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The story of Jesus: pictures from paintings

The electronic version of this item was provided by the Wayne State University Library System and is freely accessible through the Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.

The rational dame: or, Hints towards supplying prattle forchildren, by a familiar acquaintance with the animal creation

Final leaf watermarked 1828.

Bible atlas

This edition of "Bible atlas" was published in 1827 by the American Sunday-School Union. Unknown author and illustrator.

Queer people such as goblins, giants, merry-men and monarchs, and their kweer kapers

Bound in illustrated paper boards; edges stained green; decorated endpapers.

Letter from James Van Riper to N[?]. W. Van Riper, September 29, 1855

Letter from James Van Riper to his brother and sister, in it he discusses various family matters and the building of a new addition onto his house

Twenty Israeli composers: voices of a culture

Israel’s contemporary art music reflects a modern society that is an intricate fabric of national and ethnic origins, languages and dialects, customs and traditions—a heterogeneous culture of cultures. It is a rich and distinctive environment—at once ancient and modern, spiritual and secular, traditional and progressive.

Twenty Israeli Composers, the first published collection of interviews with Israeli composers, explores this developing and distinctive music culture. The featured composers …

Puss in boots

The electronic version of this item was provided by the Wayne State University Library System and is freely accessible through the Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, 186[2]

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, in it he describe the food in camp and asks about home.

From East to West: the westward migration of Jews from Eastern Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Migration has been a major factor in the life of the Jewish people throughout the two and a half millennia of their dispersion. And yet, the history of the Jewish migratory movements has not been fully explored in Jewish history. While the Jewish migratory movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and especially immigration to the New World, have attracted the attention of scholars, earlier such movements did not. In the present book I propose to discuss such a movement of an earlier …

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, February 6, 1864

Letter from Alexander to Henry Van Riper talking about life as a soldier

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, October 23, 1863

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper where he talks about weather and marching long distances

Letter from [Jim?] to N W Van Riper

Letter from Jim to his Brother N.W. Van Riper in it he talks about buying horses, the farm, and what various goods are selling for.

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, December 22, 1863

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, in it he dicusses being in the Battle of Chattanooga and other aspects of the war

The forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American diaspora

Between 1800 and 1880 approximately 6500 Dutch Jews immigrated to the United States to join the hundreds who had come during the colonial era. Although they numbered less than one-tenth of all Dutch immigrants and were a mere fraction of all Jews in America, the Dutch Jews helped build American Jewry and did so with a nationalistic flair. Like the other Dutch immigrant group, the Jews demonstrated the salience of national identity and the strong forces of ethnic, religious, and cultural instit…

Letter from Mary Van Riper to A W and M A Van Riper

Letter from Mary Van Riper to her Brothers N.W. and M.A. Van Riper, in it she gives them news of the death of a woman named Mary James, who she believes died from consumption

Letter from A.W. Van Riper to Willis Van Riper[1863]

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Willis Van Riper discussing his time at Camp Chase in Ohio.

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to "Dear Cousin," August 8, [1864]

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, in it he describes hard times at camp, long marches and fighting

Maurice Sugar: law, labor, and the left in Detroit, 1912-1950

It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with George Addes, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, to nurture…

Letter from J J Benster to Henry, February 16, 1865

Letter from JJ Benster to Henry Van Riper, inquiring about Huron Station and talking about a trip to Newbern

Uppermost Canada: the Western District and the Detroit frontier, 1800-1850

The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program.

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