Found in Archives and Special Collections: Crossing the Bar, JFK and Jackie, and more!

This series was made from posts written from April 2014 to December 2014 and combined at a later date.

Crossing the Bar

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Tiny book found by Archives & Special Collections student assistant Alex Perroots ‘17.

Alex writes, “This small book, measuring just over 3 inches in length contains the poem Crossing the Bar by Lord Alfred Tennyson. Crossing the Bar is a poem Tennyson wrote regarding death, comparing it to sailing on a ship, a great journey, one that he does not wish to be associated with sorrow or mourning.”

JFK & Jackie, Elvis, and Marilyn!

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JFK & Jackie, Elvis, and Marilyn! Talk about American icons!

Student Alvaro Gonzalez ‘16 found these photos while assisting our Manuscripts Curator with processing the Arthur O’Connell Collection.

O’Connell was a film and TV actor. Among his screen appearances were Picnic (1955), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), and The Hiding Place (1975). In 1962, O’Connell portrayed the father of Elvis Presley’s character in the movie Follow That Dream.

Of special note: Marilyn Monroe autographed her photo with a personal message to O’Connell!

Historical Entertainers

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“Two of my favorite things combined…film and book cover design.” – Found in the Special Collections vault by Taz Morgan, Media Archivist

Benjamin Holzman Papers

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Part of the Benjamin Holzman Papers at Loyola Marymount University, this cartoon strip, dated 1918, comes from one of America’s most famous cartoonists, Rube Goldberg (1903-1970). It  was most likely produced for the New York Mail, where Goldberg worked in the 1910s.  It’s a comic look at the convoluted politics of World War I America and the world, commenting on the U.S. war effort, the reshaping of European borders, and social unrest. His handwritten title reflect this: “You can’t afford to leave the paper out of your sight these days–by Goldberg.” In short, the strip has convoluted characters and situations, something appropriate for Goldberg, the creator of the “Rube Goldberg Machine” cartoon strip with Dr. Butts, who always found the hard way to do something easy. Because of this strip, the name “Rube Goldberg” worked its way into American English as a term for doing something easy in a needlessly complicated way.

Rube Goldberg autographed this cartoon (far right panel) for Benjamin Holzman, a Broadway and vaudeville critic for the New York Mail: “To the tamer of wild women Benny Holzman RGoldberg (sic) Feb./1918.”

FOUND by Manuscripts Curator Dr. Clay Stalls.