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Nicke Grabbe gives a speech during the March 12, 2016 event titled 'David Grayson Revealed'

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Book titled 'The Art of Good Behaviour and Letter Writer on Love, Courtship, and Marriage: A complete Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen, particularly those who have not enjoyed the advantages of fashionable life. Containing directions for giving and…

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Book titled 'The Pocket Letter Writer embracing practical illustrations of Epistolary correspondence'

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Letter from Joseph Stoddard Lathrop to Abigail Pomeroy's father in which Lathrop asks to continue courting Abigail.

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Letter from Abigail Pomeroy to Joseph Stoddard Lathrop dated May 24 1838 in which Abigail writes that she has been released from her engagement to "Dr. F" and expresses her wish to hear from Joseph.

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A Valentines card reading "a message to my Valentine / I'm grandly dressed, as you can see / and doubtless you agree with me / I cut a figure in good style / Therefore it may be worth your while" with a drawing of a young girl and boy in fine…

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Letter written from Frederic Augustus Ferdinand Fitz Clarence Bonaparte Hobbs to Fanny Gridley professing his love on July 2nd 1840

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Flyer for the "Who is David Grayson" online exhibit

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Photographs showing the display cases in the Special Collections Exhibit Room during the "Who is David Grayson?" exhibit that was on display in March-April 2016

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Valentine's Day card sent by Hazel Goodale Bullock when she was a young girl (1910-1914). The card has the words "To my valentine" at the top and has a picture of a red heart with a young girl holding a gift and cards. At the bottom it reads "if I…

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The Kansas University Pop Ensemble program includes the Robert Francis poem, "Summons," set to music composed by Mike Huebner. Wendy Walton was the soloist during the performance.

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A newspaper clipping describes a poetry reading by Robert Francis to take place on September 11 at the Jones Library. The reading was jointly sponsored by The Jones Library and the University of Massachusetts Press in celebration of the poet's new…

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Schoolbooks stored on the shelf among the Clifton Johnson Schoolbook Collection.

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Book cover of a 19th-century geography schoolbook.
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