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[Commentary]

SCAD Illustrates the Harper’s Archives

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In the spring of 2010, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Illustration Department graduate students collaborated with Harper’s Magazine art director Stacey D. Clarkson on a project for which each student illustrated a significant story from the magazine’s archives.

October 1851, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story.”

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July 1864, Robert Tomes, “The Fortunes of War.”

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October 1885, Veeder B. Paine, “Our Public Land Policy.”

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April 1901, Mark Twain, “Extracts from Adam’s Diary (Translated from the Original Manuscript).”

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June 1902, Edith Wharton, “The Quicksand.”

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May 1916, William Allen White, “The Country Newspaper.”

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