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1966–
Curtis Scott Luper (born January 12, 1966) is an American football coach who is currently the running backs coach with the Missouri Tigers. He previously coached running backs and was a recruiting coordinator at Auburn under head coach Gene Chizik. Luper…
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Curtis Lynn Collier (born October 4, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
1935–2018
Curtis G. Maddox (August 10, 1935 – August 21, 2018) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State College—now known as Mississippi Valley State University—from 1966 to 1967 and Norfolk…
1929–1992
Curtis Peagler (September 17, 1929 — December 19, 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist who specialized in straight-ahead jazz and hard bop.
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Curtis Pollard was a minister, farmer, store keeper and state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
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Curtis John Pride (born December 17, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who is deaf. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2006 for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox,…
1953–
Curtis Robertson Jr. (born 1953) is an American bassist, guitarist and songwriter. He was once married to former Motown singer Syreeta, the former wife of Stevie Wonder.
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Curtis Santiago (born 1979, Edmonton, Canada) is a visual artist and dance-rock musician. As a musician, he was previously signed to Finger Lickin' Records. Santiago's paintings, installations and sculptures are exhibited internationally at museums such as…
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Curtis Marquis Terry (born October 6, 1996) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Lexington Legends of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
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Curtis Thompson (born 8 February 1996) is an American javelin thrower. He won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships, and gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games and, the 2022 and 2025 NACAC Championships.
1924–2017
Curtis West Harris (July 1, 1924 – December 10, 2017) was an African-American minister, civil rights activist, and politician in Virginia, United States. Harris became the first African-American mayor of Hopewell, Virginia and was the recipient of numerous…
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Curtis Walker is a British actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He starred in BBC comedy shows Paramount City, CBBC sitcom Kerching!, The Real McCoy and Blouse and Skirt. Walker was the pre-show warm up act for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
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Curtis Washington Jr. (born 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder. His career has included the Seattle Mariners organization.
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Curtis Vernon Wilkerson (born April 26, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a utility player for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Kansas City Royals from 1983 to 1993. He…
Biography
Dwan Howard, better known by his stage name Curtiss King, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer based out of the Inland Empire in California. Signed to independent label Black Cloud Music, King is also known for his productions…
1970-1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Curvature of hut wall, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).
2004 November 10
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCurved Geometric of Gurunsi Home. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 24.
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Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and its Paramount Plus spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2021), Megan Pierce /…
1987–
Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at 2 commonwealth games and the 2012 Olympics,…
ca. 1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads "Custom Clerk's House, Opobo.".
1931-1946; printed 1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA custom designed, dark blue, cloth folio for Hale Woodruff's eight-piece linocut series, Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931-1946. On the top flap of the front of the square tri-folding hardback is a silver color imprint reading, “HALE / WOODRUFF”,…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA custom made Mapex Orion bass drum played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The shell is highly polished silver colored metal with an overlay of etched steel featuring bands of Egyptian art designs of human figures in profile…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA custom made Mapex "Orion" 12-inch hanging tom drum played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The shell is highly polished silver colored metal with an overlay of etched steel featuring bands of Egyptian art designs of human…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA custom made Mapex "Orion" 13-inch hanging tom drum played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The shell is highly polished silver colored metal with an overlay of etched steel featuring bands of Egyptian art designs of human…
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