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Aaron W. Berg papers, 1848-1977

2 linear feet 4 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials concerning Berg's lifelong interest in and work for his alma mater. Berg served the University in many capacities such as vice-president and president of the Alumni Association of Columbia College, 1954-1958, and member of the board of directors of the Alumni Federation of Columbia University, 1946-1958. The correspondence deals chiefly with alumni affairs; some of the major correspondents include Harry J. Carman, Lawrence Chamberlain, Frank S. Hogan, Mr & Mrs Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Among the photographs are two signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also included is a typescript memoir of Berg's three years as a student in the Columbia School of Law (1927). Berg collaborated with three other students on this memoir. Aaron Berg's correspondence with Dwight D. Eisenhower is at the Eisenhower Library. Also included are literary autographs and manuscripts purchased on the Aaron Berg Fund.

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Aaron W. Berg papers, 1848-1977 2 linear feet 4 boxes

Alan H. Kempner papers, 1809-1981

0.5 linear feet 1 box
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A collection of letters and manuscripts of English and American authors, including one item from each of the following: Pearl S. Buck, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Frognall Dibden, Charles Dickens, William Ewart Gladstone, Edmund Gosse, Hester Thackeray Ritchie Fuller, Rockwell Kent, Charles Kingsley, Edward George Bulwer Lytton, John Masefield, Clinton Scollard, William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman. In addition, there are 8 letters from Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Twiss (Annie Sterky Greenwood Twiss), photographs of Alan and Margaret Kempner and miscellaneous Kempner items.

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Alan H. Kempner papers, 1809-1981 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Albert Maltz papers, 1940-1983

10.5 linear feet 22 boxes
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Manuscripts of Maltz, including the notes, drafts, and typescripts for numerous short stories and for the novels, THE CROSS AND THE ARROW, THE UNDERGROUND STREAM, THE JOURNEY OF SIMON MCKEEVER, A LONG DAY IN A SHORT LIFE, and A TALE OF ONE JANUARY. Also, THE CITIZEN WRITER IN RETROSPECT, a two-volume oral history of Maltz done by the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Albert Maltz papers, 1940-1983 10.5 linear feet 22 boxes

Albert Ulmann papers, 1888-1964

2 boxes 2 boxes 1 oversize folder
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings, books, and a photograph of Ulmann. There are twenty books from his library, most of which are his copies of his own works. Among the correspondents are Donald Grant Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, and Francis Hopkinson Smith.

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Albert Ulmann papers, 1888-1964 2 boxes 2 boxes 1 oversize folder

Alfred M. and Clarisse B. Hellman - D.H. Lawrence collection, 1850-1952

14 boxes 14 boxes 1 oversized folder
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The collection of D.H. Lawrence material contains two book-length manuscripts, the typescripts of Sea and Sardinia and The Boy in the Bush, both with manuscript corrections in Lawrence's hand. The typescript for The Boy In The Bush is probably the manuscript from which the book was printed. Other Lawrence manuscripts include "The Future of the Novel," and Chapter 13 of Aaron's Rod. Correspondents include Thomas Seltzer, Johathan Cape, Mrs. Nancy Henry, and Lady Ottoline Morrell. The collection also contains three watercolor drawings made by Lawrence for the jacket of the English edition of The Plumed Serpent. Related printed material is also included. The John Steinbeck material is comprised of one letter, and proofs for thirteen of Steinbeck's works, including East Of Eden and Of Mice and Men. Also included are a printed biography and photographs, and printed ephemera relating to many of Steinbeck's works. There are books inscribed to Alfred and Clarisse Hellman. This collection also contains some correspondence of Alfred Hellman and some letters collected by Dr. Morton Pepper.

