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[Generations]

Description: Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition winner "Generations," created by Teel Savage. The book is made from onion skin, flowers, and printed text that is adhered to handmade paper with wax coating. The “leaves” of book are circular in shape and bound with a single piece of twine that runs through the center of each leaf, creating a chain-like effect. It is housed in a circular hat box, decorated with handmade paper, flowers, and title, all adhered with wax coating. In the first … more
Date: 1999/2000
Creator: Savage, Teel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Thin Etched Line]

Description: Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition honorable mention "The Thin Etched Line" created by Teel Savage. The volume is composed of fragments of intaglio prints of various styles and subjects, on which a single red line was added across every image. It is bound in white paper-covered boards with a red line, sewn Coptic style. The first image shows the bound book opened up. The page on the left contains a drawing of a young woman seen at a top angle. Image 2, the bound book is open… more
Date: 1999/2000
Creator: Savage, Teel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Better to See You With]

Description: Photographs of the 2001-2002 artist's book competition winner "The Better to See You With" created by Herman Iselin. Wolf fur binding and embroidered red velvet end papers enclose pages with the story of Little Red Riding Hood embossed in Braille. The book was designed as a concept piece, which would allow a blind child to experience the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The cover of the book is a square shaped blob of grey fur. Image 2, top of closed book. The grey fur of the cover can be seen,… more
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Iselin, Herman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Space Between Us]

Description: Photographs of the 2003-2004 artist's book competition winner "A Space Between Us" created by Lisa Tristan Mellot (aka Elizabeth Mellott-Carreon). Each of the twelve volumes of A Space Between Us consists of fired clay covers that enclose handmade paper pages. The pages open as a triptych to reveal contrasting statements about how the artist related with her mother at various ages and how her mother related with the artist's grandmother at the same ages. Beneath the pages are recessed compartme… more
Date: 2003/2004
Creator: Mellott-Carreon, Lisa Tristan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Book in a Steel Box]

Description: Photographs of the 2005-2006 artist's book competition winner "Book in a Steel Box" created by Eric Blake. A small cloth-bound volume with graphite lines throughout is welded into a steel box. The book is visible along the spine and fore-edge through steel bars. The box does not open, and the book cannot be removed, making it an "inaccessible text." The first image is of a steel box, with a book inside of it, two bars covering the opening. Image 2, front view of the book inside a steel box. Ima… more
Date: 2005/2006
Creator: Blake, Eric
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[20 Soldiers a Day]

Description: Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition winner "20 Soldiers a Day" created by Jung Eun Lee (or Jungeun Lee). The artist's book is a Japanese-sewn volume consisting of double-leaves sewn together. The recto of each leaf has a changing pattern of stains and marks, and the verso of each leaf has text from the inner surface becoming more and more visible as the reader moves through the volume. The next-to-last leaf has complete text, the testimony of a young Korean girl who was force… more
Date: 2009/2010
Creator: Lee, Jung Eun
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grilled Cheese]

Description: Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition honorable mention "Grilled Cheese" created by Carlynn Field. The book is a sculptural representation of a grilled cheese sandwich made of yellow fabric, printed fabric, hand-dyed silk, and batting. When opened, the "cheese" is revealed to be a long accordion-folded strip of cloth, each panel with an embroidered representation of the steps to make a grilled cheese sandwich. The volume is presented on a blue heavy plastic circular plate. The … more
Date: 2009/2010
Creator: Field, Carlynn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Response to Stress]

Description: Photographs of the 2011-2012 artist's book competition winner "Response to Stress" created by Catherine Snapp Lavoie. The books contains no text. It is an accordion-fold book with five panels of double card stock joined together with one piece of cloth running in between the two layers of the panels. The verso and recto of each panel features collages in pastel earth tone colors. Pieces of crochet thread are applied to both recto and verso of the three panels. One panel has thread on the verso,… more
Date: 2011/2012
Creator: Lavoie, Catherine Snapp
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baker v. Wade artifacts]

Description: Photograph of photographs of Jim Barber, Donald "Don" Baker, and Bill Nelson placed on top of a legal document related to Baker v. Wade trial, which challenged the legality of Texas's anti-sodomy law as detailed in the Penal Code, section 21.06.
Date: September 21, 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frisbee advertising the Resource Center of Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a white frisbee advertising the Resource Center of Dallas. Text reads: "AIDS Resource Center - John Thomas Gay & Lesbian Community Center - Nelson-Tebedo Health Resource Center - www.rcdallas.org; Resource center of Dallas / The Center is People!" The Resource Center of Dallas's logo (a house with a candle and flame making up the door and window) is featured in the center. The frisbee was made by Prime Premiere, Inc., "Printing and Promotional Products with PRIDE! / 100% Gay Owned… more
Date: September 21, 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Christmas Carol/Christmas with Dickens, Christmas books]

