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A collection of notes and manuscript drafts of studies made by Rood, concerned with the theory and practice of painting, art criticism, esthetics, and related subjects. Some of the results of these studies were published in 1941 under the title, COLOR AND LIGHT IN PAINTING.

Fifty-eight letters, including three fragments of letters, from Berenson to Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893-1976), 1935-1949. The letters deal with art and esthetics, travel, international affairs, and the personal lives of Berenson and Prince Paul. All are autograph and signed with initials. Included are a postcard photograph of Berenson at ages twenty-one and seventy-one, and an autograph letter from Arthur Bliss Lane to Prince Paul.

Correspondence with many well known authors and scientists, correspondence with publishers, contracts, and other materials dealing with the many series of books which she has organized. Dr Anshen has edited over one hundred works in fields ranging from physics and biology to philosophy, education, psychology, and esthetics. Her series - WORLD PERSPECTIVES (Harper), RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES (Harper), CREDO PERSPECTIVES (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster), THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE SERIES (Harcourt, Brace), PERSPECTIVES IN HUMANISM (World Pub. Co.), and THE TREE OF LIFE SERIES - have been concerned with new trends in scientific thought and the mutual intelligibility of the various arts and sciences. A new series, CONVERGENCE (Columbia University Press), was started in 1981 dealing with ideas that changed, or that are changing the world. Books from the various series are also included. There is also personal material of Dr Anshen and her family.

Manuscripts of essays and course notes taken while a student at Amherst College, 1884-1889, and at Berlin University, 1892-1894. Articles, addresses, essays, lectures, lecture notes and reading notes. Also included are diaries for the years 1936-1940 and correspondence concerning Amherst College, Columbia University, and Woodbridge's stay as a visiting scholar in Berlin, 1931-1932. Among his correspondents are: Frederick S. Allis, Secretary of the Amherst Board of Trustees; Stanley King, President of Amherst; and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia. Some photographs are also included.