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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
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New York, NY 10027, USA
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Kitchen Sink Press records, 1965-2013

280 linear feet

Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publisher founded by Denis Kitchen in 1969. The company closed in 1999. The press was known for publishing underground comics and reprints of classic comic strips. The records include contracts, correspondence, editorial files, financial records, proofs, and other materials. This collection is still being processed; currently, only the correspondence is available for research.

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Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019

21.5 linear feet
A collection of original artwork, published books, printed ephemera, and branded merchandise by the writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), assembled by Andrew Alpern.
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Vladimir Rosing papers, 1912-2009, bulk 1912-1963

4 linear feet
Vladimir Rosing (1890-1963) was a Russian tenor, producer, and director (primarily of opera) who worked largely in Britain and the United States. His papers include ephemera relating to his vocal and directorial career, but principally comprises his writings on art and politics, as organized and edited by his wife, Ruth, and son, Richard.
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Rosing's discography, undated Box 1, Folder 1

Wordprocessed and stapled; sorted by number and by composer. This material was originally held in
an envelope titled "Vladimir Rosing: Discography sorted by number and composer."

Wordprocessed and stapled; sorted by number and by composer. This material was originally held in an envelope titled "Vladimir Rosing: Discography sorted by number and composer."

  1. Series I: Vocal and directorial career, 1912-1995, undated, bulk 1912-1962

Concert, operatic, and theatrical programs from Rosing's vocal and directorial career, 1915, 1928, 1936, 1950, 1957 Box 1, Folder 2

director alongside the composer; a stapled program of Rosing's "All Russian" recital at the Aeolian Hall

Includes a program for the premiere of Albert Coates's Pickwick by The British Music Drama Opera Company at the Royal Opera House (1936 November 18th to December 8th) for which Rosing served as artistic director alongside the composer; a stapled program of Rosing's "All Russian" recital at the Aeolian Hall, 1928 June 8th and 12th; a hard-cover, cloth-bound program for the Serbian Relief Fund's "Historic Slav Concert in Aid of the Starving and Homeless Serbian Women and Children" at the Queen's Hall, in which Rosing participated as a singer, 1915 December 15; stapled program for "The California Story: A Magnificent Pageant-Spectacle" at the Hollywood Bowl, staged and directed by Rosing, 1950 September 8-12; a printed poster of press clippings for the Fall 1957 season of New York City Opera, featuring a press clipping from the New York Times about Rosing's staging of Puccini's Turandot, 1957 October 10; a broadsheet program for "The California Story: A Magnificent Pageant-Spectacle" at the Hollywood Bowl, staged and directed by Rosing, 1950 September 8-12. This material was originally held in a folder titled "Vladimir Rosing Concert Programs + Production Programs."

  1. Series I: Vocal and directorial career, 1912-1995, undated, bulk 1912-1962
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Aleksandr Kazem-Bek Papers, 1898-2014

39.98 linear feet
The Aleksandr Kazem-Bek Papers consist of correspondence, family and personal documents, writings, lectures, notes, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, and research materials related to the life and professional and political activities of Aleksandr Kazem-Bek – Russian émigré social and political activist, founder and leader of the "Union of Young Russia" ("Mladorossy"), professor of Russian language and literature, and journalist. The collection contains significant documents of the "Mladorossy" movement.
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Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971

91 linear feet

Correspondence files and financial papers. The files include correspondence, contracts, clippings and programs, ledgers and financial accounts, submission books, and calendars and memorandum books. Authors for whom there are extensive files include the following: Truman Capote; Patrick Dennis; John Dos Passos; Lloyd C. Douglas; John Hersey; Alice Tisdale Hobart; Paul Horgan; William Humphrey; Frances Parkinson Keyes; Margaret Mitchell; Alan Paton; Kenneth Roberts; Lillian Smith; John Steinbeck; George R. Stewart; Ben Ames Williams; and Kathleen Winsor

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Tony Kushner papers, 1920, 1961-2018

84 linear feet
Tony Kushner (b. 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. He received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in 1993. The papers include address books, awards, certificates, correspondence, drafts and revisions, notebooks and notes, outlines, photographs, posters, press clippings, programs, production materials, promotional materials, proofs, props, research materials, scores, screenplays, scripts, speeches, and translations.
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Pell Poem, 1996 Box 83, Folder 12

An Acrostic composed on the occasion of the retirement of Senator Claiborne Pell. Correspondence

An Acrostic composed on the occasion of the retirement of Senator Claiborne Pell. Correspondence and typescript. There is a professionally printed copy of this poem in Box 165 Folder 12.

