{"id":16,"date":"2025-01-30T19:49:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-03-10T16:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:39:28","slug":"exploring-designs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/exploring-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are a few excerpts featured from the collection picked for their design and unique appearance that adds to the collection&#8217;s depth. Please click on an image for larger inspection. Click three separate times to view full document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Page 31, Osawatomie No. 3, Autumn 1975.\" class=\"wp-image-109 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-1161x1536.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-1549x2048.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-1200x1587.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-1980x2619.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_70-scaled.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This page of&nbsp;<em>Osawatomie<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 3, Autumn 1975) features &#8220;Pucho,&#8221; the cartoon dog featured in&nbsp;<em>Mella<\/em>, an anti-dictatorship publication from 1958. Pucho\u2019s inclusion in&nbsp;<em>Osawatomie<\/em>&nbsp;hints at the interconnectedness of radical writers, publishers, and artists, who shared ideas and inspirations. Pucho holds a banner with a message in both&nbsp;English<em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/em>Spanish, suggesting a widespread, multilingual audience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Page 6, Vigilance; The Price of Liberty. 1963.\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-2048x1328.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-1200x778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0987_80-1980x1284.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Page 6, Vigilance; The Price of Liberty. 1963. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above two-page spread in the NATO document,&nbsp;<em>Vigilance; The Price of Liberty<\/em>&nbsp;(1963), shows a very professionally designed, printed, and colored globe map and a list of (at the time) current NATO member states. The spread also shows a few highlighted text boxes with different text styles (emphasized lettering, bolding, and text styling) as well as eye-catching, minimalistically-colored illustrations. From this spread alone, one can note the degree of sophistication, polish, and budget that couldn&#8217;t normally be found from a smaller locally-published piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"806\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Page 36, Osawatomie No. 2, Summer 1975.\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-1209x1536.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-1612x2048.jpg 1612w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-1200x1525.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-1980x2516.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0984_39-scaled.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This selection featured in&nbsp;<em>Osawatomie<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 2, Summer 1975) depicts a call to action at the very end of this magazine issue, asking for readers to &#8220;Support the Indian Resistance&#8221; The rougher, hand-written style of the text on the top half of the page describes the murders, police repression, and FBI investigations perpetrated against members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), ending with a call to participate in protests as an &#8220;appeal to solidarity&#8221; with AIM. The bottom half of the page shows an illustration of an AIM member holding a rifle, a striking way to draw attention to the page and to show determination and resistance in the face of struggle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This flyer, printed on eye-catching yellow paper, draws in the eye with its catchy bolded heading &#8220;GET IT TOGETHER!&#8221; The photo of Angela Davis, passionately yelling into a microphone, frames the heading almost as a direct demand:&nbsp;<em>Angela Davis wants&nbsp;<\/em>you<em>&nbsp;to get it together!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Get It Together! An Open Letter to Black High School Students. March 23, 1971.\" class=\"wp-image-91 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-1293x1536.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-1724x2048.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-1200x1426.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0967_52-1980x2353.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/RADLIT-0582__21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"363\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/RADLIT-0582__21.jpg\" alt=\"Page 21, Children in the Land of Socialism, 1939. \" class=\"wp-image-130 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/RADLIT-0582__21.jpg 363w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/RADLIT-0582__21-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This image is featured in&nbsp;<em>Children in the Land of Socialism&nbsp;<\/em>(1939),&nbsp;a book published by the Soviet government to discuss the youth\u2019s lives in the Soviet Union. The photo depicts the standard of childhood happiness in the Soviet Union. A young boy sits in a classroom concentrating as he tinkers with a model boat and students in the background study their classwork. The caption &#8220;Happy childhood&#8221; conveys a normalized idea of a more studious childhood where kids completed what was expected of them for a promising future \u2014 in contrast with the poverty stricken childhoods of the former tsarist Russian regime.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This is the cover of&nbsp;<em>Osawatomie<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 3, Autumn 1975). Its striking handmade, collage-like appearance is reminiscent of radical zines, giving the cover a very personal, DIY look. Its gridded layout reflects the geometry of prison bars and reflects the criticisms of the prison system contained within the magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover, Osawatomie No. 3, Autumn 1975.\" class=\"wp-image-108 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-1609x2048.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-1200x1528.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-1980x2520.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0985_40-scaled.jpg 2011w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover, Old Jim Crow Has Got To Go! March 1941.\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81-1200x1748.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0982_81.jpg 1503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The cover of&nbsp;<em>Old Jim Crow Has Got To Go!<\/em>, an essay by Henry Winston published as a pamphlet for mass consumption, displays a prominent &#8220;raised fist&#8221; in the foreground, a famous symbol with a long history of involvement with radical movements and political solidarity. The background is scattered with text of policies and actions to fight against (for example, &#8220;low wages&#8221; and &#8220;segregation in the army&#8221;), as well as torn edges near the center that give the effect of the large title and fist having &#8220;broken through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 39%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The cover of a cartoon page titled&nbsp;<em>Sign of our Times<\/em>&nbsp;(circa 1950s-60s) features various one-panel cartoons focused around labor. Rather than relying on flashy titles or long passages, this piece uniquely uses images to send a message. These panels focus on how limited resources and poor working conditions create economic inequality and depression. Using a generally comical outlet to convey serious and somewhat depressing messages showcases the variety of methods people turned to when criticizing the government and societal structure in order to catch people\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-700x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover, Signs of Our Times, circa 1950s-1960s.\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-768x1124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-1049x1536.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-1399x2048.jpg 1399w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-1200x1757.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/RADLIT-0986_72-scaled.jpg 1749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are a few excerpts featured from the collection picked for their design and unique appearance that adds to the collection&#8217;s depth. Please click on an image for larger inspection. Click three separate times to view full document. This page of&nbsp;Osawatomie&nbsp;(No. 3, Autumn 1975) features &#8220;Pucho,&#8221; the cartoon dog featured in&nbsp;Mella, an anti-dictatorship publication from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/radlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}