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Al Young Studios announces participation in BYU 2008 Education Week

by Al R. Young

Al Young Studios announced today that it will sell the following prints at the BYU Bookstore during Education Week, August 20 - 22, 2008.
The images will be available as 5 in. x 7 in. prints and 8 in. x 10 in. prints. In addition, one CGI print, I went to hunt beasts in the forests as a 9 in. x 12 in. print, will also be for sale.

These prints will be available for signing by the artists on the 3rd floor of the BYU Bookstore from noon Wednesday through Friday of EDucation Week. The two artists will also participate in the Artwork Unveiling on Wednsday, August 20th, at 10:00AM MDT at the BYU Bookstore. Admission to the unveiling is free.

The images for sale at Education Week are shown below.

Will Ye Not Now Return Unto Me (The Messiah)
Will Ye Not Now Return Unto Me (The Messiah)		We Heard Him Pray For Us (The Messiah)
We Heard Him Pray For Us (The Messiah)		“And My Soul Hungered” - Enos
“And My Soul Hungered” - Enos		I Went To Hunt Beasts In The Forests - 9 x 12
I Went To Hunt Beasts In The Forests - 9 x 12
Blessed Is She That Believed
Blessed Is She That Believed		Charity Never Faileth
Charity Never Faileth


For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:05 MST

My Father's Captivity: Japanese POW Camp instructions published

by Al R. Young



Al Young Studios today announced publication of a 2-page document donated by Walter Regher. The document outlines instructions for the government of Prisoners of War under control of the Empire of Japan. Walter Regher transcribed the document in 1985 and provided Al Young Studios with scans of that transcription. An OCR transcription, which has been verified, is also provided.

Online access to these materials is provided free of charge.

The document is available in several formats: For an up-to-date list of available documents, please visit this page, where items in red are available, and items in gray are yet to be added.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:04 MST

First online installment in the serialized publication of papers in The Wainscott Collection

by Al R. Young



Seymore Wainscott's Legendary Six Square Cipher is the first Internet publication of a document from The Wainscott Collection.

Thus far, the story of Seymore Wainscott has been told through serialized installments in The Storybook Home Journal. This article features a transcription of an undated document designated by Seymore Wainscott as a Personal Memorandum and entitled A Brief Description Of The Six Square Cipher. In addition to the transcription, the article presents ten facsimiles in Seymore's own hand.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:03 MST

Al Young's "And My Sould Hungered" Featured in August 2008 Ensign

by Al R. Young



Al R. Young’s oil painting "And My Soul Hungered" - Enos is featured as the inside-front cover of the August 2008 Ensign.

An 11 x 17 poster print of the painting is available exclusively through Al Young Studios for $25 USD. The original is currently available for sale.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:02 MST

Brigham Young University Window Available

by Ashton Young



Al Young Studios announced the release of the first available stained glass window.

The window, featuring "Y" insignia of Brigham Young University, sells for $325 USD and measures 13.25 in. x 15.25 in. The product is designed to hang from a ceiling or window frame. More information on purchasing or hanging the window is available here.

The item is product no. 3.26.0018.001.

For more information, please contact Ashton Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:01 MST

New Stained Glass Page

by Ashton Young

Al Young Studios has launched a new version of the Stained Glass page.

This new page features all stained glass pieces as products. This functionality has also been added to Ashton Young's Gallrey page. Below are thumbnails of all stained glass pieces.

