Italy

The Imperial Stamp Collection was housed at the Library and given to Special Collections when that department was organized in the 1960s. The Collection consists of world maps with stamps from the colonies of the Dutch, German, Italian, French and British Empires together with pages for the Belgian Congo and United States possessions.

A pen and ink rendering of the artist’s room in San Benedetto, Italy with bed and bedroom furniture looking out onto a balcony beyond.

Left to right, Principal of Central Junior High School in Bluefield West Virginia Jack White, Spanish teacher Mrs. John Beckett Jr. and well known Spanish dancer Jose Greco smile for a newspaper photograph.

A pen and ink portrait of a woman dressed in a sweater and boots, smoking, wearing a gun holster on her waist.

A pen and ink wash drawing of a woman standing in front of a creche surmounted with cross in a snowy wooded landscape, the bare tree limbs extending over the composition, dated for January 1945 and identified in artist inscription as Lizzano, Italy.

A pencil portrait of a young woman with her hair in two braids wearing a button-up collared shirt, titled “Luisa” by the artist.

A pen and ink scene of man walking through a narrow street in Lizzano with large mountains visible in the background.

Maps and Travel Information: Classical Lands, The Mediterranean Map

A pencil sketch of a man wearing a hat and cape and smoking a pipe, with two similarly dressed men in the background.

A pencil portrait of Italian mountain soldier Minghelli Rino depicting the mustached man wearing his uniform hat.