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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.

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William Sprague letters, 1861-1871

1 box (1 box (66 items))
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Letters to Sprague from his military and political associates, dealing chiefly with the political questions of the day.

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William Sprague letters, 1861-1871 1 box (1 box (66 items))

Williamson Family papers, 1776-1961

4 linear feet (8 boxes 1 flat folder 3 flat boxes)
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Correspondence, documents, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of the Williamson, Abeel, and Codwise families of New Brunswick NJ and Saint Croix in the West Indies.

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William S. Moore Photograph Collection, 1922-1924

0.25 linear feet (1 half manuscript box)
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This small collection contains photographs taken by William Scoville Moore, during a trip to Greece on which he accompanied then U.S. Ambassador, Henry Morgenthau Sr. The subjects of the photographs are primarily refugees and the camps they had constructed. There are also a few documents including newspaper clippings and an award given to Moore by the Greek Cabinet.
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William S. Moore Photograph Collection, 1922-1924 0.25 linear feet (1 half manuscript box)

Series II: Photographs, 1922-1923

Series I: Documents, 1923-1924

William Skinkle Knickerbocker letters, 1922-1967

1 box (1 box (108 items))
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Correspondence of Knickerbocker. Correspondents are Kenneth Burke, Oscar Cargill, Irwin Edman, Ben Ray Redman, Austin Warren, Morrie Ryskind, Bonamy Dobrée, Helen Keller, Compton Mackenzie, Merrill Moore, and Allen Tate.

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William Skinkle Knickerbocker letters, 1922-1967 1 box (1 box (108 items))

William Shaw letters, 1860-1904

5 boxes (5 boxes (497 items))
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Business and personal correspondence of Shaw. There are letters from Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co. to Shaw in the 1890s concerning the sale of arms and munitions to the Greek government, and letters from Basil Zaharoff, director of Maxim Nordenfelt and personal friend of Mr. Shaw; personal letters from Plato Draculis, Greek emigré to England, a writer and some-time professor of Modern Greek at Oxford; letters from Stephen Skouloudis, Greek Prime Minister during World War I; and letters from various members of Shaw's family, friends, and business associates, written in Greek and Turkish. Of major interest in this collection is the material concerning Basil Zaharoff. This correspondence reveals much about his early career. Part of the collection also has a bearing on the international situation of Greece in a critical period. Also, transcripts of and typed quotations from various letters with other notes assembled by Plato E. Shaw for his father's biography.

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William Shaw letters, 1860-1904 5 boxes (5 boxes (497 items))

William S. Burroughs papers, 1957-1976

2.5 linear feet (6 document boxes and 1 oversize item)
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Author, artist, spoken word performer, and founding member of the Beat Generation. The William S. Burroughs Papers contain manuscripts and galley proofs of some of Burroughs's novels, as well as biographical material on Burroughs.
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William S. Burroughs papers, 1957-1976 2.5 linear feet (6 document boxes and 1 oversize item)

William Samuel Johnson papers, 1834-1868

1 box (estimate of 250 items)
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Papers dealing with Johnson's public life in New York City and in the New York State Senate. While Assistant Alderman, Johnson received numerous letters of application from citizens seeking patronage for a variety of municipal offices, ranging from requests to be a night watchman to a position as a municipal court justice. Also, letters, reports, and other documents relating to various municipal services such as health, welfare, fire fighting, street maintenance, water, sewers, railroads, ferries, and stage coaches. Some letters and documents concern Whig Party politics in the 3rd Ward. Johnson's correspondence as a New York Society Library Trustee refers to the proposed merger with the New York Athenaeum. Also, twelve items relating to his term in the State Senate, covering taxation and control of foreign laborers.

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William Samuel Johnson papers, 1834-1868 1 box (estimate of 250 items)

William Samuel Johnson Papers, 1753-1802

1 linear feet (61 items in box)
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Correspondence between William Samuel Johnson, 1727-1819, and his son Robert Charles Johnson, 1766-1806, concerning personal business in Connecticut and a father's advice to a young man entering his law career. Some of the father's letters of special interest were written during his term as U.S. Senator (1791), and some concern British-French trade relations, 1793. There are also copies of letters to Johnson from Cadwallader Colden, Silas Deane, James Duane, John Fitch, Jonathan Trumbull, and William Williams. Other letters have been added

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William Samuel Johnson Papers, 1753-1802 1 linear feet (61 items in box)

William R. Shepherd Papers, 1867-1936

2600 items (12 boxes 1 portfolio)
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Papers of Shepherd, including correspondence with professional colleagues at home and abroad, U.S. government officials, and Latin American government officials dealing with his own publications, his trip to Austria in 1932, and his interest in Latin American affairs, the Institute of Latin American Affairs, the INTER-AMERICAN HISTORICAL SERIES, Latin American area studies, oriental area studies, and the NEW ORIENT SOCIETY. The manuscripts include three boxes of lecture notes on American history in English and German; abstracts and related material of his lecture tour in England, 1922; typescript instructions for his HISTORICAL ATLAS, including maps, related correspondence, and documents; notes, bibliographies, essays, photographs, and related materials on Latin America; a scrapbook of clippings on the Williamstown Institute, 1927; his English literature notebook while an undergraduate at Columbia College, 1893; two boxes and a scrapbook of travel photographs and lantern slides of views from around the world; Shepherd family items include a hand-drawn, hand-colored coat of arms and a letter book of his father, William Shepherd, dated 1867-1871; and Iona Shepherd's 1905 autograph book.