Description: Photograph of four copies of holiday books including three of "A Christmas Carol" and one of "Christmas with Dickens," held by UNT Special Collections. The back brown book on the left is a copy of "A Christmas Carol" with the title stamped on the spine in gold and there is a nature-themed design with it. The cover has the title and Charles Dickens stamped on it in gold and is circled with a plant and ribbon design. The spine has a bit of damage to the top and bottom where the cover has fallen a… more
Date: November 11, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Christmas Carol, Mini Classics]

Description: Photograph of Stephanie Laslett's "A Christmas Carol" from the Mini Classics Series, held by UNT Special Collections. There is an illustration of a man in a black top hat and grey coat with three children in scarves and other winter clothes, snow lightly falling around them. They are looking at a window with holiday decorations on it. The title is at the top in a tan block, and the illustrator' name at the bottom. Under the part with the illustration the dark red cover of the book can be seen.
Date: November 11, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mini Christmas books, JOY]

Description: Photograph of four mini Christmas books. On the left is a red book with the title "Christmas with Dickens" and a lit candle stamped on the front in gold. Three wooden blocks stacked on top of each other spell the word Joy, the J and O outlined in green and the letter Y in red. Behind the blocks and next to the first book are three mini red books lined up together and seen from the spine. The title of the one on the left can be partially seen by the titled that starts with the word "Worldwide." … more
Date: November 11, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stack of mini Christmas books, JOY]

Description: Photograph of mini Christmas books stacked on top of each other. Stacked together is a blue box with a bronze button on the front. On top of it are red books, from top to bottom is a thin red book, a red book titled "Worldwide Christmas Stamps" in gold lettering, and a book titled "A Christmas Carol" above it. Propped up on top of the stacks is a square shaped book titled "Christmas Carol" in a gold banner, wrapped with a green and gold ribbon around the bottom. Behind the stack is a red book … more
Date: November 11, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kodak Monitor Six-16 camera standing]

Description: A photograph of a Kodak Monitor Six-16 camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is resting on one side of the casing and has the bellows extended. There is a little platform with a kickstand beneath it to support the weight and hold the lens level. There is also a handle on the top side of the casing.
Date: December 4, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Surveying transit tool]

Description: Two photographs of a surveying transit tool from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the tool alone, pointing to the distance at an angle so that a majority of the parts are visible. It is made out of a bronze material with glass parts and it is attached to a wooden base. The second image is of the tool and the box that it is stored it. The box has leather on the outside and straps and buckles with metal attachments. It is clea… more
Date: December 4, 2013
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Appendix in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photographs of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to the appendix and is resting on a plastic book cradle with weighted strings holding the pages down.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Botany illustrations in James Newton's herbal book]

Description: Photographs of the illustrations in a book titled "A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, & c." held by UNT Special Collections. There are four rows of the drawings with names written above each. The plants on the two pages are "Tufted Meadow, Corn, an Panick Grass" and "Wheat Rie and Oate Grass". The book is resting on a clear plastic book cradle and some of the pages are being held d… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cover and illustrations in "Practical Taxidermy"]

Description: Photographs of "Practical Taxidermy" held by UNT Special Collections. Image 1, shows the cover, which is bound in a bronze material with a design of a stand, plants, and a border in a darker brown. The title as well as the bird on the cover are done in a lighter yellow shade to make them stand out. The book is resting on a clear stand. Image 2, The illustration is of a peregrine falcon in the process of being taxidermied. A note beneath it reads "Peregrine Falcon on Flight. Showing method of bi… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cover of the "Negro Year Book"]

Description: Photograph of the cover of a book titled "An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1918-1919" held by UNT Special Collections. It is a paper bound book and the edges are coming apart. The cover has a border around the title and includes information about the book on the front.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cracked spine of Bleak House]

Description: Photograph of 'Bleak House' held by UNT Special Collections. It is a novel written by Charles Dickens and the illustration is done by Hablot K. Browne. The spine and cover are done in a maroon color and the material on the spine is cracked down the middle. The top and sides are also worn down and fraying. There are painted gold lines breaking up the spine into five separate chambers and the title is printed in gold in the second one.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Illustration in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photograph of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to a page with an illustrated germination cycle for the plants.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott]

Description: Photographs of a book titled "Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott" held by UNT Special Collections. The first to images are of handwritten notes inside. The notes are separated by a line and are in cursive script. They mention future occurrences and deaths. The second image also includes a page that lists out what pages different words and phrases listed on them. The notes are each separated by a line and are in cursive script. The third image is of the cover, which h… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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