Collections

Correspondence, minutes, notes, memos, and pamphlets documenting the National Committee on Immigration and Citizenship's pro-immigration efforts in the early 1950s.

This small collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials is a part of her professional papers and includes draft chapters and notes for her doctoral thesis (History of the Columbia University Library, 1876-1926. New York, c1959) as well as a few items about teaching.

In 1941, Isidore Witmark, noted musical publisher, bequeathed to the Libraries his collection of about 400 books and musical scores, each autographed by the author, a musical artist or a friend, who presented the item to Mr. Witmark. They are classified in a special call number scheme with WITMARK prefix.

Strachan's correspondence with his primary publisher, Peter Owen of London relates chiefly to the nuts and bolts of translation and publication. The translations that are the subject matter of the letters are of Hermann Hesse, Caesar Pavese, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, and Julien Gracq. The majority of the letters are accompanied by retained copies of the replies of Peter Owen. Included is Owen's correspondence with the American publisher George Wittenborn.

Typescripts in Russian and English of PETERBURGESKII SOVET BEZRABOTNYKH, 1906-1907 (THE SOVIET OF THE UNEMPLOYED IN PETERSBURG..). Both copies have handwritten corrections, probably in the hand of Woytinsky's wife, Emma S. Woytinsky. In addition there is one folder of photocopies of miscellaneous printed materials, mostly in Russian.

This collection, representing Hildburgh's student days at Columbia University, contains student records, class memorabilia, notebooks of electrical engineering experiments, projects, and research for his bachelor's and master's theses.

The collection includes both Wolf Franck's autograph collection, as well as some correspondence between Franck and his wife and notable figures.

The Wolfgang Friedmann papers include correspondence, articles, reports, books and manuscripts, photographs, clippings, and awards.