Confrontation and commitment

Sect. 1: Confrontation. An end to revolt ; Arthur Miller ; The living theatre ; Edward Albee ; The new surrealism -- Sect. 2̈: Commitment. The theatre of commitment ; James Baldwin ; LeRoi Jones Lorraine Hansberry.,[by] C. W. E. Bigsby.,Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vetusta Monumenta, Volume 1

The seven volumes are dated 1747, 1789, 1796, 1815, 1835, 1883 and 1906 (for the fourth part of vol.7).nThe plates for vol. 1 were published between 1718 and 1747; plates for vol. 2 were published between 1748 and 1789; plates for vol. 3 were published between 1790 and 1796; plates for vol. 4 were published between 1799 and 1815; plates for vol. 5 were published between 1816 and 1835; plates for vol. 6 were published between 1821 and 1885; plates for the four parts of vol. 7 were published between 1893 and 1906.

Partial report of CWA projects at the University of Missouri for the period December 1, 1933 to February 15, 1934

"There is presented here, in words and in pictures, a partial report of some of the work being accomplished at the University of Missouri in Columbia through the C.W.A. program. ... The work shown by this report is for the period ending February 15, 1934. The pictures were taken at different times during that period. Practically all of the projects herein records have been completed; others will be completed by February 15th. A few will ot be entirely completed because of bad weather and the reduction in the time the men were allowed to work. ... February 12, 1934."--Page [2].

Asia (1854)

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This is an engraved map of Asia from 1854 published by Oliver & Boyd in Edinburgh, Scotland. <p> Countries appearing on the map: <ul> <li>Indonesia, </li><li>Sri Lanka, </li><li>Malaysia, </li><li>Thailand, </li><li>Brunei, </li><li>Philippines, </li><li>Yemen,</li> <li>Oman, </li><li>India, </li><li>Myanmar, </li><li>Cambodia, </li><li>Vietnam,</li> <li>Laos, </li><li>Egypt, </li><li>Saudi Arabia, </li><li>United Arab Emirates, </li><li>Iran, </li><li>Pakistan,</li> <li>Nepal, </li><li>Bhutan,</li> <li>China,</li> <li>Turkey, </li><li>Syria, </li><li>Israel, </li><li>Iraq, </li><li>Uzbekistan,</li> <li>Afghanistan,</li> <li>Tajikistan, </li><li>Russia, </li><li>Georgia, </li><li>Azerbaijan, </li><li>Armenia, </li><li>Turkmenistan, </li><li>Kazakhstan, </li><li>Mongolia.</li></ul> </p> Cities appearing on the map: <ul> <li>Indonesia: Island of Sumatra: Palembang, Bencoolen (Bengkulu), and Acheen (Aceh).</li> <li>Island of Java: Bantam (Banten), Batavia (Jakarta), Samarang (Semarang), and Sourabay (Surabaya).</li> <li>Borneo: Pontianak and Sucadana (Sukadana).</li> <li>Celebes (Sulawesi): Mavassar (Makassar).</li> <li>Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Candy (Kandy).</li> <li>Malaysia: Queda (Kedah State) and Malacca (Malacca City).</li> <li>Thailand: Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat), Siam (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya), Bankok (Bangkok), and Ogmo (?).</li> <li>Brunei: Borneo (Brunei).</li> <li>Philippines: Mindanao (Mindanao Island) and Manilla (Manila).</li> <li>Yemen: Mareb (Ma'rib), Sana (Sana'a), Mocha, Aden, and Doan (?)</li> <li>Oman: Dafar (Dhofar Governorate), Rostak (Al-Rustaq), and Muscat.</li> <li>India: Tanjore (Thanjavur), Cochin (Kochi), Madras (Chennai), Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), Goa (Old Goa), Poonah (Pune), Hydrabad (Hyderabad), Bombay (Mumbai), Masulipatam (Machilipatnam), Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Ajmere (Ajmer), Cambay (Khambhat), Nagpour (Nagpur), Surat, Allahabad, Dacca (?), Patna, Ruttunpour (?), Calcutta (Kolkata), Moorshedabad (Murshidabad), Rutujpour, Munnypour (Manipur princely state in India), Serinagur (Srinagar), Ladak (Ladakh region in India), and Cashmere (Kashmir region in India).</li> <li>Myanmar: Prome (Pyay), Pegu (Bago), Rangoon (Yangon), Martaban (Mottama), Tavoy (Dawei), Mergui (Myeik), Tenasserim (Tanintharyi), Aracan (Arakan State in Myanmar), Ummerapoora (Amarapura), and Ava (Inwa).</li> <li>Cambodia: Cambodia (?).</li> <li>Vietnam: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Feneri (?), Turon (Da Nang), Huefo (Huế), and Kesho (Hanoi).</li> <li>Laos: Lanchang (In region of ancient Lan Xang Kingdom).</li> <li>Egypt: Tor (El-Tor).</li> <li>Saudi Arabia: Medina, Jidda (Jeddah), Mecca, and Lahsa (Al-Hasa).</li> <li>United Arab Emirates: Seer (Al Seer).</li> <li>Iran: Shiraz, Rushire (Bushehr), Lar, Gombroon (Bandar Abbas), Tabriz, Resht (Rasht), Casbin (Qazvin), Shuster (Shushtar), Astrabad (Gorgan), Mushed (Mashhad), Sarae (Sari), Teheran (Tehran), Koom (Qom), Ispahan (Isfahan), Yezd (Yazd), and Kerman.</li> <li>Pakistan: Teez (?), Kelat (Kalat), Tatta (Thatta), Bukkur, and Lahore.</li> <li>Nepal: Catmandoo (Kathmandu).</li> <li>Bhutan: Tassisudon (Palace of the Druk Desi).</li> <li>China: Yunnan (Kunming), Koeiyang (Guiyang), Queiling (?), Canton (Guangzhou), Hong-Kong (Hong Kong), Amoy (Xiamen), Footchoo (Fuzhou), Shekerdon (?), Karia (?), Kotun (?), Lassa (Lhasa), Chingtoo (Chengdu), Singan (Xi'an), Lantchoo (Lanzhou), Ningpo (Ningbo), Nankin (Nanjing), Vootchang (The district of Wuchang in Wuhan, China), Kaifong (Kaifeng), Tsinan (Jinan), Taiyuen (Taiyuan), Cashgar (Kashgar), Yarkand (Yarkant), Turfan (Turpan), Hami or Chamil (Hami City), Pekin (Beijing), Chin-yang (Shenyang), Ningoota (?), Kirin Oula (Jilin), Petoune (Songyuan), Tsitchicar (Qiqihar), Merguen (?), and Sagalien (Now Aigun, a district in the city of Heihe, China).</li> <li>Taiwan: Tywann (Tainan).</li> <li>Turkey: Smyrna (İzmir) and Makry (Fethiye).</li> <li>Syria: Aleppo and Damascus.</li> <li>Israel: Acre and Jerusalem.</li> <li>Iraq: Mosul and Bagdad (Baghdad).</li> <li>Uzbekistan: Bokhara (Bukhara), Samarcand (Samarkand), Termed (Termez), and Khiva.</li> <li>Afghanistan: Balkh, Ghoor (Ghor province in Afghanistan), Cabul (Kabul), Candahar (Kandahar), Herat, and Dooshak (?).</li> <li>Tajikistan: Kotlan (Khatlon Region of Tajikistan), Badakshan (Badakhshan Regions in both Tajikistan and Afghanistan), and Khojand (Khujand).</li> <li>South Korea: Kingkitao (?).</li> <li>Japan: Nangasaki (Nagasaki), Miaco (Kyoto), Jeddo (Tokyo), and Matsmai (Matsumae).</li> <li>Russia: Azof (Azov), Astracan (Astrakhan), Derbend (Derbent), Oufa (Ufa), Orenburg, Tobolsk, Ekaterinburg (Yekaterinburg), Omsk, Tomsk, Kolivan (Kolyvan), Yeniseisk (Yeniseysk), Krasnoiarsk (Krasnoyarsk), Irkutsk, Kiachta (Kyakhta), Kirensk, Nertchinsk, Ochotsk (Okhotsk), Yakutsk, and Olensk (Ust-Olenyok).</li> <li>Georgia: Tiflis (Tbilisi).</li> <li>Azerbaijan: Baku.</li> <li>Armenia: Erivan (Yerevan).</li> <li>Turkmenistan: Urghenzo (Konye-Urgench).</li> <li>Kazakhstan: Taraz or Turkestan (Taraz).</li> <li>Mongolia: Ourga (Ulaanbaatar), Kara-korum (Karakorum), and Maimatchin (Altanbulag).</li> </ul>