  1. Series I: Works, 1975-2018
  2. Subseries I.6: Other Writings, 1975-2017
  3. Subseries I.6.3: Articles, Speeches, and Other Writings, 1988-2017
  4. Speeches and Published Articles

Pell Poem (Printed Copy), 1996 Box 165, Folder 12

An Acrostic composed on the occasion of the retirement of Senator Claiborne Pell. This printed

An Acrostic composed on the occasion of the retirement of Senator Claiborne Pell. This printed copy was designed and printed by Walter Feldman at Ziggurat Press in Providence, RI. It is mounted on foam core and was probably framed at one time. There is a file related to this poem in Box 83 Folder 12.

  1. Series I: Works, 1975-2018
  2. Subseries I.6: Other Writings, 1975-2017
  3. Subseries I.6.3: Articles, Speeches, and Other Writings, 1988-2017
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Vladimir Feofilovich Zeeler Papers, 1870-1950

4.5 Linear Feet
Vladimir Feofilovich Zeeler (Владимир Феофилович Зеелер; 1874-1954) was a Russian lawyer, state official and political activist; the Interior Minister in the South Russian Government; a pivotal figure of the Russian emigration; and a journalist, editor, memoirist and philanthropist. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of many prominent cultural figures in the Russian emigration. A sizable part of the collection also concerns the painter Il'ia Repin (1844-1930).
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Series I: Correspondence

, writers, artists, composers, musicians, and political figures. There is also general and subject

Series includes letters of major cultural figures in the Russian emigration, including poets, writers, artists, composers, musicians, and political figures. There is also general and subject correspondence organized in Subseries I.2: Arranged correspondence.

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John Eugene Unterecker papers, 1961-1987

53 linear feet

The collection documents the scholarship and writing of John Eugene Unterecker, a poet, biographer of the poet Hart Crane, and professor of English. The majority of the collection is composed of correspondence and manuscripts. Materials date from 1961 to 1987.

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Series III: Audiotapes

Series III is composed of audio recordings of interviews, lectures, and other multimedia works by

Series III is composed of audio recordings of interviews, lectures, and other multimedia works by John Unterecker.

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Peter Viereck papers, 1815-2006

83.7 linear feet
The papers of the historian, poet, and conservative political theorist Peter Viereck (1916-2006), his father, George Sylvester Viereck (1884–1962), and other family members.
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Series X: Audiovisual Material, 1985-1997

Series X is composed of various lectures and poetry readings on audio and video cassettes.

Series X is composed of various lectures and poetry readings on audio and video cassettes.

Series V: Photographs, 1937-2000

This small series is composed of photographs of the Viereck family. The bulk of the photographs are

This small series is composed of photographs of the Viereck family. The bulk of the photographs are undated.

Series II: Research Notes and Clippings, 1815-2005

Series II is composed of newspaper clippings and documents related to Viereck's interests. Some of

Series II is composed of newspaper clippings and documents related to Viereck's interests. Some of the more widely researched topics include Russian History, prominent Russian politicians, Conservatism, Marxism and Socialism, Nazis, German History and politics.

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Volodymyr Levyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ papers, 1880s-1980

14 linear feet
The papers comprise correspondence, personal documents, organizational records and documents, financial statements and receipts, manuscripts, research notes, photographs, sheet music, Ukrainian song lyrics, printed materials, periodicals relating to the life and professional activities of Volodymyr Levyts'kyi, an editor, prominent political and social activist, and leader of the Ukrainian émigré community.
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