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The Candor Arts records document the short-lived operation of Candor Arts Press, a small publishing company for artist books based in Chicago, between 2014 and 2021. Included are administrative and operational records, correspondence, publications, collaborative and commissioned works, and projects by Candor Arts co-founder, Matt Austin. See [u]Administrative/Biographical History[/u] for more ...

Rufus Washburn was born in Shelburn Falls, Massachusetts, in 1840. He was a bugler in an army band during most of the Civil War. He initially was part of the Fifth Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteers, later in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps. His letters home to ...

Short letters of acknowledgment or introduction from federal, state, and Chicago officials, for George R. Carr, chairman of the board of Dearborn Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill [no. 1. Francis W. Taylor, 1912 Jan. 9, Washington, D.C., to George R. Carr, Chicago, Ill. -- no. 2. Dwight H. Green, 1941 Jan. 25, ...

The Robert Carringer Collection contains television scripts, photos, and press kits that document aspects of the career of Robert Carringer (1942-2023), film scholar and professor of english and cinema studies at the University of Illinois. The collection contains three accessions: 1.) a collection of television scripts for which Carringer acted ...

Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani (1843-1913) was a public official, book collector, and recognized authority on the history of the Lombardy and Piedmont regions in northern Italy. His library contained tens of thousands of books on history, genealogy, biography, and law, including city statutes and organizational bylaws. The manuscripts in the collection ...

Cavagna was an Italian public official and a recognized authority on the local history of Lombardy and Piedmont. His library contained a great many books on genealogy, biography, and local history, including materials on municipal governments. The manuscripts especially reflect the study of local history; most relate to Italian cities ...

Two VHS containing video clips about Romanian Communist politician, Nicolae Ceausescu. 1) Tape 1 - Conventia Democractica din Romania "Sa nu uitam!" Color, sound. In Romanian language. History of Nicolae Ceausescu , and Communist rule in Romania. Also Domnul Ion Iliescu brief clip of this. 5 min, 12 sec. Next Clip: The ...

This collection consists of approximately 175 manuscript items collected by John Chester, a member of the University of Illinois Class of 1891, who gave portions of his collection to the University Library over a twenty year period. The manuscripts comprise autographs, letters, news clippings, and portraits, including over 100 items ...

A collection of 19th century sheet music printed in Chicago, Illinois before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

A collection of 19th century sheet music printed in Chicago, Illinois before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

A.L.S sent to H. G. Wells by Chunder. Dated June 18, 1945.

Some 3000 letters and documents, chiefly addressed to Clayton, the English merchant, politician, and Lord Mayor of London in 1679-80. In addition to correspondence, the collection contains receipts, bills, bonds, promissory notes, petitions, wills, affidavits, indentures, and related papers. Includes two rent receipts of Matthew Wren, Bishop of Ely; one ...

A collection of 10 letters and 2 documents from Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford, and Andrew Newport, addressed to Sir Robert Clayton and Alderman John Morris. 1. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 7 February 1671. 2. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 3 March 1671. 3. Francis Newport to John Morris, 2[?] February 1673. 4. ...

A collection of 10 letters and 2 documents from Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford, and Andrew Newport, addressed to Sir Robert Clayton and Alderman John Morris. 1. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 7 February 1671. 2. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 3 March 1671. 3. Francis Newport to John Morris, 2[?] February 1673. 4. ...

William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English politician and agriculturist. This collection contains a letter to Ralph Benson, approving his political views and announcing publication of his letters in [i]Cobbett's Weekly[/i] political register; two letters to Dr. George Mitford, father of Mary Russell Mitford, from whom Cobbett had purchased a dog; ...

Papers of William Cobbett, English radical reformer, politician, and editor of Weekly Political Register, including letters and documents relating to British politics, William Pitt, Charles Fox, the Napoleonic Wars, the Irish question, Corn Laws, Lord Castlereagh, parliamentary reform, America, War of 1812, education, criticism of English judges, courts-martial, Cobbett's publications ...

Archival materials that accompanied the [url=http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Codrescu+collection%22&type=all&start_over=1&submit=Find&search=new]Codrescu Collection[/url].

Papers of Louise Colet, French novelist, poet and author of Lui and La Jeunesse de Goethe, including 47 letters, most of which are written to Jules Champfleury. Subjects include her rivalry with George Sand, discussions of her works, Sunday literary gathers at her salon, literary criticism, nature, schools, religion, Giuseppi ...

The Combat Paper Project utilizes art making workshops to assist veterans in reconciling and sharing their personal experiences while broadening the traditional narrative surrounding service and military culture. Veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beaten into a pulp ...

This collection contains around 300 letters to and from Diego Jose Carrillo de Albornoz y Bravo de Lagunas, conde de Montemar, and members of his immediate family, dated 1761-1799. A few letters are addressed to other recipients, including Francisco Manrique de Lara, the conde de Montemar's brother-in-law, and Pedro Carrillo ...

Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Coppard and Elizabeth Rodgers (Mrs. Robert A. Rodgers). Also includes a newspaper clipping, some correspondence between Alfred's wife Winifred and Elizabeth Rodgers, and some correspondence between Elizabeth Rodgers and University of Illinois acquisition librarian Helen Welch.

Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Coppard and Elizabeth Rodgers (Mrs. Robert A. Rodgers). Also includes a newspaper clipping, some correspondence between Alfred's wife Winifred and Elizabeth Rodgers, and some correspondence between Elizabeth Rodgers and University of Illinois acquisition librarian Helen Welch.

This collection consists of 13 personal letters written by French writer René Crevel (1900-1935) to Belgian writer Franz Hellens (1881-1972) between 1923 and 1925. See [u]Administrative/Biographical History[/u] for more information.