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Notes:: Later marks in colored pencil and a blue 5-pointed star stamp., Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame (125 x 280 mm) visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back., Fifteenth-century, French receipt by Charles, Duke of Orleans' valet for money received from the Duke's treasury. The Duke, who had run into financial difficulties several years earlier during his 25-year captivity in England, took a book of ballads from the valet and gave it to a money lender, presumably as collateral security. The money lender appears to have absconded with the book. See bibliographic file for complete transaction and translation., French secretary script (cursiva libraria), and Written in Blois, France and dated 14 July 1462 in the document. Signed by Bertrand in lower right corner. Several marks: a number in the left margin including, "339990" in ink of a later hand, "14 Juillet 1462" in pencil just below main text, "2913" in red colored pencil, "T474" in red ink, a "+" symbol in orange colored pencil, and a blue 5-pointed star stamp all towards the center below the main text. Owned by Sir Thomas Philipps (d. 1792-1872). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, in July of 2005.
Date Created:: 1462-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Photograph of Juliet Bell. Bell is listed in the 1926 Brown & Gold yearbook as the Director of Health Survey.
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Collection:: Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

Notes:: Jannetje Maarsman and Hendrick Vermeulen family in front of their house at 521 Parker Street (now Pioneer Street) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Hendrick Vermeulen is in the wagon. Minnie Vermeulen, Jacob Vermeulen, Henry Vermeulen, and Jeannette Vermeulen stand on or beside the porch. Two outbuildings or barn type structures in the background. Currently, the house no longer stands.
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Notes:: Liturgy O.C.S.O. was published by Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist, KY and edited by Father Chrysogonus Waddell from 1966-1999. The journal (at that time a newsletter) began after September 1965 meeting of the Liturgy Commission of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance to report progress in liturgical renewal after Vatican II. The audience and contributors later included secular scholars of the Cistercian liturgy. and Editor's page / Fr. Chrysogonus Waddell -- Choral prayer and contemplation / Fr. Anselm Grün -- The Church our Mother / Fr. R. Bouchex -- Sanctity in the Epistles of St. Paul: Scripture Course ‑ Part II, Our Lady of Gethsemani, 1954 / Fr. Louis (Thomas) Merton -- The act of singing in Christian community / Fr. Jean-Yves Hameline
Date Created:: 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Liturgy O.C.S.O. Journal of Gethsemani Abbey

Notes:: In the second homily for Tuesday in Rogationtide in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric recounts Drythhelm's vision (Alia Visio) of the otherworld and comments on the efficacy of the mass (Hortatorius Sermo de Efficacia Sanctae Missae).
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Collection:: SS (Early English Text Society) ; 5 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies

Notes:: Photograph taken at Everyman's House located at 2026 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Mich., winner of the Better Homes in America 1924 Model Home contest, designed by Caroline Bartlett Crane. Wooden storage bin for food, with wooden shelves, cement blocks and window visible in basement. Handwritten signature of photographer, "Young," on back. Photograph is mounted on decorative gray board, extending approximately 1 3/4" from edge of photograph. (Photographic print)-
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Collection:: Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, 1843-1935, A-92 and Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, Everyman's House

Notes:: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany talks to a Serbian boy surrounded by German staff officers (note the military chaplains wearing the crosses in the background). A German regiment "adopted" this boy and provided him with a German uniform. The Russian and Serbian armies had large numbers of boys in their ranks (they usually followed their fathers into military service) and they provided a wide range of services from drummers to powder monkies.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: World Alliance secretaries prepare books for shipment to prisoners of war in Allied and Central Power prison camps from the Geneva headquarters. Prisoners could request books, usually Scriptures or religious tracts, directly from the World's Alliance. Rudolf Horner directed the Book Forwarding Department for the World's Alliance.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Captain Derwent Wood sculpted this German atrocity during World War I--the cruxifiction of a Canadian prisoner of war. The prisoner was depicted hanging with extended arms, impaled with bayonets, while German soldiers stood by and taunted the victim. It is highly unlikely that this cruxification ever occurred, but was instead a rumor propagated by Allied publicists to denounce the Germans.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Like many prison camps, the inmates at Mainz played the roles of women in theatrical productions. This is a drawing of a leading "lady" who stole the hearts of several men in a performance.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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