After he received Virgil Stroud's application for admission, President Edens wrote this letter in response. He references Duke's unwritten policy of not admitting African American students, and tells him that "there has been no change in policy." A. Hollis Edens Papers, circa 1850s-1975.
R + J: the txt msg edition. Elizabeth Pendergrass. J. Hastings, 2006.
A retelling of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet scripted entirely in the language of text message, as interpreted by the artist's teenage granddaughter.
Finnish artist Eva Sparre was known for her bookbinding, leatherwork, textiles, and furniture design. . She was a student of woodcarving and leatherwork at the Stockholm Technical School and taught leatherwork at Helsinki’s Central School of Applied Arts. In 1896, during a visit to England, she and her husband encountered the Arts and Crafts movement and determined to apply its ideals in Finland. Upon their return they founded the ceramics and furniture firm Iris Company in Porvoo. This fine example of Sparre’s work is in full cut and modeled calfskin. It is signed on the lower cover: Eva Sparre.