Vigilance et souvenir

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At the top of the poster is a festoon with a lighted torch on both ends. To the left of the title is a soldier on the right is a scene of Paris in flames with Notre Dame in the foreground. Beneath the title is a wreath with a soldier's helmet and weapon and a red, white and blue ribbon. Underneath the festoon, text is organized in a numbered list, printed in two columns.,Translation of title: Vigilance and remembrance: thirty German crimes.,At head of sheet: Alliance Universitaire Française.,MU: Poster mounted on canvas and encaspsulated. Stamped on back: University of Missouri Library, Oct. 29, 1947.

Germany wants to see you

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Name of artist found on www.internationalposter.com/poster-details.aspx?id=GEL18011.,Poster showing a painting of a street scene with a tall red-orange building with a dome in sunlight and a shorter building on either side in the shadows a horse-drawn wagon is driving through an arched entrance of the tall building and a man is walking along the left shorter building and two women are conversing at the right shorter building a green sky with pink clouds in the background.

Library service roll

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The text lists the names of fourteen servicemen serving during World War I who had worked at the Library at one time. Additional information, including unit, city and states are given for eleven of the servicemen. The thirteenth and fourteenth names are on a separate sheet that is attached to the original sheet.,A service flag has been placed in the University Library containing ten stars for men who have worked there since H. O. Severance has been librarian, and who are now in service. They are: Captains Chester Longwell, Herschel Colbert, and Carson E. Cowherd Lieutenants Claude B. Cross, now in France, Guy V. Head, James R. Bryant of Camp Zachary Taylor, and George T. Riley of Camp Funston George Phillips of Fort Sill, George B. McCowan, of Camp Funston and J. H. Longwell, of the Third Reserve Officer's Training Camp at Camp Pike. -- page 126, The Missouri Alumnus, January 1918. Additional names on broadside are: J. Fay Minnis, J. Arthur Love, Delos C. Johns, and Hugh Trowbridge.,MU: Poster mounted on canvas and encapsulated.