Lantern No. 2
Lantern No. 2		Butterfly Window No. 5
Butterfly Window No. 5		Lantern No. 1
Lantern No. 1		Rosette Light Fixture
Rosette Light Fixture
Butteryfly Window No. 2
Butteryfly Window No. 2		Butteryfly Window No. 4
Butteryfly Window No. 4		Butteryfly Window No. 3
Butteryfly Window No. 3		Korean Window
Korean Window
Brigham Young University Stained Glass Window
Brigham Young University Stained Glass Window		Autumn Leaves Window
Autumn Leaves Window		Cabinet Glass Window
Cabinet Glass Window		Music Room Window
Music Room Window
Rosette Christmas Ornament No. 1
Rosette Christmas Ornament No. 1		Christmas Ornament No. 2
Christmas Ornament No. 2		Christmas Ornament No. 1
Christmas Ornament No. 1		Bottle Stopper No. 1
Bottle Stopper No. 1
Swiss Window No. 3
Swiss Window No. 3		Swiss Window No. 2
Swiss Window No. 2		Swiss Window No. 1
Swiss Window No. 1		Butterfly Window No. 1
Butterfly Window No. 1
Rosette No. 1
Rosette No. 1


For more information, please contact Ashton Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:00 MST

My Father's Captivity: New Mapping Data

by Al R. Young

Last evening, Al Young Studios provided a major update to the KML data for the book My Father's Captivity. In this update, more accurate data was added for the geolocation of world War II artifacts.

Regions reciving new geographic data:
  • Clark Field, Mindanao, Philippines
    Each placemark has been moved and overlays of some aerial imagery can be seen in Google Earth.
  • Mindoro, Philippines
    The evacuation of S.S. Mayon at Mindoro was repositioned.
  • The S.S. Panay
    This ship wreckege has been moved to where it is believed that the ship was bombed.
  • Cagayan de Oro, Cagayan, Philippines
    Artifacts from the reteat of American forces have been repositioned here also.
More data and updates for accuracy will occur in the coming weeks. However, some data are approximations and rely on fragmentary recollections of events that may not have been thoroughly documented to begin with.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:00:00 MST

Minor Update to the Site – 2008-08-01

by Tanner M. Young

New Features and Items:
  • Added Navigation Tools and Google Maps to Chapters of My Father's Captivity
    The ability to move from one chapter to the next from within the page has been added, and a Google Maps view of content for each chapter has also been added.
  • New Sorting Ability for Artifacts for My Father's Captivity
    Now documents, photos, and other artifacts may be sorted by people, location, and chapter. In the case of images, if a person is featured in the image, their names are listed, but if it is a document or artifact the provider is listed.
  • Resolved Google Maps CSS Issue
    The CSS for the Google Maps on the site is run by the deafult Google CSS instead of the Al Young Studios CSS.
Resolved Bugs:
  • Resolved JavaScript Error in Archive Document Console
    A JavaScript function prevented the regular view from being toggled after full screen mode was initiated. This issue has been resolve and the Archive Document Console Core version has been changed to 1.0.1.
  • Resolved Google Maps CSS Issue
    The CSS for the Google Maps on the site is run by the default Google CSS instead of the Al Young Studios CSS.
To report a bug or other error on the site, please contact us.

For more information, please contact Tanner M. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:00:00 MST

My Father's Captivity: Photos from Chapter 9 available for online viewing

by Al R. Young

Camp Casisang, no. 1
Camp Casisang, no. 1		Camp Casisang, no. 2
Camp Casisang, no. 2

Al Young Studios today added two images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 74, or 24 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 9 of the book, and feature images from Camp Casisang at Malaybalay in the Philippine Islands.

The images are of the camp and a line of soldiers.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:05 MST

My Father's Captivity: Photos from Chapter 8 available for online viewing

by Al R. Young

Loyd Work at Del Monte, copy no. 1
Loyd Work at Del Monte, copy no. 1		Field radio group, no. 1
Field radio group, no. 1		Barricade above Cagayan
Barricade above Cagayan		Del Monte cannery at Bugo
Del Monte cannery at Bugo
Bugo dock
Bugo dock		Field radio group, no. 2
Field radio group, no. 2		Del Monte field, bivouac
Del Monte field, bivouac

Al Young Studios today added seven images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 72, or 23 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 8 of the book, and feature images from the Philippine Islands during the retreat of American forces during between January 1, 1942 and May 9, 1942.

The images feature the Del Monte plantation, the Clark Field Radio Group, the Bugo dock, and the Barricade above Cagayan.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Added: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:04 MST
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