers, University Archives. -
A Unique Graduation in 1893
Posted on January 25, 2022 | No CommentsA Unique Graduation in 1893 Three graduates on the deck of the Emily E. Johnson, 1893. William Larrabee, Jr. Papers, University Archives. -
![The Grand Inquisitor This parable in The Brothers Karamazov serves as an overarching philosophical statement that bridges the works of Dostoevsky: human suffering is unavoidable and destructive, but without self-conscious realization of the nature and […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/wp-content/themes/uilibraries/images/thumbnail.png "The Grand Inquisitor")
The Grand Inquisitor
Posted on August 25, 2021 | No CommentsThe Grand Inquisitor This parable in The Brothers Karamazov serves as an overarching philosophical statement that bridges the works of Dostoevsky: human suffering is unavoidable and destructive, but without self-conscious realization of the nature and […] -
The Gambler
Posted on August 25, 2021 | No CommentsThe Gambler Even though Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) completed the opera adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The Gambler in 1917, the performances were scrapped due to the revolutionary events engulfing Russia that year. The first performance of the opera […] -
Notes from the Dead House
Posted on August 25, 2021 | No CommentsNotes from the Dead House Dostoevsky served his four-year sentence in a labor camp in the Siberian city of Omsk. Notes from the Dead House (sometimes translated as The House […] -
Russia: A Handbook for Travelers (facsimile of 1914 edition)
Posted on August 25, 2021 | No CommentsRussia: A Handbook for Travelers (facsimile of 1914 edition) This map shows the cities of Omsk, Semipalatinsk, and Tobolsk, which are associated with Dostoevsky’s years in Siberia. -
Voyage Pittoresque En Russie (1854)
Posted on August 25, 2021 | No CommentsVoyage Pittoresque En Russie (1854) Commissioned by the Russian Empress Catherine II, French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet’s equestrian statue of Peter I is one of the greatest symbols of Saint […]