{"id":4383,"date":"2020-03-09T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:56:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:56:44","slug":"rare-book-manuscript-madness-archival-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/2020\/03\/09\/rare-book-manuscript-madness-archival-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Book & Manuscript Madness: Archival Division"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARCHIVAL:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Sandburg – Stereograph (ELIMINATED IN ROUND 1)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Shelfmark: MSS00047, Series 5, Box-Folder 463<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before becoming a well known poet and author, Carl Sandburg spent four years selling stereographs from door to door.\u00a0 Stereographs use two almost identical photographs to create a three-dimensional image when viewed through a stereoscope. The Keystone View Company produced this stereograph of the Union Stock Yards as part of a multi-volume set consisting of roughly 300 images. Each stereograph also included a brief description of the image including the coordinates for the image\u2019s location. When looking at this stereograph through a stereoscope, viewers would see cattle in the stockyards Sandburg wrote about in \u201cChicago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gwendolyn Brooks – “Nothing Matters”<\/p>\n

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Shelfmark: MSS00086. Gwendolyn Brooks Papers. Writings – Poetry Drafts – Individual Poems. Box B, Folder 12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you ever opened up social media and been confronted with a cringe-worthy memory? Maybe it\u2019s an embarrassing picture or a status update that makes you realize just how differently you see things today. In 1997, Gwendolyn Brooks seems to have had a similar experience when she reread some of her poetry from 1936, a year during which she was evidently \u201cmagnificently acquainted\u201d with misery. One example is \u201cNothing Matters\u201d — a poem which could easily have been adopted by an emo band in the early 2000s. Brooks\u2019 1997 corrections clearly reflect her evolution in thought from a young adult to later in life. Her signature word, \u201cBunk,\u201d appears at the top of the page in red ink, indicating her later disagreement with the poem\u2019s sentiment. Brooks\u2019 willingness to revisit this emotional period with frankness and humor makes \u201cNothing Matters\u201d a slam dunk winner in the Archives category.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. – Church Box with Burned Bible (ELIMINATED IN ROUND 1)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Shelfmark: Amos Kennedy, Jr. Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shelfmark: Amos Kennedy, Jr. Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is a Detroit-based letterpress printer and book artist who often uses his work to express social and political commentary. This artist book by Kennedy, Jr. is a model made as the draft of an installation piece which honors the Black churches burned in the South in 1995. The piece consists of a wooden church covered with charred excerpts from the Bible with a technique similar to decoupage. Removing the roof of the church reveals a charred King James Bible inside. With its still perceptible scent of ashes, Kennedy, Jr.\u2019s \u201cChurch Box with Burned Bible\u201d evokes a truly sensory experience. As the artist book not only commemorates the church burnings but also celebrates the survival of these Black communities, it is a clear front-runner in the Archives category.<\/span><\/p>\n

UFO Scrapbook (ELIMINATED IN ROUND 2)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Shelfmark: F. 001.9 Un2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Acquired in 1989, this large scrapbook concerns unidentified flying objects and other mysteries. The book contains 21 pages of color photographs and 74 pages of newspaper clippings dated from the 1960s and 1970s. More mysterious than the content of this scrapbook, however, is the condition that it is in. The photographs, and especially the newspaper clippings, are in remarkably good condition for their age and acid content. Don\u2019t sleep on this scrapbook- it tends to be the fan favorite whenever visitor\u2019s get a chance to look at it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you to Taylor Fisk and Jensen Rehn for their contributions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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