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Bureaucracy: A Love Story

Description: Bureaucracy usually only becomes visible when it stops working—when a system fails, when an event gets off schedule, when someone points to a problem or glitch in a carefully calibrated workflow. But Bureaucracy: A Love Story draws together research done by scholars and students in the Special Collections at the University of North Texas to illuminate how bureaucracy structures our contemporary lives across a range of domains. People have navigated bureaucracy for centuries, by creating and uti… more
Date: 2017
Creator: Cervantes, Gabriel; Porter, Dahlia; Skinnell, Ryan & Wisecup, Kelly
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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"Independent Original and Progressive": Celebrating 125 Years of UNT

Description: Joshua C. Chilton first described UNT as “independent, original and progressive” in his inaugural speech opening the university in 1890. In the 125 years since then the university has more than lived up to his expectations. The University Archive holds countless photographs, artifacts and publications which tell the remarkable story of UNT from its beginnings in a downtown hardware store to its place today as the one of the nation’s largest public universities. This book features stories about … more
Date: 2016
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis
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Partner: UNT Libraries

[Engraving in 'Les Chats']

Description: Photograph of an engraving in the book "Les Chats" by François Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif. The engraving is a fold-out, full-page piece done by Anne-Claude-Philipe de Tubieres. Some of the cats in the engraving are dressed as humans would be during the time-period while others are in the posture of everyday cats. They are in a scene on the roof of a building. The pages are held open with a clear, plastic band.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Washer Women" and base]

Description: Photograph of a folk-art piece titled "Washer Women", that depicts to female figures. One is reclining in what appears to be a rocking chair and the other is standing with her hands reaching towards a board in the yellow bucket in front of her. Both figures are designed differently. The one reclining is two dimensional and painted in white and black, while the one standing upright is three dimensional and has distinct features, two eyes a protruding nose and a carved mouth, and colorful blue p… more
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Don't Fence Me In" artist book from above]

Description: Photograph of a handmade miniature book featuring the first line of a Cole Porter song. The book is opened and the pages are connected accordion style. They have red text along the top of each page. The covers are made from ponderosa pine and the front has a stamped leather piece of a rider on a bucking horse.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Walter Crane's 'Faerie Queene']

Description: Photograph of an edition of Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' that is illustrated by Walter Crane. The book is open to an illumination and is resting on a cradle made of two wedges. The image depicts a woman on her knees in the midst of several men in armor and holding swords and shields. A short portion of writing is included below and designs decorate the border.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Dump House" art piece]

Description: Photograph of a "Dump House", folk art piece. The structure resembles a small shack with a red tin roof and white-painted wooden planks serving as the exterior wall. Broken items and small signs and advertisements decorate the house. There are pieces of dolls, small bottles and a bell on the piece.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Penny wooden doll from side]

Description: Photograph of a penny wooden doll sitting in a small wooden chair with a woven wicker seat. The doll has a dark skin-tone and is dressed in layers of patterned fabric. The face is painted on and includes, eyebrows, eyes, and a mouth with teeth. There is a nose protruding from the face and the arms have a screw in the shoulder allowing them to be moved and positioned.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 20, 1749, Article 1]

Description: Photograph of the first article in Benjamin Franklin's 'The Pennsylvania Gazette', published on April 20, 1749. The piece reads "Continuation of the General and Definitive Treaty of Peace, begun in No. 1053 of this Paper. Article I. There shall be a christian, universal, and perpetual peace, both by sea and land, and a sincere and inviolable friendship between the high powers before mentioned..." Part of the second column is also visible.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sue Parks, Julie Judkins, and Cathy Hartman at Dickens exhibit]

Description: Photograph of (L-R) Sue Parks, Julie Judkins, and Cathy Hartman, the assistant dean of UNT Libraries, at the reception for UNT Special Collections' Fall 2014 exhibit about the Vann Victorian Collection. Parks and Judkins are both holding refreshments. Behind them is a window and two very full bookcases.
Date: October 21, 2014
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Oil Well" windmill fan]

Description: Photograph of the windmill fan and details at the top of a whirley-gig folk art piece. It is a scene depicting a man, with a hat and dressed in a red shirt and blue overalls, holding a metal piece that connects to his car. The car is black and has red wheels. On the end opposite the car are four fan blades that are painted red and white.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Tree" artist book back cover]

Description: Photograph of the back cover of a handmade miniature book featuring the work of John Muir, a piece titled "Tree". The inner pages, not visible in this picture, were made by Donna Thomas, and the book is bound in leather and wood from Peter Thomas. The leather clasps on the book's fore-edge are held shut with a stick.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A guest, Dr. J. Don Vann, and Kevin Hawkins at Dickens exhibit]

Description: Photograph of (L-R) an unidentified guest, Dr. J. Don Vann, and Kevin Hawkins, the Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communication & Interim Copyright Librarian at UNT Libraries, at the reception for UNT Special Collections' Fall 2014 exhibit about the Vann Victorian Collection. The three appear to be having a conversation and behind them many other guests are visible.
Date: October 21, 2014
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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