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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialShāhnāmah
شاهنامه Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe or scribes not indicated. Purchase Written in Kashmir, India. Paper; light-cream paper; four colums per pate with triple-ruled frames of black, blue, and gold; column divisions illuminated in red, blue, and gilt; large illuminated headpieces at ff. 2.v, 153.v, 307v, and 465v., each having a different design, comprising two to three cartouches of red-on-gold calligraphy, surmounted by...- Contributor: Firdawsī
- Date: 1842
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personal narrativeAllan Nye Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Myitkyina, Burma; India.
- Contributor: Nye, Allan - Young, C.W. Bill - U.S. House of Representatives/C.W. Bill Young - Gauthier, Jake
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:41:12.0
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMīzān al-ṭibb
ميزان الطب Basic treatise on traditional Arab medicine.- Contributor: Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1890
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personal narrativeJohn G. MacDonald Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Mather Field, California; Sacramento, California; Stockton Air Field, California; King City, California; Palo Alto Naval Air Station (NAS), California; India.
- Contributor: Green, Marjorie J. - Joan Cortez - Daughters of the American Revolution, Sacramento Chapter - Parker, Sandra - Macdonald, John G.
- Date: 1941
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:29:00.0
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInterview with John D. Stempel
- Contributor: Hamblin, Kirstin - Stempel, John D.
- Date: 1993-08-03
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personal narrativeJohnnie Erving Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Asia; India.
- Contributor: Valentine, Walter - Erving, Johnnie - Department of Veterans Affairs/ Medical Center
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 01:02:43.0
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personal narrativeWalter Frank Karas Collection Storekeeper, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Mediterranean Sea; India; Africa; Italy.
- Contributor: Boccio, Matthew - Karas, Walter Frank - William Choi
- Date: 1965
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:44:35.0
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personal narrativeLaurence F. Johnson, Sr. Collection Navy, Cold War - Pacific Ocean. Major, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Williams Air Force Base, Arizona; McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas; Parks Air Force Base, California; Travis Air Force Base, Bangkok, Thailand; India; Vietnam.
- Contributor: American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Central Florida Region - Johnson Sr., Laurence F. - Bice, Burton C. - Rodriguez, Louis
- Date: 1949
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInterview with . Leila F. Dane
- Contributor: Dane, Leila F. - Weiss, Mary Louise
- Date: 2010
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personal narrativeWilliam Roger Lee Collection Technician Three, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - India; China; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
- Contributor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit, Fertile, Minnesota - Larson, Carole - Lee, William Roger
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:37:56.0
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personal narrativeDalton Hauss Collection Corporal, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; India; China; Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands).
- Contributor: Hauss, Dalton - Wong, Janice - Farrar, Mike - American Red Cross, Greater Long Beach Chapter
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:36:48.0
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInterview with Eugene M. Schaeffer
- Contributor: Schaeffer, Eugene M. - Kennedy, Charles Stuart
- Date: 2010
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personal narrativeDaniel Cooper Collection Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - India; Japan. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea.
- Contributor: Patricia Carnahan - Cooper, Daniel - Watson, Carole M. - Eytinge, Margo - Timberland Regional Library
- Date: 1930
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:58:20.0
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personal narrativeGeorge Martin Collection Technician Three, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Africa; India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater; European Theater.
- Contributor: Martin, George - Lugar, Richard - Reser, Lesley - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:45:18.0
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialTimurnamah Persian manuscript of uncertain title or and author; does not appear to be the Timurnanah of Hātifī.
- Contributor: Fayzali, Muhammad
- Date: 1569
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialShah-nameh by Firdausi Shahnameh (Book of kings) was composed by the revered Iranian poet Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī (940-1020). The book recounts in verse the mythological history of ancient Persia and tales of the famous heroes and personalities of Iranian history, from legendary times to the 7th-century reign of Yazdegerd III, the last king of the Sassanid dynasty. Considered the national epic of Iran, the book was widely...
- Contributor: Firdawsī
- Date: 1600
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialPetition for Funds; Insha' Petition for Funds; Insha' literary compositions or letters (insha') written by the calligrapher Lutfallah Khan, in the Indian Nasta'liq script, from Janpur in India in the 18th Cent. At the top of the verso of this fragment appears a now illegible attribution note stating that the text was written in the "handwriting of" (khatt-i...). The calligrapher may well be Lutfallah Khan, who also executed...
- Contributor: Lutfallah Khan
- Date: 17??
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personal narrativeHarry B. Worley Collection Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Shepherd Field, Texas; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Hays, Kansas; India; China; Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater.
- Contributor: Worley, Harry B. - Daughters of the American Revolution - Williams, Dian B.
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:43:46.0
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personal narrativeJohn Howard Hug Collection Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - New Mexico; India; United States; Japan; Guam (Mariana Islands); Philippines; Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater. Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam.
- Contributor: Hug, John Howard - Hill, Barry S. - Marquart, Dave - Warhawk Air Museum
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 01:29:34.0
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInterview with Royal D. Bisbee
- Contributor: Bisbee, Royal D. - Charles Stuart Kennedy
- Date: 2011
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personal narrativeCharles Homer Enfield Collection First Lieutenant, Air Force, World War, 1939-1945 - Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; India.
- Contributor: Enfield, Charles Homer - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library - Evans, Mary E.
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:49:55.0
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
المعجم فى آثار ملوك العجم Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings.- Contributor: Ḥusaynī Qazvīnī, Sharaf Al-Dīn Faz̤l Allāh
- Date: 1825
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDecorative borders Mughal style decorative borders with verses composed by the famous Persian poet Hafiz (d. 791/1388-9). Written Nasta'liq script in the 17th Cent. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 11.4 (w) x 19.5 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 13 (w) x 19.5 (h) cm Hafiz warns of the transience and fickleness of this world (literally, an old hag or 'ajuza), and argues that those...
- Date: 16??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInterview with Melbourne L. Spector
- Contributor: Spector, Melbourne L. - North, William Haven - Kennedy, Charles Stuart
- Date: 1996-09-12
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personal narrativeRobert L. Schneider Collection Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Schneider, Robert L. - McClain, Patricia H.
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 01:18:20.0