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Letter from Barry B. Powell to Emmett L. Bennett Jr., May 26, 2002
No full textEmail exchange between Barry Powell and Emmett Bennett on a book review on Michael Ventris.Classic
Brenton C. Powell and Barry Bates in a Joint Senior Recital
No full textThis is the program of the joint senior voice recital of tenor Brenton C. Powell and baritone Barry Bates. Aaron Wilson accompanied Powell on piano; Twyla Roach accompanied Bates on piano. The recital took place on November 3, 1981, in the Mabee Fine Arts Recital Hall
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Email from Barry B. Powell to Emmett L. Bennett Jr., May 28, 2002
No full textPowell asks if Bennett would be interested in co-authoring a review article.Classic
Barry Powell interviewed by Colin Hyde, 24 April 2008
No full textBarry Powell (BP) interviewed by Colin Hyde (CH), 24 April 2008. BP talks about family background, father was a Coach Painter at the Brush at Loughborough. Mentions father in law was a Miner, BP was interested in mining and majority of friends were miners. Started work at Snibston Colliery as a Fitter, had a City and Guilds Certificate. Later became an Engineer's Machinist, worked on lathe. Recalls many fatalities in mines, could be dangerous, role of fitter was very solitary. Talks about locomotive shed where he worked, long workshop, started there in 1963. Talks about potential dangers in locomotive shed, steam, heat, weights. Completed underground training with fitters, working on compressors to earn more money. Mentions equipment worked on; trepanner which was difficult to manage when it broke down, shearer and panzer. Talks about tools, mentions brought own hammer to work. Mentions worked on Dosco machine with Eric Hill, working with hydraulics. Comments on working night shifts for twenty five years, mentions wife was accustomed to family working in mines at night, had two children together. Mentions went to and from work on bus. Talks about Shepshed, large mining communities, often worked at Whitwick and Snibston collieries. Talks about strikes in the 1970s, negative public attitudes towards strikers. Mentions wages, suggests mining was not a well-paid profession. Mentions mines gradually closed, was offered a transfer to Daw Mill colliery but refused and accepted redundancy. Later took job at Loughborough University as Technician, worked there for fourteen years and enjoyed the job. BP recites poem he wrote entitled 'The Pony Driver's Lament'. Talks about ponies used in the mine
Turbulent sixties
No full textA collection of speeches, each with an introductory and concluding segment. Includes: a speech in Harlem on Mar. 29, 1964 by Malcolm X, an attack on Barry Goldwater's platform, delivered on July 14, 1964 by Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater's rebuttal of Rockefeller's speech, Ronald Reagan's speech in support of Goldwater, and the eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr. by Robert F. Kennedy.Host, Jody Powell
Barry Moser interview, 2023 February 24
No full textOral history interview documenting the life of artist, author, and book designer, Barry Moser, in which Moser describes his literary influences, fame, privacy, setting type, shifting perspectives, and various projects including Billy Budd, Sailor; Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus; The Death of the Narcissus: Eleven Botanico-erotic Etchings; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave; and the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of the The Holy Bible: Containing all the Books of the Old and New Testaments
Barry Moser interview, 2023 February 24
No full textOral history interview documenting the life of artist, author, and book designer, Barry Moser, in which Moser describes his literary influences, fame, privacy, setting type, shifting perspectives, and various projects including Billy Budd, Sailor; Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus; The Death of the Narcissus: Eleven Botanico-erotic Etchings; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave; and the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of the The Holy Bible: Containing all the Books of the Old and New Testaments
Barry Moser interview, 2023 January 18
No full textOral history interview documenting the life of artist, author, and book designer, Barry Moser, in which Moser describes his education, identity as a Southerner, racism of the American South, printing process, publishing industry, and various projects including The Transmogrification of Narcissus, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, and the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of The Holy Bible: Containing all the Books of the Old and New Testaments
Barry Moser interview, 2023 January 18
No full textOral history interview documenting the life of artist, author, and book designer, Barry Moser, in which Moser describes his education, identity as a Southerner, racism of the American South, printing process, publishing industry, and various projects including The Transmogrification of Narcissus, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, and the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of The Holy Bible: Containing all the Books of the Old and New Testaments
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Letter from Barry B. Powell to Emmett L. Bennett Jr., October 15, 1986
No full textPowell asks Bennett's advice on publishing his article on the Dipylon jug.Classic
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