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Alfred M. and Clarisse B. Hellman - D.H. Lawrence collection, 1850-1952 14 boxes 14 boxes 1 oversized folder

Alfred Maurice Galpin papers : [on Hart Crane & Samuel Loveman], 1922-1981

0.5 linear feet 1 box
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Correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, and a photograph concerning his friendship with and scholarly interest in Hart Crane, H.P. Lovecraft, and Samuel Loveman. There are 55 letters from Samuel Loveman, 3 from John Unterecker, and 4 from Brom Weber, and other correspondence about Crane. There are also several Loveman poetry manuscrip]ts and his photograph, as well as printed articles and interviews about Crane

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Alfred Maurice Galpin papers : [on Hart Crane & Samuel Loveman], 1922-1981 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Allan Nevins papers, 1912-1992

104 linear feet 205 boxes; ca.40700 items in oversize items; 207 record storage cartons of books
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Approximately 12,000 letters to Allan Nevins from various correspondents including James Truslow Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Willa Cather, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Van Wyck Brooks, Robert Frost, Newton D. Baker, Archibald MacLeish, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Carl Sandburg, and Henry Wallace; notes and typescripts for Nevins' books including Emergence of Lincoln, The Ordeal of Democracy, Rockefeller, and History and Historians, with notes by editor Ray A. Billington; miscellaneous transcripts, clippings, newspapers, and photographs. Also, autograph letters and manuscripts by presidents, Civil War figures, financiers, politicians, and authors. There are also the Brand Whitlock World War I Diaries and letters to him by such people as Herbert Hoover, Gen. John J. Pershing, and others.

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Allan Nevins papers, 1912-1992 104 linear feet 205 boxes; ca.40700 items in oversize items; 207 record storage cartons of books

Amram Scheinfeld papers, 1915-1975

24 linear feet 32 boxes 10 oversize pkgs
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Manuscripts, proofs, and printed editions of Scheinfeld's books on human heredity, YOU AND HEREDITY, WOMEN AND MEN, and THE NEW YOU AND HEREDITY. Sketches and line drawings used as illustrations in the books are included. Also, manuscripts and clippings of his magazine articles; many examples of his comic strips, including "Dixie Dugan;" and correspondence and financial documents about his works.

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Amram Scheinfeld papers, 1915-1975 24 linear feet 32 boxes 10 oversize pkgs

Ann Greyson Papers, 1971-2000

1 linear feet 2 document boxes
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Correspondence, contracts, reviews, brochures, fliers, and photographs of various theatrical productions involving Ann Greyson.

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Ann Greyson Papers, 1971-2000 1 linear feet 2 document boxes

Arthur Christy papers, 1930-1946

2.5 linear feet 6 boxes
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A collection of notes, typescripts, and photostats relating mainly to the researches of Professor Arthur Christy on an index of Thoreau's reading and Thoreau's unpublished "Indian notes" "Index rerum" and "Fact book.".

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Arthur Christy papers, 1930-1946 2.5 linear feet 6 boxes

Arthur Miller papers relating to "The Crucible", 1952-1953

0.5 linear feet 1 manuscript box
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Playscripts, notes, caricatures, rehearsal lists, playbills, a flyer, and newspaper reviews and clippings for THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller. THE CRUCIBLE, a drama about the Salem witch trials of 1692, was first produced in Wilmington in January 1953 and opened in New York in June 1953. The playscripts show the working notes of Arthur Miller and of Jed Harris, the director.

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Arthur Miller papers relating to "The Crucible", 1952-1953 0.5 linear feet 1 manuscript box

Bennett Cerf papers, 1898-1977

52 linear feet 71 boxes 45 volumes 22 oversized items
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Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, phonograph and tape recordings, and printed files. Included are Cerf's personal correspondence files, 1929-1945, and the diaries and scrapbooks which he maintained from his school days throughout his active career. The diaries, in date-book format, contain terse notes on Cerf's meetings with authors and friends, on his travels and publishing activities; the scrapbooks contain correspondence and photographs, as well as memorabilia and printed items, and were annotated by Cerf and his wife, Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner. Also in the collection are manuscripts and proofs for Cerf's books including "The Laugh's on Me""Treasury of Atrocious Puns""The Sound of Laughter""Stories to Make You Feel Better", and "At Random: the Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf", which was edited by Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Albert Erskine, 1977. The papers also include condolence letters written at the time of Cerf's death, photographs and photo albums,certificates and awards, and miscellaneous printed material, including Random House and Modern Library catalogues. Among the major correspondents are: Truman Capote, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, John Lindsay, Joshua Logan, John O'Hara, Jacqueline Onassis, Richard Rodgers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gertrude Stein, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, and Robert Penn Warren

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Bennett Cerf papers, 1898-1977 52 linear feet 71 boxes 45 volumes 22 oversized items

Booth Tarkington papers, 1921-1923

1 box 1 box (43 items)
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Correspondence regarding the production of the plays INTIMATE STRANGERS and MAGNOLIA by Tarkington. There are twelve holograph letters, one detail sketch for a costume, and one page of manuscript and one page of typescript notes by Tarkington as well as thirteen telegrams sent by him. The letters and telegrams are all addressed to Mr. Ira A. Hards, director of the plays. In addition, there are copies of seven telegrams by Hards and one by the producer, A.L. Erlanger, all but one of which are addressed to Tarkington. Also, carbon copies of four letters from Hards and Erlanger to Tarkington, two items concerned with book production and dramatic rights of THE INTIMATE STRANGERS and one theatre program.

