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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Horizons: The Alphabet Project. No.3 / Diane Samuels., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28945-30276
Scope and Contents

Samuels discusses how she made the Alphabet Project. A unique book with the same title and content is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Book of Alphabet Prayers / Diane Samuels., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-03081-3128
Scope and Contents

Consists of 21 languages together with Diane Samuels' made-up, equivalent hieroglyphic substitutes for their alphabets. The left sided page has the machine embroidered prayer in the selected language, e.g., "Dear God, I do not know how to pray, but I recite the alphabet. Please accept my letters and form them into prayers." The right side has the machine embroidered hieroglyphic equivalents. Samuels also sent a pamphlet to the Sackners with the English inscription translation to her personel alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995