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Lyle Stuart papers, 1926-2010, bulk 1949-2003

36 linear feet
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Controversial publisher Lyle Stuart (1922-2006) was a self-described "First Amendment fanatic." He founded two publishing companies, Lyle Stuart, Inc. and Barricade Books, and published newsmaking and bestselling books, including The Sensuous Woman and The Anarchist Cookbook. The collection consists of 35 linear feet documenting Lyle Stuart's personal and professional activities, including his prolific correspondence and journalism, and his many lively (and often litigated) personal feuds.
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Marie Mattingly Meloney Collection on Marie Curie, circa 1890-1962, bulk circa 1920-1934

3.5 linear feet
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The bulk of the collection deals with Marie Curie's travels in the United States in 1921 and 1929, as a result of Marie Mattingly Meloney's fundraising campaigns to purchase radium for Curie's experiments. It includes correspondence with, photographs of, and manuscripts and printed material by and about Marie Curie. There is also an academic cap worn by Marie Curie while accepting honorary degrees in the United States, and a watch given to Meloney by Curie.
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Marilyn Crispell papers, 1980-2021

7 linear feet
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Jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell's career is documented in this collection by programs, reviews, scrapbooks, books, sounds recordings, art, and posters.

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Marjory Belisch Hall papers, 1920s-2021, bulk 1920s-1965

2.5 Linear Feet
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The Marjory Belisch Hall papers are a small collection of material documenting the life and career of journalist, homesteader, and clinical psychologist Marjory Belisch Hall (1905-1967), who studied gender roles in children during the early 1960s. The bulk of the collection is composed of clippings of newspaper articles written by Hall between 1928 and 1931.
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Max Beckmann diaries, 1922-1982, bulk bulk 1942-1950

0.42 Linear Feet
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10 daily diaries of Max Beckmann (1942-1950); one diary of Mathilde Q. Beckmann (1982) with only one entry, on January 1; early 1920s unpublished play script manuscripts by Max Beckmann for "Maxim von Plessant der damenfreund..." and "Ebi" or "Ich will..."

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Max Frankel papers, 1896-2008, bulk 1940-2008

11 linear feet
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The Max Frankel Papers contain personal papers, research files for Frankel's memoirs, and files pertaining to Frankel's journalism career, including extensive working files for the period in which Frankel was Executive Editor of The New York Times.
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[microform] Collection of Tolstoy family Letters, 1897-1937

3 Reels
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The collection consists of 124 letters from Count Leo Tolstoy and members of his family to Aylmer Maude, the English translator of his works. There are 69 letters from Count Leo Tolstoy, eighteen letters from Countess Tolstai︠a︡, eleven letters from Sergei Tolstoĭ (his son), 25 letters from his four daughters, Alexandra, Olga, Marya, and Tati︠a︡na, and one letter from Anna Konstantinovna Chertkova. The letters deal with such subjects as "What is art?", the "Resurrection" fund, Tolstoy's health, censorship, Ruskin, the banishment of the Dukhobors to Siberia, Tolstoy's doctrine of non-resistance, Jewish pogroms, famine in Russia, murder of Alexander II, etc. There are letters from the countess which reflect her feelings about the Tchertkoffs' connection with Tolstoy and a letter from Sergei informing Maude that Tolstoy had left home to die, 1910. Subsequent letters deal with posthumous publications of Tolstoy's works.

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New Press records, 1992-2014, bulk 1993-2011

99 linear feet
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The New Press is an independent, non-profit, book publisher. It was established in 1992 by André Schiffrin and Diane Wachtell. The Press focuses on publishing books that are in the public interest. The records include appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, clippings, contracts, drafts, financial records, meeting notes, proposals, production records, reviews, rolodexes, and sales reports.
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Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs records, 1939-2006, bulk 1956-2003

337.27 Linear Feet
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The records consist mainly of correspondence and material on issues related to academics, appointments, budgets, departments, faculty, planning, programs, schools, and students. The records also include reports, statistical information, and committee and meeting materials.
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Pamela Moore Papers, 1939-2018, bulk 1950-1964

12.75 linear feet
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Pamela Moore (1937-1964) was an American novelist, best known for Chocolates for Breakfast (1956). The papers contain correspondence, clippings, contracts, diaries, drafts, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, notebooks, notes, outlines, proofs, school materials, sketch books, and a collection of published editions of Moore's novels.
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