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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Portrait of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Author David Foster with academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Author David Foster and academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
David Braithwaite at White Waltham Steam Fair
No full textDavid Braithwaite, fairground enthusiast and author photographed at White Waltham Steam Fair, August 1964
David Zimmer Christmas letter
No full textThis Christmas letter written November 30, 1999, by David Zimmer is titled "Season's Greetings from the last of the Red-Hot-Santas!" It features an illustration of Santa Claus with a guitar, and a summary of Zimmer's year.
David Zimmer (1929-2005) was born in Harrisburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years during the Korean War at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he performed in drag for wounded soldiers. After the war, he returned to Ohio. Zimmer performed as Dolly Divine, a name inspired by the song "Hello Dolly." In 1964, he established the Berwick Ball with Orn Huntington, another important early gay activist in Central Ohio. The Ball began as a formal Halloween costume ball that provided a safe space to gather and enjoy drag shows for the gay community each year; over the years, it grew into an annual Halloween tradition and an important fundraiser for the AIDS movement and other charities. During the 1970s, Zimmer was also known for hosting lavish parties at his Harrisburg home. In 1989, he moved to the German Village area of Columbus where he remained active in the community. During the 1990s, Zimmer continued to perform in and out of drag and commissioned costume designer Dick Frank to make elaborate outfits. Zimmer worked for Huntington National Bank for 39 years and was a member of the Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the German Village Society
David Zimmer Christmas letter
No full textThis Christmas letter was written December 7, 2004, by David Zimmer. It features a small illustration of Santa Claus, a summary of Zimmer's year, and a clipping from the Village Crier recognizing his 75th birthday celebration.
David Zimmer (1929-2005) was born in Harrisburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years during the Korean War at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he performed in drag for wounded soldiers. After the war, he returned to Ohio. Zimmer performed as Dolly Divine, a name inspired by the song "Hello Dolly." In 1964, he established the Berwick Ball with Orn Huntington, another important early gay activist in Central Ohio. The Ball began as a formal Halloween costume ball that provided a safe space to gather and enjoy drag shows for the gay community each year; over the years, it grew into an annual Halloween tradition and an important fundraiser for the AIDS movement and other charities. During the 1970s, Zimmer was also known for hosting lavish parties at his Harrisburg home. In 1989, he moved to the German Village area of Columbus where he remained active in the community. During the 1990s, Zimmer continued to perform in and out of drag and commissioned costume designer Dick Frank to make elaborate outfits. Zimmer worked for Huntington National Bank for 39 years and was a member of the Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the German Village Society
Phyrella mookiei Michonneau & Paulay 2014, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Phyrella mookiei</i> sp. nov. <p>Figures 10–16; 27 h</p> <p>http://zoobank.org/ D3E02B0E-308A-4C67-A143-05DB64692E75</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype: UF 10336, Guam, North end of Tumon Bay, Gun Beach, reef flat 0–1 m, 12 June 2010, coll. Nathaniel Evans, François Michonneau, Gustav Paulay, Arthur Anker. Paratypes: UF 4770, Guam, Pago Bay outer reef flat, 0–1 m, May 2003, coll. Gustav Paulay; UF 11539, Guam, Piti Power plant intake tunnel under road, 2 m, 17 September 2011, coll. David Burdick.</p> <p> <b>Description. External morphology.</b> Body wall soft, fairly thin, densely covered with tube feet. Beige (UF 4770, UF 11539) to off-white (UF 10336), with well-defined burgundy (UF 4770, UF 10336) to dark brown (UF 11539) spots either restricted to venter (UF 4770) or across entire body (UF 10336, UF 11539); area around introvert and cloaca with diffuse burgundy coloration in UF 10336 (Fig. 11A). Coloration in preservative similar to live after 3 years. Oral disc marbled with burgundy and white (Fig. 10, Fig. 11B). Tentacles dendritic with longstalk, with small dark spots at their extremities (Fig. 10, Fig. 11B). Body relatively straight when fully relaxed, contracting to U-shaped. Holotype 60 mm long along dorsum, 64 mm along venter and 18 mm wide; UF 4770, more contracted, 40 mm long along dorsum, 57 mm long along venter, and 23 mm wide; UF 11539 very contracted, 37 mm long along dorsum, 45 mm long along venter, and 16 mm wide. Introvert retracted in all specimens, 4 mm (UF 10336), 6 mm (UF 4770), and 12 mm (UF 11539) long. Tube feet abundant, evenly dispersed across radial and inter-radial areas, slightly denser ventrally, generally same color as body wall near base, lightening distally. Eighteen tentacles (10 on outer circle, 8 on inner circle) in UF 4770, ~17 tentacles in holotype based on live pictures (introvert retracted and not dissected). Cloacal membrane white; surrounded by 5 calcified anal teeth.</p> <p> <b>Internal anatomy (UF 4770, UF 11539).