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Materials created by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students in the Art Department course ART 384 Artist Books: Image & Text, during the Spring 2023 semester. Student creations are reimaginations of rare books and manuscripts housed in the Special Collections and Archives Department of McIntyre Library at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Summary Barstow & Grand, an annual print journal of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and hybrid text genres that supports writers with a connection to the Chippewa Valley in northwestern Wisconsin. In 2016, the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild began its mission to support regional writers through craft talks, writing residencies, readings, and other high-impact community initiatives. Within a year, guild members suggested that a regional publication seemed a natural...

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Robert Frost manuscript materials and books collected by Frederick G. Schmidt. Over 40 first, limited or otherwise rare editions of Robert Frost’s books, many of which have been signed and inscribed by Frost, are included along with approximately 50 books which contain or discuss Robert Frost’s poetry. Included among the manuscript portions of the collection are handwritten pieces of poetry, Christmas cards, other published works by Robert Frost, and fragmentary correspondence.

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The collection consists of a 21-page hand-written volume containing 81 poems by Violet Leigh, and vol. 1, no. 1 of the publication “The Eau Claire Monthly: Poetry and Prose” edited by Violet Leigh, ca. 1916. Violet Leigh was the pseudonym of Maud Phillips. Maud was born circa 1869 to Katheline Safford and grew up in Clark County, Wisconsin.