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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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Robert A. Hill papers, 1933-2001

6 linear feet (15 manuscript boxes)
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The reasearch files of Professor Robert A. Hill relating to C.L.R. James. Professor Hill is the Literary Executor of C.L.R. James.
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Eddie Locke Photographs of Jazz Musicians, 1954-1974

1 linear foot (2 document boxes)
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Photographs (315) taken by Eddia Locke of jazz musicians and performances between the 1950s and 1970s. Group One comprises photographs 1-55; Group Two, photographs 56-109; Group Three, photographs 110-169; Group Four, photographs 170-223; Group Five, photograph 224-277; Group 6, photographs 278-315 There is a cd with 315 tiff images, as well as six print outs of the images. In Box 2 there are two folders and 3 photograph albums containing the original photographs, as well as a few photographs which are not included in the cd or in the print-outs.

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League of Nations records, High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany, 1921-1941

.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
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Files relating to the League of Nations.

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Mary Frances Dunham papers, 1964-2002

11.5 linear feet (16 document boxes; 7 cassette boxes; 1 oversize folder in mapcase)
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The research files of Mary Frances Dunham relating to her study and recording of Bangladeshi and Bengali folk songs.
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Gertrude Lawrence Papers, 1925-1986, bulk 1925-1952

1.68 linear feet (4 document boxes and 5 oversized folders)
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This collection contains documents relating to Broadway actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), a British-born international star of musical theatre and film. The collection primarily consists of correspondences, and also includes manuscripts, photographs, diaries, and a notebook from her position teaching an acting course at Columbia University.
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Mark Estren Papers, 1970-1993

2.5 linear feet (2 record cartons)
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Collection contains research material, notes, and drafts of Estren's book A History of Underground Comics. The research material includes a number of comic books, both underground and mainstream.

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Donald Wesely Papers, 1952-2010

10.84 linear feet (5 record cartons 2 flat boxes)
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Collection contains Wesely's artistic and literary output, as well as a comprehensive set of diaries dating from the 1950s.

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Nancy Wechsler Papers, 1935-2007

3 linear feet (4 document boxes and 1 flat box)
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The Nancy Wechsler Papers collects a portion of the work and interests of lawyer Nancy Wechsler. The collection holds her writings, work with professional organizations, correspondence, and work with several government organizations including accusations pertaining to her loyalty while doing this work. Of particular note are the oral histories Wechsler gave and the memoir she wrote detailing her family's history, Communist experience, legal work, and public affairs. The oral histories and memoir also cover her civil rights work and work as a copyright and intellectual property lawyer. The collection also contains Wechsler's FOIA file.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Rick Halperin Papers, 1987-1999, bulk 1989-1995

14.15 linear feet (13 record cartons, 2 document boxes, 1 half-sized document box)
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The collection documents the work of Rick Halperin during his time serving on the Amnesty International of the USA Board of Directors.
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Henry Schneider papers, 1945-1946

.42 linear feet (1 document box)
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The Schneider collection holds the work of Henry Schneider (1910-1998) who served as a Deputy Chief under Colonel Bernard Bernstein, Director, Finance Division, Individuals' External Assets Branch, Division of Investigation of Cartels and External Assets (DICEA). As a deputy chief, Schneider was primarily engaged in identifying the economic assets of, accumulating evidence about and conducting interrogations against Nazi organizations and war criminals. The one box collection (0.5 linear feet) holds interrogation transcripts of Nazi officers (including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop), the testimony of Orvis A. Schmidt, Director of Foreign Funds Control, U.S. Treasury Department, before Senator Harley M. Kilgore's Subcommittee on German Espionage of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, and many of the reports produced by DICEA for the Military Tribunals in Nuremberg.
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Moe Berg papers, 1910-1980, bulk 1920-1964

2.5 linear feet (5 document boxes)
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The Moe Berg Papers contain correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to Berg's career as a professional baseball player, as well as his experience as a spy for the CIA and the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. Also included in the collection is a series of material collected by or generated by Moe Berg's sister Ethel in the process of writing and promoting a biography of her brother.

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Edwin W. Patterson papers, 1935-1939

3.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
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The Edwin W. Patterson Papers collects the papers of Patterson related specifically to the revision of the New York Insurance Law 1939 while he worked as Deputy Superintendent of the Insurance Department of New York State. Patterson was an expert in insurance law and authored both "The Insurance Commissioner in the United States" 1927) and "Essentials of Insurance Law" (1935). The collection contains the work of the New York Insurance Department, in particular the Committee of Insurance Law Reform. The documents are in the form of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and drafts of bills proposals with annotations and marginalia. The collection also holds the transcript of hearings held by the New York State Legislature on Insurance reform in the 1930s.

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Marvin Drager papers, circa 1948-2010

20 linear feet (20 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 phonograph record box)
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Material related to Drager and his work as a creative arts agent. Records include address books, business records, correspondence, photographs, negatives, and publicity records.

