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The materials that comprise the Vertical File have been collected and added to from a variety of sources by former Avery Librarians. The vertical file contains clippings, pamphlets, reprints, and other miscellaneous materials relating to persons, places, organizations, and topical subjects relating to architecture, housing, and city planning. The purpose of the vertical file was to arrange and store small items, memorabilia, and ephemeral material on a variety of topics to facilitate access by researchers. For the most part, the vertical file contains printed items only. Manuscript material and other unique items were, generally, not placed in the vertical file. In some cases, manuscript material has been removed from the Vertical File and placed in its corresponding collection.

The Archives of THE QUIET IN THE LAND includes materials documenting The Quiet in the Land (1996-2013), an art and education project founded and directed by the curator and art historian France Morin. The projects include The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers; The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and Projeto Axé; and The Quiet in the Land: Art, Spirituality, and Everyday Life, Luang Prabang, Laos. This work goes beyond the making of art to human rights and the meeting of cultures project that has great resonance in today's world.