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Gilmore D. Clarke papers, 1920-1980
7.5 linear feetHistorical biographical files, 1800-2022
184.31 linear feetThe materials that comprise the Historical Biographical Files have been collected and added to from a variety of sources over the years by current and previous staff. The files consist of materials related to people who have a connection to the University whether as student, alumni, administrator, faculty, staff, guest lecturer, or honorary degree recipient. Materials generally consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, programs, ephemera, printed matter, lists, reports, and pamphlets.
James Felt papers, 1955-1962, bulk 1956-1959
0.5 manuscript boxThis collection contains primarily typescript correspondence between James Felt and Robert Moses, dated from December 1955 to October 1962. Topics mainly concern issues of urban planning and development in New York City on which Felt and Moses held divergent viewpoints. In particular contention were slum clearance projects funded under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Also included are meeting minutes, internal memos, several event programs, a postcard, and a newspaper clipping.
Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986, bulk 1930-1980
22 manuscript boxesHenry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-1994
24 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, documents, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia of Mr and Mrs Hough. Correspondence includes both personal and business letters, dealing with wildlife conservation, civic interests, and birding. There is some correspondence of George A. Hough, Sr., father of H.B. Hough, who was editor of the New Bedford MA Standard. Most of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically, by personal name or subject, out-going and in-coming filed together. Henry and Elizabeth Hough's correspondence, for which there are no in-coming or related letters, are filed chronologically. Cataloged correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Max Eastman, Helen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Emily Post, and James Reston.
Peter Marcuse papers, 1947-2017
20 document boxesMorningside Area Alliance records, 1947-1992
149 linear feetLincoln Square Urban Renewal Project photographs, 1957-1958, bulk 1957-1958
1 manuscript boxThis collection contains 249 black and white photographic negatives of buildings within the designated slum clearance area of the Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project in New York City. The photographer is unidentified. Address locations are identified in the negative.
Parks Council records, 1920s-1979, bulk 1925-1979
23 document boxesGeoffrey Parsons papers, 1919-1959
4 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, notebooks, memorabilia, a tape cassette, photographs, and printed materials. The collection is primarily correspondence files, both personal and professional, along with book reviews, awards and diplomas, letters of condolence on his death, clippings, and correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials relating to THE STREAM OF HISTORY. The correspondence relates specifically to the third edition. The manuscripts are typed and holograph inserts for the third edition and possibly for the second edition as well. Among the manuscripts are twenty-two notebooks containing holograph notes and drafts of chapters. The printed material consists of one copy of THE STREAM OF HISTORY, 1934 edition.