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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED2019-127	Book	Mcguffey's Eclectic Primer, revised edition, 2 copies (A-B)
2	ED2019-128	Book	McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader, 24 copies (A-X).
3	ED2019-130	Slate, Writing	17 writing slate boards (A-Q) which students in rural schools commonly used to practice writing, math, etc.
4	ED2019-178	Book	The Story of Little Black Sambo, written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman. Published in 1946. This copy comes from the former Miner School on Grant street in Cedar Falls, namely the Kindergarten class.
5	ED2019-80	Book	The Gift of Corn - Latin American (Mexican) codex style coloring book with activities in both Spanish and English.
6	ED2021-1	Yearbook	"The Normal Eyte" State Normal School, Cedar Falls Iowa, June, 1905. Volume 15 Number 35. Dedicated to Our Honored President Homer H. Seerley. The Normal Eyte was the first version of a yearbook issued by what would become UNI.
7	ED2021-116	Book	A book from Bosnia which includes 12 oral, epic poems and a brief background on the oral literature of the Bosniak ethnic group. Written in Bosnian. The title is "Od Đerzelez Alije do Tala Ličanina, izbor iz usmene epike Bošnjaka" which translates to "From Đerzelez Allije to Tala Ličanina, a selection from the oral history of Bosniaks." The author is Denana Buturović and this edition was published in 1997.
8	ED2021-186	Activity Book	The Autumn/1991 edition of a children's activity book from Japan Airlines (JAL). The airplane was a Boeing 767-200. Page activities include: Information about Japanese animals and nature, a Hello Kitty comic, matching games, a mini origami tutorial, "what's wrong with the picture" game, information about airplanes and pilots, information about airline hosts and their roles, the Tom Thumb fairy tale written in Japanese, a mini-English lesson for Japanese speakers, haikus, and a Sanyo CD player AD. It is read right-to-left and up-and-down.
9	ED2021-187	Activity Book	An activity book titled "Prva Početnica." It's intended for preschool-aged children in Bosnia to learn about basic concepts such as the Bosnian alphabet. Includes coloring pages to practice letters, examples of words that begin with each letter, and an illustration to demonstrate the example words. Written by Šefkija Merzić and illustrated by Dževdet Nikočević in Svjetlost, Sarajevo.
10	ED2021-189	Book	"The Japan that can Say NO" by Shintaro Ishihara, a Japanese politician (leader of the right-wing Japan Restoration Party) and former Governor of Tokyo (1999-2012). At the time of the writing, he was the Minister of Transport. This 1990 edition includes Ishihara and his colleagues' views on Japanese-United States relations. In summary, they critiqued practices of the US and called for Japan to act more independently. Many English-translated versions in the US omit or edit the essays of the original Japanese version.
11	ED2021-190	Book	McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader, revised edition.
12	ED2021-191	Book	McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader, revised edition
13	ED2021-192	Book	McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, revised edition
14	ED2021-193	Book	McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, revised edition
15	ED2021-194	Book	McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, revised edition
16	ED2021-196	Copybook	A Palmer Method Handwriting workbook for grades three and four from 1948. It has a brown cover, and belonged to a student named Mary Ann (according to the fading ink on the cover). This book intended to help students practice their cursive penmanship.
17	ED2021-197	Magazine	A Golden Legacy magazine/comic book from 1966, titled "The Saga of Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Birth of Haiti." The content of the magazine presents the story of Toussaint L'Ouverture in a comic book format. On the back of the magazine is an ad for Coca-Cola featuring T.M. Alexander, Jr. It sold for 25 cents.
18	ED2021-198	Magazine	A Golden Legacy magazine/comic book from 1967, titled "The Saga of Harriet Tubman, The Moses of her People." The content of the magazine presents the story of Harriet Tubman in a comic book format. On the back of the magazine is an ad for Coca-Cola featuring T.M. Alexander, Jr. It sold for 25 cents.
19	ED2021-199	Magazine	A Golden Legacy magazine/comic book from 1967, titled "The Saga of Harriet Tubman, The Moses of her People." The content of the magazine presents the story of Harriet Tubman in a comic book format. On the back of the magazine is an ad for Coca-Cola featuring Carmen de Lavallade. It sold for 25 cents.
20	ED2021-51	Flag, Tibetan Prayer	"The Tibetan Prayer Flag Pack" (B). Contains: 1 small book titled "The Book of Blessings" (A) and 2, multicolored Tibetan prayer flags.
21	ED2021-6	Booklet	Booklet containing photos of KOLO, a Bosnian folk dancing group from Waterloo, Iowa.
22	ED2021-81	Book, Hymnal	A hymnal book written in German for German-speaking immigrants in the United States who practiced Christianity (most likely the Lutheran denomination) and formed their own congregations. It was printed in 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio and the title reads "Gebet und Danklieder" which means "Prayer and Thanksgiving Songs." There is no image on the cover, just the title and a victorian-style border across the top and the bottom.
23	ED2021-82	Book, Prayer	A small prayer book for children who spoke German and practiced Christianity (most likely the Lutheran denomination). It was printed in 1909 in Columbus, Ohio and likely for German immigrants who created their own German-speaking congregations. The title reads, "Gebete für die Kleinen" which translates in English to "Prayers for the Little Ones." On the front cover is an image of Jesus Christ with three children surrounding him.
24	ED2021-83	Book	"A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language...," published in 1846 by Cowperthwait & CO. This book was written by Samuel S. Greene, a professor in the Normal Department at Brown University with the goal to improve the teaching of the English language. It contains a lot of explanation on English grammar and how to use the grammar rules in writing. There is no image on the cover, just the title, other publishing information, and a black spine.
25	ED2021-84	Dictionary	A German-English dictionary titled "Langenscheidt's Pocket-Dictionary of the English and German Languages." This edition is from 1944 and has a plain, blue cover with no markings.
26	ED2021-85	Cookbook	A cookbook written in Arabic, which is read from right to left. The titled is translated to "The Art of Cooking" in English and is written by multiple authors. It was published in Beirut, Lebanon, sometime between 1980 and 1990, by Dar Al-Hayat Library.