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  • Santa Claus descending a chimney with a full sack, sleigh with gifts on the rooftop.

    "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"

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    <html><body><p>Everyone knows these famous lines even if the rest of the poems escapes them. "A Visit from St.

  • Lasting Impressions: Printing from the Fifteenth Century to Today

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    <html><body><p>In the basement of Swem Library is a room used mostly for storage. Along two walls are machines and wooden cases full of drawers.

  • 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.

  • Chinese New Year

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    <html><body><p><drupal-media data-align="right" data-caption="The Round of the Year, Poems from the Chinese translated by Helen Burwell Chapin (PL 2658 .E3 C38,

  • Pressing On Into the Future

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    <html><body><p><drupal-media data-align="right" data-caption=" Manuale Typographicum by Hermann Zapf (Vinyard Collection, RB Z250.

  • Spell-Bound – Setting the Stage for Magic!

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    <html><body><p><strong>The semester, and with it class visits to Special Collections, are in full swing.

  • Get to Know Cuban Artists' Books with Ediciones Vigía

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