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Rachel Leah Lindeman album, 1862-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
The Rachel Leah Lindeman album is a presentation album which was given to Lindeman on March 18, 1862, in honor of her birthday. The album, which contains thirty-four pages of photographs, poems, artwork (pencil sketches, ink drawings, cartoons, illuminations, watercolors, etc.), elaborate calligraphy, and pressed flowers dating from 1862 to 1877, is a fine example of a Victorian presentation album with colonial Indian influences.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Eleanor Peale Jacobs commonplace book, approximately 1820 to 1860 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This mid-nineteenth-century American commonplace book was created by Eleanor Peale Jacobs (1805-1877) of Philadelphia and New York, with contributions from various friends and members of the artistic Peale family, who copied extracts of poetry and prose throughout. The volume also contains calligraphic writing and several ink and watercolor illustrations.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Aurea dicta : illuminated manuscript, 1914 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This volume, entitled Aurea Dicta (Latin, “Golden Words”), is an illuminated manuscript containing a collection of hymns and poems with illustrations throughout. It was bound by Oldach Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1914.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Orationes Que Cantari Solent in Laudibus, 1827 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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This manuscript is a calligraphic devotional book containing Latin prayers and hymns corresponding to the Roman Catholic liturgical year. It was created by an unknown person in 1827, perhaps a Cistercian nun at the Doornzele Abbey near Ghent, Belgium.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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John A. Parke penmanship exercise book, 1845-1846 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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John A. (John Andrew) Parke, likely a student in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, kept this penmanship exercise book between 1845 and 1846. Parke used the book to practice his handwriting in German Text.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Three mornings : poem, 1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 oversize removal (1 page)
Abstract:
Holograph calligraphy manuscript of Philip Whalen's Three Mornings, which was published by Don Allen's Four Seasons Foundation. Inscribed by Whalen to Allen and with small printer's instructions in one corner.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Martha L. Carothers student artists' books collection, 1983-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
26.5 linear foot (33 boxes) and 13 oversize box
Abstract:
Martha L. Carothers is a book artist and professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware specializing in graphic design and book arts. The Martha L. Carothers student artists' books collection comprises over 500 artists' books created by students of Martha Carothers' ART 309 course at the University of Delaware from 1983 to 2016. The collection documents thirty-four years of student projects in the application of book-arts concepts and techniques.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Zephyrus Image records, 1960-2000 (inclusive) circa 1969-1983 (bulk)

Extent:
8.33 linear foot (9 boxes), 5 oversize box, 4 oversize galley proof, and 1 oversize folder
Abstract:
Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for and in collaboration with a host of literary and artistic figures, including Edward Dorn, Tom Raworth, William T. Wiley, Lucia Berlin, Stan Brakhage, and Robert Creeley.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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