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Joseph Marcu papers, 1909-1948

4.5 linear feet (9 document boxes)
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Correspondence, photographs, leaflets, pamphlets, manuals, reports and newsletters.

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Yiddish Theatre Collection, 1899-1962, bulk 1925-1950

1 linear feet (1 document box, 1 tall document box)
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The Yiddish Theater collection includes material on the Yiddish theater collective The Vilna Troupe (Di Vilner trupe) regarding their shows in Europe (press clippings and programs). The collection also includes a few ephemera (autographed pictures), some correspondence of M. Schneidow/Shnatman, Kalisch, and Jonas Jacobson, and a variety of typescripts/manuscripts (incl. film exposés by M. Schneidow). The collection also includes the Bergen Belsen photo albums and Yiddish sheet music of the twentieth century published in New York City (primarily by Hebrew Publishing Co. and Metro Music).
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Press clippings, 1925; 1928-34; undated

Programs, 1925-32; undated

Marvin I. Herzog papers, 1942-2008

5.67 linear feet (13.5 document boxes)
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The Marvin Herzog collection contains correspondence relating to Herzog's academic and personal life, including printouts from an email list devoted to Yiddish Studies. Also included is teaching and research materials, as well as materials relating to Herzog's work on the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ), and various materials relating to Zionist summer camps.

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A-F, 1977; 1983; 1987; 1989-1992; 1995-1997; 2003

The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2012-2013

.5 linear feet (1 document box)
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The Edward M. Kennedy Prize records are records related to the adminstration of the prize. These include administrative material such as nomination forms and correspondence, as well as the finalists' and winning submissions.

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Jacob Mincer Papers, 1975-2002

1.25 linear feet (1 record carton)
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Papers of labor economist and Columbia University professor Jacob Mincer. The papers relate primarilt to his teaching career and include syllabi and lecture notes.

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Series I: Teaching Materials, 1975-1997

Manuel Ramos Otero Papers, circa 1920s-2007, bulk 1967-1992

18 linear feet (16 record cartons; 1 document box; and 1 flat box)
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Manuel Ramos Otero (1948-1990) is considered the first openly gay writer from Puerto Rico. He resided in New York City for much of his adult life. In 1990, he returned to his hometown of Manatí, Puerto Rico, where he died of complications from HIV/AIDS. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks and notes, reviews, photographs, and newspaper clippings. These materials range in date from Otero's infancy to his death, 1948-1990. There is also a small section of the collection that contains material related to Otero posthumously, which dates from 1990 to 2007.
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Materials on protests in Ukraine, 2013-2014

2.17 linear feet (1 flat box)
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A collection of materials relating to protests in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014. The collection includes a doormat, newspapers, leaflets, postcards, booklets, one flag, banners, calendars, a CD, buttons and magnets. There are also 8 color posters (from 2011-2014) designed by Andriy Yermolenko.

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Materials on protests in Ukraine, 2013-2014 2.17 linear feet (1 flat box)

Angus and Hetty MacLise papers, 1950s-2010

15.5 linear feet (14 manuscript boxes; 1 half-size manuscript box; 5 record storage cartons (audio-visual material); 3 oversize boxes; 2 tube cases; 7 mapcase folders)
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Angus MacLise was a musician, poet, artist, and countercultural figure who was a mainstay of the downtown New York arts scene in the 1960s, which included Fluxus alongside other avant-garde communities and scenes. Hetty MacLise was an English-born artist, poet, and multi-instrumentalist likewise associated with various overlapping movements and milieus within the 1960s and 70s avant-garde. This collection contains papers, documents, publications, ephemera, sound and video recordings, photographs, and artwork primarily created by, given to, or related to Angus MacLise and Hetty MacLise.
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Samuel Devons papers, 1959-2004

66.5 linear feet (44 record cartons, 1 document box)
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This collection comprises the papers of noted physicist and historian Samuel Devons (1914-2006). It includes Devons's detailed analysis of his scientific findings, articles, essays, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia. Other subject files, reflecting his interest in film, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta, and promoting interactions among current and former university faculty during his academic tenure.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Barbara Sproul Papers, 1970-1984, bulk 1975-1981

10 linear feet (8 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Barbara Sproul, particularly her work on Co-groups, opposition to the death penalty, and AIUSA policy and planning.
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Amadeo Peter Giannini papers, 1943-1955

.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
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Papers contain unpublished and unknown correspondence from A.P. Giannini to Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder. A.P. Giannini was known as "the father of modern consumer banking" and was founder and president of Bank of America. The letters demonstrate his influence on the financial policies of the US government. The materials in the collection date from 1943-1955.
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Marlboro Press Records, 1932-2001, bulk 1982-2000

18.5 linear feet (15 record cartons)
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The Marlboro Press Records contain the administrative, financial, and working files of the Marlboro Press, a small publisher of European works in translation between 1982 and the mid 1990s, when it merged with Northwestern University Press.
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Michèle C. Cone collection of Artists under Vichy, 1920s-1990s

14 linear feet (9 record cartons; 1 document box; 1 cassette box (37 cassettes); 2 flat boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, article, essays, exhibition catalogs, printed material, and 9 floppy disks of her research on artsits and art in Vichy France, as well as Max Jacob, the French poet, painter, writer, and critic.

