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The Bibliographical Maker Movement

Description: Paper offering an extended discourse on the full range of activities comprising the bibliographical maker movement, which in recent years has coalesced around the idea that maker culture may be employed to enhance our understanding of not only the history but also the future of the book.
Date: June 27, 2022
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney “Jet”; McIntosh, Marcia & O’Sullivan, Kevin M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit
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The Mutant Database: Media Franchise Authorship, Creators' Rights, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Description: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a massive ongoing franchise that began as a 1984 self-published comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Its history is intertwined with the creators' rights movement and the Creator's Bill of Rights (CBR), which rejected work-for-hire contracts, wherein creative laborers—creative authors—cede authorial control of their labor. Because the production of comic books and their franchises is highly collaborative, intellectual property (IP) rights a… more
Date: May 2022
Creator: Cardenas, Jen
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Annette Becker from the Texas Fashion Collection]

Description: Photograph of Allie Pankonien (left) and Annette Becker (right) from the Texas Fashion Collection seated behind their table where they are presenting materials and information for attendees of the 2022 DFW Archives Bazaar. The bazaar was held at the Heritage Room in the Fort Worth Stockyards on Sunday, November 6, 2022, from 1-5 pm.
Date: November 6, 2022
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Paper dolls coloring table]

Description: Photograph of the "Not Your Mother's Paper Dolls" exhibition on display at the Union Gallery from Meredith Cawley's Art 2020 Digital Tools class. The exhibition features works that were inspired by materials from the Special Collection's Patricia Fertel Paper Doll Collection. Some of the paper dolls were printed and placed on a table to be colored by guests.
Date: September 29, 2022
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Christmas Carol

Description: Photograph of a miniature version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol from Philadelphia, Pa. Running Press with an inscription from David Chares Dickens, great-grandson of Charles Dickens.
Date: December 2022
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis & Dickens, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Christmas Carol

Description: Photograph of a miniature version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol from Tony Firman Bookbinding in Hazlet, Texas.
Date: December 2022
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis & Dickens, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Christmas Carol

Description: Photograph of the inside of a Chapman A. Hall print of A Christmas Carol, in prose. A Ghost Story of Christmas, with illustrations by John Leech.
Date: December 2022
Creator: Dickens, Charles & Gieringer, Morgan Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Marjoe Davidson, August 23, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 23rd, 2022 at Lopez Island, Washington. Phelps interviews Marjoe Davidson, formerly Mary Jo Risher, plaintiff in the custody trial Risher v. Risher. In this trial, Davidson sued her ex-husband for custody of their child following the couples divorce. Custody was denied to Davidson due to her identity as a lesbian. She speaks on her life during her custody trial as well as her life in Washington following the di… more
Date: August 23, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Understanding Fragmentology: Collecting and Studying Medieval Manuscript Fragments" lecture recording]

Description: Recording of a lecture given at the University of North Texas Libraries by Farley P. Katz titled "Understanding Fragmentology: Collecting and Studying Medieval Manuscript Fragments." Technical difficulties caused the sound to cut out from 3:51 to 4:49 in the recording.
Date: March 28, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Katz, Farley P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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