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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 L. Barton papers, 1931-1992

6.5 linear feet (5 record cartons and 1 tube box)
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The office files of William L. Barton, a banking executive and WWII Navy veteran.
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William J. Wilgus papers, 1935-1937

3 boxes ((3 record cartons))
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Correspondence of Wilgus with officials of various railroads in the United States and Canada regarding a study undertaken by Wilgus at the instance of Dr. James T. Shotwell and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The study was of "the railway interrelations of the United States and Canada with a view to setting forth the extent to which they play a part in the comity and well-being of the two nations." Also, various statistical and other reports submitted to Wilgus, correspondence with Shotwell and others, notes taken while working on the project, and galley and page proof of the published work RAILWAY INTERRELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (Yale University Press, 1937).

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William J. Wilgus papers, 1935-1937 3 boxes ((3 record cartons))

William J. McGill papers, 1929-1979

23.35 linear feet (56 document boxes and 1 oversize folder)
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Correspondence, memoranda, notes, speeches, scientific data, photographs and printed material. Half of the collection relates to McGill's research and writing in the fields of experimental and mathematical psychology, particularly in the psychology of perception, and contains drafts of papers, notes, class materials and works by others. Also included are files relating to McGill's chairmanship of the Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting, files pertaining to his participation on the New York State Special Advisory Panel on Medical Malpractice, and some papers from his chairmanship of the psychology department, and later chancellorship, of the University of California, San Diego. Some personal correspondence and documents are also included. Among the cataloged correspondence are John W. Gardiner, Edward M. Kennedy, Margaret Mead, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jonas Salk, and Beverly Sills

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William J. Higginson Papers, 1950-2007

111 linear feet (23 record cartons; 3 flat boxes; 67 boxes of books)
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The William J. Higginson Papers consist primarily of correspondence with other poets and authors. There is also a sizable amount of Higginson's writings, including his manuscript, The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku as well as many poems by both Higginson and his colleagues.
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William J. Donovan papers, 1775-1790

32 linear feet (53 document boxes; 1 flat box; 5 record storage cartons)
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Typescript and photographic copies of records and research materials assembled by Donovan and relating to his study of the intelligence service during the American Revolution. The file of materials, carefully organized and fully documented, draws together information gleaned from various archives in England, Canada, France, and the Vatican.

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William J. Donovan papers, 1775-1790 32 linear feet (53 document boxes; 1 flat box; 5 record storage cartons)

William H. Walter and George W. Walter Papers, 1844-1912; 1957-1967

2 linear feet (4 document boxes)
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William H. Walter and his son, George W. Walter were mid to late 19th Century composers of devotional music that was used primarily in the Episcopal or Anglican faith. This collection primarily contains sheet music of hymns, canticles, and other forms of service music.
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William H. Walter and George W. Walter Papers, 1844-1912; 1957-1967 2 linear feet (4 document boxes)

William Henry Waldo Sabine papers, 1797-1994, bulk 1920-1994

8 linear feet (17 boxes)
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1992-1995 Additions: 138 volumes of his diaries, 1920-1994, have been added, as well as 12 letters from W.A. Craigie concerning new entries for the Oxford English Dictionary, 1 drawing in the style of John Leech, 2 19th century drawings, the manuscript of his "Young John of Gaunt; a poem in fourteen cantos", 22 engraved American portraits, 5 maps of the American Civil and Revolutionary Wars, 3 scrapbooks, World War I to 1976, his commonplace book, 1927-1990, several of his published books, and "The Sheriff's Prisoner", an autobiographical account of his 8 months in Brixton Prison for Obscene Libel on the publication of "Guido and the Girls", along with letters and documents re. this case.

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William Henry Donald letters, 1924-1948, bulk 1924-1946

0.25 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
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The William Henry Donald letters primarily consist of correspondence between William Henry Donald (1875- 1946) and his friend, Harold K. Hochschild (1892-1981) where he described about his work in China, his involvement in the Xi'an Incident, and his life later in the Pacific Islands and return to China. Other materials in the collection include biographical information, a sketch of Donald, and news clippings about Donald.
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William Henry Donald letters, 1924-1948, bulk 1924-1946 0.25 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)

William H. Carpenter papers, 1906-1926

2.5 linear feet (5 manuscript boxes)
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This collection contains correspondence, 1906-1926, of William Henry Carpenter, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, Provost of Columbia University.
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William H. Carpenter papers, 1906-1926 2.5 linear feet (5 manuscript boxes)

William Hawkins Ferris letters, 1850-1875

4 Volumes (4 volumes (314 Items))
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Forty-eight autograph letters signed from William Gilmore Simms to Ferris, 1859-1870, and one manuscript poem; eight letters from Paul Hamilton Hayne to William Gilmore Simms and one letter to Ferris, 1867-1870. The letters are chiefly personal dealing with contemporary events, personal matters, and literary interests. Ninety-nine autograph letters signed to Ferris and one manuscript poem, 1850-1875. A great many of these letters are from literary figures of the day in response to requests from Ferris for manuscript poems and photographs to be reproduced in a volume he was planning. Some of the letters here present were to Simms and some to W. G. Cordray. 155 autograph letters to William Gilmore Simms, 1854-1870, chiefly personal in nature and from Simms' literary friends and others concerned with his literary activity and publication of his work.

