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Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs records, 1844-2008

534 linear feet (1069 manuscript boxes)
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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, publications, notes, subject files, awards, speeches, reports and audiovisual materials document work by the Church Peace Union, its successors Council on Religion in International Affairs and Council on Ethics and International Affairs, and related organizations such as the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. The first installment of the CCEIA archival materials came to the RBML in 1974, with numerous additions over the years. A major addition in 1982 contained primarily the records of the Board of Directors and their semi-annual meetings, as well as the various programs and institutes of the Council, for the years 1972-1982, along with selected 1930s materials. 1986 addition contains presidential correspondence files, minutes of the Board of Trustees and committees, special projects, programs and conferences files, and the business and editorial files of "Worldview". Correspondents include John Foster Dulles, Jane Addams, Fiorello La Guardia, and Paul Tillich. 1990 and 2000 additions includes files of CCEIA presidents and vice presidents, paper and audiovisual materials on Merrill House Conversation Programs; Educational programs; International Monetary Fund/Lecture series; The Annals Of The Academy Of Political & Social Science; Washington Consultations; Colloquia for the Clergy; Church State Project; Asian Development & The Carribean Initiative; Korea: Year 2000 Project; fundraising files, printed materials and files of the Department of Publications.

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Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs records, 1844-2008 534 linear feet (1069 manuscript boxes)

Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920

39.25 linear feet (25 linear feet of bound volumes, 20 manuscript boxes, 1 half-size document box, 1 oversize box)
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An artificial collection comprised of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, essays, administrative documents, minutes, and other documents related to Columbia University. Materials were created by or for students, alumni, faculty, administrators, staff, trustees, and honorary degree recipients.
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Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920 39.25 linear feet (25 linear feet of bound volumes, 20 manuscript boxes, 1 half-size document box, 1 oversize box)

Council for Research in the Humanities Records, 1926-1968, bulk 1926-1936; 1966-1968

2.73 linear feet (6 document boxes and 1 half-sized document box.)
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This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, and reports of the Council for Research in the Humanities.
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Council for Research in the Social Sciences records, 1922-1970, bulk 1925-1968

8 linear feet (19 archival document boxes)
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This collection contains the correspondence, minutes and meetings, projects and reports of the Council for Research in the Social Sciences.
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Council for Research in the Social Sciences records, 1922-1970, bulk 1925-1968 8 linear feet (19 archival document boxes)

Department of Anthropology Records, 1930-1985

3.42 linear feet (3 record cartons, 1 document box)
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Documenting the operations of the Anthropology Department, these records reflect administrative and instructional or research functions of the department.
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Department of Anthropology Records, 1930-1985 3.42 linear feet (3 record cartons, 1 document box)

Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Records, 1927-1934

110 linear feet (88 boxes)
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Correspondence; original manuscripts, translations and drafts of articles: organizational files and business records. Widely supported by the American European Intellectual communities, correspondents and contributors include Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Max Eastman, Felix Frankfurter, Carl J. Friedrich, Louis R. Gottschalk, Melville J. Herskovitz, Granville Hicks, Sidney Hook, John Maynard Keyes, Kenneth S. Latourette, Max Lerner, Bronislaw Malinowski, Karl Manheim, Margaret Mead, Paul Miliukov, Lewis Mumford, Joseph Needham, Frederick Law Olmstead, Henri Pirenne, Roscoe Pound, Edward Sapir, and Arthur M. Schlesinger. Note, however, that many of the more famous authors wrote only one article for the encyclopaedia, and their correspondence files are accordingly small.

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Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Records, 1927-1934 110 linear feet (88 boxes)

Franz Boas Chinook language materials, 1880s-1942

0.75 Linear Feet (One wide manuscript box (six volumes and one folder))
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This collection consists of six volumes of manuscript notes that contain Franz Boas's work on the Chinook language, which was spoken by Chinookans in the Pacific Northwest. It also includes one folder of 1942 correspondence concerning placement of the materials at Columbia.

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Franz Boas Chinook language materials, 1880s-1942 0.75 Linear Feet (One wide manuscript box (six volumes and one folder))

George Hunt Kwak'wala ethnographic manuscripts, 1890s-1930s

30 Volumes (5 bound manuscript binders (Vols 1-3); 21 library cases of manuscripts (Vols 4-13); one letter-size manuscript box (Vol 14); one tall manuscript box (Vol 2, part 1); and two printed books with Boas annotation (Vol 10b and CX). Total approximately 8,500 pages.)
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The George Hunt Kwak'wala ethnographic manuscripts consist of 30 volumes (about 8,500 pages) of linguistic and ethnographic notes made about the Kwakwaka'wakw by George Hunt in Fort Rupert between about 1898 and about 1931, at the request of and in collaboration with Franz Boas. The texts, which contain a wide array of stories and cultural information, were written by Hunt in Kwakʼwala with interlinear English translations. The material also includes two of the published volumes that resulted, with Boas's annotations correlating the printed texts to the manuscripts.
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George Hunt Kwak'wala ethnographic manuscripts, 1890s-1930s 30 Volumes (5 bound manuscript binders (Vols 1-3); 21 library cases of manuscripts (Vols 4-13); one letter-size manuscript box (Vol 14); one tall manuscript box (Vol 2, part 1); and two printed books with Boas annotation (Vol 10b and CX). Total approximately 8,500 pages.)

Henry Tate Tsimshian manuscripts, 1903-1914

2.5 Linear Feet (5 manuscript boxes)
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This collection contains manuscripts of interlinear Tsimshian-English texts collected by Henry Wellington Tate (circa 1860-1914) in Port Simpson, British Columbia, between 1903 and 1914, at the request of anthropologist Franz Boas. Boas edited and published many of these texts in Tsimshian Mythology (1916). The collection also includes some supplemental material and a small amount of correspondence between Boas and Tate. Page-level description was created in preparation for potential digitization. Contact RBML for more information.

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Henry Tate Tsimshian manuscripts, 1903-1914 2.5 Linear Feet (5 manuscript boxes)

Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983

40.5 linear feet (88 boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, book typescripts, photographs, and printed materials covering the time from Dorfman's early interest, as a graduate student, in the economic thought of Thorstein Veblen until his retirement. There is correspondence with his academic colleagues, students, publishers, and the family and students of Thorstein Veblen, as well as manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, revisions, notes, photographs, pamphlets, and related materials for his articles and books which include: THORSTEIN VEBLEN AND HIS AMERICA, 1934; THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, 1946-1959; EARLY AMERICAN POLICY, 1960; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, 1963; TYPES OF ECONOMIC THEORY, 1967; and NEW LIGHT ON VEBLEN, 1973

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Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983 40.5 linear feet (88 boxes)