Last week, we learned about the dangers posed to an underground metal miner. This week, we’ll focus on the process of mineral extraction, which is what mining is all about! Extracting raw materials from the Earth supports much of our economic and social infrastructure (smartphones, for example, are made of...
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Aviation or Photography?
![Clyde Pangborn and Nick Mamer (pilots) [2]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/pg13-900_th.jpg)
It turns out that August 19th is National Aviation Day, but also National Photography Day. Rather than celebrate these individually, we thought we would combine the two and celebrate National Aviation Photography Day. How do you do this, you may ask? Aerial Photographs!!!
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Orchestrating Orchids
![Book of Plates of the Genus Orchis [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/bookofplatesofthegenusorchis_1_th.jpg)
These captivating Flowery Friday orchids are from Erich Nelson, Book of Plates of the Genus Orchis. Erich Nelson was a German artist, designer, and botanist. His illustrations have a insurmountable amount of detail which contributed greatly to the understanding of orchids. Throughout his life he completed several volumes of illustrations.1...
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Sisterhood
![Sorority rush [3]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/pg101-1056_th.jpg)
Sorority rush [3]
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Potato Commentary
Today is #PotatoPoTuesday and we have the back of a potato postcard from the 1980s: “The Idaho Potato is featured on the menus of the swankiest supper clubs of the land, yet it is the favored and most thrifty food of the modest. Idaho now devotes 242,500 acres to produce...
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Welcome to Mining Monday!
![Mine rescue crew [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/83_48_6_th.jpg)
We’re starting a new series featuring one of our strongest collecting areas: mining in north Idaho. North Idaho mines began operation in the late 1800s and were shut down and abandoned around the mid-20th century and were primarily underground metal mines that extracted mineral ore such as lead, zinc, silver,...
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A Book's Nature
![A Book's Nature exhibit [4]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/booksnature_1_th.jpg)
Books that roll, books that scroll, books that stretch! Painted, printed, cut, and more! Books both small and tall!
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It's Not That Easy
![A Book's Nature exhibit [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/186893397930_1_th.jpg)
Next week we have a new exhibit opening. So, this week we have been staging the exhibit, prepping the cases, cleaning the cases, and hanging part of the exhibit. It’s a lot of work, but is starting to come together. This afternoon we begin install, followed closely by a nap....
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Fascinating Flowers
Sometimes we get reference requests. Sometimes we can’t find what someone is looking for. Sometimes we discover incredible flowers we didn’t know could exist. Happy Flowery Friday
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Safety First!
Cat on dock
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