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Highlight: [Drafts accompanied by pages of algebra, correspondence, and copy of "How Income Ought to be
Abstract Or Scope: [Drafts accompanied by pages of algebra, correspondence, and copy of "How Income Ought to be Distributed: A Paradox in Distributive Ethics" by Robert H. Strotz.]

Highlight: , Pinnock's edition of Goldsmith's History of England, Guy on Astronomy, Bridge's Algebra.
Abstract Or Scope: Contents include descriptions of works of John Frost, Charles Henry Alden, William Russell, Pinnock's edition of Goldsmith's History of England, Guy on Astronomy, Bridge's Algebra.

Highlight: with additional ones, in a book entitled Algebra, Topology, and Category Theory (A Collection of Papers
Abstract Or Scope: This series comprises printed versions of math papers delivered by colleagues, select math clippings, a few copies of students' papers, and photo-copies of math articles published by others that Eilenberg thought worth preserving; unlike the papers and articles in Series III however, no body of correspondence accompanies these items. This series is organized by type of material, with math papers followed by photo-copies of printed articles.

Highlight: , algebra, geometry, geography, astronomy. Many of the arithmetics, one of the great collections of
Creator: Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936
Abstract Or Scope: The Plimpton Library of 16,000 volumes- a 1936 gift of George A. Plimpton - covers what the collector called "our tools of learning" from the fifteenth to the late nineteenth centuries. The cataloged books are described in the card catalog and in CLIO. There are a good number of uncataloged books, which are classed in Dewey, and findable through a shelflist and an author catalog.

Highlight: . Sylvia taught algebra and German at Kent Place School in Summit from 1936-1938 and then bought herself a
Creator: Bergel, Lienhard, 1905-1987
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed material, and memorabilia. The cataloged correspondence is with Jacques Barzun, Benedetto Croce, Elena Croce, Wallace Fowlie, Thomas Mann, Salvatore Quasimodo, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and René Wellek. There is manuscript material relating to the Bergel-Hauptman case and a number of Bergel's own essays and reviews. A copy of Bergel's German passport is included, as well as numerous family photographs and miscellaneous printed material. There is a cataloged photograph of Hugo von Hofmannsthal; and a gold Benedetto Croce centennial medal.

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