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- Cadet from Western Michigan Flying Service training school in flight suit and parachute harness standing beside the propeller of a Waco CTO biplane with an Wright J6-7 engine at the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport.
- Date Created:
- 1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 56 photos in event - 1374
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- Bound in twentieth-century brown goatskin over boards, Initials in red, black, green, and yellow. f. 2r. Includes a 3-line decorated initial, Manuscript is two codices bound together. The first is a Cistercian Antiphonary from the mid-twelfth century from Italy and the second is an early thirteenth century hymnal. Selected pages., Pregothic, multiple hands; Hymnal in gothic textualis, Neumes, Belonged to and probably written at the Cistercian Abbey of S. Maria di Morimondo (founded 1134; Cottineau 1985 86), in the vicinity of Milan, Italy. The earliest portions of the manuscript were written before 1174, the date of the canonization of St Bernard of Clairvaux, the antiphons for whose feast were inserted soon after this date (ff. 66 70). This earlier portion seems to have been written by a French scribe. Jean Leclercq lists and describes other Morimondo mss. in 'Manuscrits Cisterciens dans des Bibliothèques d'Italie,' Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis 7 (1951) 71 74; it is evident from his descriptions that later products of this scriptorium were not as austere as this one. The hymnary portion was written by Beltramus de Redoldis (sic; elsewhere Beltramus de Rioldis), a monk of Morimondo, in 1291. Morimondo was suppressed in 1799. Acquired in September, 1770, by Carlo Trivulzio. Trivulzio Belgioioso Trotti collection of Milan; sold to Hoepli (cat. 5); sale by Leavitt (New York, 27 Nov. 1886, no. 47; auction label on front pastedown). Purchased by Charles F. Gunther of Chicago; bequeathed to Historical Society of Chicago. Acquired for Gethsemani Abbey in April, 1922, through the mediation of J. Christian Bay, of the John Crerar Library, Chicago., and Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
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- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. The front includes an excerpt from the Dresdner Volkszeitung of 1925, which contains a drawing and also a quote from the leader of the SPD. The back accuses Paul von Hindenburg, Heinrich Brüning, and Wilhelm Groener of being fat cats and that the voter should vote for the worker's candidate, Thälmann.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 1000 Rubles polychrome Russian bill. Russian State Duma (Parliament) building appears in the center
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- ND 47-10, Edition 2, Burma 1:250,000, and Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U542
- Date Created:
- 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- South Asia Maps
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- Colored lithograph showing a Nestorian man with walking stick in a mountain landscape. He wears trousers that appear to be a knee-length pair of shalwar or shalvar (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 8) worn over leggings of the matching fabric. On his upper body he wears a coat, probably a caba (Shoberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 10) over a white tunic with a large folded over collar. He carries a dagger in his belt. His hat has a rounded crown that is close to the head and a contrasting twisted cloth at the brim. As for hairstyle, he wears it to mid-neck in the back and he has a full beard and mustache.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Costume History Collection
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- Letter from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Postmarked Bad Orb, Übungsplatz, December 20, 1916. Pommer writes to his family about their recent letter where they said they were excited to see him for Christmas, but Pommer replies that he may not be allowed a Christmas vacation. He will have to wait until the new recruits arrive until he knows for sure. He describes eleven men traveling through Bad Orb to Karlsruhe. Discusses what he would like in his next package from home. and Feldpostbrief: Bad Orb; postmark: 20.12.16; 4.75x3.5" (12x9 cm)
- Date Created:
- 1916-12-20T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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- A leaf from Hieroglyphica, a catalogue of some of the flora and fauna mentioned in the Bible. It also contains references to animals that were not known to be in the Scriptural lands. Heiroglyphica contained interpretations by the Scottish Preacher Reverand Archibald Simson. It was brought out by Thomas Finlason in Edinburgh, 1622-1623. The recto side of the page is marked as 39; the verso side is marked as 40.
- Date Created:
- [1622 TO 1623]
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This is a section of a map showing the locations of Arbeitskommandos (Allied labor detachments) in the Kingdom of Saxony. The map is coded to identify agricultural labor, industrial labor, work for the state, and . public interest projects. The map is further delineated identifying the Stammlagern (parent camps) where the prisoners were assigned; in this case, the prison camps at Golzern, Koenigsbrueck, and Chemnitz provided the man power for this labor.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Sketch of three Russian soldiers captured by German troops finishing their lunches.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries