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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Menu Collection includes approximately 50 menus gathered during the travels of an unknown collector over a period of forty years or more, from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. About half of the items are from international airlines such as Air India and international cruise lines such as Holland America. The remaining menus, primarily from establishments in the United States and Mexico, range from elegant New York City restaurants, to modest diners near tourist attractions, to eating...

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The Victor Weybright Archives of Gypsy Studies contains books, dissertations, journal articles, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and ephemera relating to the documentation and study of Gypsy and Traveler cultures including the Rom, Romanichels, Cale, Sinti, Ludar, Romungre, Irish Travelers, Scottish Travelers and many others.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Menu Collection includes approximately 50 menus gathered during the travels of an unknown collector over a period of forty years or more, from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. About half of the items are from international airlines such as Air India and international cruise lines such as Holland America. The remaining menus, primarily from establishments in the United States and Mexico, range from elegant New York City restaurants, to modest diners near tourist attractions, to eating...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Gilberto and Minerva Martinez Papers (1971-1997) contain materials related to Gilberto Martinez's life and political activism in Michigan and Texas. Included are files, photographs, illustrations, newspaper clippings, articles, realia and memorabilia focused on artists, exhibits, political events, political parties - such as La Raza Unida - and business ventures in broadcasting and communications. Of particular note is the history of the flags in Series 5. These flags were those flown...

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The reference and research materials contains unpublished, working manuscripts or copies of publications by other authors under the sub-series Woks by Others. Some of these files were used to help edit, to publish a review of the work, or for research purposes.

The Research by Subject sub-series includes subject files used for research. These may contain photocopies of articles with annotations, clippings, notes, drafts by Stephen O. Murray, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Menu Collection includes approximately 50 menus gathered during the travels of an unknown collector over a period of forty years or more, from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. About half of the items are from international airlines such as Air India and international cruise lines such as Holland America. The remaining menus, primarily from establishments in the United States and Mexico, range from elegant New York City restaurants, to modest diners near tourist attractions, to eating...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Menu Collection includes approximately 50 menus gathered during the travels of an unknown collector over a period of forty years or more, from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. About half of the items are from international airlines such as Air India and international cruise lines such as Holland America. The remaining menus, primarily from establishments in the United States and Mexico, range from elegant New York City restaurants, to modest diners near tourist attractions, to eating...

Scope and Contents This is my largest collection which served as an important basis for the dissertation and the resulting volume, Chiefs and Clerics: Abdul Bokar Kane and the History of Futa Toro (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975). A small number of excerpts from the collection, with Pulaar transcription and English translation, were used to tell the “history” of Futa Toro in Moustapha Kane and David Robinson, The Islamic Regime of Fuuta Tooro. An Anthology of Oral Tradition Transcribed in Pulaar and Translated...

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The Albert and Angela Feldstein collection consist of thousands of political buttons, posters, pamphlets, stickers, bumper stickers, hats, tote bags, drinkware, conference swag, photographs, t-shirts, and other ephemera from U. S. political events such as conventions, marches, and demonstrations for Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights, Republican and Democratic conventions, and other events.