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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…

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

Flyer for the "Who is David Grayson" online exhibit

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

Title image for the "Love and Courtship by Mail" online exhibit.

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…

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.

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…

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

Book cover of a 19th-century geography schoolbook.

Book cover for a 19th-century schoolbook of ancient geography.

Wedding invitation for Clifton Johnson's marriage to Anna McQueston in 1896.

Document conferring credentials to Clifton Johnson to be a delegate at the Democratic State Convention in Boston, in 1894.

Photograph of Clifton Johnson, at age 53, sitting with his arms crossed and resting on a table.

Portrait photograph of Clifton Johnson at about age 35.