Popular Culture from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: Democratic National Campaign Committee, 1936. In his first bid for re-election, Franklin Roosevelt's campaign focused on economic issues that were of special concern during the Great Depression. This campaign broadside reflects one of those issues--trade wars that were hurting American factories and farmers. This broadside is quite scarce--WorldCat loctes only 3 copies in libraries worldwide. Seldom… Read more about this item

Christiansburg, Virginia: Unpublished, 1970. Gelatin silver print. 10 inches by 8 inches. Unmounted. Photographer's stamp on the verso. Vintage (circa 1970) vernacular photograph by Earl Palmer, a Virginia photographer who spent 50 years photographically documenting everyday life in Appalachia. University of Kentucky professor of Appalachian studies Harry Caudill said of Palmer: "Palmer has given us… Read more about this item

Christiansburg, Virginia: Unpublished, 1970. Gelatin silver print. 10 inches by 8 inches. Unmounted. Photographer's stamp on the verso. Vintage (circa 1970) vernacular photograph by Earl Palmer, a Virginia photographer who spent 50 years photographically documenting everyday life in Appalachia. University of Kentucky professor of Appalachian studies Harry Caudill said of Palmer: "Palmer has given us… Read more about this item

Carbondale, Illinois: Self Published, 1971. (158) pages. Quite scarce-- WorldCat locates copies in only 12 libraries. The book is an exposé of the attempt to establish what the author perceived to be a CIA front group on the campus of Southern Illinois University. Protests against the Center in large part led to rioting that resulted in the cancellation… Read more about this item