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F. W. (Frederick Wilcox) Dupee papers, 1778-2003, bulk 1933-1979

9.43 linear feet (8 record cartons, 3 document boxes and 1 flat box)
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Personal and professional papers of the notable literary critic. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, notes, journals, photographs, drawings and films, and a collection of signed and annotated books and magazines from Dupee's library.
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Group for Contemporary Music records, 1962-1999

10 linear feet (24 manuscript boxes)
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The Group for Contemporary Music records document the function of an American chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music, dating from 1961 to 2012. The records consist of correspondence, photographs, programs, memoranda, schedules, meeting notes, clippings, contracts, bills, financial records, fund raising and grant applications, and so on.

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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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Grove Press Collection, 1956-1984, bulk 1958-1983

1 linear feet (1 record storage carton)
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The Grove Press Collection consists of production, publication, and marketing materials from the Grove Press Records at Syracuse University, which document the history of the Grove Press in Greenwich Village.
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Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011), 2004-2006

750 Gigabytes (74 digital files)
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Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011) contain 37 unedited, full-length interviews conducted between 2004-2006 with individuals, each of whom had an important connection to Paul Goodman at one point in their lives. The interviewees are from a range of fields, including Ned Rorem, Grace Paley, Noam Chomsky, Morris Dickstein, Richard Flacks, Sally, Susan and Daisy Goodman (Paul's widow and two daughters), Vera Williams, Jacqueline Gourevitch, and Nicholas von Hoffman. The interviews were later edited to produce the documentary film "Paul Goodman Changed My Life", produced and directed by Jonathan Lee, produced and edited by Kimberly Reed, photographed by Benjamin Shapiro, and distributed by Zeitgeist Films in 2011.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace European Center records, 1910-1954

335 linear feet (678 boxes 536 volumes)
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The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace established Le Centre Européen de la Dotation Carnegie pour la Paix Internationale in Paris as part of its Division of Intercourse and Education (Division des Relations et de L'Education) in 1912. The Centre was founded with an Advisory Council composed of representative and distinguished statesmen and public leaders of Europe and Asia. An Executive Committee was appointed from this Council with the authority to carry out the work of the Division abroad. The Centre Européen Records (1911-1940, 316 boxes) consist of correspondence; clippings; meeting minutes, agendas, and transcripts; lectures in typescript and printed form; memoranda; financial documents; books, pamphlets, speeches, reports, and brochures in typescripts and printed versions; invitations; maps; posters; architectural plans and drawings; and photographs, which document the founding, administration, and activity of the Centre Européen specifically and, in a more general sense, the work of the Carnegie Endowment in Europe.
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Kitchen Sink Press records, 1965-2013

280 linear feet (280 record cartons)
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Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publisher founded by Denis Kitchen in 1969. The company closed in 1999. The press was known for publishing underground comics and reprints of classic comic strips. The records include contracts, correspondence, editorial files, financial records, proofs, and other materials. This collection is still being processed; currently, only the correspondence is available for research.

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Creative Music Studio Tapes and Files, 1974-1980

56.25 linear feet (45 boxes)
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Reel to reel tapes (599); cassettes (8); videotapes (3); and some files.
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John Koukoutsakis Collection of Comic Con Programs, 1959-2013

5 linear feet (4 record cartons)
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Collections contains programs and other promotional material related to comics conventions, primarily in the United States. The San Diego Comic-Con is particularly well represented.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Jim Grossell Papers, 1986-1995, bulk 1986-1995

1 linear feet (1 record carton)
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This collection documents Jim Grossell's work with AIUSA, primarily as a member of the Strategic Planning and Implementation Team.
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Guantanamo Public Memory Project Records 1960-2013, 1960-2013

.5 linear feet (1 document box)
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The Guantanamo Public Memory Project records contain original mateiral (and copies of original material) related to life and work at the United States Naval Base and Detention Center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and material documnenting the Guantanamo Public Memory Project's creation of a travelling exhibition using this mateiral.