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Booth Tarkington papers, 1921-1923 1 box 1 box (43 items)

Cecile Starr papers, 1925-2001

15 linear feet 36 manuscript boxes
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Personal documents, correspondence, photographs, audiocassettes, and printed material of the filmmaker, film writer, and educator Cecile Starr (1921-2014).
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Cecile Starr papers, 1925-2001 15 linear feet 36 manuscript boxes

Charles Dudley Warner letters, 1873-1878

1 box 1 box (20 items)
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The letters are written to various people and are partly social and partly business in nature. In some Warner gives advice about publishing matters; in others there are discussions of Warner's extensive public speaking engagements.

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Charles Dudley Warner letters, 1873-1878 1 box 1 box (20 items)

Charles Fenno Hoffman letters, 1824-1843

1 box 1 box (21 items)
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Letters of Hoffman to his family. There are seventeen letters to his niece, Matilda Nicholas Whitman, and one letter to his half-sister, Ann Hoffman Nicholas. The correspondence deals with the literary and social life in New York and with the Hoffman family. Two of the letters have notes added by his father, Josiah Ogden Hoffman. Also, an engraved portrait of Charles Fenno Hoffman.

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Charles Fenno Hoffman letters, 1824-1843 1 box 1 box (21 items)

Charles Keppel papers, 1956-1998, 1956-1998

9 linear feet 14 boxes, 1 oversize folder 9 linear feet 14 boxes, 1 oversize folder
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, audio cassettes, and printed materials. Three items consisting of a nine page autograph poem entitled "The Light Touch"; a collection of short poems written in five small notebooks called "From the Sublime"; and a printed pamphlet of poetry entitled "Modern Haiku and Tanka". All items were prepared during 1971, but several pieces in "From the Sublime" date back to 1956. A sixth notebook dated 1971-1972 for "From the Sublime" is also included. Keppel writes one notebook each month and forwards them to the collection after they are completed. There are a few cataloged letters in Box 1, but the bulk of the collection consists of Keppel's poetry and essays.

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Charles Keppel papers, 1956-1998, 1956-1998 9 linear feet 14 boxes, 1 oversize folder 9 linear feet 14 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Charles Warren Everett papers, 1925-1963

3.5 linear feet 7 manuscript boxes
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This collection consists of correspondence, notes, and manuscripts of Professor Charles Warren Everett, including material pertaining to Everett's works on Jeremy Bentham. Also, items raelting to Everett's work on the Jeremy Bentham Publications Committee and as chairman of the English department at Columbia University.
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Charles Warren Everett papers, 1925-1963 3.5 linear feet 7 manuscript boxes

Charles Yale Harrison papers, 1920-1954

7 linear feet 14 boxes 4 oversize items
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Correspondence ranges from personal, family, literary, and fan mail to that dealing with political issues and public housing. Correspondents include Whittaker Chambers, Clarence Darrow, Ruby Darrow, John Dos Passos, Max Eastman, Joseph Freeman, Michael Gold, Upton Sinclair, and Robert F. Wagner. There are manuscript versions for many of Harrison's novels and stories, some of which are unpublished. The memorabilia include tapes and recordings of Harrison's interviews and readings of his works. Scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings relating to his books, public housing, labor relations, and socialism. Also, copies of some of his books in various editions and translations.

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Charles Yale Harrison papers, 1920-1954 7 linear feet 14 boxes 4 oversize items

Cheryll Y. Greene Papers on Malcolm X, 1954-1996

8 linear feet 7 record cartons
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, relating to her research on the life of Malcolm X.

