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Introducing Amistad. Random House promotional poster (1970).
Williams, John A.
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition. Cover art by Romare Bearden
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition. Cover art by Romare Bearden
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition, copy proof.
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition, copy proof.
Williams with Charles F. Harris at the Random House reception for Amistad.
Williams with Charles F. Harris at the Random House reception for Amistad.
Williams with Henry Roth. Spain, 1966.
Williams with Henry Roth. Spain, 1966.
John O. Killens and Williams. 4 April 1984.
John O. Killens and Williams. 4 April 1984.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.<br /> Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.
Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
Poster for distribution of the 1939 Universal Pictures film. Cyrillic text. USA Film. Gilbert and Sullivan. Mikado. [with] Kenny Baker.
Bulgaria, 1939
Country of origin: Bulgaria.

Poster for distribution of the 1939 Universal Pictures film. Cyrillic text. USA Film. Gilbert and…
Rochester-Hobart football game
Bill Robinson in the Hot Mikado
The Mikado Reclaimed
The Mikado Reclaimed, Austin, TX, 2016
Country of origin: USA.
The Mikado: Reclaimed. Presented by Generic Ensemble Company and The Vortex in…
The Mikado or The Town Of Titipu.
Mikado Inc., 1990
Color poster. Mikado Inc. Inspired by Gilbert Sullivan's "The Mikado." Lyrics by Albert Evans. Book by
Jane Waterhouse. Musical supervision…
"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
Business Card: "J. Williams / 327 W. 85th St. New York 24, N.Y. / Public Relations / Marketing / Promotion / Advertising." 1955.
Business Card: "J. Williams / 327 W. 85th St. New York 24, N.Y. / Public Relations / Marketing / Promotion / Advertising." 1955.
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
Mikado, U.K., 2010
Color poster designed for The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in The Mikado. By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Adapted and directed by Chris Monks.…
Black Mikado, 1975
Color poster. The Black Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan: James Verner by arrangement with
Picadilly Plays LTD. In association with Paula…
Value of an Optics Education
Wolf Vishniac: Wolf Trap
Campus Day (College for Women, Prince Street Campus)<br />
Men's Glee Club Tour of Chicago and Buffalo
YellowJackets on the Ed Sullivan Show
Awakening of the Campus Spirit
Commencement 1985
Ukrainian Rochester Collection stamp logo, blue on yellow
A digitized and recolored image of the original Ukrainian Rochester Collection logo stamp made by Mirko Pylyshenko. Added as an item in order to use…
Modern Writers Conference
<em>Трійка гільтаїв</em>
Handwritten theatrical script entitled Трійка гільтаїв, a lighthearted pastoral comedy about everyday life in a small village called Giltais. The…
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
Dunbar Center basketball team. 7 April 1943. Williams is third from right, second row.
Callaloo #21 front cover
"MORE JOURNEYS WITHOUT TITLE,"
Callaloo #21. Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring-Summer 1984); 83-85.
Troop 47, Dunbar Center. Herbert “Hoppie” Johnson, surrogate father, crouches front row, left; Williams sits next to him.<br /> 13 November 1937.
River Campus Construction, 1927-1930
News report on Nixon honorary degree
Campaigning for Nelson Rockefeller: from left to right: Republican Chairman William Dwyer, Jackie Robinson, community activist Mildred Johnson and Rocky Simmons in hat. Rochester, 1970.
Rocky Simmons with Judge Reuben K. Davis, the first African-American Rochester City Court Judge.
Rocky Simmons at right, with City Manager Kermit Hill to his right, working the crowd at a political gathering. 1970.
Rocky Simmons, at left, with Rochester Mayor Stephen May, June, 1970.
US Congressman Frank Horton presents Rocky with American flag.<br /> Photo by Long’s Photography Studio, 306 Joseph Avenue, Rochester.
US Congressman Frank Horton presents Rocky with American flag.
Photo by Long’s Photography Studio, 306 Joseph Avenue, Rochester.
Rocky Simmons political memorabilia
Political memorabilia
Baseball team sponsored by Candidate Arthur J. Robinson for County Legislature. Coach Rocky Simmons at left. 1969.<br />
Li-Young Lee Author Photo
Author photo for Li-Young Lee given by Peter Conners, BOA Executive Director.