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Frances Matlock Material

Harriet Zuckerman papers, 1887-2014, bulk 1963-1992

71.52 linear feet (47 record cartons and 31 manuscript boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, research files, drafts, memoranda, etc.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Jane Jerome Papers, 1974-2001, bulk 1989-1991

8.2 linear feet (8 record cartons and 1 oversize flat box)
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This collection contains country files collected by Jane Jerome, AIUSA Area Coordinator for Mid-Peninsula, Palo Alto, CA, and a range of other materials related to refugees, women's rights, the Western Regional Conference, the Bay Area Development group, local groups, and other topics.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Hilary Naylor Papers, 1977-2006, bulk 1985-1997

14 linear feet (14 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Hilary Naylor, especially on her efforts to abolish the death penalty in the United States. It also includes information on several other AIUSA campaigns, regional and national conferences, training, student activism, and many other topics.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Virginia Mattern Papers, 1978-2003, bulk 1989-2000

12.5 linear feet (10 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Virginia Mattern, especially related issues in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Louisa Coan Greve Papers, 1986-1997, bulk 1990-1997

10 linear feet (8 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of Lousia Coan Greve, an expert on human rights in China and a member of the AIUSA Board of Directors in the 1990s.
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Marxist Perspectives Records, 1965-1992

2 linear feet (2 record cartons)
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Marxist Perspectives was an academic journal that analyzed society and history using a Marxist intellectual framework and featured the work of prominent left-wing academics and thinkers. The collection includes a full run of the journal (1978-1980), correspondence, annotated articles, documentation regarding fundraising, the journal's internal newsletter, and media coverage from other publications. The correspondence documents debates about articles, editorial decisions, submissions, funding, and organizational structure. The collection also contains materials documenting the earlier activism of collaborators, including documentation of the Committee on Free Speech which defended Rutgers University professor Eugene Genovese (later the editor of Marxist Perspectives) after he made controversial statements about the Viet Nam War.
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Ben Shahn artwork, 9999

5 linear feet (2 flat boxes; 1 tube box; 1 mapcase folder)
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Drawings, etc.

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Ben Shahn artwork, 9999 5 linear feet (2 flat boxes; 1 tube box; 1 mapcase folder)

New Press records, 1992-2014, bulk 1993-2011

99 linear feet (79 record cartons and 2 document boxes)
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The New Press is an independent, non-profit, book publisher. It was established in 1992 by André Schiffrin and Diane Wachtell. The Press focuses on publishing books that are in the public interest. The records include appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, clippings, contracts, drafts, financial records, meeting notes, proposals, production records, reviews, rolodexes, and sales reports.
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Milton Handler papers, 1923-1997

107.5 linear feet (212 document boxes, 2 flat boxes)
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The Milton Handler Papers span the years 1923 to 1997. The collection's earliest records are class notes taken by Handler while he was a student at Columbia University. The most recent records consist of travel correspondence. In essence, the collection documents 45 years of Milton Handler's activities and achievements as a Professor of Law at Columbia University, a career as a preeminent antitrust and trademark scholar, and a lawyer and senior partner of the firm Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays, and Handler. The records total approximately 96 linear feet of material including correspondence (both incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters); handwritten and typed drafts with corrections; legal memoranda; dockets; reports; legal and legislative documents; clippings; research materials and notes; printed items such as pamphlets, reprints of articles, and speeches; photographs; audio tapes; and award and degree certificates. Professor Handler made the initial donation of material to Butler Library at Columbia University in 1978. Subsequent donations took place in 1982, 1983, and 1984. In 1986, when Special Collections at the Library of the School of Law had been established, Handler requested that the papers donated earlier to Butler Library be transferred to the Library of the School of Law. He made additional donations of papers in 1986 and 1987. A description of the Milton Handler Papers record groups follows.

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Joan Laskoff Papers, 1840-1923 1983, bulk 1864-1911

17 linear feet (11 record cartons, 1 oversize box, 3 slide boxes 5 flat boxes)
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The collection consists entirely of material related to the 1996 documentary written and directed by Joan Laskoff about the life and times of Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, Pulitzer and What He Prized. Photographic copies of images used in the film, many of which originally appeared in print publications during mid-19th to early 20th centuries, comprise most of the collection. Color slides of the images are also included. Record books, in which Laskoff indexes the images, make up the remainder of the collection.
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Judaica book trade correspondence & broadsides, 1740-1955

0.5 linear feet (1 box)
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Collection of letters and ephemera relating to the Judaica book trade, most from 1926-1955. The collection includes correspondence from all over the world, including Vienna, Lisbon, Italy, the United States, and Palestine/Israel. It is notable as a rare glimpse into the world of pre-Holocaust collecting, as well as the early history of Jewish settlement in Palestine. Notable bookdealers and collectors include Biegeleisen (New York), David Frankel (Vienna and New York), Yochanan and Abraham Rubenstein (Haifa), Efraim Keizer (Pressburg) Yehuda Idil Bialistotsky (Slonim), Rubin Mass (Jerusalem), etc. The majority of the collection is in Hebrew, but other languages include English, German, and French.

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MoCCA Arts Fest Awards of Excellence collection, 2012-2023

2 linear feet (4 boxes and 2 mapcase folders)
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Collection is comprised of the comics selected as finalists and winners of the MoCCA Awards of Excellence.

