Four volumes of clippings tracing the first 10 years of the creation and promotion of Volapük, a constructed language claimed to have been divinely given to Johann Schleyer, a German Priest.

August 29, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1880s, artificial, clippings, constructed, German, invented, journal, language, newspaper, schleyer, universal, volapuk

Jewel Box

"America's Finest Femme- Mimics" publicity fan from the Jewel Box Lounge, The Most Talked About Nite Club in the Midwest (Kansas City, MO, undated).

August 22, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, James Weldon Johnson Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature

Day at the Beach

Lawrence Langner, Fania Marinoff (Mrs. Carl Van Vechten), Eugene O'Neill , Armina Marshall (Mrs. Langner) (ZA Van Vechten) ***

August 18, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, James Weldon Johnson Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature

Nathalie et Lucien

Two postcards from the papers of Natalie Paley, May 1930.

June 15, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1930, lucien, natalie, nathalie, paley, postcard

The Skeleton in Armor

Morris & Co. and Walter Crane Crossing the Pond

March 30, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature

Psyche & Muse Online

Detailed information about collection materials featured in the current exhibition, Psyche & Muse: Creative Entanglements with the Science of the Soul are now available online: Psyche & Muse online .

March 9, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, James Weldon Johnson Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature