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Andrew Sarris papers, 1945-1988, bulk 1965-1985 20.42 linear feet 20 boxes

Sarris, Andrew
The Andrew Sarris Papers are comprised of correspondence, drafts and manuscripts, clippings, printed ephemera, periodicals, monographs, photographs, and audio recordings related to the career and personal life of renowned film critic Andrew Sarris. The materials span several decades, from the inception of his career as a film critic and theorist in the mid-1950s to the last years of his long tenure at The Village Voice in the late 1980s..
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Book Arts Ephemera collection, 1890-2019 158.5 Linear Feet 1 mapcase drawer item, 59 flat boxes, 295 Ms Boxes = 28 (Series I: Book Clubs)+1(Series II: Designers)+10 (Series III: Illustrators)+49 (Series IV: Portraits and Biographical)+75 (Series V: Press) +2 (Series VI: Publishers)+ 130 (Series VII: Subjects)

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

These files have been compiled by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library from its origin in 1930 through the present day. The material derives largely from gifts, and the occasional purchase; much of the subject file in particular is made of ephemera included in the American Type Founders, Co. Library, purchased in 1942. Prospectuses and information sent by fine presses and book artists are added to the relevant files in an ongoing fashion. The files cover subjects from the beginning of printing to the current day.

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Caroline Schimmel collection of Truman Capote material, 1949-1988 5.5 linear feet 13 manuscript boxes and one flat box

Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

Twelve books by Truman Capote in various printings and foreign language translations, ephemera relating to stage adaptations of some of his works, and books about Capote. Novels represented include "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood".

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Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003 102 Linear Feet 27 manuscript boxes, 67 record cartons, 2 flat boxes, 7 oversize flat boxes, 3 binder album boxes, 6 audiocassette boxes, 2 videocassette boxes, 4 LP record storage boxes

Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019
This collection of records document the institutional history of the Center for US-China Arts Exchange, established in 1978. Under the directorship of professor and renowned composer Chou Wen-chung, the Center is a not-for-profit organization that connected arts professionals from the US and China through a spectrum of curated programs, conferences, and research trips. Bulk dated between 1977 and 2003, materials in this collection consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials, as well as audiovisual items. The collection serves as important material evidence that helps to tell the recent history of cultural communications among individuals and organizations across the Pacific.
  1. C.V. Starr East Asian Library

China Institute in America records, 1926-1976, bulk 1931-1959 65 linear feet 20 linear feet processed, including 45 document boxes and 6 half document boxes

China Institute in America
China Institute records document the decades-long organizational history of the renowned institute. Established in 1926, China Institute in America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to deepening the world's understanding of China through programs in art, business, culinary, culture, and education. The processed portion of this collection showcases the early years of the Institute's operations, bulk dating between 1931 and 1959. Materials consist of administrative records, correspondence, reports, and manuscripts. The entirety of the collection, which includes records from the 1960s and onwards, is expected to be made available in the fall of 2024.
  1. C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Collection of China's Spring 1989 Democracy Movement, 1988-1997, bulk 1989-1990 11.5 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 audio-visual box

Wagner, Marsha L.

The Collection of China's spring 1989 democracy movement (六四前后中国民主运动资料汇集) documents the legacy of the democracy movement in China during 1989 as well as events leading up to the Tiananmen Square Incident and its aftermath, dating from 1988 to 1997, and with the bulk of the materials dating from 1989 to 1990. The collection holds the originals and the photocopies of over 300 ephemeral posters, leaflet/handbills, newsletters, open letters, and petitions created and distributed in 1989, including those issued by the Peking Workers Autonomous Association (北京工人自治联合会), student groups from various universities, the "Hunger Strike Newsletter" and other unofficial news bulletins, intellectuals' petitions to the government, cartoons, and poetry. The collection also comprises over 200 photographs depicting demonstration banners, big character posters, petitions and letters to the leaders. The collection also contains 15 eye-witness reports by Asians and Westerners, reports of human rights organizations, as well as books, miscellaneous news magazine articles and newspaper clippings. Related materials in the collection also include Spring 1989 issues of the banned intellectuals' journal "Eastern Record"; 147 slides of work shown at the Peking National Gallery's avant-garde exhibition; and a video tape of interviews with artists and performance art at the February 5, 1989 opening of that exhibition. Other items are several VHS, audiocassettes, floppy disks, fragments of wall posters, a T-shirt, and commemorative envelopes. A large fabric banner prepared by Chinese students at the University of Michigan which was sent to Peking where it was displayed at Tiananmen Square in May 1989 and later returned to the U.S., is also included in the collection.

  1. C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Collection on pandemic response and public health of China, 1911-2000s 4.4 linear feet 6 full manuscript boxes, 1 album box, 1 flat box

Cohn, Don Jonathan
The collection on pandemic response and public health of China consists of 117 titles of special publications of diverse nature, ranging from the photograph album on Harbin plague epidemic of the late Qing Dynasty, pandemic prevention reports of Republican Period, to booklets, pamphlets, posters, handbooks and statistical reports on exterminating the "Four Pests" and eradicating schistosomiasis, etc. of the 20th century, particularly post-1949 China.
  1. C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Committee for Health in Southern Africa records, 1981-1998, bulk 1985-1991 7.56 linear feet 18 manuscript boxes

Committee for Health in Southern Africa
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.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Darcus Howe papers, 1965-2008 13 linear feet 18 boxes; 10 document boxes (1-10); 1 half sized document box (18); 7 record storage cartons (11-17)

Howe, Darcus
The collection documents the career and personal life of Trinidadian-born Black British activist and journalist Darcus Howe (1943-2017). Howe was best known as a defendant in the 1971 Mangrove Nine trial, a founding member of the Race Today Collective and editor of its journal, Race Today, and a producer of television series and documentary films for the British television station Channel 4. There is also material from the later life of Howe's cousin, the prominent intellectual, postcolonial writer, and activist C. L. R. James (1901-1989).
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