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Collection Highlights

New and notable highlights from our digital collections.

 Rudyard Kipling: The Books I Leave Behind Selections drawn from a 2007 exhibition focusing on the works of the English author and poet, Rudyard Kipling.
Russian Graphic Art and the Revolution of 1905 Satirical magazines illustrated by graphic artists during the revolutionary upheaval of 1905.
Savannah, or, the Form of a Servant Draft, holograph, corrected, of a novel about a young woman from New York who learns of her African-American ancestry
Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India 72 hand-painted images of men and women from the castes and religious and ethnic groups found in Madura, India, 1837.
Solomon Sir Jones Films, 1924-1928 The Solomon Sir Jones films consist of 29 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928.
Starry Messenger: Observing the Heavens in the Age of Galileo Engravings, charts, diagrams and texts detailing European observations of the heavens.
Tanka Collection A collection of tankas, which are Buddhist scrolls or fabric temple banners
Tibet Mirror (Yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur me long), v. 16:no.12 [between 1947-1949]
 Tibet Mirror A digital archive of the Tibetan-language newspaper, published from 1925 to 1963.
Viola Baxter Jordan Letters to Viola Baxter Jordan from Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, H.D. and Bryher, 1905-1951.
Visconti Tarot Hand-painted, gold and silver tarot cards, ca. 1428-1447.
Voynich Manuscript (folio 9 recto)
 Voynich Manuscript A mysterious, undeciphered manuscript dating to the 15th or 16th century.
"As I sit writing here," undated
 Walt Whitman Collection Selected manuscripts, correspondence, and artifacts documenting the life of the American poet, Walt Whitman.

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