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Francis Steegmuller papers, 1877-2012 102.5 linear feet 122 manuscript boxes; 32 record cartons, 2 flat boxes; 2 tube boxes

Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
Francis Steegmuller (1906-1994) was a novelist, biographer, and translator. He was the author of many works about French culture and literary figures, and a translator of Gustave Flaubert. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, research materials, and scrapbooks.
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Frederic C. Smedley papers, 1956-1976 8 boxes 4400 items

Smedley, Frederic C.

Papers of Smedley, including correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed materials about the United Nations, national politics and elections, and civic organizations in New York City and in Connecticut. Correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, and Bertrand Russell.

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Gerald Sykes papers, 1921-1984 42 linear feet 57 boxes 155 volumes 1 oversize folder

Sykes, Gerald, 1903-

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, documents, photographs, course-related materials, and printed materials. The manuscripts include typescripts of Sykes' published and unpublished novels, monographs, plays, short stories, and articles. Among these are The Perennial Avant Garde, The Cool Millennium, and The Hidden Remnant. Sykes' notes and notebooks span the period from the early 1930s to 1980, and include preliminary ideas and sketches for his books, as well as autobiographical material. A small number of documents concern Sykes' wartime work in the U.S. Government Office of War Information. Course-related material including writings and correspondence of students taught by Sykes between 1962 and 1975 at the New School and as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. Printed materials consist of numerous reviews of Sykes' books, in addition to offprints and articles by Sykes. Included as well are printed materials about or connected with Sykes, offprints of articles inscribed to him, and many volumes from his library. The substantial correspondence series includes personal letters and correspondence with agents and publishers relating to his books. Correspondents include Harold Clurman, Aaron Copland, Lawrence Durrell, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Francis Steegmuller, as well as a number of Sykes' students. There is extensive correspondence between Sykes and the artist John Hartell from 1927 to 1983.

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Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999 225 linear feet 533 boxes; 1 drawer of oversized material

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
The correspondence, research, and teaching files of French-American cultural historian and Columbia University professor emeritus Jacques Barzun (1907-2012).
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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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