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Carlton J.H. Hayes papers, 1920-1962

14 linear feet
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Manuscripts, notes, lecture materials, and papers of Hayes. There are six boxes of correspondence, notes, and documents relating to the war years, 1942-1945, when Prof. Hayes served as Ambassador to Spain. The collection also includes the notes, drafts, and typescripts of Prof. Hayes' publications including his books Wartime Mission in Spain, 1942-1945 (New York, 1945), History of Europe (New York, 1956), A Political and Cultural History of Modern Europe (New York, 1932-1936), Generation of Materialism (New York, 1941), Christanity and Western Civilization (Stanford, 1954), and Contemporary Europe Since 1970 (New York, 1958). There are also notes and typescripts of an "Autobiography," which is apparently unpublished. Included in the collection are two boxes of catalogued correspondence.

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Collection of Negroiana : [microform], 1800-1981

22 Reels
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A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.

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Gary Y. Okihiro papers, 1939-2024

69.25 linear feet
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Manuscripts, correspondence, notes, research files, lectures, essays, papers, dissertations, teaching materials, and audio visual materials produced and used by Gary Y. Okihiro during his academic life.
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Harry J. Carman papers, 1900-1964

47 linear feet
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Papers of Carman spanning his entire career beginning with his student days at Syracuse and Columbia Universities. His Columbia files include professional correspondence, lecture notes, course-related materia, and a bibliographical card index of American and European history. Dean Carman's abiding interest both in the academic and general communities is reflected in numerous special files which include correspondence to him as book review editor of HISTORICAL OUTLOOK, 1925-1929, as participant in Columbia's AMERICAN CULTURE SERIES, ca. 1935-1942, and STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, ca. 1935-1945. There are numerous files relating to his membership on the New York City Board of Higher Education, 1938-1964, the New York State Board of Mediation, 1941-1955, and the Japan American Committee on Intellectual Exchange. The many folders on American colleges attest to the Dean's concern for the quality and improvement of undergraduate education in the United States. Included are some of the working papers for PREPARATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS (published 1953), and THE RESURVEY OF PREPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE (published 1961). Among the few and incomplete book manuscripts there is a typescript of LINCOLN AND PATRONAGE (published 1943) with handwritten addition and correction.

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Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999

225 linear feet
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The correspondence, research, and teaching files of French-American cultural historian and Columbia University professor emeritus Jacques Barzun (1907-2012).
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L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981

90 linear feet
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A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.

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Richard Hofstadter papers, 1944-1970

29 linear feet
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and notes. This collection contains the manuscripts for most of his books and articles. There are also copies of his many book reviews and articles by other authors analyzing the impact of his interpretations of American history. The correspondents include: H.S. Commager, C. Vann Woodward, Stuart Bruchey, S.E. Morison, Clarence Ver Steeg, Alfred A. Knopf, Helen Frankenthaler, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and others. There are also 70 books from his library

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"The American Story" papers, 1954

2.5 linear feet
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Manuscripts, correspondence, and documents relating to the radio program, "The American Story."
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William Archibald Dunning papers, 1781-1922

6.5 linear feet
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Correspondence; miscellaneous letters, manuscripts, clippings, and printed material, 1867-1922, relating to the American Historical Association, the Centenary of Anglo-American Peace, and Dartmouth College; memorabilia, and photographs and postcards. Also, Dunning family correspondence and manuscripts, 1781-1915, including letters from Robert Kerr to W.A. Dunning; letters and post cards to Matilda A. Dunning; journals and diaries of William A. Dunning, 1873-1875 and undated, and Charlotte Dunning, 1899-1915; miscellaneous letters among family members; visiting cards; a composition written by Dunning while a boy; and letters relating to Dartmouth college. The collection also includes manuscript notes for lectures, articles, reviews, books, and chapters by Dunning. Some subjects include: "The British Empire and the United States", "Carl Schurz", "England and Ireland", and "Political Theory".

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William Barclay Parsons papers, 1899-1915

1 box
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This collection contains correspondence, including letters from U.S. President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), Canadian author Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), and printed monographs and magazine articles. Please note that Parsons' diaries covering his Panama Canal years and World War I service have been catalogued as book manuscripts.

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