Collections : [University of Richmond]

University of Richmond

Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Primary Collecting Areas:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
Description:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840
Start Over Repository University of Richmond Creator Women's Studio Workshop
University of Richmond

11033, 2022

2 Items
"11033 is the artist's meditation on the feelings and experiences of Mary Morst, a black woman in the Virginia State Penitentiary in 1921. Imprisoned behind the black bars of the book's cover, 11033 centers Mary's complex life and shares her story as an imprisoned murderer and the mother of twin children born 'behind bars.' This sculptural artist's book incorporates embedded copies of archival documents, including newspaper clippings, letters, and pardon applications alongside a fictional text woven poetically throughout the historical narrative. The inspiration for this project grew from IBe' Crawley's research into the untold stories of women and girls impacted by oppressive Virginia laws and continued enslavement. Unlike most black women and girls, Mary Morst's story is recorded because of her relationship to the penal system. IBe' Crawley conducted research at Virginia State Library, where all the prison records for Morst are publically available."--Women's Studio Workshop webpage, viewed August 1, 2022 "The inspiration for this project grew from IBe' Crawley's research into the untold stories of women and girls impacted by oppressive Virginia laws and continued enslavement. Unlike most black women and girls, Mary Morst's story is recorded because of her relationship to the penal system. IBe' Crawley conducted research at Virginia State Library, where all the prison records for Morst are publicly available"--StayHappening.com website.
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11033, 2022 2 Items

Crawley, IBe' Bulinda H.
"11033 is the artist's meditation on the feelings and experiences of Mary Morst, a black woman in the Virginia State Penitentiary in 1921. Imprisoned behind the black bars of the book's cover, 11033 centers Mary's complex life and shares her story as an imprisoned murderer and the mother of twin children born 'behind bars.' This sculptural artist's book incorporates embedded copies of archival documents, including newspaper clippings, letters, and pardon applications alongside a fictional text woven poetically throughout the historical narrative. The inspiration for this project grew from IBe' Crawley's research into the untold stories of women and girls impacted by oppressive Virginia laws and continued enslavement. Unlike most black women and girls, Mary Morst's story is recorded because of her relationship to the penal system. IBe' Crawley conducted research at Virginia State Library, where all the prison records for Morst are publically available."--Women's Studio Workshop webpage, viewed August 1, 2022 "The inspiration for this project grew from IBe' Crawley's research into the untold stories of women and girls impacted by oppressive Virginia laws and continued enslavement. Unlike most black women and girls, Mary Morst's story is recorded because of her relationship to the penal system. IBe' Crawley conducted research at Virginia State Library, where all the prison records for Morst are publicly available"--StayHappening.com website.
University of Richmond

Paper paper film, 2019

7 Items
"Paper Paper Film is an artist facsimile of an educational film box set on paper and printing. The original box set was published in 1983, purchased by the Carnegie Mellon University in 1987, found in a storage closet at Carnegie Mellon University in 2016, and published in the form of a paper sculpture by the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY in 2019." --Colophon
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Paper paper film, 2019 7 Items

Yeh, Imin
"Paper Paper Film is an artist facsimile of an educational film box set on paper and printing. The original box set was published in 1983, purchased by the Carnegie Mellon University in 1987, found in a storage closet at Carnegie Mellon University in 2016, and published in the form of a paper sculpture by the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY in 2019." --Colophon
University of Richmond

Pistol/pistil : botanical ballistics, 1997

1 Volumes
"This accordion fold book examines the use of ordinary words in both botanical and military context. These definitions are juxtaposed with stories and statistics relating to farming and violence."--Women's Studio Workshop website (viewed Oct. 20, 2022)
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Pistol/pistil : botanical ballistics, 1997 1 Volumes

Kalmbach, Ann E.
"This accordion fold book examines the use of ordinary words in both botanical and military context. These definitions are juxtaposed with stories and statistics relating to farming and violence."--Women's Studio Workshop website (viewed Oct. 20, 2022)
University of Richmond

The veil is seen only when it is lifted, 2018

1 Volumes
"This book is made of two parts: the first is based on statistical data, generally on global samples. Pages are from 1 to 32. The second is based on surveys of reported data (perceptions, sensations, beliefs. Pages are from a to w [that is, a to v] You can read the two sections separately, or you can use the index to find links between the two. Choose you subject, match the numbers and letters, and then overlap the pages."--Page [1] "Frequently, the debate regarding gender equality becomes a clash of opinions, impeding any real inquiry. In The Veil is Seen Only When it is Lifted, the artist provides accumulated data as an instrument for breaching this impasse. Origoni visually restructures this conversation, arranging statistics with simple, playful design and breaking up the codex's linear narration. The book is composed with two studies; their bindings fall on opposite sides of the book. A Coptic-bound section presents quantitative data and the spiral-bound section reports experience-based data. Viewers are invited to read these parts separately or simultaneously, pages can be overlapped in patterns that unveil new information." -- https://wsworkshop.org/collection/veil-seen-lifted/ (viewed June 7, 2018)
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The veil is seen only when it is lifted, 2018 1 Volumes

Origoni, Carlotta
"This book is made of two parts: the first is based on statistical data, generally on global samples. Pages are from 1 to 32. The second is based on surveys of reported data (perceptions, sensations, beliefs. Pages are from a to w [that is, a to v] You can read the two sections separately, or you can use the index to find links between the two. Choose you subject, match the numbers and letters, and then overlap the pages."--Page [1] "Frequently, the debate regarding gender equality becomes a clash of opinions, impeding any real inquiry. In The Veil is Seen Only When it is Lifted, the artist provides accumulated data as an instrument for breaching this impasse. Origoni visually restructures this conversation, arranging statistics with simple, playful design and breaking up the codex's linear narration. The book is composed with two studies; their bindings fall on opposite sides of the book. A Coptic-bound section presents quantitative data and the spiral-bound section reports experience-based data. Viewers are invited to read these parts separately or simultaneously, pages can be overlapped in patterns that unveil new information." -- https://wsworkshop.org/collection/veil-seen-lifted/ (viewed June 7, 2018)

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