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While on a mission to the planet Gethen, earthling Genly Ai is sent by leaders of the nation of Orgoreyn to a concentration camp from which the exiled prime minister of the nation of Karhide tries to rescue him.
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Tale of perception and perspective, told from the point of view of an oak tree which must adapt to its changing surroundings.
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This letter, written in French by Le Couteulx in Buffalo, New York, to a friend in France, describes in detail the Franklin shipwreck off New York and how the author and his family were saved. The letter also provides specific information about the Know Nothing Party, a political movement of the time characterized by anti-immigration, mostly anti-Catholic, sentiment. More specifically Le Couteulx talks about a Catholic church being burned to the ground and attempts to "burn other churches." He also talks about Catholic clergy being fined as a result of their actions.
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Visual Materials
Four newspaper clippings of quotations from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The first clipping (Env. 09) includes a reproduction of a photograph, aerial view, of the Lincoln and Washington Monuments, with quotations from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln printed below the image. The next two clippings (Env. 10 and Env. 11) were cut from the February 12, [date cut off] issue of the Washington Post. They are reproductions of poems about Abraham Lincoln; the first is titled "Poems for your scrapbook. Lincoln. By George Henry Boker." from 'In Praise of Lincoln', published by J.B. Lippincott Co."; the other is titled : "Lincoln (On visiting the Memorial at Washington) by Henry Gillen." The fourth clipping is a 9-line quotation from Abraham Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg." The source of this clipping is unidentified.
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Two copies of a speech Otis Chandler gave at the Service Awards on January 10, 1973. The top part of the first page of one of the copies is cut off. Other items in this folder include three pages of hand written notes; a memo from Fred Cheuvront to Robert L. Flannes regarding Times Executives Anniversary dates; a copy of an articled entitled Freedom of the Press: Who Cares?; and two copies of a five page memo outlining the ceremony from Fred Cheavront to Robert L. Flannes.
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"The artist Margaret Kaufman describes 'Aunt Sallie's lament' as 'a poem that is the autobiography of a spinster quilter stitched with mutterings that accumulate as the cut pages are turned becoming a diamond quilt shape'. The poem tells the story of a southern American quilter reminiscing about a love lost but not forgotten. Each stanza of the poem is accompanied by a muttering, one or two words printed at the edge of the page, which remain in view as each subsequent page is turned. The variously shaped leaves are made up of a complex series of cut out pastel paper shapes that mimick the patterns of a quilt."--from Artstor.org.
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