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 Date range 2019
University of Richmond

Dr. George M. Modlin Book Award Collection, 1973

0.5 Linear Feet
This collection consists of the winning entries from the annual Dr. George M. Modlin Book Award competition at Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond.
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University of Richmond

Body heat, 2019

1 Volumes
Martha's Quarterly, Issue 14, Winter 2019 Body Heat aims to connect some of the phenomenal (and therefore abstract) aspects of the climate crisis with our bodies.By doing so, the issue hopes to make the large issues about our planet more palatable.
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Body heat, 2019 1 Volumes

Nguyen, Tammy, 1984-
Martha's Quarterly, Issue 14, Winter 2019 Body Heat aims to connect some of the phenomenal (and therefore abstract) aspects of the climate crisis with our bodies.By doing so, the issue hopes to make the large issues about our planet more palatable.
University of Richmond

Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt Tee Walker collection, 1953/2016

50 Linear Feet
This collection includes material related to and collected by the Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker and his wife, Theresa Ann Edwards Walkers. Materials include personal papers and administrative files of Dr. and Mrs. Walker, audio recordings of Dr. Walker's church services, honors and awards given to Dr. and Mrs. Walker, photographs and slides taken by or depicting Dr. Walker, Dr. Walker's published works and unpublished manuscripts, and other memorabilia and ephemera. Also included is an oral history performed with Dr. and Mrs. Walker.
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University of Richmond

Comic Book Collection, 1976/2024

3.5 Linear Feet 3 comic book boxes.
This collection contains comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks. Fifty-seven titles from 21 different publishers are represented.
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Comic Book Collection, 1976/2024 3.5 Linear Feet 3 comic book boxes.

This collection contains comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks. Fifty-seven titles from 21 different publishers are represented.

Series I: Comic Books, 1976/2024 321 Items

Series I, Comic Books, contains 51 titles, some single issue, some multiple issues, from 20 different publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, First Comics, Oni Comics, BOOM! Box, Lionforge, Ten Speed, Gemstone, Kiwi Studios, SLG, Abstract Studios, Image Comics, Drawn and Quartered, About Comics, Vertigo Comics, Wildstorm, IDW.

University of Richmond

Glacial flow, 2019

13 Items
"This glacier-shaped book unfolds into the form of a snow-covered mountain receding into the distance. It uses a combination of wire-edge binding and handmade brass hinges. The project uses glacial flow and glacial recession as metaphors for understanding personal change and for coming to terms with the internal transformations, metamorphoses, repetitions, and losses in our lives. It presents ideas of geology and the self [as] intertwinted, mirrored, and inextricably linked, suggesting that by knowing the land we inhabit, we can better come to know ourselves"--Artist's statement.
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Glacial flow, 2019 13 Items

Mansolino, Ann
"This glacier-shaped book unfolds into the form of a snow-covered mountain receding into the distance. It uses a combination of wire-edge binding and handmade brass hinges. The project uses glacial flow and glacial recession as metaphors for understanding personal change and for coming to terms with the internal transformations, metamorphoses, repetitions, and losses in our lives. It presents ideas of geology and the self [as] intertwinted, mirrored, and inextricably linked, suggesting that by knowing the land we inhabit, we can better come to know ourselves"--Artist's statement.
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

Willis & Eleanor Shell Collection, 1952/1977

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The items within this collection pertain to Willis A. & Eleanor Shell. Both Willis and Eleanor were illustrators, and Willis specialized in designing and printing books and in miniature books.
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Personal Information, 1958/2020

Series I, Personal Information, focuses primarily on materials relating to personal matters of both Willis and Eleanor Shell.

Willis A. Shell, 1958/2020 Box 1, Folder 1

Folder 1 contains items pertaining to Willis Shell, including obituaries, an advance photo print from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and newspaper clippings and a copy of the paperwork donating Shell's body to science.

  1. Personal Information, 1958/2020
University of Richmond

Shelf life, 2019

1 Volumes
Shelf life is a series of actions and a starting point for examining larger systems of power a reader might overlook for the merits or enjoyment of an individual book. These actions invite you to reflect on how your collected knowledge may be incomplete, even if there are some sections that feature a diversity of voices.
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Shelf life, 2019 1 Volumes

Related Tactics
Shelf life is a series of actions and a starting point for examining larger systems of power a reader might overlook for the merits or enjoyment of an individual book. These actions invite you to reflect on how your collected knowledge may be incomplete, even if there are some sections that feature a diversity of voices.
University of Richmond

The Afronauts, 2019

4 Items
Photobook inspired by the short-lived Zambia space program started by school teacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso in 1964.
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The Afronauts, 2019 4 Items

De Middel, Cristina, 1975-
Photobook inspired by the short-lived Zambia space program started by school teacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso in 1964.
University of Richmond

The radiant republic, 2019

16 Items
"In The radiant republic, language from Plato and Le Corbusier has been combined to create a narrative in five parts. Each part is bound separately, and features a portion of an interlocking landscape with no fixed beginning or end. The project is housed in an elaborate enclosure featuring elements of wood, cement, and glass. Letterpress printed and completed in 2019"--Publisher website. "The radiant republic is built entirely out of language found in Plato's Republic and Le Corbusier's The radiant city. In these texts, separated by more than two thousand years, Plato and Le Corbusier each describe a city plan designed to provide a framework for morality and ethics"--Colophon.
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The radiant republic, 2019 16 Items

Bryant, Sarah (Sarah Herrick), 1979-
"In The radiant republic, language from Plato and Le Corbusier has been combined to create a narrative in five parts. Each part is bound separately, and features a portion of an interlocking landscape with no fixed beginning or end. The project is housed in an elaborate enclosure featuring elements of wood, cement, and glass. Letterpress printed and completed in 2019"--Publisher website. "The radiant republic is built entirely out of language found in Plato's Republic and Le Corbusier's The radiant city. In these texts, separated by more than two thousand years, Plato and Le Corbusier each describe a city plan designed to provide a framework for morality and ethics"--Colophon.

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