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A Graduate of White Earth Mission School, Clyde Bellecourt became an activist and co-founder of American Indian Movement. In this photo, he is speaking at the UN International NGO Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the…

Letter dated September 27, 1938 from Sister Claire Lynch, Dean of the College of Saint Benedict, to alumnae in St. Paul, MN, who objected to the admission of Black students at CSB. The letter expresses confidence in Kathleen Yanes and Gertrude…

Band on lawn between Benet Hall and walkway to the Auditorium at Saint John's University.
[Director (standing, facing camera): Prof. Leopold Bruner, St. Paul
Attire: band uniforms (except director)

Diametric is a dos-a-dos formatted book letterpress printed on Somerset paper. The two sides with black or white paper utilize the same words. Single words are inked on with the opposing word debossed in the background of the page spread, such as…

A double-sided accordion with four pop-ups. The book is bound in color copies of vintage papers with page edges that resemble lace. Tie One On! traces the history of the apron from a solely functional clothing item to a fashion piece. Copy 12/20

There are two texts within this book. The poem is letterpress printed in seven colors. The essay, “Future Preterite” uses digital type. The book serves as a dialogue between the poet and the literary critic essayist (both are Gallo). It is a…

This book examines the multiple instances throughout history when there have been attempts to wipe out knowledge to maintain power. The text is handwritten with stamps and handbound using a Coptic stitch. Research was done using the book A Universal…

A portfolio of 12 folded leaves in a handmade black linen box. Each leaf contains stamps that are not official but represent parts of history that are glossed over, such as the United States’ use of Agent Orange and the bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam in…

This book is bound as a pamphlet and printed using lithography. The book dissects the Dick and Jane textbooks that were popular in the 1940s and 50s. Those textbooks made white upper-middle-class suburbanites seem like the “typical” American family.…