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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
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.
Start Over Repository Rare Book & Manuscript Library Names Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 Subjects Biographies (literary works)

Gilmore D. Clarke papers, 1920-1980 7.5 linear feet (5 boxes 1 folder)

Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials of landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke, 1892-1982.
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Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994 27 linear feet (50 boxes 5 oversize folders 228 phonograph records 37 record jackets)

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

Correspondence, manuscripts, papers, essays, etc. relating to Berlioz, and 19th century arts and literature. The correspondence includes original Berlioz letters and over 200 copies of letters relating to Berlioz and the romantic era, written by musicians, critics, historians, and literateurs of the past century. There are many photostats of letters and manuscripts obtained from the principal libraries of the world which hold original Berlioz material. The collection includes much printed material in the form of music scores, published letters, essays, clippings, biographies, music and book catalogues, program notes, and playbills.

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Shirley Hazzard papers, 1920s-2016 45 linear feet (23 document boxes (Boxes 1-12, 32-36, 50-54, 58), 1 tall document box (Box 59), 1 half document box (Box 20), 27 record storage cartons (Boxes 13-19, 21-31, 42-46, 49, 55-57) 7 card files (Boxes 37-41, 47-48), and 1 small flat box (Box 60))

Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016
Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) was a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. She also wrote two non-fiction books about the United Nations. Hazzard was born in Australia, but left the country in 1951, living in New York City and Capri, Italy. The papers include address books, appointment books, audiovisual materials, books, clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notebooks, notes, photographs, printed materials, and research files.
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