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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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