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- Document was folded five times and severaly worn with several holes along folds., Ball-shaped “pendant” seal, attached, and made of red wax, on parchment tag bearing the device of a winged heart., Back of a seal attached to the indenture document of Samuel Ladd of Chartham, Kent, England to Thomas Jackson of the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral for ₤400 and messuage, including cottage, two gardens, two orchards, and three acres of land in Chartham. Ball-shaped, red wax seal bearing the device of a winged heart., and Written in England and dated 8 April, 11 Charles I (1635). Four inscriptions on the dorse: two in an English secretary hand similar to the main text and two in a later crusive hand; the name of Elizabeth Ladd is mentioned along with the names Edward Nordey (sp?) and Godfrey Pyard (sp?). Formerly Phillipps no. 31801; the number “31801” located in center of dorse. Gift of the Department of History, Western Michigan University to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
- Date Created:
- 1635-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Inscriptions and scribbles in late medieval and early modern hands., Excised from a manuscript at an unknown date; now housed in a modern, protective archival mat frame., Single-line, red-pen versals passim; 3-line red initial "M"., Twelfth-century, French fragment containing the end of the text for the Sunday XV after Pentecost followed by the beginning of the introit for Sunday XVI after Pentecost along with fragments of additional texts for Sunday XVI. On the verso are more fragments of texts for Sunday XVI along with the end of the introit for Sunday XVII after Pentecost, a collect and epistle reading and an incipit for the gradual., late protogothic (praegothica) script, 4-line staff with a line for F in red ink, and Uncertain provenance. Probably produced in France in the last quarter of the twelfth century. Possibly loaned to the WMU library school through Jean Lowrie from the Gethsemani Abbey Library of Kentucky in 1974. Now permanently held by Special Collections, Waldo Library. Numerous random inscriptions and scribbles in various late medieval or early modern hands on recto and verso.
- Date Created:
- [1175 TO 1200]
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Housed in a modern, mat frame with two windows, 280 x 360 mm, visible on one side only. Leaves were excised from the same manuscript but are not conjugate., 1-line blue and gold initials passim; on leaf I: 2-line blue-and-red pen-flourished initial "M"; on leaf II blank space for a 2-line initial., Fifteenth-century, Italian psalter portion from a Breviary with portions of Psalms 55-56 and 104-105. Not contiguous with text on verso., gothic southern textualis libraria (rotunda), and Probably written in Italy sometime between 1450 and 1500. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio in May of 2003.
- Date Created:
- [1450 TO 1500]
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. The cover shows an image of young boys singing in a Christmas choir next to a Christmas tree. The back describes how the men fighting the war have been breaking the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." It reminds them how even choirboys get sick of fighting and eventually all start to sing in unison, and can't the men on the front learn a lesson from these boys?
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on Germans that outlined the Allied gains during the ongoing Allied offensive. It describes the Russian breakthrough towards Budapest, the closing battle around West Holland, the advance in Yugoslavia, the navy battle in the Adriatic Sea, and the large aerial victory over Cologne, Germany. It also, includes addition information about the city of Aachen, Germany and about the ongoing aid going to Greece.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Form provided to German citizens by the German police to fill out in order to register to display a signal light. These lights would then signify that the homes would accept evacuated or injured Germans who lost their homes during an air raid. The form itself asks for basic information from the host family, including number of children, religion, and also whether they are Aryan, mixed, or non-Aryan.
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- This article, "Der ewige Verrat," identified throughout history, moments where the Jews played the role of a traitor. Different countries, time periods, and events are covered, concluding in the assumption that the Jew is a parasite
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 2 Rentenmark polychrome German note. Brown in color. In one circle is a bundle of wheat sheaves (symbol for peace); in a second circle is a "2" with "Rentenmark" written across it.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-30T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- H-41 J, First Edition, Afghanistan 1:253,440, Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U511, and GSGS (Series) ; 3919
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- South Asia Maps
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- NI 42-16, Edition 1 and Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U502
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- South Asia Maps