Hours
The Room is available Monday-Thursday, 8:30-5:00 (U.S. central) and Friday by appointment. To guarantee the room is available, please contact Damien Ihrig at damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu.
Classes
The Rare Book Room is available for virtual instruction and in-person classes.
Please contact Damien Ihrig at damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu to arrange the details of your class.
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- Anatomist Gabriel Fallopius | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | January 2023 Book of the Month
by Damien Ihrig, curator FALLOPIUS, GABRIEL (1523-1562). Libelli duo, alter de ulceribus: alter de tumoribus praeter naturam [Two pamphlets, one on ulcers: the other on unnatural tumors]. Printed in Venice by Donato Bertelli, 1563. […]
- Happy New Year from Hardin Library | Free Annual Calendar
Hardin Library staff wish you a Happy New Year. Please enjoy a printable annual calendar designed by Helen Spielbauer. If you would like a printed copy of the calendar, you can pick one up at the Hardin Library! If you are on campus […]
- All Library Locations closed Thurs Dec 22 | Fri Dec 23 due to winter storm
The National Weather Service is forecasting severe weather beginning Wednesday evening and extending through Saturday morning, with the greatest threat for dangerous wind chills on Thursday and Friday. To minimize nonessential travel, all […]
- Popular Pharmacy Handbook of Medieval Europe | November Book of the Month from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Damien Ihrig, Curator, John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library MESUË THE YOUNGER (fl. ca. 1200?). Canones universales. First Giunta edition. Printed in Venice by Luca-Antonio Giunta, 1527. 388 leaves. 32 cm tall. Mesue’s […]
- Thanksgiving Break Hours @Hardin Library
Hardin Library will have shorter hours during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday. The 24-hour study will be available to UIHC and University of Iowa affiliates whenever the library is closed. Friday, November 18 7:30am-6pm regular […]
- Jonathan Reeder | Researcher in Ancient Mental Health | History of Medicine | Video Available
Jonathan Reeder is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Iowa. He teaches courses in ancient medicine and a variety of others concerning the ancient world. His research centers on the […]
- Meet Carlisle Isley: Practicum Student in the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
Carlisle Isley, BFA, is an artist, papermaker, bookmaker and world traveler. She grew up in a multicultural world in seven different countries — a neither/nor world that cannot be stereotyped as a typically “white American […]
- 1843 American Cleft Palate Surgery Book | Thomas Dent Mütter | from The John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Damien Ihrig, MA, Curator John Martin Rare Book Room MÜTTER, Thomas Dent (1811–1859). A report on the operations for fissures of the palatine vault. Printed in Philadelphia by Merrihew & Thompson, 1843. 28 pages. 23 cm tall. […]
- Antoine Louis, Surgeon Inventor of Guillotine | June 2022 Featured Works from The John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
LOUIS, ANTOINE (1723-1792). Dissertation sur la question–comment se fait la transmission des maladies héréditaires? [Dissertation on the question–how are hereditary diseases transmitted?] and Observation et remarques sur les […]
- John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library Open House 2022 Book List
Visit the John Martin Rare Book Room at Hardin Library for the annual open house, Wednesday, April 20, from 4pm-7pm. All are welcome/family friendly! Masks encouraged. This is an in-person event. The following books will be on display: […]
- Conservator’s Corner | Saving The Morgagni
By Beth Stone, MFA Collections Conservator, University of Iowa Libraries When volumes arrive in conservation, the first step is a quick assessment. Often this entails physical inspection of a cart of 30-80 items, ticking off from a […]