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Cheryll Y. Greene Papers on Malcolm X, 1954-1996 8 linear feet 7 record cartons

Christopher Coover collection of literary & historical letters manuscripts and documents, 1589-1923

6 linear feet 9 document boxes and 2 mapcases 150201; 15K05
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A unique collection of literary and historical items collected by Christopher Coover.
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Christopher Morley papers, 1916-1954

1 box 1 box (20 items)
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A group of letters and manuscripts of Morley. The five letters are to various persons. Among the manuscripts are an early poem"The Flags on Fifth Avenue" (1916); an essay entitled "In the Steerage of the Lusitania;" a one-act play entitled "On the Shelf;" and a 1941 revision of Shakespeare's TEMPEST.

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Christopher Morley papers, 1916-1954 1 box 1 box (20 items)

Curtis Hidden Page papers, 1870-1948

12 boxes 12 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials of Curtis Hidden Page. This collection contains a correspondence of 51 letters between Page and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Hidden, as well as other family correspondence. Much of his incoming correspondence relates to social and academic pursuits, and his publishing activities, including letters from William Stome Booth of Houghton Mifflin concerning Page's anthology entitled "Chief American Poets." There are many holograph and typescripts of his poetry and poetical translations. Most of the poems are in several stages of progress. Present also are notebooks containing lecture notes from his student days.

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Curtis Hidden Page papers, 1870-1948 12 boxes 12 boxes

Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965

40 linear feet 88 boxes (73 document boxes, 4 half-sized document boxes, 6 record cartons, 3 flat boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 oversized box)
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Dawn Powell (1896-1965) was an American author of novels, plays, and short stories. The collection includes address books, appointment books, books, clippings, correspondence, diaries, ephemera, family materials, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, programs, research files, reviews, scrapbooks, sketches and drawings.
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Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965 40 linear feet 88 boxes (73 document boxes, 4 half-sized document boxes, 6 record cartons, 3 flat boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 oversized box)

Don Congdon records, 1973-2018

59 linear feet 122 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts, and miscellaneous material from the files of Don Congdon Associates, Inc., literary agency, dealing with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright restrictions. Select files pre-date the firm's establishment because some clients of Harold Matson Company, Inc. became clients of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. The cataloged correspondence include: Ray Bradbury, Lillian Hellman, William Manchester, William Shirer, William Styron, and Francois Truffaut.

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Don Congdon records, 1973-2018 59 linear feet 122 boxes

Edgar Allan Poe papers, 1827-1908

.84 linear feet 2 boxes
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An original manuscript of "Annabel Lee" as well as a facsimile manuscript of "Epimanes" an unpublished tale, by Edgar Allan Poe. Included in the collection is an autograph album belonging to Octavia Walton Le Vert. On May 1, 1827 Poe inscribed "When wit and wine and friends have met.." in the album. In addition to the Poe inscription the album contains inscriptions by Henry Clay and by the Southern poet, Edward Coote Pinkney. Also, a daguerreotype portrait of Poe taken in Richmond shortly before his death.

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Edgar Allan Poe papers, 1827-1908 .84 linear feet 2 boxes

Edgar Johnson papers, 1938-1975

5 linear feet 10 boxes
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Manuscripts, notes, transcripts, photographs, photostats, illustrations, and printed materials of Johnson. These are the research notes and manuscripts for his biographical works on Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. An autograph fragment by Scott is included.

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Edgar Johnson papers, 1938-1975 5 linear feet 10 boxes

Edmund Clarence Stedman papers, 1840-1960

120 linear feet 87 boxes
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Personal and professional papers of Stedman, including correspondence, letter books, diaries, poetry manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, and genealogical materials for the Stedman and Dodge families. Correspondence and manuscripts of his mother, Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman Kinney (1810-1889), poet and diarist, and of his granddaughter, Laura Stedman Gould (1881-1941), author and editor. Also, editions of Stedman's LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE including printed materials relating to the marketing; and an album of Civil War photographs by Mathew Brady, inscribed by the photographer to Laura H.W. Stedman as well as additional loose photographs by Brady.

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Edmund Clarence Stedman papers, 1840-1960 120 linear feet 87 boxes

Eduard Lindeman papers, 1911-1953

18 boxes 18 boxes
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Papers and manuscripts of Eduard Christian Lindeman.

