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Manuscripts by Josef Korbel, who has written books on the politics of Eastern Europe, most recently his book "Twentieth Century Czechoslovakia" (New York, 1977). The four essays were written in 1949 for a study group of Philip Mosely's. They are entitled: "Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Trade Relations"; "Memorandum on the conflict Tito-Cominform: Conversation with A. Bebler"; Memorandum on Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Political Relations"; "Memorandum on J. Korbel's Conversation with Mr. V. Clementis." These essays include memoiristic information.

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, book typescripts, photographs, and printed materials covering the time from Dorfman's early interest, as a graduate student, in the economic thought of Thorstein Veblen until his retirement. There is correspondence with his academic colleagues, students, publishers, and the family and students of Thorstein Veblen, as well as manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, revisions, notes, photographs, pamphlets, and related materials for his articles and books which include: THORSTEIN VEBLEN AND HIS AMERICA, 1934; THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, 1946-1959; EARLY AMERICAN POLICY, 1960; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, 1963; TYPES OF ECONOMIC THEORY, 1967; and NEW LIGHT ON VEBLEN, 1973

Collection contains watercolor renderings, sketches, technical drawings (ground plans, elevations and details), photographs, glass plate and acetate negatives, scrapbooks, set models and some related papers covering Urban's career in Vienna and New York as an architect, set designer, decorator and illustrator. There is a thorough representation of his New York career including his set designs for Florenz Ziegfeld (1915-1932) and the Metropolitan Opera (1917-1933). The collection also contains information on Urban's work for William Randolph Hearst as art director for Cosmopolitan Studios, his exhibitions including his 1921 Wiener Werkstätte store, and his many architectural projects. Biographical information and research gathered by Richard Cole and Randolph Carter including contributions from his daughter,Gretl Urban, and biographical notes and some letters from his widow, Mary Urban, are also present.

The papers include a 1921 letter from Hickox's brother Eduard Ship in Petrograd to their last sister Marit︠s︡a in Tallinn concerning the fate of various family members after the Revolution. There are also three typescripts of Georgiĭ Kumming, one, entitled "Tri netochnosti", is an article by Kumming which questions various facts in the Bible, the other two are his Russian translations of German works on the Revelations of St. John and on the correspondence between Christ and Abgar Ukkam.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents and printed materials of Tomilin. There are several letters from Georgiĭ D. Grebenshchikov. The manuscripts--all of which are by Tomilin--include essays, stories and autobiographical writings chiefly devoted to his career as a teacher in Russian and Soviet institutions as well as in DP camps following his emigration to Germany in 1945. The collection also includes his birth certificate and such printed materials as poems by Tomilin, an essay by his wife and a copy of "Luch" (Salzburg, 1954).

The collection consists of manuscripts, clippings and books. The manuscripts include a biography of Sakharov and a bibliography of his works, both written by his wife. There is also an essay by Sakharov "Die Herrgottsbienen;" newspaper clippings and two books written by Sakharov"Die tschechischen Legionen in Sibirien" (Berlin, 1936) and "Der verratene Armee" (Berlin, 1938).

The materials relating to M.A. Lavrov include his diaries (which describe a round-the-world sea voyage he made in 1825-1827 with F.P. Vrangel)́, and an essay about him by Dmitriĭ N. Tikhobrazov. The materials concerning Adrian M. Lavrov include his diaries from the 1864-1906 period, and excerpts from letters to his wife. The M.A. Lavrov diary is dated 1892 and concerns his service as an Imperial page.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia and printed materials. The correspondence deals with literary and political topics, from such people as Hayden Carruth, Irwin Edman, Lola Ridge and Norman Thomas; numerous manuscripts of Mrs. Marshall's writings, including the notes, drafts, manuscripts and proofs of her last novel THE HILL IS LEVEL and various manuscripts of the stories published in THE CONFRONTATION AND OTHER STORIES, and numerous manuscripts of poetry and short stories. Also included is material on the World War II draft of 19-year-olds, economic aid for Western Europe, the Vietnam War, the origin of SANE, the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, the Amchitka Islands nuclear tests, the Task Force against Nuclear Pollution, and personal correspondence from her own and her husband's families