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General Benjamin Butler Letter Regarding the naming of Newport News, Virginia
No full textDigital images of an original letter written by Former Union Major-General Benjamin Butler in reply to a query by author, Edwin Everett Hale on how Newport News, Virginia had received it's name. both sides of the original letter are included along with a typed transcription of the letter
Letter from Arthur Butler Graham to Adolph Zukor, 1919
No full textLetter from Arthur Butler Graham to Adolph Zukor regarding a film to star Ina Claire, February 26, 1919.Arthur Butler Graham
Counselor at Law
CITY INVESTING BUILD
NE SIXTY-FIVE BROAD
NEW YORK CITY
Feb. 26th, 1919,
Adoloft Zukor, Esq.,
485 Fifth Ave.,
Mew York City.
My dear Mr. Zukor:
I was in negotiation with Mr.
Jesse L, Lasky prior to his departure for the
Coast, in a matter in which I represent Miss Ina
Claire.
Mr. Lasky stated that Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation desires to make the
motion picture based upon the play" "Polly with a
Past" in which picture Miss Ina Claire will be
starred.
Mr. Lasky informed me that he
would write me a letter containing an offer by
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation . He later telephoned and stated that he was forced to leave
that day for the Coast, but that he had explained
the situation to you and that you would, at once
communicate with me.
Miss Claire desires to do this
picture at or about the close of the present season.
She must therefore, make her arrangements within
a reasonable time, and consider other offers to
that end.
While there is no understanding
whereby Miss Claire is to give Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation an option, I am nevertheless inclined
to await word from you before taking this matter up
with any other concern. Will you kindly let me hear
from you at your early convenience.
With kind personal re
Speculative Literature in Modern Society: Octavia Butler and the Tragedy of the Commons
No full textWhat leads to peaceful prosperity and what leads to destructive collapse in any society? While it may seem daunting or overwhelming to dissect the success or collapse of a multi-faceted society, there are lenses and tools through which we are able to do so, such as political theory and speculative dystopian fiction. By using lenses to analyze the society in which we live, we are able to recognize the seeds of both prosperity and destruction in our society that may otherwise be overlooked or ignored. The speculative dystopian fiction of Octavia Butler may be considered as building upon the political theory of the tragedy of the commons. Butler provides her American audience an analysis of the root causes of this tragedy, as well as some possible preventative measures or solutions. We are able to read her novel, The Parable of the Sower, as a warning against ignoring current trends in our society which could lead to our tragedy of the commons. Octavia Butler was an American author of speculative dystopian fiction, and was the first science fiction novelist to be awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 1955. She was born in California on June 22, 1947 and died in Washington on January 24, 2006. Butler was well-known for critiquing social hierarchies and inequalities as well as for exploring what forms healthy, sustainable communities. Her first novel in her Parable Series, The Parable of the Sower, introduces Butler’s reader to a broken community in a divided society after an environmental apocalypse. Through her protagonist, Lauren Olamina, Butler shows her reader the flaws and failures in society that lead to the community’s collapse as well as how a community can be rebuilt
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