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Correspondence, articles, photographs, clippings, and other ephemera about the career and writings of Robert William Chambers (1865-1933), collected by Clark. The collection includes six letters from Chambers, one letter from John Kendrick Bangs to Chambers, and 14 scrapbooks which also include printed materials about Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) and George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928). There are also some Clark family photographs and memorabilia.

Papers and memorabilia of Lou Little, including fifteen letters and copies of letters from Dwight D. Eisenhower, awards and certificates presented to Lou Little, and numerous photographs relating to the Columbia football teams, other athletic associations, charities, and other interests of Lou Little. Also, a Rose Bowl scrapbook.

The main portion of the collection is made up of letters, documents, notes, manuscript and typescript articles and speeches, and scrapbooks and notebooks which are contained in 270 envelopes, folders, manuscript boxes, and bundles. Another 153 bundles, boxes, folders, and envelopes are devoted chiefly to clippings, tear sheets, pamphlets, and books and other printed matter. Proofs of the printing plates for one of Mr. Bancroft's works on Carl Schurz are preserved in eleven envelopes. Pictorial material includes two envelopes of photographs, one envelope of photostats, thirty-four photographs, and eighty-five framed photographs, many with manuscript letters by or relating to the subject of the photograph. The collection is rich in the papers and personal correspondence of Frederic Bancroft and includes notes and various other source materials for his books dealing largely with African Americans, the South, the Civil War, Seward, Calhoun, and the life and work of Carl Schurz. Also, a wealth of material by and about Edgar Bancroft (1857-1925), Frederic's brother and U.S. ambassador to Japan.

Letters, manuscripts, documents, certificates, awards and other memorabilia, photographs and printed materials about Lee compiled by his wife, Ether Hepburn Pollock Lee after his death and by his daughter, Jean Hepburn Lee who completed the volume in later years. Although there are several letters to Lee, most of the correspondence consists of letters of condolence after his death. In addition there are a few manuscripts by others about Lee. The printed materials consist of articles by and about Lee and about the Lee Scholarship set up in his memory at the Columbia School of Social Work.

Correspondence, speeches, articles, economic data, photographs, scrapbooks, appointment books, telephone logs, memorabilia, and printed materials dealing almost exclusively with Woods' presidency of the World Bank. The papers consist largely of volumes of speeches and articles by Woods, world economic briefs and scrapbooks of clippings and photographs. The collection includes a number of signed and inscribed photographs including Mohammad Ayub Khan, Hassan II of Morocco, Ferdinand E. and Imelda Marcos, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Gamal Abdul Nasser. Also in the collection are books from Woods' library, some of them inscribed; printed materials by and about Woods; and silver and other memorabilia.

Correspondence with many librarians and editors about the Bliss classification system and Bliss' writings, a part of his "Autobiographical record" photographs and printed pamphlets, and articles by Bliss and others. There are also fifteen notebooks compiled by Joseph L. Harrison which contain brief annotated national bibliographies. Three scrapbooks contain correspondence, articles, and memorabilia.

Books, correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs of Thomas S. Jones. Correspondents include literary figures. Manuscripts of automatic writing are included. Photographs, 1894-1931, include portraits of Jones and others, views of his various homes, and of European travels, particularly his visit to Glastonbury Abbey in England, 1922.