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An open letter to the unconquerable Dutch.

Description: A poem praising the Dutch for defying the Nazis in World War II. The poem is framed by a painting of a tattered Dutch flag, in front of which are two hands bound with broken chains. Behind the flag is a Dutch landscape, including windmills and the ocean, depicted as a war zone.
Date: unknown
Creator: Atherton, John, 1900-1952 & Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Interview with Dr. Carlos K. Blanton]

Description: Video of an interview with Dr. Carlos Kevin Blanton in his office, with full bookshelves behind him. The interview begins 40 seconds in. Blanton discusses the history of bilingual education and what he calls the "bilingual tradition" in the United States, as well as major figures in the Mexican-American and Chicano movements.
Date: 2007~
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Maid Asleep

Description: The painting depicts an interior scene with a woman apparently asleep at the table on which sits a bowl of fruit and a lidded container. There is also a patterned table cloth, a chair and in the distance the interior scene is continued.
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Date: 1656/1657
Creator: Vermeer, Jan
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

A Couple with a Canary

Description: Through a doorway, past a mop and broom, a couple can be seen next to a bird cage.
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Date: unknown
Creator: de Hooch, Pieter
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

A Couple with a Canary

Description: A close view of the couple next to the bird cage is seen in this painting detail. The woman is seated and wears a white dress with pink ribbons and the man leans over her to look into the bird cage.
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Date: unknown
Creator: de Hooch, Pieter
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

A Lute Player Singing

Description: A man wearing pleated sleeves and an elaborate hat with a feather plays a stringed instrument and sings.
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Date: 1622
Creator: van Baburen, Dirck
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

A Lute Player Singing

Description: In this painting detail, a close view of the lute player's face is shown.
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Date: 1622
Creator: van Baburen, Dirck
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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[Leaf from Miniature Prayer Book, 15th Century, Netherlands]

Description: Leaf from a miniature prayer book in Old Dutch (The Netherlands, 15th-century). Text appears in a single column, late gothic script. The present leaf contains prayers for the "Heilige Jonc frauwen" Saint Gertrude and Saint Margaret. Note the scribe misspelled the girl's name as "Gertgtruyt" to which he/she/they made an unobtrusive correction. This item is unique in its collection, of the 37 leaves from this acquisition made in 2018, this is the only one on paper.
Date: [1401..1500]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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