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Ta-Chun Hsu papers, circa 1904-2016, bulk 1938-2008

7 Linear Feet
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The Ta-Chun Hsu papers (徐大春檔案) document his personal life and provide a glimpse of his career in China and in the United States. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence related to his family and his personal life as a Chinese-American and an immigrant living in New York. The correspondence also highlights his relation to a prominent Chinese educator and philosopher, Hu Shih (胡適) and his family. There are also materials related to his father, Hsu Singloh (徐新六), who was a major finance and banking leader during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Also included are immigration and travel documents of T.C. Hsu. Other materials also include news clippings, articles, financial records, printed materials, portraits and photographs, maps and postcards.
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Committee for Health in Southern Africa records, 1981-1998, bulk 1985-1991

7.56 linear feet
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This collection documents the efforts of the Committee for Health in Southern Africa, a human rights organization once based in New York State, in its attempts improve the health of the people of Southern Africa through research, education, training, and consultation.
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South Africa Divestment Records, 1972-1987

5 linear feet
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Beginning in the late 1970s, Columbia students urged the university to divest from companies doing business in South Africa in protest of South Africa's system of apartheid. After a series of student protests culminating in a month long blockade of Hamilton Hall in 1985, the Trustees voted to begin full divestment. The collection contains the administrative records of this decision making process in the 1970s-1980s.
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Columbia University. Libraries. Representative Committee of Librarians (RCL) records, 1970-1994

9 linear feet
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Notes and minutes from RCL meetings, 1970-1994.

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Robert Smithson drawings, 1969-1970

0.5 linear feet
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Three groups of drawings, two in notebooks and the third torn from a notebook. 1). A 38 page spiral bound notebook containing 29 drawings, 9 pages of notes, and a concrete poem by Nancy Holt. Most of the drawings were done in preparation for his show at L'Attico Gallery in Rome, October 15 to November 7, 1969. The last two drawings refer to his travels in the Yucatan. 2). Three loose drawings torn from a larger spiral bound notebook. They are studies for L'Attico Gallery Exhibition. 3). A 12 page typewriter paper tablet containing 10 drawings (four are loose) and two pages of notes. The drawings were done from late 1969 through 1970 in Vancouver, the Anaconda Mines in British Columbia, and elsewhere.

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Manning Marable papers, 1967-2012

140 linear feet
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Marable was a leading figure in African-American studies as well as a historian, social theorist, and political activist. The collection includes appointment books, biographical information, budgets, clippings, correspondence, drafts, lecture notes, manuscripts, photographs, proposals, reports, speeches, syllabi, and teaching materials.
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Seymour Melman papers, 1958-1997

64 linear feet
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Manuscripts, notes, conference papers, and printed materials. Included are research files, notes, and other materials used for manuscripts of THE IMPACT OF THE PATENT SYSTEM ON RESEARCH (1958), Study of the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the Committee of the Judiciary United States Senate, 85th Congress, 2nd Session Persuant to S. Res. 236, Study No. 11; OUR DEPLETED SOCIETY (1965); PENTAGON CAPITALISM (1970); THE PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY (1974); PROFITS WITHOUT PRODUCTION (1983). The development of a military industry and federal policy in the U.S. is recorded in THE MILITARY ECONOMY (1981), a 2 volume, unpublished collection of New York Times articles that traces war economy from 1865 to 1981. THE PEACE RACE (1962) research papers record the national debate on military policy under President Kennedy. The research papers for IN THE NAME OF AMERICA (1968) report violations of the laws of war by the U.S. in Vietnam. There are also conference papers and related materials documenting efforts to implement demilitarization and economic conversion

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Barry Miles papers, 1958-1990, bulk 1965-1997

16 linear feet
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The Barry Miles Papers contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials concerned with Miles' literary activities in the London counterculture. Included are letters and manuscripts from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, among numerous others. This collection also includes material used by Miles in the research and writing of his work Ginsberg: A Biography as well as from his editorship of the annotated edition of Ginsberg's Howl.
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Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro papers, 1957-1985

40 linear feet
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This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, research materials, theses, course materials, subject files, printed matter and photographs, 1957-1985, pertaining to American economist, Carlos Federico Diaz Alejandro.
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Marie Runyon Papers, 1955-2008

14 linear feet
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Marie Runyon was an activist and former New York State legislator. Born in North Carolina in 1915, she moved to Morningside Heights and in 1963 began a decades long fight against Columbia University over its real estate practices and expansion in the neighborhood. Runyon founded the Morningside Tenants Committee as well as other tenants' organizations, and she brought a number of cases to court to prevent her eviction from her apartment at 130 Morningside Drive. She also worked for many political and service organizations throughout her career.
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