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[3 Travel Maps]

Description: Three travel maps which are meant to accompany a text about expeditions in the area. The first map shows the north pole and northernmost parts of North America and Greenland; some exploration routes and geographic features are noted. The second map shows exploration and discoveries in the Arctic Sea area with regions and some geographic features noted. The third map is a nautical chart of the Port of Lievely with depths marked in fathoms and some relief of surrounding land marked.
Date: 1855
Creator: Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 17 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Dance Forum Taipei ('Dong Feng; Eastern Current'), Hiromoto Ida ('Sentaku'), Karen Jamieson and Byron Chief-Moon ('Elmer & Coyote'), and Conny Janssen Danst ('Lost' and 'Trio'). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Assemb… more
Date: July 17, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006 (lunch)]

Description: Program from a performance during the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held against one of the exterior walls of the Accolade Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 17 includes a description for "Wind Rain Sun" by Bird Soul Productions.
Date: July 17, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 18 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Eryn Dace Trudell Dance Projects (Cosmopolit and Snuffelupagus), Accademia Nazionale di Danza and Scenamobile (Twist Twice), Troy Emery Twigg (Pulse), Kaha: wi Dance Theatre (Kaha:wi), and Mi Young Kim Dance Company (Hwang Jin-Ee). Also in the program is a note fr… more
Date: July 18, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006 (lunch)]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, for performances that were held in the Recital Hall of the Accolade East Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 18 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Ida Meftahi (Daf), Norma Araiza (Meec), Gael Force Dancers ('Blue Moon', 'Car Wash', 'Siamsa', and 'Our Favorite Son'), DansEncorps Company (Last Afternoon of my Youth), Rachel Gorman (Passing Dark), and Spirit Synott (Tango Rodante). Also … more
Date: July 18, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 19, 2006]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, for performances that were held in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fechan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 19 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Surdance Ensemble (Momentos), Holly Small and Sashar Zarif (in the letters of my name), Danza Concierto (Recycle (And So What?)), Tai Pei Dance Circle (OLYMPICS). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Ass… more
Date: July 19, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 20 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Debra Brown and Dancers (Summertime), DanceArt Hong Kong (Blind Dates), African Dance Ensemble (Adesa), Terrill Maguire (Resurgence), Dance Theatre Group Interact (An Angel at my Table), and Contempodanza (Of dreams... seas). Also in the program is a note from Mar… more
Date: July 20, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006 (lunch)]

Description: Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was hosted in the Recital Hall at the Accolade East Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 20 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Little Pear Garden Collective (Within...), Elena Quah (Pastoral Prayer), Danza Abend (Las Madres), M. Zihao Li (Faith), Cash & Company Dance (Garden), and the Menaka Thakkar Dance Company (Ashtapadi Abhinaya). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane … more
Date: July 20, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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[Adrienne Kaeppler speaking]

Description: Video from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly in Toronto, Canada in July 2006. It consists of a keynote address from Adrienne Kaeppler, a curator with the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian. The keynote is titled "Ballet, Hula, and 'Cats': Dance as a Discourse on Globalization".
Date: [2006-07-17..2006-07-21]
Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: World Dance Alliance
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Bob Kap Archive #5: Canada

Description: Home movies of soccer games, circa 1962. Judging from the reel's title, most of the games depicted took place in Canada but some footage appears to be from the 1962 World Cup, held in Chile. The film is silent and alternates between color and black and white images.
Date: 1962~
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds

A Chart of the Gulf Stream

Description: Map of the Gulf Stream from Florida and the Bahama Islands at lower left of map, up along the coast of North America, and to Newfoundland and the Grand Banks at upper right of map, as charted by Benjamin Franklin. At left side is text describing the journey from Newfoundland west and south along the Atlantic coast. In the text, "Gulf" is spelled "Gulph" Labrador is labeled as "Land of the Eskimaux's". Inset at upper left is a map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the Gulf Stream.
Date: 1786
Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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[Grant Strate speaking]

Description: Video from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly in Toronto, Canada in July 2006. It consists of a keynote address from Grant Strate, the founder of the dance program at York University where the conference was held. The keynote is titled "Dance in Canada – Roots and Branches ". Strate was a charter member of National Ballet of Canada, and its first resident choreographer, he was also the first chair of the Dance in Canada Association, the initiator of four national choreographic semina… more
Date: [2006-07-17..2006-07-21]
Duration: 39 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: World Dance Alliance

Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America

Description: An 1845 map of the Pacific coastline starting slightly west of present-day Alaska and extending to Mexico, including Oregon, California,and regions north to the Arctic. It shows cities and some towns, and selected rivers, mountains, and other features. This map is meant to accompany a history of Oregon, California, and other west-coast territories.
Date: 1845
Creator: Greenhow, Robert, 1800-1854. & Ringgold, George H.

[Medals from the Gay Games]

Description: Six medals from Gay Games III, an LGBT event similar to the Olympics. They are arranged in a rough star shape against a blue background, with a bronze medal in the center and five gold medals in a ring around it. Each medal has a colored cord attached at the top and stretched toward the edges of the mat, inside a gold frame.
Date: 1990

[Medals from the Gay Games]

Description: Detail view of six medals from Gay Games III, an LGBT event similar to the Olympics. They are arranged in a rough star shape against a blue background, with a bronze medal in the center and five gold medals in a ring around it. Each medal has a colored cord attached at the top and stretched toward the edges of the background.
Date: 1990

[Medals from the Gay Games]

Description: Six medals from Gay Games III, an LGBT event similar to the Olympics. They are arranged in a rough star shape against a blue background, with a bronze medal in the center and five gold medals in a ring around it. Each medal has a colored cord attached at the top and stretched toward the edges of the background.
Date: 1990
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[The New World, 1992]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
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[News Clip: Hardeman]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the death of Private Chester Hardeman of Dallas in the airline crash of Arrow Air Charter in Gander, Newfoundland. This b-roll footage includes a still photograph and footage of the wreckage. The story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: December 13, 1985
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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