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William Hawkins Ferris letters, 1850-1875 4 Volumes (4 volumes (314 Items))

William Harvey Reeves papers, 1919-1977

1 box (1 box)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material by and about Reeves. Included are single letters from Justice William O. Douglas and Jesus De Galindez, printed articles by Reeves on law and his manuscript article on the U.S. treatment of enemy property after World War II, printed works by others on international law and international reparations in 1945.

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William Harvey Reeves papers, 1919-1977 1 box (1 box)

William Harris correspondence, 1817-1828

.42 linear feet (1 document box (78 items))
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Letters concerning academic matters and student discipline at Columbia College. Most of the letters are addressed to the Rev. Dr. William Harris.

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William Harris correspondence, 1817-1828 .42 linear feet (1 document box (78 items))

William Harkins Plate, 9999

0.01 linear feet (1 item)
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Copper printing plate, undated.

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William Harkins Plate, 9999 0.01 linear feet (1 item)

William Goldman papers, 1949-1997

115 linear feet (264 document boxes; 4 flat boxes (flat boxes 318, 528, and 529); 1 mapcase)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts, photographs, tapes, clippings, printed material, and memorabilia covering the career of William Goldman.

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William G. Lambert papers, bulk 1956-1969

8.84 linear feet (8 record cartons and 2 document boxes)
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This collection consists of journalist William G. Lambert's (1920-1998) collected investigative materials such as correspondence, news clippings, notes, notebooks, photographs and transcripts related to his award winning reporting for The Oregonian, Portland, and for Life magazine. In 1957, Lambert and his college Wallace Turner received the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting, which uncovered widespread vice and corruption within the municipal Portland city government that involved labor union officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. In 1970, Lambert accepted the George Polk Award for his Life magazine reporting, which revealed that Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas accepted and later returned a suspect $20,000 fee, spurring Fortas' resignation.

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William Friedberg papers, 1950-1965

5.72 linear feet (11 document boxes)
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William "Billy" Friedberg (1916-1965) is best remembered as a television comedy writer, although he also wrote plays, musicals, variety reviews, short stories, and radio programs. Among his best-known works are episodes of "Car 54, Where Are You?", "As Time Goes By", and "The Phil Silvers Show". Friedberg's work represented in this collection spans many genres, including comedy review sketches, TV dramas, short stories, plays, and musicals.
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William Friedberg papers, 1950-1965 5.72 linear feet (11 document boxes)

William F. Claire Collection on Mark Van Doren, 1940-1987

2 linear feet (4 document boxes)
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Much of this material came from submissions to the literary magazine "Voyages" and includes correspondence between Claire and Mark and Dorothy Van Doren. There are also works by Robert Lax, Allen Tate, John Taglibue relating to Mark Van Doren.

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William F. Claire Collection on Mark Van Doren, 1940-1987 2 linear feet (4 document boxes)

William Evarts Benjamin papers, 1817-1940

14 linear feet (26 boxes 4 volumes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, photographs, drawings, engravings, and printed materials of Benjamin. The personal and business papers concern Benjamin's publishing and bookselling company, his numerous benefactions, the disposal of his collections, and many printed catalogs for his company, 1883-1940. The two major correspondents are the business and financial records for the printing, binding, and extensive promotion through a network of agents of Stedman's A LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME; new ed. (New York, W.E. Benjamin, 1894). There are also letters, manuscripts, documents, and drawings of English literary figures collected by Benjamin. Among these are six letters of George Eliot, 47 letters and six manuscripts of John Ruskin, and three letters and one manuscript of Joseph Mallord Turner, with four letters relating to the artist. In addition there ten drawings and watercolors by Ruskin.

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William Eleroy Curtis letters, 1888-1892

0.5 linear feet (1 volume)
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The letters are largely from persons prominent in public affairs, politics and/or Pan American Relations, including many members of Congress. The material is mounted in a single volume.

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William Eleroy Curtis letters, 1888-1892 0.5 linear feet (1 volume)

William Diver papers, 1955-1989

8 Linear Feet (6 record cartons, 1 card file box)
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Lecture notes from courses Professor Diver taught at Columbia from 1955 to 1989; Manuscripts of unpublished invited lectures at various universities here and abroad and related notes and linguistic data; official correspondence of the well-known linguistics journal WORD, from the period when Professor Diver was editor of this journal (1956-1965); Professor Diver's notebooks of courses he took while a graduate student at Columbia.

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