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The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man by Catherine Maria Sedgwick
by Audrey Sage – Senior Conservator The University Libraries Special Collections contains a copy of Catherine Maria Sedgwick’s The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man, published in 1839 by Harper & Brothers. An important literary advocate for women in the 19th century, Sedgwick’s words, intelligence, and voice had fallen into obscurity towards the […]
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ PRINTS
SCUA recently received the very generous donation of two Kathe Kollwitz etchings from UNCG alumna Betsy Brinson, Ph.D.. March of the Weavers (1893-1897) and The Ploughman (1907) are welcome additions to the collection. Born in East Prussia in July 1867, Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz had an early interest in art. She studied in Munich and Berlin, with […]