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3531. Breviary Leaf

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Excised from a large manuscript. Housed behind glass in a modern, decorative wooden frame (660 x 490 mm); visible on both sides., Three, 2-line blue-and-red and purple-and-red decorated initials. Bounding lines, ruling, versals, and rubrics in red., Late fourteenth-century, Italian breviary leaf from a portion of the Nocturnes for the Feast of Saint Michael; quotations of Rev. 8:3-4 and Psalm 138:1. CAO III, 2843, 3215, 1491, 5029. The word “M[ich]a[e]li” occurs above the text on the recto -- a possible mistake as the feast traditionally occurs on the 29th of September., gothic southern textualis formata (rotunda), and Probably produced in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century. Gift to Lydia Siedschlag, property of Special Collections, Waldo Library; previously MS 104, now MS 149.
Date Created:
[1475 TO 1499]
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3532. Good Luck 1945 [page 2]

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Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. It warns soldiers of the problems they will face when they return home following the war, meager pensions and unemployment. A portion of the leaflet is missing.
Date Created:
1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

3533. Reichslotterie [page 1]

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Lottery ticket printed by the NSDAP in 1935. The ticket cost 1 Mark and the front has the German eagle and swastika. The back has a list of the terms of the lottery and also the list of available winnings. The lottery ticket is from the city of Munich.
Date Created:
1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

3534. BIZ July 24 1941 [page 7]

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The four-page article "Jews among themselves," provides a photojournalistic image of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. The horrific conditions of the ghetto are not displayed however, and instead the author focuses on the reasons and justifications for the Jews being separated.
Date Created:
1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

3535. KIZ Feb. 6 1941 [page 2]

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The cover shows a young girl eating fresh strawberries in Berlin. The top article inside, "Das Erzgebirge," shows an army scrap site in enemy territory. The article below, "Ghettos im Generalgouvernement," discusses the situation of the Jews in Poland. Note that this newspaper provides captions in both German and French.
Date Created:
1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

3536. Gutschein der Stadt Buer, Fünf Billionen Mark (5000 Milliarden Mark) [side one]

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Front of 5 trillion Marks monochrome German note. Dark blue ink over light blue under print of two working men and and the Buer coat of arms.
Date Created:
1923-10-23T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

3537. Chahar Burjak

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H-41 I, 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
Collection:
South Asia Maps

3538. Building site on Prospect Hill top for Western State Normal, Western Michigan University

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Photograph of the building site for Western State Normal School (later East Campus) on Prospect Hill. A light hangs over the intersection of Davis and Walnut Streets. The project was $40,000 for construction, and all utilities connections were donated to the State by the Kalamazoo school board. Prospect Hill was chosen from four prospective sites by the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Services firm of Brookline, Massachusetts.
Date Created:
1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

3539. Walt Disney at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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Walt Disney and three unidentified men standing next to paintings at the Kalamazoo Art Center.
Date Created:
1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3540. Walt Disney greeting children at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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Walt Disney and Alfred Maurice greet children at the Kalamazoo Art Center.
Date Created:
1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries