Photograph of Barsanti's Purple Heart medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the purple heart-shaped medal laying inside a black leather box with the lid open, the inside yellow. The ribbon is held by a purple ribbon. Image 2, closeup of heart medal. The heart medal is a purple heart inside of a golden one. In the purple part is a gold figure of a head, and it is held by a purple ribbon with white on the side.

Photographs of "Fun at the Circus," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has a red spine and the front of it is an illustration of a clown in red, yellow and pointy white hat riding a white horse backwards, Another clown in blue, and red and white stripes stands on the side of the horse. The title is at the top in yellow letters. Image 2, illustration on left page of a jumping clown in red an yellow, holding a circle with a pig jumping through it. At the bottom it is titled "Piggie's Jump." The background shows crowds in the stands watching, and the page on the right has text with a small sketch of a monkey riding a pig in the bottom right. Image 3, bright movable illustration of an elephant in red, and blue/white striped pants riding a tricycle. The page on the left contains text with a sketch on the bottom right corner of a clown.

Photograph of the cover of "Forward, March!" by Angela Morgan, held by UNT Special Collections. The dark red cover has the title at the top left corner, followed by a graphic of a hand holding a torch and the author. This all encased by a line, and all in gold lettering/lines.

Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition honorable mention "In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat" created by Nhi B. Nguyen. Media: watercolor, gouache, ink, acrylic. In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat takes on a person's day spent in their room. The artist inspects certain parts of a day where a woman interacts with her cat, in the form of a pop-up book that can be displayed in the round. Image 2 the book is opened up on all sides, showing popups of a young girl and her cat. Image 2, closeup of a popup inside a black page of a young girl standing by her cat on her bed. Image 3, a book with red covers is opened up to show its black panels in an accordion-like manner

Photograph of an 101st Airborne patch from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The patch is black with the word "Airborne" stitched at the top in yellow with a space in between. On the bigger part of the black patch is the head of an eagle stitched on.

Photographs of "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed" by Amy Lowell, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the blue/grey spine with a label at the top of it containing the title. Image 2, the book opened up to the title page, with the left page containing publishing information.

Photographs of Segar's "Popeye and The Pirates," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is yellow with the title is in big bubble red letters at the top. Under the title is an illustration of Popeye swinging his arm, the word "splat" in an explosion in front of him surrounded by stars. On the left is a man sitting on top of a pile of gold bags. Image 2, illustration Popeye sticking out of a well, a man to the left and a woman on the right. Behind the well a bright green tree, water behind them. On the left page is the story.

Photograph of the cover of "Soldier Songs from Anzac" by Tom Skeyhill, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is worn lavender in color, with a double border in black ink. The title is at the top, and the publishing information at the bottom also in black ink.

Photographs of the 2017-2018 artist's book competition winner "A Matter of Time" created by Samuel C. Cowan. Media: Leather, etched copper, screen print and watercolor on paper. A Matter of Time is the study of the effects of light and time on space. It is a celebration of repetition through subtle, predictable change. The first image is a triangular book, the middle of it a light brown triangle with subtle lines that make it resemble an eye. Image 2, the triangular book is opened up to show several panels in an accordion-like manner, containing illustrations of a house with bare trees by it and bright blue sky. The house is the same, but the shadow on it varies. Image 3, a closeup of three of the book panels, the houses on the illustration go from big shadow to small shadow from left to right.

Photographs of "The Making of Micky Mcghee" by R.W. Campbell, held by UNT Special Collections. The third image shows the book opened up to pages 64-5. On the left page are the words "Carry On" next to a drawing of a soldier kneeling with a long rifle, followed by a bit of text. On the right page are the words "Miners and Miners" next to a drawing of a man holding a shovel followed by a few paragraphs of text. Image 1, pale brown book cover with the title at the top in an illustration of a man standing in front of a sign, and buildings behind it, the author in the bottom right corner. Image 2, inscription written on the inside of the cover in pencil. Robert Walter Campbell, born 1876, served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the Boer War (1899 to 1902), and then again with the 5th battalion in Gallipoli (1914) in the Great War. This second tour gave him the material for his poems in support of the war effort. Campbell wrote 25 lively poems and songs in Standard English for The Making of Micky McGhee. Some 20th century Scottish slang is sprinkled throughout.

Photographs of the 2003-2004 artist's book competition winner "A Space Between Us" created by Lisa Tristan Mellot (aka Elizabeth Mellott-Carreon). Each of the twelve volumes of A Space Between Us consists of fired clay covers that enclose handmade paper pages. The pages open as a triptych to reveal contrasting statements about how the artist related with her mother at various ages and how her mother related with the artist's grandmother at the same ages. Beneath the pages are recessed compartments containing found objects. The first image shows one of the books propped open, behind it one of the books is propped up to the front and back cover, a pile of of the same books next to it. Image 2, photo inside the book. The closeup shows part of "A Space Between Us" from the inside, dark brown and on the right part of it hollowed out with a black and white photo of a young woman inside. On the left is a white page with the words "I thought my mom was a dragon" inside it. image three, the inside of the book with the image of a young woman in a hollowed out part lays open, with another …

Photographs of "Socks" by Emily Caroline Oliphant, held by UNT Special Collections. Image 2, shows the title page, the words "Moriendo Vivo" in the middle of it. Image 3, open book with table of contents on the left page and the page on the right the beginning of a chapter titled "Socks" with the date September 1914 under it. Image 4, page of text titled "Socks" on the left and page on right titled "The Mine-Sweepers." Image 1, green book cover with the title and author in the middle in red lettering. In the top right corner are blue, white and red stripes. While not every poem in Emily Caroline Oliphant’s Socks directly concerns the role of women on the home front of World War I, the most noteworthy of the book’s 27 poems, “Socks,” details the almost laughable frustration of the limited contributions a woman could make in contrast to her husband’s sacrifices: “Tis little a woman can do when fighting is to the fore; / True, she can send her menkind now as in days of yore; /... But every minute to spare she knits for her soldier—socks.” The book’s title page bears the information that it was …

Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition honorable mention "Microscopic Book" created by Todd Rychener. Media: alcohol ink, acetate, fabric, paper. Designed to not have an obvious front or back, Microscopic Book can be read left to right starting at either cover. The intention is to bring to mind: biology class microscope slides, 35mm film slides, kaleidoscopes, fossilized amber, gemstones, or underwater sunlight. The first image is of the grey book seen from the top, the cover of the page has a magnifying glass in the middle. The pages are different colors. Image 2, the clear pages of the book are opened up, the frames different colors. Image 3, the front and back of the grey book are seen with the magnifying glasses on the front and back. The front and back are tied together by light blue string. Through the clear part of the book colorful swirls can be seen.

Photograph of Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the circular wheel-like medal laying in black leather box with a yellow inside, attached to a red ribbon with two clusters on it. Image 2, closeup of the medal. The medal is a fan-like wheel with the fan part white with red edges. The circle in the middle attaching them is golden with a blue middle, containing several gold stars inside of it. Under the fan part is a golden circled framed by green. The medal is attached to a red ribbon with white edges, and two leaf clusters laying on the ribbon.

Photographs of "The Pop-Up Buck Rogers: Strange Adventures in the Spider-Ship," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration of a man in a colorful space suit with a flying pack, next to him a lady in green dress and boots flying by hi. To the right is a robot creature with spider body and legs, and a head with a beak as well as blue wings attached to its purple body. The title is at the top, and the bottom right corner contains another robot creature, with the words "With 3 "Pop-Up" Pictures" next to it. Image 2, illustration of Buck Rogers with the woman in green next to him in a desert expanse, above them is a pop-up of the robot creatures with several legs. The bottom is titled "The Battle with the Monster." Image 3, pop-up of Buck Rogers fighting a green bird-like creature, with Buck Rogers holding a red gun towards it. Image 4, side view of Buck Rogers and bird creature with a woman laying down on the ground now seen.

Photographs of "Plain Song" by Eden Phillpotts, held by UNT Special Collections. Image 2 shows the table of contents on the left page and a page with a poem titled "August the Fourth." Image 3, continuation of the poem "August the Fourth" and number 2 and 3. Image 1, cover of the book made of grey paper, framed by a thick line with the title at the top followed by the dates 1914-1916. Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was born in British India and is best known for his celebration of the landscape of Dartmoor in southern England. His collection of poems, Plain Song, moves from horror to acceptance, but always with a sense of detachment of the poet at home. The opening poem takes its title from the date Britain declared war on Germany, “August 4, 1914.” Thwarting the reader’s expectations, the poem begins with a peaceful woodland scene at dusk, where the speaker watches the moon rise over a clearing filled with emerald-like glow-worms and the purr of a swooping churn-owl, who “throbbed and throbbed, then took his flight...in rapture and delight” (p. 2). The poem ends by shattering this scene “by Nature sanctified” when the speaker suddenly recalls the …

Photograph of the Two Star General license plate from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The licenses plate is a red rectangle with two small white stars in the middle of it.

Photographs of "Taps" by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Grantland Rice, held by UNT Special Collections. The second image is of pages 110 an 111, the page on the left is a drawing of a figure laying on grass and the page on the right is a poem titled "No Man's Land." Image 3, pages 200 and 201 with the page on the left containing parts of a poem and the page on the right containing a drawing of two soldiers sitting down with skull faces. Image 1, cover of the book. It is dirty yellow in color with title in bold at the top with black lettering, the subtitle and names in smaller letters. Expanding vertically on the left side of the cover is a sketch of a soldier playing a trumpet. Image 4, side view of book's spine that contains the title and author, small white stars along it vertically.

Photographs of "Bookano Stories with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form" edited by S. Louis Giraud, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration royalty riding in a carriage, including a queen in extravagant clothes, a man in a striped outfit and a few children sitting around the. The carriage is gold with colorful ribbon around the top, water and buildings seen in the background. The title is at the top in red letter, with the subtitle in blue. Image 2, pop-up of Pan playing a pipe in the wood, surrounded by trees with colorful scenery and animals in the trees. In front of it the page is titled "The Pipes of Pan." Image 3, hands holding on to a colorful pop-up while setting a white weighted string over it. Image 4, two hands propping up the pop-up of Pan, with the page in front of it a bright yellow and the page behind it showing a dark night. Image 5, front view of the pop-up of Pan showing the colorful parts around the trees, the top of it a dark bright blue with a bright yellow moon partially seen. Image 6, closeup of …

Photographs of "Rookie Rhymes," held by UNT Special Collections. The book is opened up to a page on the left titled "The Call" followed by a poem. On the right page is an illustration of a soldier and woman in a big dress dancing. Image 1, the brown paper book cover has no spine, and the title is at the top in big black letters followed by an illustration of a man in a hat smoking a pipe.

Photographs of "Selected Poems on Woodrow Wilson," held by UNT Special Collections. The first image, the pale blue cover of the book with the title and author printed at the top of the front in dark blue. The second image shows the title page of the book, including the editor, illustrator and publishing information. Image 3, "The Crusader (In Memory of Woodrow Wilson)" poem by Thomas Curtis Clark on page 57. On the page to the left of it is an illustration of a pointed doorway, flags seen inside of it.

Photographs of "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" by Lee C. McCollum, held by UNT Special Collections. The second image is open to two poems, the one on the left tiled "Our Commander" and the one on the right "Up There." On each side and bottom of the page is an illustration of field workers, the bottom part being the ground. Each page also has a dedication. Image 3, poem titled "My Pals" expanding over two pages. On the outer part of each page is part of an illustration of things like soldiers lying on the ground and someone in a gas mask. Image 1, dark blue cover of the book with the title and author in gold lettering. In the top left corner is a red, white and blue stripe.

Photograph of the cover of "Song of the Soldiers" by Thomas Hardy, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is brown, the front framed a black design. The song and author are at the top and underlined in black ink.

Photographs of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions and Korean Presidential Unit Citation Army ribbons from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the two ribbons side by side each other, with the Vietnam one on the left and the Korean one on the right. The Vietnam ribbon is green, with the left and ride edges red and a small bronze leaf laying in the middle, and the whole ribbon is in a small bronze frame. The Korean ribbon is tan with the edges olive green. In the middle is a circle that is half red and half blue. The ribbon is in a small golden frame. Image 2, closeup of the green Vietnam ribbon. Image 3, closeup of tan Korean ribbon.