Scrapbook compiled by Hilary Todd, a student at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (197 photographic prints, many identified with ink inscriptions, circa...
Happy children posing in historical vignettes from themed birthday parties, ca. 1910-1915, likely in New Jersey. From a “baby book” recording events in the...
At least that’s what Jean Dubuffet wanted us to know with his exhibition in 1947. This poster enters the Beinecke collection along with another wonderful...
A letter from Mark Twain to Walt Whitman on his 70th birthday, May 31, 1889 ( YCAL MSS 202 ). This letter is featured on a new occasional series of podcasts...
Studio Party, or Soiree, by Florine Stettheimer, (Oil on canvas, 32 x 33.5 inches) The figures in this painting of a gathering at American artist Florine...
Sample pages from an 1848 book for children intended to teach physical and political geography by way of rhymes set to popular tunes - jingoism notwithstanding...
A House of Dust , a poetry project created by Alison Knowles and James Tenney in 1967, an early example of a computer generated poem, creating stanzas by...
