African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
Title: These Are The Facts New Castle County Delaware paperback book, black printing on white paper, bound with metal staples; front cover: includes a pen and ink drawing of the outline of New Castle County surrounded by drawings of buildings and...
Boy buried in a mound of sand (?) with images of seashells pasted over mound. Pasted on collage "Words can tell how pretty a seashell is. And surely you've found words sometimes sound exactly like what they're supposed to be." Media ID: graphite,...
Painting of a beehive and bees, situated next to a yellow flowering plant. Painting for book by John Crompton. Media ID: opaque watercolor, black ink. On back paper #R54
Cross reference telephone directory blue cover with black text containing the title and publishing company information/ back cover is blank the contents of the directory is ordered by street name alphabetically, then by address on the street; the...
Interior setting of a woman holding a broom, standing between a basket and a chair. Illustration for book by Ruth Robbins (Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, [c1960]) Signed N. Sidjakov (Nicolas) Caldecott Medalist. Media ID: Brown ink. On back paper...
Drawing of nine people sitting around a bonfire surrounded by teepees, full moon in the sky. Includes a printed book page "Moon Magic" from "Buffalo Kill." Attributed to Gardell Dano Christensen. Media ID: black ink, graphite. On glass and back...
Old man wiping his head as a young boy speaks to him. Drawing for book by Richard Hughes (NY: London, Harper & brothers, [c1940]) Signed Fritz Eichenberg. Media ID: black ink.
Pig riding a horse, approaching a line of small animals bearing weapons. Drawing for book by Walter R. Brooks (NY: Knopf, 1950) Signed K. Wiese. Media ID: black ink, graphite. On front glass and back paper #54
Interior ballroom setting in which a small boy teases a dog while surrounding people watch with smiles. Inscribed on paper "'Have you seem tom thumb?' by Mabel Leigh Hunt, Stokes 1942" Signed Fritz Eichenberg. Drawing for book by Mabel Leigh Hunt...
Jockey riding a brown horse in a race. Drawing for book by Constance Frick Irwin (NY: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, [1959]) Media ID: black ink, graphite, watercolor. On back paper #118
Signed Clotilde Embree Funk. Drawing for book by Mabel Leigh Hunt (Phila, PA:J.B. Lippincott, [1952]) Media ID: black ink, black crayon, white correction.
Black and white drawing of bucking horse, throwing a rider in the air. A man walks along the horse. Signed K. Wiese. Chapter XXV P179 on back paper. Drawing for book written by Estelle Clapp (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953) Media ID: black ink....
Letter, Photograph and Drawing from book by Virginia Sorenson (NY: Harcourt Brace and World) Letter 8X7" Drawing 6,5 X 4.25" Photo 3.25 X 4.375" Media ID: typed ink, lithograph, photograph
Man wearing uniform, feeding six monkeys from a pail. Written on mat "Illustrations by Gardell D. Christensen for the book MONKEY'S." Media ID: black crayon. #30 in catalog
A young girl and boy in a bedroom, looking at a group of hearts on the floor. Drawing for book written by Lilian Moore (NY: Abingdon Press, [1959]) Media ID: black ink, white correction. #127
Interior scene divided in two pages. On the left page is a rabbit seated on a red armchair. On the right page is a man reclining in a matching red armchair. Behind the man a woman enters the room carrying a tray. A Christmas tree is in the...
Parrot perched on a branch, people and animals watching from below. Drawing for book written by Margaret Mackay (NY: John Day Co., [1951]) Media ID: black ink, black crayon, white correction, graphite. On back paper #59
