A new digital exhibit, “Utah SOUL: A History of Black Students at the University of Utah,” highlights Black University students from the years 1930 to 1975, with Zelmar R Lawrence being the first.
The exhibit details stories of individual students, such as Zelmar Lawrence and Grover Thompson, student organizations, and a growing roster of Black students during that time period.
This collaboration was made possible by Elaine Thornton, EdD, MSLS, MA, Assistant Director for the History of Health Sciences at EHSL; Carmin Smoot, MA, MLIS, Program Manager, Digital Publishing at EHSL; Anna Neatrour, MLIS, Head of Digital Library Services at J. Willard Marriott Library; Camri Kohler, MLIS, Digital Initiatives Librarian at J. Willard Marriott Library; and Rachel Whittmann, MLIS, Metadata Strategies Librarian at J. Willard Marriott Library.
