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  • Mourning Lincoln

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    <html><body><p>In reviewing boxes labeled as "unprocessed ephemera," a colleague and I came across something really cool.  It is a tiny image of Abraham Lincoln framed i

  • Mosaic Intern's Work Offers Glimpse of Artistic Text

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    <html><body><p>What do Indiana Jones and the Content Services Mosaic Intern have in common?

  • Jennie's Search for "More to Life" in Maurice Sendak's "Higglety Pigglety Pop!"

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    <html><body><p>Most of us, if we recognize the name Maurice Sendak, probably think of him as the man who wrote and illustrated the beloved children's book "Where the Wil

  • Art in the SCRC Collections

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    <html><body><p style="text-align: left;">SCRC has an active instruction schedule during the academic year, as professors from all departments bring their students in to

  • A Sculptor's Sketches

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    <html><body><p>While his family was busy with operating the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Norfolk-born Alexander Galt, Jr. (1827-1863) possessed artistic aspirations.