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The opposite of everything That will be once The universe begins Is who it is.

Frederick Seidel “Who the Universe is” from The Cosmos Poems

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Writing Home by Sheryl Oring

Contains messages from immigrants on New York's Lower East Side written to their ancestors, date stamped on pieces of paper the size of library cards, and a folded series of photographic reproductions of scenes in New York This work was created following an interactive performance at the Eldridge Street Project on the Lower East Side in New York City which explored the connection between place, language and memory as it relates to the American immigrant experience. The author set up a portable office inside a synagogue and invited visitors to dictate letters to their ancestors. Using carbon paper and a vintage typewriter, Oring typed participants' responses, gave the original to the interviewee, and kept a duplicate for her archive and this book.

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Golden Gate Bridge by P. & D. Thomas

Original watercolor illustrations of, and a short handwritten text about the Golden Gate Bridge are mounted within the rectangular cutouts of an accordion fold book structure made of a map, colored papers, painted paper, string, and ribbon. When opened, the book mimics the structure of the bridge.

UC Irvine Special Collections & Archives

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Women’s History Month continues with a brief look at our Isadora Duncan program collection. Ms. Duncan has been called by many as the “Mother of Modern Dance” due to her unique, free spirited style of dance which broke away from the rigidity of 19th century ballet. This collection of programs partially tracks her professional career by showing her movement across the globe and introduction of new pieces throughout the years. These particular programs are a sampling of Dutch, American, and Greek performances.

From the Isadora Duncan dance programs and ephemera, 1900-1957 collection, MS-P 33, Box 1, Folder 3

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Clearly our student assistant forgot how calendars work because she didn't realize that February would be over by the time she got back to work on Monday. Her bad. But that isn't gonna keep her from sharing one last bit of history. So, here is another piece from our collection about black history. This is a collection of poetry from black poets and is another example of people that are probably way cooler than our student assistant.

Black poets write on! An anthology of Black Philadelphian poets. 1970.

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Here is a piece from our regional history collection all about the black music scene in Los Angeles. It's full of pictures of people that are definitely way cooler than our student assistant can ever hope to be.

The black music history of Los Angeles-its roots : a classical pictorial history of black music in Los Angeles from the 1920s-1970. Tom Reed. Published in 1992.

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What better for black history month than finding a historical pamphlet from a past black history event?

A walking tour of the Black presence in San Francisco during the nineteenth century : a Black history week event. Elizabeth L. Parker and James Abajian. Published in 1974.

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For our next post for Black History Month we thought we would highlight some fabulous ladies that worked for emancipation.

Women Against Slavery. Samuel Sillen. Published in 1955.