Amos Kennedy Collection

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Multi-Page Item | 2 pages“Congratulations! mr. president, more children have been murdered during your term than any time the history of these united states. this will be the greatest achievement of your administration.” -- back.
Artist Vote
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages
Beyond the Great Threshold
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000“from order to chaos… from chaos to disorder scattered in the wrecks adrift everywhere, however, beyond us of our mind without memory of our origin…” -- p.2.
Bible as Whipping Stick
ImageWhipping stick made by shredded pages of the Bible.
Blue Sample Book
Multi-Page Item | 18 pagesDifferent patterns of blue printed on each page.
Books
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1996“Caren Heft & Amos Kennedy invite you to a Show & Tell Tea for the book arts. Please bring a book to share.” -- back.
Burnt Church
Multi-Page Item | 22 pagesA structure in the form of a church, constructed of different plies of wood. Church stands on a heavier 43 x 30 cm oval base and both the base and church are covered in strips of biblical text cut from modern published Bibles, and charred. Its roof lifts to reveal a charred Bible which is the King James version, bound in a leatherette cover.
Charles A. Wustum Museum
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1997"2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI.” -- front.
Children Don't Count Project
Multi-Page Item | 63 pages“In 1993, 62 children 14 years old or younger were murdered in the Chicago metropolitan area.” -- front of each postcard.
Christmas Carol
Multi-Page Item | 4 pagesPaul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Christmas Carol” is printed on the pamphlet.
Come Make Paper at the Root River Papermill
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1997"1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.” -- back.
Cryptics
Multi-Page Item | 14 pages | 2002Cloth covered, ribbon holders for six cards in light blue and blue print.
The Dancer Moves for All of Us
ImageLetters "The dancer moves for all of us" are printed on handmade paper.
Foemina
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000Beyond lust
Generosity
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1997“He that plants trees loves others besides himself. Thomas Fuller” -- side 1.
Happy Kwanzaa
Image“Kwanzaa is a way of life that we celebrate” -- front.
Happy Kwanzaa
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I'll Fly Away
ImagePoem "I'll fly away" is printed on handmade paper.
I wish I Was Wise Before We Met
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2003Christin Loehr’s poem “I wish I was wise before we met” is printed in the pamphlet.
King
Image“Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education. Dr Martin Luther King Jr.” -- front.
Lawyers Helping People
Image | 2003Preamble and mission statement of Alabama Civil Justice Foundation.
Let Your Love Be Like the Misty Rain, Coming Softly but Flooding the River
ImageLet your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river. Madagascar -- front.
The Lizard Green
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000“Translated by Marina Galantini. Green on titanium by Pietro Pedeferri.” -- covers.
Lyrics for Christmas
ImageLyrics for Christmas. Paul Laurence Dunbar -- front.
Lyrics for the Explorer of My Soul
Multi-Page Item | 7 pages | 1996Five poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s are printed on the pamphlet.
Mado
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001stay...away... -- p.2.
Make Haste Slowly
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1999Paintings on the pamphlet.
Merry Christmas
Multi-Page Item | 3 pages | 2001Two Christmas poems "Chrismus is A-comin" and "Christmas in the Heart" are printed on the folded leaflet.
Metaphors
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001A High Performance Network Applications Symposium held on 6 April 2001 in Indianapolis, IN.” -- p.6.
Moved
ImageMOVED in red and a drawing of a truck on yellow paper.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000“Niggers not welcome!” -- front.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000“Help us! Students at IU-B want new courses but too many over-paid under-worked deans are too busy lookin’ busy to listen to the students.” -- front.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 46 pages
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000“Talent is tenure.” -- front.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000“Sisters, I aren’t clear what you be after. If women want any more rights than they got, why don’t they just take ’em! Sojourner Truth” -- front.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000“Indiana University. We can guarantee you a degree but we can’t guarantee you an education.” -- front.
Nguzo Saba
Multi-Page Item | 10 pagesEight postcards tied together by straw, with seven principles of Kwanzaa printed on the postcards.
No. 1, 31 March 2001
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“I ain’t a artist!” -- p.2.
No. 2, April 2001
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice, I had no alternative. Paul Robeson” -- p.2.
No. 3, 2 April 2001
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“Take ’em” -- p.2.

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