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New York City Opera records, 1924-2019, bulk 1965-1991

215 linear feet (Box 1-231 Processed: 148 record cartons, 61 manuscript boxes, 13 XL flat boxes, 5 small flat boxes, 2 LP boxes, 2 CD boxes, 1 oversize mapcase folder, 4 OS mounted standing posters, and 3 costumes) 189 linear feet (Unprocessed: 185 record cartons, 2 tube boxes, 14 hard drives with 35 TB of digitized material)
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New York City Opera (NYCO) was famously dubbed "The People's Opera" by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at its founding in 1943. The Opera company's mission is to inspire audiences with innovative and theatrically compelling opera at an affordable price. This collection documents the artistic productions and the daily administrative functions and operations attest to the mission of the company. The materials in this collection consist of administrative and financial records, production files, stage guides, scores, correspondence, programs, photographs, posters, scenery plans, memorabilia, printed materials, and audio and video recordings, dating from 1924 to 2019, with its bulk dating from 1965 to 1991.
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David A. Paterson papers, 2005-2011

38.75 linear feet (31 record cartons and 1 flat box and digital files)
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The papers consist primarily of records created or maintained during David A. Paterson's tenure as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of New York. The papers include approval and veto messages, budget materials, certificates, correspondence, litigation records, messages of necessity, photographs, press releases, proclamations, program bills, resolutions, schedules, speeches, video recordings, and visitors' logs.
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Herbert Wechsler Papers, 1919-2000, bulk 1932-1995

300 linear feet (119 boxes (117 ms. boxes, 2 flat boxes) processed; 223 Record Cartons unprocessed)
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This collection contains the papers of lawyer and legal scholar Herbert Wechsler. The various documentation includes Wechsler's work with the United States Department of Justice (including documents from the Nuremberg and International Military Tribunals), The American Law Institute (including the work of the Model Penal Code), Columbia University, and several other organizations to which Wechsler contributed or with which he was affiliated. The collection also contains papers related to Wechsler's legal work, including documents pertaining to his work on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Wechsler's scholarly work is also collected here including drafts of articles, books, speeches, and special lectures such as his Oliver Wendell Holmes Lecture, "Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law". The Herbert Wechsler papers also cover various points of interaction Wechsler had with other figures in his field including Francis Biddle, Telford Taylor, and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. The genre of documentation is primarily correspondence, reports, and writings with annotations. The collection also contains some ephemera and photographic materials and one audiocassette.
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Press kits collection, 1988-2002

5 linear feet (4 record cartons)
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Information in press kits includes press releases, credit and cast lists, production information, cast biographies, plot summaries, position papers, photographs, both of the film and of behind-the-scenes, Cds, slides.

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Serge A. Zenkovsky papers, 1967-1989

6 linear feet (12 document boxes)
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The Sergei A. Zenkovskii Papers reflect professional activities of a prominent Russian scholar in exile. They consist of correspondence, writings, personal documents, bibliographic cards, and other research material related to the scholarship on Russia in the United States.

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Joe Shuster papers, 1965-1979

.25 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
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Contains correspondence with Theodore Nathan, as well as some artwork, greeting cards, and a legal agreement.

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Granary Books records, 1985-2016

142.50 linear feet (106 boxes and 7 scroll boxes) 1 Terabytes (1 tb digital)
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Business and editorial records of Granary Books. The collection includes the production files for these limited edition and trade titles, as well as Steve Clay's extensive correspondence with writers and printers, and other artist book press proprietors. Electronic records include almost two decades of email, editorial and production files, and the "Archaic Smile Lecture Series".

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Terry McCaffrey Papers, 1970-2007, bulk 1993-2007

12.75 linear feet (11 record cartons, 3 manuscript boxes, and 1 half-manuscript box)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Terry McCaffrey, especially efforts to abolish the death penalty in the United States and in other countries. It also includes information on torture, prisoners of conscience, AIUSA Faith in Action events, regional and national conferences, and many other subjects.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Judy Patterson Papers, 1977-1997, bulk 1989-1994

7 linear feet (7 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Judy Patterson and includes information on the AIUSA Board of Directors, budget, administration, and many other topics.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Rena Margulis Papers, 1973-2000, bulk 1987-2000

7 linear feet (7 record cartons)
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This collection documents AIUSA human rights activist Rena Margulis's work on the creation of the AIUSA Casework Manual and on many other issues.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Stephen King Papers, 1979-1995, bulk 1984-1992

4 linear feet (4 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Stephen King, especially on his involvement with LGBTQ rights and the rights of individuals with HIV/AIDS. It also concerns internal decision making and planning at AIUSA.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Ginetta Sagan Papers, 1944-2001, bulk 1989-1994

3.5 linear feet (3 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
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The papers include correspondence, articles, reports, meeting minutes, urgent action appeals, and publications.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Francita Schermann Papers, 1984-2006, bulk 1991-2000

3.75 linear feet (3 record cartons and 1 small box)
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This collection documents Francita Shermann's work with AIUSA, primarily on issues relating to the death penalty and police brutality in the United States and South America.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Charlotte Goldberg Papers, 1972-1978

.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
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This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Charlotte Goldberg and concerns human rights violations and prisoners of conscience in Chile, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Vietnam.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Janet Schmidt Papers, 1984-2001

