Photographs of the movable book "The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer," held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration on the cover is of a a circus performer in a red outfit, and white collar extended out like a star. He also wears a pointy red hat, and is jumping on a theater stage, framed on the side by a red curtain. The top of the cover has a yellow banner containing the title. Image 2, "The Maid" poem on a page with three stanzas. On the right is a movable illustration of a maid in bright blue washing a giant mirror while standing on a step stool, another woman in a different maid outfit standing behind watching her. Image 3, "The Musician" poem with a movable illustration on the right of a musician in a blue coat and yellow striped pants, playing a french horn with a music stand in front of him. Standing by him is a grey dog, looking out a window into the night where two black cats are outlined.

Photograph of a variety of scattered handwritten notes and drawings including edited pages of drafts, academic and personal notes, recipes, and sheet music from the James Flowers Collection of Ephemera Found in Returned Library Books held by UNT Special Collections.

Photographs of "Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook" by Lothar Meggendorfer, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in big black letters, the word "Actors" diagonal. Around the title is a thin red design around it. The illustration is on the bottom of the cover of a man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, with a checkered floor under him and the publishing information on the bottom right. Image 2, "The Dancing Master" poem on the left page with the movable illustration the right page of man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, as well as long white socks and pointed black shoes on a checkered brown floor. Image 3, "The Lady Singer" poem on left page with a movable illustration on the right page of a doll-like woman in a bright blue dress with a white ruffled collar and a blue and white feathered hair accessory. She holds a guitar as she plays it, and sits on a green bench with the floor in front of her having a flower pattern. Image 4, "The …

Photograph of a quilt designed by Michael-David Light to remember members of the Turtle Creek Chorale lost to the AIDS crisis. It has the names around the border in maroon and black velvet rectangles with gold lettering and turtle designs. In the main section of the quilt is a large turtle made with patches of green and blue shiny and matte cloth. The shell is made out of faces, likely resembling those who were lost. A red ribbon is also included in the lower right corner and the quilt is hung up on a pole with loops of cloth securing it.

Photographs of Julian Wehrs "The Exciting Adventures of Finnie the Fiddler," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is a bright yellow, with different illustration of figures, such as a boy playing the fiddle and a tiger. The title is in the middle in bold red letters. All the little illustrations are in a blue circle, which is surrounded by musical notes. At the top are the words "Pictures Come To Life" and "You can really make them move, Watch them play." Image 2, illustration of 3 young children sitting at desks in a classroom. In front of them is a teacher behind her desk yelling at them with her finger pointed. Through the window a sunny day can be seen, the page on the left is filled with text and a blue sketch of a little boy.

Photograph closeup of a variety of scattered handwritten notes and drawings including edited pages of drafts, academic and personal notes, recipes, and sheet music from the James Flowers Collection of Ephemera Found in Returned Library Books held by UNT Special Collections.

Photograph of a variety of correspondence, letters, stationery including an invitation, a music album flier, and edits for a theatrical opera show from the James Flowers Collection of Ephemera Found in Returned Library Books held by UNT Special Collections.

Photographs of "Poems" by Wilfred Owen, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page, the page to its left covered by a thin brown slip. Image 2, frontispiece showing an image of a young mustached man in uniform. Image 3, "Dulce Et Decorum Est." The text on the left page has three sections numbered IV-VI. The page on the right is titled Dulce and numbered page 15. Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” stands as the most widely anthologized example of a poem by a WWI soldier who positions his passion and vision in direct opposition to the euphemistic rhetoric about war so prevalent in patriotic verse and political discourse. That said, part of its persuasive strategy is that of rooting its vision in the immediacy of the personal, such that whatever didactic energy of the closure grows out of a dramatic context and the sense of personal authority gathered in the process. Much of the success of this structure relies upon a series of “turns,” or “voltas,” that delineate the poem’s development. The immediate physicality and collective sweep of perspective will be critical to the gathering force of argument. The first turn (“Gas! …