</b> Polian vesicle single, white, 5–7 mm long. Stone canal short (2 mm), partially embedded in membrane surrounding calcareous ring. Madreporite free, small (<1 mm), spherical. Gonads well developed in both dissected specimens, both tufts extending almost entire length of animal; gonadal tubules unbranched to dichotomously branched 1–3 times; white with minute burgundy spots (similar color to body wall), with spots more common proximally and distally (UF 4770); in UF 10336, oocytes are clearly discernible, white, aligned in a row, encased in the thin, translucent gonadal tube wall, with abundant, minute, burgundy spots. Both dissected specimens have eviscerated, retaining gonads, anterior fragment of esophagus, cloaca and both respiratory trees. Intestine (retained separately for UF 4770) distended where filled with fine sand and other debris. Respiratory trees white with minute burgundy spots that are much less abundant in UF 4770 than in UF 11549, both branches extending almost entire length of animal.</p> <p> <b>Calcareous ring.</b> Calcareous ring embedded in a fairly thin membrane, with highly fragmented radial and inter-radial elements (Fig. 27h). Anterior margins of radial plates unequally divided by well-formed notches. Anterior margins of inter-radial plates arrow-head shaped, more pointed and elongated in UF 4770 than UF 10336. Radial and inter-radial elements closely associated along most of their length. Inter-radials each composed of 5–12 elements. Radials each composed of 14–16 elements. Radials form posteriorly tails that curve to point anteriorly.</p> <p> <b>Ossicle assemblage. Dorsal and ventral body wall</b> with similar ossicle complements of tables and rosettes (Fig. 12A), latter more abundant dorsally than ventrally. Tables of variable forms; disc 70–125 <i>µ</i> m in diameter, with 10–25 <i>µ</i> m diameter central perforation, and 4–15 (8 in the most symmetrical tables) holes arranged in a ring (Fig. 13d) or dispersed more irregularly in more highly perforated discs (Fig. 13f), disc margin smooth (Fig. 13e) to undulating (Fig. 13f), to partially (Fig. 13a, Fig. 14m) or completely serrated, barely raised; spire absent (Fig. 13g –h), to partially (Fig. 14a–e) or well developed (Fig. 13a), when complete, formed by four pillars connected by a single cross-beam half way along spire; crown variable in diameter when present, forming a spiny ring when well developed (Fig. 13a,c). Podia with perforated plates, 130–185 <i>µ</i> m long, 70–100 <i>µ</i> m wide; wider and not as elongated as in <i>P. fragilis</i> or <i>P. thyonoides</i>; with large holes in center and smaller toward periphery; with large well-defined serrations, along at least part of the more convex margin (Fig. 13l–o; Fig. 14f–i, o–p). <b>Cloacal body wall</b> with tables and abundant rosettes. Tables of variable form ranging from similar to body wall tables (Fig. 15g), to others that show a much greater number of disc perforations (Fig. 15k); disc 75–85 <i>µ</i> m in diameter, rim typically more serrated in tables of cloacal region than elsewhere in body wall; spire absent (Fig. 15e), incomplete (Fig. 15m), or complete, ending in a crown with teeth or lateral projections (Fig. 15k). Podia near cloaca with abundant rosettes (Fig. 12C) and perforated plates; latter smaller (80–100 <i>µ</i> m long) and often narrower (40–60 <i>µ</i> m wide) than those elsewhere in body wall (Fig. 15c,d), some with unusual lateral extensions (Fig. 15a). Podia that flank anal teeth with rods and abundant rosettes; rods often with marked curvature; ends with 2–6 holes and sometimes small spines (Fig. 16a–d). <b>Introvert</b> with similar ossicle assemblage to cloacal region; with tables and abundant rosettes. Tables 95–105 <i>µ</i> m in diameter. Podia with abundant rosettes, and perforated plates. Perforated plates variable, ranging from similar to those from the body wall (Fig. 14u–v, x), to much smaller (80 <i>µ</i> m long), almost circular, with small perforations (Fig. 14w,y). <b>Tentacles</b> with rods, 50–65 <i>µ</i> m long, with one or no perforation at ends (Fig. 15n). No ossicles observed in cloacal, longitudinal and retractor muscles; cloaca; intestine; gonads; and respiratory tree.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after Mookie, the dog of our collection assistant Ms. Mandy Bemis, because the “woolly” appearance and color of this species is similar to the soft coat of wheaten terriers, the breed to which Mookie belongs.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Phyrella mookiei</i> resembles <i>P. fragilis</i> externally, but the ossicle assemblage and color pattern distinguish the two. In <i>P. mookiei,</i> holes in the disc of the tables are smaller, the margins of the disc are often at least partially serrated, the crowns are often more complete and wider; the perforated plates of the podia are shorter and wider; and the irregular tables in cloacal region have many holes in their rim. Rosettes occur throughout the body wall in <i>P. mookiei</i> but are restricted to introvert and near-cloacal body wall in other <i>Phyrella</i>. While both species have a beige-tan base color, the well-defined dark spotting distinguishes <i>P. mookiei</i>.</p> <p> <b>Ecology & distribution.</b> The specimens were found in shallow waters (<2 m), under rocks, in coarse coralline sediments in areas of high flow. <i>Phyrella mookiei</i> is currently only known from Guam, where it is fairly rare.</p>Published as part of <i>Michonneau, François & Paulay, Gustav, 2014, Revision of the genus Phyrella (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with the description of a new species from Guam, pp. 101-140 in Zootaxa 3760 (2)</i> on pages 118-124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4908324">http://zenodo.org/record/4908324</a>
Episode 126: The Grass Library with David Brooks
No full textThis week on Knowing Animals I am joined by author David Brooks. David is a poet and novelist. We discuss his latest book ‘The Grass Library’ published by Brandl & Schelsinger in 2019
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