1 linear feet (1 record carton)
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This collection documents Janet Schmidt's work with AIUSA on human rights education, Rights of the Child Day, the Visions for Growth 10-Year Plan for AIUSA, and other subjects.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Arthur M. Michaelson Papers, 1978-1979

.42 linear feet (1 document box)
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This collection contains a small amount of minutes and correspondence from AIUSA Board of Directors Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings kept by Arthur M. Michaelson from 1978-1979.
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Series I: Board of Directors and Executive Meetings, 1978-1979

Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Arthur M. Michaelson Papers, 1978-1979 .42 linear feet (1 document box)

Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Boria Sax Papers, 1977-1991, bulk 1981-1989

1.42 linear feet (1 record carton, 1 document box)
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This collection documents Boria Sax's work with AIUSA, primarily relating to prisoners of conscience in East Germany (GDR) and Eastern European countries.
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Mario Lombardo Scores, 1972-2008

2.5 linear feet (3 document boxes)
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A collection of seventy nine scores.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Annual General Meeting (AGM) Records, 1997-2013

3 linear feet (2 record cartons, 1 document box, 1 flat box)
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This collection contains materials from and about the AIUSA Annual General Meeting, the annual national conference of AIUSA.
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Sarah Addington papers, 1921-1939

1 linear feet (1 tall record carton)
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Correspondence, manuscripts and printed stories by Addington.

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Theatre World, Dance World, and Cinema World Annuals Collection, 1945-2014

267 linear feet (216 boxes)
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Contains programs, playbills, correspondence, reviews, head shots, copies of the publications, and applications filled out by want-to-be actors who then were listed in the Annual volumes.

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Susan Orlean Papers, 1930s-2015, 2019

30.75 linear feet (21 record cartons, 10.5 document boxes, 3 card files, 2 cassette boxes, and 3 flat boxes)
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This collection documents Orlean's career as a writer and a journalist, and also includes some personal materials and school papers. The collection includes address books, appointment books, audio recordings, clippings, computer files, contracts, correspondence, drafts, interviews, notes, notebooks, photographs, proofs, publications, research materials, school records, and video recordings.
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John Leonard papers, 1939-2015, bulk 1950s-2008

26.5 linear feet (21 record cartons, 2 document boxes, 3 flat boxes)
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John Leonard (1939 -2008) was an American literary and cultural critic best known for his extensive writing on literature, television, media, politics and American culture and his work as head editor of The New York Times Book Review in the 1970s. The John Leonard papers include drafts of Leonard's reviews, essays, essay collections, and works of fiction and nonfiction. The collection also includes his correspondence with prominent literary and cultural figures, his research and business files, personal memorabilia, photographs, signed artwork, printed matter, posthumous tributes to Leonard, and audio-visual material.
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Eric R. Kandel papers, 1940s-2015

18.2 linear feet (12 record cartons, 7 document boxes, 1 half-document box, and 1 flat box, 1 medal box)
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Eric R. Kandel is a neuroscientist and the recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system." The papers include awards files, clippings, correspondence, grant files, lectures, photographs, publications, reprints, syllabi, videotapes, and dissertations written by Kandel's students.
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Peter Schickele Papers, 1874-2013, bulk 1955-2013

56.5 linear feet (16 document boxes; 30 record cartons; 15 flat boxes; 12 tube boxes)
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Peter Schickele (1935-2024) was an American composer, music educator, and satirist. He was best known for his comedy pieces composed by the fictional character P.D.Q. Bach. The collection contains manuscript and engraved scores and parts, sketches, revised and annotated copies of Schickele's work. In addition, the collection contains scripts of dramatic pieces or spoken introductions, correspondence, and memorabilia.
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Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019

107 linear feet (148 boxes (58 record cartons, 68 document boxes, 9 flat boxes, 3 audio boxes, 5 card files, 2 Tube Boxes) and 8 oversized items in drawers)
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Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. This collection contains materials related to his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, and his later professional work with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and others. The collection includes administrative records, appointment books, correspondence, invitations, notes, notebooks, photographs, posters, programs, and audio and video recordings.
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Alice M. Ditson Fund Records, 1940-2009

42.2 linear feet (35 document boxes and 22 record cartons)
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The Alice M. Ditson Fund was established at Columbia University in 1940 and is still active in its primary function of providing financial support to composers, performances, and recordings of contemporary American music. The fund also gives out the annual Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945, which honors conductors who have a distinguished record of championing American music. The collection includes files regarding the selection of this prize across several decades, as well as financial records, meeting minutes, applicant files, and subject files for the general Fund since its creation.

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Leo H. Downes Papers, 1789-2014, bulk 1950s-2014

20 linear feet (34 cassette boxes; 13 document boxes)
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The collection comprises 753 cassette tapes; 2 videotapes, and 13 boxes of papers.