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Eduard Lindeman papers, 1911-1953 18 boxes 18 boxes

Eli Cantor papers, 1935-1985

21.5 linear feet 46 boxes
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Manuscripts, notes, correspondence, printed materials, and books. Ther collection contains typescript manuscripts with handwritten corrections of Cantor's novels"Enemy in the Mirror" (N.Y.: Crown Books, 1977) and "Love Letters" (N.Y.: Crown Books, 1980); printed works composed by Gallery 33 of the Composing Room, which Cantor headed from 196l to 1971; and articles by Cantor from various magazines, including "Esquire" and "Coronet". Also included are typescript manuscripts of "The Rite" (N.Y.: Zebra Books, 1979) and "The Nest" (N.Y.: Zebra Books, 1980), novels written by Cantor under the pseudonym Gregory A. Douglas. Series II of the collection contains 59 bound volumes of publications, edited by Cantor, from the "Research Institute of America", a New York based organization devoted to economic affairs

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Eli Cantor papers, 1935-1985 21.5 linear feet 46 boxes

Elinor Rice Hays papers, 1867-196-

1 linear feet 2 boxes
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This collection consists of copies of correspondence, articles, diaries, memoirs, and other manuscripts by and about the Blackwell family. Also, a small group of papers, including correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed papers, about the Rice family of New York.
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Elinor Rice Hays papers, 1867-196- 1 linear feet 2 boxes

Frank Sypher papers, 1831-1989

1 linear feet 2 boxes and 1 oversized folder
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of Sypher, reflecting his interest in A.C. Swinburne and in the Estonian poet, Aleksis Rannit. Correspondents include Joseph Hume, Ted Joans, Aleksis Rannit, Enid Starkie, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. There are additional materials on Africa, the Mina dialect in Togo, and the Sypher and related families of New York State.

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Frank Sypher papers, 1831-1989 1 linear feet 2 boxes and 1 oversized folder

Frederick Coykendall letters collection, 1778-1941

1.67 linear feet 4 document boxes; 1 oversize box
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Frederick Coykendall's collection of letters from well-known literary figures, chiefly English, of the late Victorian and modern periods.
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Frederick Coykendall letters collection, 1778-1941 1.67 linear feet 4 document boxes; 1 oversize box

Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004, bulk 1950-1990

97.4 linear feet 220 document boxes 3 index card boxes 2 record cartons 1 oversized box
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This collection encompasses the life and career of Fred Friendly as an author, educator, and television news producer.
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Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004, bulk 1950-1990 97.4 linear feet 220 document boxes 3 index card boxes 2 record cartons 1 oversized box

Gael Turnbull letters, 1956-1969

0.5 linear feet 1 box (59 items)
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Letters to Gael Turnbull from Charles Olson, William Carlos Williams and his wife Florence Williams, Louis Zukofsky and his wife Celia Zukofsky. There is one poem by Louis Zukofsky and another poem by Charles Olson included in letters. There is also a transcription of a letter from Charles Olson to Michael Shayer.

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Gael Turnbull letters, 1956-1969 0.5 linear feet 1 box (59 items)

Gay-Otis family papers, 1740-1900

33 linear feet 66 boxes
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Personal, business, and legal letters; manuscripts including prose, poetry, and diaries; and documents including deeds, receipts, invoices, and account books. The 18th century materials focus on the personal and business correspondence of Calvin, Jotham, and Martin Gay, sons of Ebenezer Gay who were engaged in shipping between New England and the Maritime Provinces. There are occasional letters of Jotham and Martin referring to the American Revolution. The Otis family correspondence of the 18th century, likewise, is of a purely routine and personal nature. There are only four letters of Col. James Otis, and only two of his son, James. Gay and Otis family interests intertwine during the 19th century with the marriage of Mary Allyne Otis to Ebenezer Gay, who are among the chief correspondents of this century, along with their children including Sidney Howard Gay and Winckworth Allan Gay. The Otis correspondence centers around business, real estate, and personal interests of Mary A. Otis Gay's brothers John, Joseph, and William Otis.

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Gay-Otis family papers, 1740-1900 33 linear feet 66 boxes

George Dunlop papers, 1716-1908

4 boxes 4 boxes (275 Items)
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This collection of letters, manuscripts, autographs, and illustrations of English and American authors and statesmen was assembled by George Dunlop. Many of the letters relate to Robert Burns and to the Burns country of Ayrshire. Among the early items are letters from Robert Burns, Samuel Johnson, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Edgar Allan Poe, and Abraham Lincoln.

