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A catalog to commemorate the April 5, 1989 opening of an exhibition in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the University of Illinois, entitled Dandy & Fine, Accent to Ascent (1940 - ):Correspondence on the Occasions of Work…

Broadside advertising a "River Styx at Duff's" event, including a fiction reading by William Gass.

Program for two lectures by William H. Gass at Harvard University, as part of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values: "The Eye is the First Circle," and "The Fulfillment of Form," titled collectively, "Eye and Idea."

Program for a "Teach-In on 'The Concept of Freedom,'" at Purdue University, Indianapolis Campus. Includes a lecture by William H. Gass, "Free and Un-Free Freedom."

U.S.S. Pasadena wallet card souvenir issued to Ensign William H. Gass, U.S.N.R., showing he was present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 at the signing of surrender terms of the Allied Nations by the Japanese.

Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award from Purdue University for William Howard Gass for his signal and effective performance in the instruction of undergraduate students.

National Book Critics Circle Award for Finding a Form: Best Book of Criticism, 1996, and a list of NBCC award finalists in all categories.

Pushcart Prize award for "I Wish You Wouldn't," originally published inPartisan Review, No. 3, 1975, reprinted inThe Pushcart Prize, 1976: Best of the Small Presses, and revised for inclusion inCartesian Sonata.

William H. Gass's U.S. Navy Officers Hat, worn during his service in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

William Gass's Navy Reserve Officer dog tags, worn during his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.