Li-Young Lee at BOA's Dine & Rhyme fundraiser in 2013
Li-Young Lee attending and leading BOA's annual Dine & Rhyme fundraiser in 2013.
About the Exhibit: Rocky Simmons
Rocky Simmons with the football team he coached in Rochester.
Rocky Simmons with the football team he coached in Rochester.
Southern Negro league team, Rocky Simmons at right.
Southern Negro league team, Rocky Simmons at right.
Rocky Simmons, Rochester American Giants, ca. 1940s.
Rochester American Giants in the dugout of the Buffalo Bison’s home park. Rocky Simmons is standing in the middle with Alpheus Vallot in hat, circa…
Rocky Simmons, at right, as manager of the Utica Monarchs.
Rocky Simmons, at right, as manager of the Utica Monarchs.
Rocky Simmons at Wiley College
Rocky Simmons and family, 1991.
Steven Wynder (“Rocky”) Simmons and his father Irvine Simmons.
Rocky Simmons, ca. 1950s.
Rocky Simmons, in a white suit, next to an automobile.
Beatrice [Dawkins] Simmons, ca. 1955.
Beatrice [Dawkins] Simmons.
Gladys Simmons
Gladys Simmons
Rocky Simmons as a young child.
Photograph of Rocky Simmons as a boy.
BFC thumbs
Jerimyes Prognostication Excerpts
Excerpts from Jerimyes Prognostication of Jerusalems Overthrow, written in August, 1626.
Jerimyes Prognostication of Jerusalems Overthrow
A collection of meditations written in August, 1626 lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem and the livelihoods of its people in relation to God.…
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Manuscript volume 2:6 Expedition to Grand River, Canada, for Indian relics, October 28, 1850.<br /> <br /> <br />
pages 177-189 (8"x 6")
Dedication of the Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatic Center
Faculty of the University of Rochester
Seated, left to right: Albert H. Mixer, Asahel C. Kendrick, President Martin B. Anderson, Isaac F. Quinby, Samuel A. Lattimore
Standing, left to…
Parables of our Lord
Papier-mâché covers with black leather spine titled in gold
Völsunga saga : the story of the Volsungs & Niblungs, with certain songs from the Elder Edda
Copy has presentation inscription to Rossetti, on fly-leaf, signed William Morris
Hand-book of etiquette for gentlemen
Purple cloth binding stamped in blind and gold with pictorial vignette on covers
Hand-book of etiquette for ladies
Blue cloth binding stamped in blind and gold with pictorial vignette on cover
Rappers : or, The mysteries, fallacies, and absurdities of spirit-rapping, table-tipping, and entrancement
Silver wings and golden scales
Blue patterned sand grain cloth binding, stamped in blind, black and gold
Psalms of David
Relievo binding
Memorials of Lord Beaconsfield
Women of the Bible
Green diagonal rib cloth binding stamped in red, green, black and gold
Boston book : being specimens of metropolitan literature, occasional and periodical
Bound in blue-green morocco grain cloth stamped in blind and gold
Novum testamentum graecum
Red vertical rib cloth binding
Keepsake
Red moire silk binding
Sweet home, or, Friendship's golden altar
Red straight-grain morocco cloth binding
Ladies' and gentlemen's mirror of fortune : or, The analysis of life : illustrated by gems from the best writers, arranged in a new and original manner, for the entertainment of literary and social circles
Cover and spine engraving by John Feely [signed JF]
Inquiry into the condition and prospects of the African race in the United States : and the means of bettering its fortunes
Bound in plum diagonal fine rib cloth with overall floral and seaweed ribbon-embossed pattern
Forget me not
Library of American biography
Illustrated astronomy : a pictorial display of the astronomical phemomena of the universe with sixty-three coloured plates, illustrating a series of familiar discourses on astronomy
Duke Of Ormond - thumbnail for Southwell project
Journal of undergraduate research
Nologos contendere: the literary voice of the people
The Towers' turtle
Number nine
El tiempo Latino: the Latino student's voice
University of Rochester Student Publications
Letter from a Belgian citizen soldier to Abraham Lincoln, September 20, 1861
In this letter, a Belgian citizen soldier writes against conscription, recommending that Lincoln announce the abolishment of slavery.