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George Dunlop papers, 1716-1908 4 boxes 4 boxes (275 Items)

George Economou papers, 1954-2017

12.5 linear feet 24 boxes, 1 map case drawer
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This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, video and tape recordings, and printed materials relating to Economou's poetry manuscripts, to publications and performances to which he contributed, and to his teaching career as a professor of medieval literature.
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George Economou papers, 1954-2017 12.5 linear feet 24 boxes, 1 map case drawer

George Rice Carpenter letters, 1886-1908, bulk 1893-1908

0.5 linear feet 1 box
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The main body of this collection contains letters from Carpenter to Robert W. Herrick (1868-1938), a student of his at Harvard from 1888 to 1890, and later a colleague on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, 1890-1893. At this time Herrick went to teach at the University of Chicago and Carpenter came to Columbia. Much of this correspondence is concerned with helping his friend Herrick break into the professional writers' world. Items of personal interest are also discussed in these letters to a long-time friend. Three early letters, 1886-1888, are written to his mother from Paris and Berlin where he spent the two years of the Rogers Fellowship upon his graduation from Harvard in 1886. More descriptive than personal, they tell his impressions of these countries and news items of the day. In addition there is an 11-page manuscript by Carpenter entitled "My Impressions of France" written ca. 1888. There is also a scrapbook of clippings from newspapers and magazines of writings by Carpenter from 1892 to 1905. Included are book reviews, literary writings and some items relating to Columbia University.

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George Rice Carpenter letters, 1886-1908, bulk 1893-1908 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Georges Borchardt Inc. records, 1949-2024

835 linear feet 1102 boxes - 601 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes, and 499 record storage cartons
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This collection contains the records of the Georges Borchardt Inc. Literary Agency as well as records from the 1950s and 1960s that pre-date the founding of the agency. The records include clippings, correspondence, contracts, logs, photographs, publicity, reports, reviews, and royalty statements.
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Georges Borchardt Inc. records, 1949-2024 835 linear feet 1102 boxes - 601 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes, and 499 record storage cartons

George Washington Cable papers, 1882-1970

3.5 linear feet 9 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed material. Most of the correspondence is from Cable to Adelene Moffat and relates to the Home Culture Clubs. Other correspondents include Louise S. Cable. There are also typescript and handwritten drafts by Cable; manuscripts, documents, and printed matter concerning Moffat's work with the Home Culture Clubs; photostatic copies of correspondence and manuscripts concerning Cable from other libraries; transcriptions of the correspondence between Cable and Moffat; a transcription of the journal of Clarence B. Roote, an acquaintaince of Cable and Moffat; and one box of manuscripts, notes, and related items concerning Philip Butcher's book about the correspondence between Cable and Moffat, So Full a Harmony.

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George Washington Cable papers, 1882-1970 3.5 linear feet 9 boxes

Gordon Norton Ray letters collection, 1661-1976

9 boxes 9 boxes
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Letters written to Frank Topham, ca. 1879; letters from various 19th century artists including Wyke Bayliss, G. Bowers Edwards, and Carl Haag; letters to Jerome Milkman, 1925-1958; letters to Howes Norris, 1908-1930; letters from various 20th century artists including Sir D.Y. Cameron, Sir John Collier, and Sir Gerald Kelley; and letters and a few manuscripts and documents of various American and British authors. Also, a group of French documents and letters from immediately following the French Revolution, 1793-1812, mostly dealing with military and governmental matters. Correspondents and signers include Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, Jean Jacques Regis Cambacérès, Jean Etienne Championnet, and Jean Baptiste Michel Saladin. Letters, 1814-1832, written to United States ministers to France including William Harris Crawford, Albert Gallatin, William Cabell River, and Nathaniel Niles. The correspondents include Elie Decazes, Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de La Forest, and Armand Emmanuel du Plesis, duc de Richelieu. The letters deal with a variety of diplomatic matters such as the exchange of war prisoners and refuge for the ship DECATUR.