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William R. Shepherd Papers, 1867-1936 2600 items (12 boxes 1 portfolio)

William Peterfield Trent papers, 1800-1941

2 linear feet (3 boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials. The correspondence is with American and English literary figures and Columbia faculty members. Included are 38 letters from Brander Matthews and 4 from Edmund Gosse. There are 5 letters from Trent to George Whicher, 3 to John Hart, and 180 postcards and letters to John Bell Henneman, as well as a group of miscellaneous letters to and from Trent. Also included are a holograph fair copy of Trent's poem "Germany, 1915" with his covering a.l.s. and several miscellaneous poems; and his contract with J.B. Lippincott Co. for the publication of GEORGE SAND. There are also two documents signed by George W. Maynard. Among the photographs is a photograph album, prepared by Hudson Stuck in 1899, of people and scenes from Dallas, Texas. Among the printed materials are Trent's examinations and outlines for English courses, and THE UNPOPULAR REVIEW with numerous pages of Trent's notes

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William Neal Brown papers, 1930s-2012

1.5 linear feet (1 small flat box, 1 record storage carton)
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This collection documents the life and career of African-American social worker and educator William Neal Brown. Personal material includes his military records, family photos, material from his undergraduate years at the Hampton Institute, and various tributes from later in his life. The professional material is primarily typescripts of speeches and papers that Brown presented in the late 1960s and early 1970s to various academic and community groups. The audiovisual material includes audio of his debate with Malcolm X, titled "Integration or Separation," that took place on Ovember 3, 1961, at Rutgers University.

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William Neal Brown papers, 1930s-2012 1.5 linear feet (1 small flat box, 1 record storage carton)

William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928

2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
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Files dealing with publishers, the editing of manuscripts, serial rights, copyright, translation rights, financial accounts, and the like. Among the correspondents are A.P. Graves, Thomas Hardy, Frederick T. Jane, W.E. Norris, Alfred Ollivant, John Pendleton, William H. Rideing, Hall Caine, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, Douglas Sladden, and Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward).

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Zangwill, Israel. Autograph letter signed ("I Zangwill"), one page, 8vo, on printed letterhead of 24, Oxford Road, Kilburn, n.d. [but docketed in an unidentified hand "wrote Crawford 4.Xl.95"]. To the literary agent, [William Morris] Colles

William Michael Rossetti letters, 1879-1887

31 items (1 volume)
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Copies of Rossetti's letters to Mrs. Anne Gilchrist and her son, Herbert, regarding Walt Whitman and the Whitman Testimonial Fund.

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William Michael Rossetti letters, 1879-1887 31 items (1 volume)

William M. Grosvenor papers, 1828-1916

3.5 linear feet (7 boxes)
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Correspondence, speeches, and publications of William Mason Grosvenor (1835-1900), economist, journalist, and economic editor of the New York Tribune, 1875-1900.
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William M. Grosvenor papers, 1828-1916 3.5 linear feet (7 boxes)

William Meredith collection of John Berryman papers and library, 1952-1972

8.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 28 volumes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and proofs of writings by and about John Berryman collected by his friend and critic, William Meredith. The collection also contains 28 volumes from Berryman's library containing his notes, inscriptions, etc. (loose notes are filed with the manuscripts) and 43 books, mostly inscribed to Berryman's mother. Correspondence of the following people are cataloged: Van Meter Ames, Saul Bellow, John Berryman, Robert Giroux, William Meredith, and William Phillips.

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William Meredith collection of John Berryman papers and library, 1952-1972 8.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 28 volumes)

William McMurtrie Speer papers, 1880-1936

17 linear feet (34 boxes 3 oversize volumes 1 oversize folder)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, contracts, legal briefs, patents, and other documents, music scores, cartoons, technical drawings, account books, blueprints, photographs, clippings, printed legal briefs & transcripts, proofs, scrapbooks, and other printed materials of William M. Speer.

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William McMurtrie Speer papers, 1880-1936 17 linear feet (34 boxes 3 oversize volumes 1 oversize folder)

William Mason collection of autographs of musicians, 1830-1906

1 volume
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This collection of autographed inscriptions and letters from noted 19th century musicians was assembled by Mason. The material includes the signatures of 85 composer, performers, and other musical people, most of whom were Dr. Mason's contemporaries and personal friends. There are 103 items the majority of which are bits of music in script with signatures, and a few autograph letters to Mason. Among those represented are Berlioz, Jenny Lind, Franz Liszt, MacDowell, Paderewski, Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Samaroff, and the Schumanns.

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X780. M38. Folio

William Martin papers, 1957-2012

0.63 linear feet (1.5 document boxes)
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The collection consists of course materials for some of the classes taught by William Martin (1932-2023) while an instructor at Columbia University in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection also contains extensive personal correspondence between William Martin and Columbia University Sociology Professor Allan Silver (1930-2015) dating from 1960s-2010s. Correspondence topics include sociology, political controversies at Columbia/Barnard, classical music, and — perhaps most of all - Israel and antisemitism, especially in academia.

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William Martin papers, 1957-2012 0.63 linear feet (1.5 document boxes)

William Linn Westermann papers, 1918-1954

21 boxes (21 boxes)
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Correspondence and papers of Westermann. The correspondence relates to his teaching activities, lectureships, publications, and the various professional organizations, and institutes with which he was associated. The collection also contains his notes and typescripts for his lectures, articles, and other writings.

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William Linn Westermann papers, 1918-1954 21 boxes (21 boxes)

William Lee letters, 1810-1861

1 Volumes (1 volumes (25 items))
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Letters written to William Lee from prominent Frenchmen of the early 19th century. Some of these relate to a scheme regarding Napoleon. Letters to William Barlow Lee from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Anthony Trollope, and J.K. Lothrop. These letters are personal in nature.

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William Lee letters, 1810-1861 1 Volumes (1 volumes (25 items))