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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)