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Gordon Norton Ray letters collection, 1661-1976 9 boxes 9 boxes

Harold Clurman papers, 1922-1980

0.5 linear feet 1 box
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Correspondence, notebooks, and photocopies of manuscripts. There are letters from Jean Dubuffet, Walter Matthau, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter, and Tennessee Williams. There are also six of Clurman's notebooks with notes on theater and photocopies of typescript pages re. his book, THE FERVENT YEARS (1945).

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Harold Clurman papers, 1922-1980 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Harold Frederic papers, 1887-1939

0.25 Linear Feet 1 manuscript box (14 items)
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Letters, manuscript, photographs, art work, and printed materials concerning Frederic. There are two letters, 1892-1896, from Frederic while he was in London as correspondent for the New York Times, to W. Sheaming of the National Liberal Club and to a London book publisher. A manuscript genealogy of early English families, primarily of the 13th century, probably deals with his ancestors. There is also a photograph of his common-law wife, Kate Lyon Forman, and biographical material on their daughter, Helen Forman.

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Harold Frederic papers, 1887-1939 0.25 Linear Feet 1 manuscript box (14 items)

Harold Matson Company Inc. records, 1937-1980

68 linear feet 139 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts and other legal papers, advertising, and printed materials. The files, 1958-1978, of the Harold Matson Company, Inc. include correspondence with authors, publishers, and other agents and deal with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright registration. The contract file of McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives is also included.

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Harold Matson Company Inc. records, 1937-1980 68 linear feet 139 boxes

Harper & Brothers Records, 1817-1929

104.5 linear feet 28 boxes: 27 document boxes, 2 half-document box, 1 index card box, 2 oversize boxes; 230 volumes in CMI boxes; 1 painting; 1 printing plate
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The collection contains correspondence with the authors, including contracts signed with authors as well as negotiations with the authors over various aspects of publishing their works; financial records documenting many aspects of the operation of Harper & Brothers, including royalties paid to authors, records of stock offerings and company reorganizations, and general ledgers which contain daily notes on all aspects of the operation of the business; book catalogues and trade lists; research materials collected by Eugene Exman for his history of Harper & Brothers; visual materials, from drawings and photographs of Harper's authors to colophon designs and an oil painting of the original Harper's building.

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Harper & Brothers Records, 1817-1929 104.5 linear feet 28 boxes: 27 document boxes, 2 half-document box, 1 index card box, 2 oversize boxes; 230 volumes in CMI boxes; 1 painting; 1 printing plate

Harper & Row Publishers records, 1935-1973

153 linear feet 368 boxes
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Correspondence, manuscripts, contracts, memos., and photographs. The correspondence pertains to the publications of numerous important fiction and non-fiction authors. The files are particularly strong for authors included in two important historical series"The New American Nation" Richard B. Morris and Henry S. Commager, editors; and "The Rise of Modern Europe" William L. Langer, editor. The files of Cass Canfield Sr. contain substantial material on Planned Parenthood and International Planned Parenthood.

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Harper & Row Publishers records, 1935-1973 153 linear feet 368 boxes

Harry Scherman papers, 1937-1969

49 boxes 49 boxes
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Large groups of correspondence with members of the editorial board including Henry Seidel Canby, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, John Marquand, Christopher Morley, and William Allen White, which contain insights into the Club's activities, organization, and literary policies. Also, material relating to Scherman's careers as writer, economist, and philanthropist. Mr. Scherman's economic activities are represented by files of correspondence and papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Federal Union, and the Committee on Economic Development. Among the personal items in the collection are manuscripts of his publications, reviews of his writings, numerous awards he has received, photographs, and documents relating to his long and rich career. There are two particularly warm letters from Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein. Also, additional personal and professional correspondence files of Scherman with publishers, agents, authors, Book of the Month Club judges, and organizations with which he was affiliated.

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Harry Scherman papers, 1937-1969 49 boxes 49 boxes

Helene Hanff papers, 1931-1995

2 linear feet 4 boxes
Abstract Or Scope

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, reviews, clippings, and other printed materials about Hanff, as well as books by and about her.

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Helene Hanff papers, 1931-1995 2 linear feet 4 boxes

Henry James letters, 1894-1915

1 box 1 box
Abstract Or Scope

Thirty affectionate letters of Henry James to his close friend Ranee Margaret of Sarawak. Also, letters to Walter Berry, Howard V. Knox, and Theodora Sedgwick.

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Henry James letters, 1894-1915 1 box 1 box