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F. W. (Frederick Wilcox) Dupee papers, 1778-2003, bulk 1933-1979 9.43 linear feet (8 record cartons, 3 document boxes and 1 flat box)

Dupee, F. W (Frederick Wilcox), 1904-1979
Personal and professional papers of the notable literary critic. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, notes, journals, photographs, drawings and films, and a collection of signed and annotated books and magazines from Dupee's library.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

John Howard Griffin papers, 1920-2004 28 linear feet (47 boxes)

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials by and about John Howard Griffin. The correspondence is extensive and includes letter from Jacques Maritain; Thomas Merton; Maxwell Geismar; Eldridge Cleaver; Robert Casadeus; Abraham Rattner; P.D. East; Joseph Noonan; Sarah Patton Boyle; Lillian Smith; Father August Thompson; Nell Dorr; and Brother Patrick Hart. All of his major works are represented in manuscript form (usually typescript, carbon). In addition there are many original photographs by Griffin, which he pasted throughout his extensive journal, 1950-1980. This journal is a remarkable account of his life and thoughts, extending to over 3,000 pages.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Gorchakov Papers, 1948-1985 4.5 linear feet (1500 items in boxes)

Gorchakov, N. A. (Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich), 1901-

Correspondence, diaries, documents, manuscripts, and printed materials. The collection consists chiefly of diaries, research materials, and his writings. Among the correspondents are: Mikhail Chekhov, Olga Chekhov, Roman Gul, Vladimir Ilin, Artur Luther, Sergei Melgunov, Bishop Serafim, Fedor Stepun, Ilia Surguchev, Alexandra Tolstoy, and Vladimir Zenzinov.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Paul Oskar Kristeller papers, 1910-1989 115 linear feet (172 boxes: 82 document boxes, 72 record storage cartons, 18 notecard boxes, 275 microfilm reels)

Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999
Professional and personal papers of the German émigré scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller. Kristeller was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University and a world renowned scholar of Renaissance humanism and Renaissance philosophy who published widely, notably his major catalog of uncataloged manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, the Iter Italicum.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library