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Soviet Independent Press Collection, 1988-1992

63 linear feet (147 boxes)
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More than 2000 titles of periodicals and newspapers (many of them complete runs), as well as thousands of leaflets, broadsides and posters. Titles includes: Antisovetskaia Pravda, Armianskii Vestnik, Atmoda, Azadlyg, Baltiiskoe Vremia, Belarusskaia Tribuna, Chernoe Znamia, Demokraticheskaia Gazeta, Demokraticheskaia Rossiia, Edalet, Ekspress-khronika, Evrei i Perestroika, Evreiskaia Gazeta, Golos Kurda, Romania Libera, Carpatische Rundschau, to name just a few.

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Frederick Lerner collection of Science Fiction Magazines, 1947-2008

12 linear feet (10 boxes)
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A collection of science fiction publications: Locus; Fantasy Book; Weird Tales; Science Fiction Chronicle; Realms of Fantasy; Science Fiction Age; Stardate; Starlog; Twilight Zone Magazine, etc.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Stacy Kardasis Papers, 1985-1992

1.25 linear feet (1 record cartons)
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This collection documents Stacy Kardasis's work with AIUSA's Middle East and North Africa Co-Group on human rights issues in the Middle East, especially Lebanon. It also contains Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986-1987.
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Series I: General, 1985-1992

Robert Grenier papers, 2003-2004

.5 linear feet (1 document box)
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Collection contains ten notebooks of color drawing poems dating from late 2003 and early 2004.

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Juan J. Linz papers, 1936-2010, bulk 1950-1989

12 linear feet (11 boxes)
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The Juan J. Linz papers contain correspondence, personal documents, awards, photographs, notes, writings, speeches, lectures and courses notes, research files, press coverage and interviews, and printed material, dating from 1920s to 2010. The materials also include one box of materials on Columbia Student Unrest in 1968. The collection provide an insight on Juan J. Linz's family and childhood as well as his education and his work as a political scientist and a professor.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights Records, 1989-2003, bulk 1991-2003

8.25 linear feet (8 record cartons)
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The Center for Economic and Social Rights was established in 1993 by Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi, and Chris Jochnick. In 1991, Normand, Zaidi and Jochnick were members of a Harvard interdisciplinary research team that traveled to Iraq to document and respond to the country's humanitarian crisis caused by the Gulf War and sanctions placed upon the country. The team focused on issues related to malnutrition, sanitation, childhood mortality and morbidity, and health. Since its 1993 founding, CESR has continued to focus on economic and social human rights violations, representing a shift in the way human rights work is conceived as a field. The records of CESR reflect an important evolution in the human rights movement; a shift in focus that began to recognize economic, social and health rights in addition to the political and civil rights that were championed by earlier human rights organizations. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s CESR continued to work in Iraq, actively dissenting to the 2003 American invasion and occupation. During this time they also began work in Ecuador, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, and along the Texas-Mexico border. In 2004 the original founders stepped down, and the organization's headquarters were moved to Spain. They have since returned to New York. This collection focuses on early material from CESR's thirty year history. Notably, this collection features much of the Harvard Research Team and CESR's original survey material on childhood health and nutrition in Iraq. The files include blank and completed surveys, CESR and affiliate reports, external analysis on human rights and information about countries of interest. Most of these surveys are paper, but there is one floppy disk located in subseries II.4 in the folder "CESR Mission Proposal Afghanistan."
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Italian Jewish Community Regulations collection, 1628(?)-1822

3 linear feet (Two manuscript boxes and two flat boxes)
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This collection contains about seventy broadsides regarding communal and governmental regulations imposed in various Jewish communities throughout Italy from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Cities mentioned include Florence, Venice, Ferrara, Padua, Ancona, and others. Topics addressed are synagogue behavior, market regulations, municipal workers such as firefighters, and more. Among the publishers are the Stamperia camerale, Ferrara; Francesco Suzzi, Ferrara; Lodovico, and Frencesco Nobili, Ferrara; Sebastiano Nistri, Pisa and Typis Mainardi, Ancona.

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Bob Fass Recordings and Papers, 1935-2011, bulk 1963-1991

200 linear feet (150 record cartons, 45 document boxes, 1 half-document box, 82 audiocassette boxes, and 17 flat boxes)
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The Bob Fass Recordings and Papers contains materials created by Bob Fass, host of the late-night program Radio Unnameable on New York City's WBAI radio station. The collection primarily consists of audio recordings of Radio Unnameable and other radio programs hosted by Bob Fass between 1963 and 2011. A small number of video recordings, photographs, correspondence, printed ephemera, and motion picture films are also included in the collection.

