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V.M. Straka

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list of book inserts

• source: SFiles22

  • list of inserts courtesy of Tess315, expanded by me

• page {vi}-{vii} - "Translator's Note and Foreword"

  • mimeographed / copied sheets - 2 sheets one in Swedish and one in English
  • Letter head is from Uppsala University
  • top says "Konfidentiell" / "Confidential"
  • date is "17 Augusti 1928" / "August 17, 1928"
  • addressed to "Herr Grahn" / "Mr. Grahn"
  • from "V.M. Straka"
  • stamp on bottom: "Straka Arkiv Uppsala"
• page 10-11
  • stationery from Pollard State University
  • heading says "VMS accused of..."
• page 20-21
  • copy of a journal article on page 33
  • title: "The Burning Word: The 1759 Fire that Destroyed San Tadeo de la Tejara and one of History's Most Curious Libraries"
  • author: D.W. MacCarrach, Ph.D., University of Prestwick
  • journal: Toronto Review for History and the Humanities, Vol. 1:1 1954
• page 32-33
  • newspaper pages 1-2 from "The Daily Pronghorn"
  • date: January 8, 2012
  • header line: "Welcome Back to Campus!"
• page 54-55
  • copy of 2 telegrams
  • (1) Telegramm des Des Deutschen Reiches, 1924-11-19-0722, from VMS in Valparaíso, Chile
  • (2) Postal Telegraph - The International System, 1943-02-08(?)-1026, acc't of McKay's Magazine Boston, from VMS in Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
• page (68-)69 - Chapter 3: "The Emersion of S."
  • copy of newspaper clipping "Lampa", 31 October 1910
  • translated article titled "Suicide Leap Horrifies Witnesses"
• page 86-87
  • letter on green stationery from Jean-Bernard Desjardins to Mr. Hirsch
• page 100-101
  • letter on gray stationery (2 sheets) from Jen to Eric
• page 112-113
  • post card "Greetings from Brazil" from E, dated 12 April - Lençois
  • Sao Paulo postal stamp from 13.4.12 (2012-04-13)
• page 130-131
  • photograph of a brick wall with a stone arch and a faint white painted "S" on the wall
• page 178-179
  • post card "Native Birds of Brazil" from E, dated 15 April - Feira Nova, Sergipe
  • "DR-SP" postal stamp from 15.4.12 (2012-04-15)
• page 190-191
  • crimped edged post card of gate and tall palms from E, dated 18 April - Valença
  • Brasil postal stamp from "1804 2012" (2012-04-18)
• page 192-193
  • post card "Brazil" of a beach, from E, dated 19 April - Ibirapitanga
• page 200-201
  • crimped edged post card "Pictorial Brazil" of a stylized map, from E, dated 20 April - near Maraú
  • "DR-SP" postal stamp from 21.4.12 (2012-04-21)
  • front art by "Miguel Gomez Madina"
• page (202-)203 - Chapter 6: "A Sleeping Dog"
  • yellow legal note paper, 5 numbered pages (3 sheets), hand-written
• page 242-243
  • small crimpled edged sepia photo of a woman standing on a bollard next to a tied-off ship
  • stamp on back: "8NG"
• page 256-257
  • (1) greeting card from "Monarch Cards & Stationery" with "An olive-colored, male potbelly Capuchin Monkey" on the front
    • text inside is a translation of the newspaper clipping, signed "E.P."
  • (2) newspaper clipping inside from "A Nossa Semana", Feira Nova, 1964-05-28
    • "Obituário" (obituary) of F. X. Caldeira
• page 306-307
  • napkin from "Pronghorn Java" with a map of the "North Campus Tunnels" drawn on it
• page 360-361
  • a card with a hooded person holding a bird (a falcon?), standing behind a branch of a rosebush(?) with the text "Jean-Bernard Desjardins"
  • on the back, a quote by V. M. Straka from "Coriolis"
• page 376-377
  • hand-written letter from J (Jen) to Eric on "Pollard State University Libraries" stationery, 4 pages on 2 sheets
• page 416-417
  • hand-written letter on blue and white stationery, addressed "To my new friends", signed "Ermelinda Pega"
• back of the book
  • a compass / decoder ring