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Flip Book; black and white letterpress halftone; photoanimation of moving lips.

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This correspondence from Hubert Humphrey, member of the United States Senate Committee of Foreign Relation, discusses the importance of American students to attend the World Youth Festival in Vienna in a hope to help dissipate the communist…

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This bill discusses the need for better quality toilet paper in the residence halls.

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This letter contains the decision of the Student Government Association to expel Roberta for staying out all night with a man.

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This letter shows the resignation of Lawrence O. Heath from his position with SGA and ends with a call for beer to be served in D-Hall.

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This is a letter of appoinment for Elizabeth Carroll, who was designated as Head Monitor for Jackson Hall by the Student Council.

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Pennants were common decorations in student dorm rooms. They were often made of wool felt and demonstrated support for a particular school or sport. Many resident students hung them on the walls, both for their own and other schools like Virginia…

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Reproduced image of a local 19th century business. This grocery, located downtown, has many young African American boys pictured in front of the shop. Some carry baskets and others are driving a buggy. An African American man, presumably a shop keep,…

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This church was the first and the oldest African American church in Harrisonburg. Formerly located at the corner of Wolfe and Mason Streets, the church, along with many other buildings, was torn down during the urban redevelopment projects of the…

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The M & S Restaurant, once located at 172 North Main Street in Harrisonburg, was one of the many black-owned businesses in the city’s downtown. This building along, with many others in the 1960s, was destroyed during the R4 and R16 Projects. The…
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