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Frederick A.P. Barnard Papers, 1830-1944, bulk circa 1855-1889

7 linear feet

Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material by and about Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889), spanning his adult life from 1831 to 1889. The majority of the correspondence covers his positions as President of the University of Mississippi, 1856-1861, and President of Columbia College, 1864-1889.

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Elizabeth Blackwell Letters, 1850-1884

0.42 linear feet
A true pioneer in the area of women's rights, Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female physician in the United States. This collection primarily consists of her letters to close, personal friend Barbara Leigh Smith, later Barbara Bodichon. Also included are a few letters to Bodichon from Bessie Parkes, Dr. Emily Blackwell, and Elizabeth Whitehead.
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Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon. 13 Rue des Ponchettes, Nice, Nov. 7, [1878]. 4 pages Box 1, Folder 3

activity of the local paper...Admirable order during elections...Wonders at Republican gains in spite of

Anxious regarding her health and warns against too much excitement...Describes her quarters in the unfashionable part of Nice, the Republican gains in the whole department Alpes Maritimes and the energetic activity of the local paper...Admirable order during elections...Wonders at Republican gains in spite of pressure put on to the country...At Boulogne children's school books covered with paper on which was written letters "Candidature du Maréchal"

  1. Series III: Letter from Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon, 1855-1884

Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon. Rock House, April 2. 4 pages Box 1, Folder 4

defeat of Liberal candidate who had just lost his wife on election day…Apathy for Liberals culpable…Local

Hopes that rumors of Mr. Brassey's resignation of his seat are true, as bribery has been carried out to a great extent and "vote for beer" has been the flag in Tory taverns…Expressed deep regret for defeat of Liberal candidate who had just lost his wife on election day…Apathy for Liberals culpable…Local ladies crushed by Hastings disgrace…Sends wishes for Amy's happiness, and hopes family differences will be healed.

  1. Series III: Letter from Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon, 1855-1884

Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon. Braemar House, Upper Norwood S.E., Dec. 15, 1883. 4 pages Box 1, Folder 4

…Trusts that Conservatives will not take up woman franchise at next election

Received letter from her at Cannes…Decided to remain in same comfortable quarters for the winter, and spend spring in Italy…Wonderful stirring of dead bones in England and some great providential movement vaster than our comprehension…Foreign international socialists attended in force conference of Christian Socialism and insisted on categorical answer whether Christ was God…Met Mrs. Max Muller at Oxford…Trusts that Conservatives will not take up woman franchise at next election

  1. Series III: Letter from Elizabeth Blackwell to Barbara Bodichon, 1855-1884
Avery Drawings & Archives

Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, bulk 1950s-1960s

8 document boxes
Alfred Neumann (1900-1968) was a Czech architect with an international career. Most of his major projects were executed in Israel; his earlier work consisted mainly of private residences for Czech clients, as well as commercial and residential architecture undertaken with various firms or government bodies in Paris, Berlin, Algiers, and South Africa. Neumann devoted a substantial portion of his career to teaching and to research into architectural morphology, theories of proportion, polyhedral structures, and architectural space as pattern. He taught at both the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa, and the Université Laval in Quebec. He participated in CIAM (Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne), Groupe Espace, and other architectural groups throughout his career. This collection consists mainly of project drawings and photographs, personal and professional correspondence, Neumann's writings and research, papers related to Neumann's membership in CIAM, and publications related to his projects. The bulk of the material dates from Neumann's later career and concerns projects and research undertaken while Neumann was in Israel.
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CIRPAC meeting (CIAM), July, 1955 Box 4, Folder 18

de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese

Includes minutes of meeting in Paris of the Comite International pour la Resolution des Problemes de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese group of delegates to CIAM (English)

  1. Series IV: Professional Papers

CIRPAC meeting (CIAM), July, 1955 Box 4, Folder 18

de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese

Includes minutes of meeting in Paris of the Comite International pour la Resolution des Problemes de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese group of delegates to CIAM (English)

  1. Series IV: Professional Papers
Avery Drawings & Archives

Edith Elmer Wood papers, 1900-1943

72 manuscript boxes
Edith Elmer Wood (1871-1945) was a US housing reformer. As lobbyist, writer, and government consultant, she helped define New Deal housing policy. After graduating from Smith College in 1890, she wrote fiction and undertook settlement house work before launching her influential, life-long career in housing reforms. The bulk of the collection is letters but other kinds of material is included, such as drawings, blueprints, manuscripts, maps, photographs, pamphlets, news clippings and hotel receipts.
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Leslie H. Dingyan Chen's collection of Historiographic Materials for a Biography of Chen Chiung-Ming, 1988

1.25 linear feet
The Leslie H. Dingyan Chen's Collection of Historiographic Materials for a Biography of Chen Chiung-Ming is a typescript publication published in 1988 documenting the life of Chen Jiongming as a revolutionary figure in the Guangdong province before and during the Republican period in China.
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8 Experiments in Democracy, Nov 1920 - June 1922 Box 1

and miscellaneous and election of magistrates; Labor activities; District relations self-government

Re-establishment of the Military Government; Disbandment of troops; Anti-gambling and anti-opium; Inauguration of municipal governments; Modernization of education; Modernization of army; Finance , Industry and miscellaneous and election of magistrates; Labor activities; District relations self-government and communist

  1. Leslie H. Dingyan Chen's Collection of Historiographic Materials for a Biography of Chen Chiung-Ming, 1988
Barnard Archives & Special Collections

Pham Bach-Tuyet Notebooks, 1951-1961

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The collection consists of the undergraduate government and history class notebooks of Pham Bach-Tuyet, Barnard Class of 1961. It includes her class notes, reading notes, course outlines, bibliographies, draft essays and brief personal reflections on her coursework, international events, and her time at Barnard.
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History 10 Notebook, Between February 3, 1960 and May 12, 1960 Box 1, Folder 6

Class notes on geographic approach to civil war, reconstruction, liberalism, money policy, election

Class notes on geographic approach to civil war, reconstruction, liberalism, money policy, election organizations, T. Roosevelt's domestic policies, varieties of progressivism, Wilsonian experiments in foreign policy, World War I, Woodrow Wilson, the Great Depression, the New Deal.