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Malcolm X Project Records, 1960-2008, bulk 2001-2008

68 linear feet (52 record storage cartons 5 document boxes 4 half document boxes)
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The Malcolm X Project (MXP) records represent nearly 25 years of research, constituting the most in-depth scholarly examination of the life and legacy of Malcolm X to date. The collection consists of the research that Dr. Manning Marable used to write his Pulitzer-Prize winning biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Rose Styron Papers, 1958-2006, bulk 1981-1993

31 linear feet (31 record cartons)
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This collection documents the work of human rights activist Rose Styron, who served on the AIUSA Board Directors from 1973 to 1983 and as chair of the National Advisory Council from 1984 to 1994. The collection covers a large number of topics, including the death penalty, children's rights, women's rights, and many AIUSA events and actions.
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William T. R. and Annette Fox papers, 1932-2008

33.75 linear feet (27 record cartons)
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The collection documents the teaching, research, and writing of the international relations scholars William T. R. and Annette Fox. It contains research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, course syllabi and lecture notes, and published works by the Foxes and others scholars whose work informed their own.

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André Schiffrin papers, 1944-2014

10.5 linear feet (19 document boxes and 2 flat boxes)
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The collection consists of a wide range of material from early Pantheon papers (1944-1963) pertaining to the presence of Jacques Schiffrin and Helen and Kurt Wolff, including correspondence, business files, manuscripts and proofs, book covers, and media clippings. Later papers include correspondence and business files from Andre Schiffrin's time at Pantheon, followed by press clippings and correspondence regarding his forced removal, his launch of New Press, books he published, and finally personal papers that include notebooks, travel diaries and journals, along with his articles in various publications and miscellaneous press that he'd collected for personal interest.

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Roger Taft Comics Collection, 1946-2007

1 linear foot (2 boxes)
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A collection of a veriety of comics, including Mad Magazine and Zap, as well as individual artists, including R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and S. Clay Wilson.

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Sylvia Ardyn Boone Papers, 1925-2011, bulk 1961-1993

40 linear feet (34 record cartons, 5 oversized flat boxes (box 60-64), 4 manuscript boxes, 1 tall manuscript box (box 37))
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This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Sylvia Ardyn Boone, a scholar of Art History with a focus on African art, and the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Yale University. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, course materials and syllabi, research notes, printed materials, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other papers relating to professional projects. Also included are dissertation manuscripts for recipients of the Sylvia Ardyn Boone Memorial Prize at Yale.
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Todd Gitlin papers, 1960-2020, bulk 1980-2005

22.68 linear feet (54 document boxes)
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Todd Gitlin (1943-2022) was an activist, author, poet, and scholar of mass media at Columbia University. A leader of the anti-war group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960s and a self-identified progressive for his whole life, he became a noted critic of the American left from the 1990s on for a perceived overemphasis on identity and cultural issues.

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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. William Friedlander Papers, 1976-1994, bulk 1983-1993

1 linear foot (1 record carton)
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The collection documents the work of AIUSA activist William Friedlander on human rights violations in Chad, Liberia, and Uruguay.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Africa Advocacy Program Records, 1998-2006, bulk 1998-2004

9 linear feet (9 record storage cartons)
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This collection documents the AIUSA Africa Advocacy Program's work to study and address human rights violations in Africa.
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Lawrence E. Walsh Papers, 1919-2008

125 linear feet (114 boxes)
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An extensive collection of correspondence, reports, briefs, speeches, drafts, photographs, audio and visual tapes, and printed matter.

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Lawrence A. Cremin Papers, 1932-2007, bulk 1939-1990

53 linear feet (39 record cartons, 4 document boxes, 2 flat boxes)
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The Lawrence A. Cremin Papers document the career and personal life of Lawrence Arthur Cremin, educational historian and seventh president of Teachers College, Columbia University (1974-1984). Cremin was an acclaimed historian of American education whose work framed the formal school as one of many institutions responsible for educating children. The collection includes records of his teaching and administrative work at Teachers College, manuscripts and published works by Cremin, and personal and professional correspondence.
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Marshall Berman papers, 1940-2013

47.5 linear feet (38 boxes)
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The collection includes drafts of his work, professional and personal correspondence, emails (both digital and in hard copy), notebooks, dream journals, heavily annotated books, lecture notes, teaching materials, photographs and ephemera. Several RBML collections already contain correspondence with Berman. For scholars, this collection will provide important new insights into the thought and work of a leading late-20th-century New York City intellectual. An important segment of the Marshall Berman papers consists of digital materials connected with his more recent work as a writer, scholar, and teacher. The files are currently stored on his home computer.

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Reviews by and of Berman, 1974-2010

Edith Schloss Burckhardt Papers, 1962-2011

35 linear feet (26 record cartons, 1 document box; 1 flat box)
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The Edith Schloss Burckhardt Papers offer an extraordinary opportunity for research into multiple areas of scholarship, especially unique insight into the lives and experiences of women in the art world, an American artist's expat life in Rome from the 1960s-2010s, the New York School of painters and poets, and a particularly rich and far-reaching, vein of the avant-garde and experimental music world, to name a few.

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Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning, 1932-1933

1.5 linear feet (1 document box & 1 flat box)
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Included here are the Landon lesson plans, along with Endy's submissions with comments and corrections.

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Captain Marvel Fan Club literature, 1943

0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
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A small collection of advertisements, order forms, and promotional newsletters (2) from the Captain Marvel Fan Club.

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