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Barry Ulanov papers, 1932-2003, 1932-2003, bulk 1940-1993, 1940-1993
18.5 linear feetBaruch Spinoza Book Collection, 1535-1993
3933 VolumesThis collection of 3,933 volumes is formed from the union of the Spinoza collections of Adolph S. Oko and Carl Gebhardt, and contains material by and about Baruch Spinoza. Purchased and presented to the University by Dr. Simon L. Millner, Mrs. T.W. Lamont, Corliss Lamont, and Mr. E.A. Zabriskie, 1947.
Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum records, 1946-1985
6 linear feetManuscripts, subject files, index cards, printed materials and microfilms relating to the CATALOGUS TRANSLATIONUM ET COMMENTARIORUM. The two manuscripts are contemporary and deal with the letters of St. Basil. The subject files include correspondence, notes, and printed materials providing largely biographical information on a wide range of medieval translators and commentators. The index cards list the present day locations of many relevant medieval and renaissance books and manuscripts. The printed materials include photostatic copies and negatives of medieval texts as well as catalog listings of and articles about these texts and their authors. The microfilms, some of which are negatives, are of some of the relevant medieval and renaissance works
Christopher Coover collection of literary & historical letters manuscripts and documents, 1589-1923
6 linear feetEdward Harry William Meyerstein papers, 1930-1950
1 boxThe collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings, mostly about Chatterton. These letters were sent to Robert N. Green-Armytage, the noted British book-collector before World War II and during the 1950s.
Eva Sanford papers on Juvenal, 1945-1955
3 boxesNotes and transcriptions of commentary on Juvenal up to 1600 from manuscript sources and early printed editions of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Gilbert Highet papers, 1929-1978
21.27 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, typescripts, notes, photographs, and printed materials relating to his research, writing, and teaching. The correspondence relates chiefly to research for his books, articles, essays, and lectures as well as reactions, scholarly and popular, to his works. There are single letters for authors including Maxwell Anderson, Lawrence Durrell, Randall Jarrell, and Upton Sinclair; several letters each from John Masefield, James Thurber, and E.B. White; 21 letters from Clifton Fadiman; correspondence with Columbia University faculty and students; with classical scholars in the United States, Great Britain, and Europe; with publishers including Alfred A. Knopf and Oxford University Press; with his literary agent Curtis Brown, Ltd.; with HORIZON MAGAZINE, as chairman of its Advisory Editorial Board; with the Book-of-the-Month Club, as a Judge; with Encyclopedia Britannica Sound Seminars; correspondence concerning his very popular syndicated radio talks; and letters from his readers, ranging from members of women's literary clubs to headmasters of British secondary schools.
Henry Joseph Browne papers, 1797-1980
18.9 linear feetHistorical Maps Collection, 1500-1900
1400 itemsThis is a miscellaneous collection of maps transferred from the Geology Department. Some are old and rare, some are modern facsimiles. Gifts, purchases, and relevant maps from other special collections were added over time. Maps are arranged geographically. The library has a card catalog listing the maps individually, alphabetized by geographical/political entitity depicted; i.e., maps of Paris are filed under P, maps of France under F, and maps of Europe under E.