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Published as number 15 in P.WashU.I;
Scope note: The exact nature of this fragment is impossible to determine because of the gap near ln 8, but it appears to be a contract of sale;
1 papyrus fragment 12.3 x 14;
12 lines of text;
Imaging and…

UnlikeSounder, Cooley Highdepicts black adolescence as urban and untamed, addressing a group of African American high school students living near the north side of Chicago in a predominately African American neighborhood. The material displays a…

From this promotional material, the viewer receives a preview of the different types of relationships the film will elaborate upon, none of which include family. The viewer sees Cochise in a letterman’s jacket, with young women that he appears…

The images in this final piece of promotional material show boys attempting to be men in the only way they know how, by acquiring women and staying loyal to people outside of the home. Unlike in Sounder, the characters in Cooley High perform…

Copy-edited typescript of Mrs. Ted Bliss by Stanley Elkin, circa 1995.

For voice and piano.

Pl. no.: I. 5230 A. -- Ildefonso Alier

An illumination of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary from the Terry Hours (ca. 1420). Special Collections has a small collection of illuminated manuscripts including ten Books of Hours from the 15th century, two Psalters, and a Missal. On permanent…