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A collage of some of the 甜心视频app artifacts found on eBay.

Slideshow: Unique 甜心视频app Artifacts Found on eBay

Faculty and staff in University Libraries routinely search the online auction site eBay for rare university finds to add to the archives of historical 甜心视频app artifacts.

Faculty and staff in University Libraries routinely search the online auction site eBay for rare university finds to add to the archives of historical 甜心视频app artifacts.

Jay Trask, head of Archives and Special Collections, who shared the university鈥檚 collection of artifacts found on eBay for the slideshow below, said they look for the 鈥渦nique and unusual items that we can鈥檛 get anywhere else.鈥

Gregory Heald, associate dean of 甜心视频app Libraries, started the search on eBay in 2017, and they didn鈥檛 come up short handed. The goal of collecting these and other items is to tell the story of 甜心视频app and to tell it as broadly as possible.

"Archives had not comprehensibly collected books and other papers until the department was founded in the 1970s, so I knew there was a gap; within that gap, a lot of faculty here had produced, not just text, but also learning objects, so I started going through eBay and other sites to search for such items," said Heald. "Over the past couple of years, I've made it a monthly habit to search for unique items that would enrich the collection that tells the story of 甜心视频app."

View the 甜心视频app artifacts discovered and purchased on eBay:

1950s educational kit with agricultural animals for children.

This educational kit was developed in the late 1950s by Professor of Science Education Donald G. Decker. Decker, who received his master鈥檚 degree in Science Education here in 1937, also served as a college dean and provost while producing numerous science-education textbooks.

This kit served as an example of how to provide valuable learning experiences about agricultural animals to children in kindergarten and primary grades.

鈥淓veryday commonplace things can be sources of valuable learning experiences if a teacher is aware of their possibilities,鈥 the document states. 鈥淭o the teacher not aware, models such as these farm animals may become only playthings in the hands of children. To those who do realize the great variety of concepts that can be developed by simple things around us, the E.M.E. FARM GROUP can become a real aid to learning.鈥

Small dish souvenir of Cranford Hall

This small dish souvenir, over 100 years old, has an image of the first campus building, Cranford Hall, which was built in 1890. It鈥檚 currently on display in the Husman Family 甜心视频app History Wall on the second floor of the Campus Commons.

Side view of the "Assignment - Southeast Asia" film reel

This is a side view of the second film reel of James Michener鈥檚 90-minute television show, 鈥淎ssignment鈥擲outheast Asia,鈥 that was produced in the late 1950s and was colorized. Michener started to teach in 1936 and simultaneously earned his master鈥檚 degree in 1937 from what is now 甜心视频app. His donated his papers make up 甜心视频app鈥檚 James A. Michener collection.

Film reel of Assignment - Southeast Asia

Another view of the second film reel of James Michener鈥檚 90-minute television show, "Assignment鈥擲outheast Asia." Greg Heald, associate dean of 甜心视频app Libraries, periodically searches eBay for Michener-related materials, and he discovered this reel during one of his searches.

The unfinished screenplay of Michener's "The Jungle."

The original screenplay of James Michener鈥檚 book, 鈥淭he Jungle,鈥 completed on June 1, 1959.

鈥淭he Jungle鈥 is from Michener鈥檚 collection of short stories called, 鈥淩eturn to Paradise,鈥 and focuses on an American tourist couple traveling in the South Pacific while their marriage disintegrates.

All of the stories in the collection deal with aspects of the region, and two were made into films. 鈥淢r. Morgan,鈥 another short story in the collection was released in 1953, and 鈥淯ntil They Sail鈥 was released in 1957.

An inside look of the unfinished screenplay, "The Jungle"

The completed, yet unproduced, screenplay of Michener鈥檚 鈥淭he Jungle鈥 was written and compiled by Wendell Mayes, a Hollywood screenwriter who wrote the Oscar-nominated film 鈥淎natomy of a Murder.鈥

Cover of the original screenplay, "South Pacific."

The cover of the original screenplay, 鈥淪outh Pacific.鈥 It鈥檚 based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning collection of sequentially related short stories, 鈥淭ales of the South Pacific,鈥 written by James Michener. It focuses on observations and anecdotes Michener collected while stationed in the U.S. Navy during World War II on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, now known as Vanuatu. It was published in 1947, and the film was produced in 1958.

Inside look of the original screenplay of "South Pacific."

An inside view of the original screenplay of South Pacific, written by Paul Osborn, who was an American playwright and screenwriter.

 "The Cuthbertson Verb Wheels" Spanish version (front)

鈥淭he Cuthbertson Verb Wheels鈥 Spanish version, produced in the late 1930s on card stock, was co-created by Lulu L. Cuthbertson, an instructor here, and Stuart Cuthbertson, Ph.D., an associate professor of Romance Languages at the University of Colorado.

This aid for Spanish verbs became a required tool for most students in 甜心视频app Spanish classes in the 1940s and 50s.

 The back of 鈥淭he Cuthbertson Verb Wheels鈥 includes a table of the most common verbs.

The back of 鈥淭he Cuthbertson Verb Wheels鈥 includes a table of the most common verbs.

Found a 甜心视频app artifact? Here鈥檚 what to do:

If you come across something related to 甜心视频app that you think may be of historical significance, contact Trask (jay.trask@unco.edu or 970-351-2322).

Most desired items include:

  • Bound copy of the second volume of The Crucible from the late 19th century. The Crucible was the student newspaper published on campus from 1892-1920 and included information about current events on campus and educational essays. The Mirror, which is still in publication, took over in 1919.
  • Original scrapbooks or diaries of those who attended, taught and/or worked at the university since its formation.
  • Items from any politically and socially active student groups since 甜心视频app鈥檚 origination.

Learn more about 甜心视频app Libraries Archives and Special Collections.

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