[Untitled]
Letter from the "Many citizens of Florida" to Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861
In this letter addressed to Lincoln and his cabinet, the 'many citizens of Florida' want more troops deployed to defend the Union against the rebels.
[Untitled]
WRUR Inaugural Broadcast
Susan B. Anthony souvenir spoon, slotted
The Susan B. Anthony souvenir spoon was available in four styles: tea, coffee, orange, and bon-bon, with gilt or plain bowl.
Screenshot, navigation of original Gilbert and Sullivan: From London to America digital exhibit
Screenshot, navigation of original Gilbert and Sullivan: From London to America digital exhibit
Portrait of Jane H. Spofford<br />
Portrait of Clarina I. Howard Nichols<br />
Portrait of Clemence Sophia Lozier, M.D.<br />
Portrait of Paulina W. Davis<br />
Portrait of Myra Bradwell<br />
Portrait of Abigail Scott Duniway<br />
The portrait reads, "Yours for liberty, Abigail Scott Duniway"
Portrait of Lillie Devereux Blake<br />
Portrait of Clara Bewick Colby<br />
Portrait of Virginia L. Minor<br />
Portrait of Martha Coffin Wright<br />
Portrait of Matilda Joslyn Gage<br />
Portrait of Ernestine Potowski Rose<br />
Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman<br />
Portrait of Alice Stone Blackwell<br />
Portrait of Lucy E. Anthony
Portrait of Harriot Stanton Blatch<br />
Portrait of Ida Husted Harper<br />
Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt<br />
Portrait of Mary Garrett Hay<br />
Portrait of Emma Biddlecom Sweet<br />
Portrait of Harriet Taylor Upton<br />
Portrait of Rachel Foster Avery<br />
Portrait of Anna Howard Shaw<br />
Portrait of Mary Livermore<br />
Portrait of Olympia Brown<br />
Portrait of Aaron Augustus Sargent<br />
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Butler<br />
Portrait of Isabella Beecher Hooker<br />
Portrait of Parker Pillsbury<br />
Portrait of Sojourner Truth<br />
Portrait of Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Portrait of Amy Kirby Post
Portrait of Frederick Douglass
Portrait of Mary Stafford Anthony<br />
Portrait of Lucy Stone<br />
Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton<br />
Portrait of Lucretia Coffin Mott<br />
Postcard, birth place of Miss Susan B. Anthony<br />
This postcard features the Adams, Massachusetts birth place of Susan B. Anthony.
Postcard, Madison St. home of Miss Susan B. Anthony<br />
The Madison Street Rochester home of Susan B. Anthony is featured in this postcard. Ms. Anthony may be standing on the porch.
Postcard, Miss Susan B. Anthony at her desk<br />
In this postcard, Susan B. Anthony is seated at her desk.
Postcard, Miss Susan B. Anthony at 36 years<br />
A relatively young Susan B. Anthony looks out from this postcard, which includes no text.
Postcard of Susan B. Anthony without text<br />
This postcard contains an image of Susan B. Anthony and is otherwise blank.
Postcard, "Failure is impossible," Susan B. Anthony<br />
This postcard contains an image of Susan B. Anthony reading is titled, "Failure is impossible." The following quote says, "If I have lived to any…
Portrait of Ida Wells Barnett<br />
Ida Wells Barnett was a friend of Susan B. Anthony and, when visiting in Rochester, stayed at the Anthony home.
Colorized postcard of Susan B. Anthony<br />
This colorized postcard contains both an image and a quote from Susan B. Anthony.
Susan B. Anthony souvenir spoon<br />
The Susan B. Anthony souvenir spoon was available in four styles: tea, coffee, orange, and bon-bon, with gilt or plain bowl.
Advertisement for the Anthony souvenir spoon, 1898<br />
The advertisement for the Anthony souvenir spoon appeared on page 3 of the program for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Rochester 1848 Woman's Rights…
Portrait of Susan B. Anthony, 1905<br />
Portrait of Susan B. Anthony reading, 1905<br />
After her death, the photograph was designated by the NAWSA as the official portrait of Anthony and copies were sold to raise funds for the suffrage…
Portrait of Susan B. Anthony, 1899<br />
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