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C. Martin Wilbur papers, 1950-1992

53 linear feet

Correspondence, subject files, manuscripts and printed materials documenting the work of C. Martin Wilbur, George Sansom Professor Emeritus of Chinese History, Columbia University. Correspondence with non-Columbia organizations includes the Institute of Pacific Relations, Far Eastern Association, INDUSCO, Council on Foreign Relations, Asia Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies, among others. Subject files relevant to Columbia University include items pertaining to the Department of Chinese and Japanese, later renamed the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, as well as teaching files, student files and research projects directed. The manuscript files contain the notes and, in some cases, printed copies of published and unpublished works and public talks. Wilbur's writings and research concentrate on the history and politics of twentieth century China, with emphasis on the Chinese Revolution, 1920-1929, Sun Yat-sen, and communism in China. There are translations of minutes for the first and second Kuomintang Congresses, copies of documents from the Kuomintang Archives, and photographs of members of the Young China Party, Sun Yat-sen and several historical events in the 1920s. Files on fund raising efforts for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Wellington Koo Fellowship also contain relevant correspondence. Biographical information includes a curriculum vitae (ca. 1968)

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Far Eastern Association Box 14

Later renamed Association for Asian Studies. CMW was elected to the Board of the Association in

Later renamed Association for Asian Studies. CMW was elected to the Board of the Association in 1948 at its foundation; served as Treasurer from about 1951 became Second Vice President in 1969 and President in 1971-72. He also served in a couple of constitution revision committees and in other capacities.

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Edwin H. Armstrong papers, 1886-1982, bulk 1912-1954

295.7 linear feet

Professional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. Of his many inventions and developments, the most important are: 1) the regenerative or feedback circuit, 1912, the first amplified radio reception, 2) the superheterodyne circuit, 1918, the basis of modern radio and radar, 3) superregeneration, 1922, a very simple, high-power receiver now used in emergency mobile service, and 4) frequency modulation - FM, 1933, static-free radio reception of high fidelity. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round

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1950-1955 Box 8, Folder 1-11

Armstrong's Application and Election to Membership--Marion Armstrong to H.J. Round--Federal Communications

Correspondents include John M. Conly of Atlantic Monthly and With Regard to Armstrong's Article in Midwestern Engineer and the 1951 Washington Award--Radio Stations and Broadcasting Companies--Popular Mechanics Fiftieth Anniversary Hall of Fame--American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Includes Armstrong's Application and Election to Membership--Marion Armstrong to H.J. Round--Federal Communications Commission

  1. Series I: Correspondence, 1910-1975
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Metropolitan College Interlibrary Association (New York N.Y.) records, 1958-1966

800 items

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, and bulletins of the Association.

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Correspondence of the Persident of the MCILA: Box 1, Folder 7

correspondence also relates to membership application and the election of MCILA officers, narrative board

(The presidental correspondence relates to the activities, meetings and plans of the MCILA. Most of the correspondence concerns the arrangemets for membership meetings and finding speakers. The correspondence also relates to membership application and the election of MCILA officers, narrative board writings, library cooperation, library legislation, and the final dissolution of the MCILA)

  1. Series I: Files re. Formation and Governance
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Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).

56 Linear Feet
Douglas Putnam Haskellan (1899-1979) was an American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor. This collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, lectures, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell's editorship at Architectural Forum and his professional activities. The collection includes items dating from 1866 to 1979, with the majority of materials dating from the period of 1949 to 1964.
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University Club Box 41, Folder 3

Re DH's endorsements for various people to be elected to membership in The University Club

Re DH's endorsements for various people to be elected to membership in The University Club, including: Chauncey Belknap, James Albert Van Sant, Stanton Avery, Tom Griffith, Francis Keally, William B. Remington, Morris Ketchum, Jr., Newell O. Mason, John Jansson, Jan C. Rowan, Luther Gulick.

  1. Series II: Personal Correspondence

Schweikher, Paul, 1949-1955, 1958-1962 Box 20, Folder 4

Schweikher, Paul. 1960; Wishes he could go to San Francisco convention. Bob Schmertz elected Fellow

Schweikher, Paul. 1960; Wishes he could go to San Francisco convention. Bob Schmertz elected Fellow. Comments on Koppers jury.

  1. Series I: Pending Correspondence

W 1960—(W—Wz), 1958, 1961-1964 Box 23, Folder 5 to 7

The New York Times. March 9, 1962; Clipping. "Williams Is Elected By Design Academy." National
Academy of Design announces election of Edgar I. Williams as president.

Wallace, H.O. Wallace and Moody. 1961; Re development of land at Kona, Hawaii.

  1. Series I: Pending Correspondence