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Mantel pieces : Royal bodies and other writing from the London review of books
Rare Books
A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, Her famous lecture, 'Royal Bodies', which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. Interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive.
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Dam
Rare Books
"Toshio Shibata is well known for his large-format landscape photographs, particularly those made in Japan. Shibata's photographs of mountainsides overlaid by concrete 'netting' and other engineering devices to prevent erosion. Our first book on this work, 'Landscape', was published to wide critical acclaim, and the first printing sold out upon publication. The artist's follow-up book, 'Dam', is perhaps more beautiful yet"--Publisher's description.
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Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike, on battlefield of first day
Visual Materials
Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike. Bodies lie side by side in an open field.
photSt Taylor (2)
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PCT Governing Bodies
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Rogers and representatives of the various governing bodies overseeing the Pacific Crest Trail is arranged alphabetically by the name of the governing body: the (PCT) Advisory Council (created by the National Trails Act of 1968); California state departments of Water and Parks and Recreation; the Pacific Crest Trail System Conference; United States Department of Agriculture - United States Forest Service; United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and USDI's National Park Service.
Series 3
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4 [pi] R²
Rare Books
"Inspired by the complexities of the sphere and its profound significance in our universe, Camille Solyagua has developed a technique of projecting light through a combination of liquids onto photographic paper, producing images of distant worlds that exist for only a matter of seconds. These elegant photograms play with our perceptions of light and dark, liquid and solid, time, distance, and scale. They suggest the invisible by focusing on the visible, thereby constructing an enigmatic bridge between the micro and macrocosmic world. Her small-scale liquid concoctions help us to reflect on the mystery of the cosmos and the delicate balance in which our world exists"--Publisher's description.
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Education
Manuscripts
Folders 171-175 contain letters, brochures, certificates, etc. related to Kruse's activities as both a teacher of art as well as a student of art. They range from a letter dated 1909 from the Educational Alliance praising Kruse as an instructor to class brochures and lecture calendars of Kruse's later years as an artist and teacher.
mssKruse papers