Dorothy Norman papers, 1923-1978

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts



Box A Acheson, Dean, 1961, t.l.s., 1p.

with related material


Box A Anderson, Marian, 1959, t.l.s., 1p.


Box A Bohlen, Charles E., 1962, t.l.s., 1p.


Box A Buck, Pearl, 1946, 1951, 2 t.l.s.

letters are also available on microfilm 91-2094-2.


Box A Dulles, Allen W., 1953-1959, 5 t.l.s.


Box A Humphrey, Hubert H., 1951, 1962, 2 t.l.s.


Box A Lescaze, William, 1947, t.l.s., 1p.


Box A MacDonald, Dwight, 1940, a.l.s., 1p.


Box A Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1962, t.l.s., 1p.

with carbon replies


Box A Nixon, Richard M., 1951, 3 t.l.s.


Box A Ossorio, Alfonso, 1959, t.l.s., 2p.


Box A Read, Herbert, 1958, t.l.s., 1p.

with carbon of Norman's letter


Box A Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1948, t.ms.s.

Statement on Herbert H. Lehman on his 70th birthday


Box A Schevill, James, 1951, t.l.s., 1p.


Box A Stevenson, Adlai, 1956-1962, 5 t.l.s.


Box A Thomas, Norman, 1952, t.l.s., 1p.


Box A Tillich, Paul, 1946, t.l.s., 1p.

with a carbon copy of Norman's reply

Series II: Arranged Correspondence



Box 1 Correspondence

Closed for conservation review (June 2019, kws)



Box 2 Correspondence

Closed for conservation review (June 2019, kws)

Series III: Topical Files



Box 3 ADA



Box 4 Africa; Algeria



Box 5 Art, 1940s-1950s

Clippings, brochures, newsletters, playbills, press releases, invitations to visual and performing arts shows. Primarily NYC.



Box 6 Art, 1950s

Clippings, brochures, newsletters, playbills, press releases, invitations to visual and performing arts shows. Primarily NYC.



Box 7 Art, 1950s

Clippings, brochures, newsletters, playbills, press releases, invitations to visual and performing arts shows. Primarily NYC. Government and the arts.  Correspondence, clippings, publications. 



Box 8 Asia



Box 9 Asia; Atomic Energy; Austria



Box 10 Birth Control



Box 11 Birth Control



Box 12 Books



Box 13 Britain; Burma



Box 14 Carnegie Endowment; Children; China; Citizens Budget Committee



Box 15 Civil Liberties



Box 16 Civil Liberties



Box 17 Civil Liberties



Box 18 Civil Liberties



Box 19 Civil Liberties



Box 20 Civil Liberties



Box 21 Civil Liberties



Box 22 Congressional Record; Co-operatives; Courth; Cuba; Cultural Freedom; Democrats Convention 1948; Disarmament; Doorway for 20th Century



Box 23 Education



Box 24 Education



Box 25 Foreign Aid, 1952



Box 26 Foreign Aid, 1953-54



Box 27 Foreign Aid, 1955-56



Box 28 Foreign Aid, 1956-57



Box 29 Foreign Aid, 1957-58



Box 30 Foreign Aid, 1957-58 (& others)



Box 31 Foreign Aid



Box 32 Foreign Aid



Box 33 Foreign Countries



Box 34 Foreign Policy, 1947-48



Box 35 Foreign Policy



Box 36 Food; Foundations; France; Fund for the Republic; Gardens; Germany; Guild Hall



Box 37 Health



Box 38 Health



Box 39 Health



Box 40 Health



Box 41 Housing; Human Rights; Immigration



Box 42 India, 1940-1950



Box 43 India, 1951-1960



Box 44 India Clippings



Box 45 Institute for Pacific Relations; International



Box 46 International



Box 47 International



Box 48 International relations; Israel (Jews)



Box 49 Israel (Jews)



Box 50 Israel (Jews); Japan



Box 51 Labor



Box 52 Latin America; League for International Democracy; Mexico; Miscellaneous



Box 53 Mutual Security, 1951; 52 & general



Box 54 Mutual Security, 1952



Box 55 Mutual Security, 1953-55



Box 56 "The Nation"; National affairs; National Committee for Effective Congress; New York City; New York State



Box 57 New York (City & State)



Box 58 New York (City & State)



Box 59 Norman, Dorothy: Mss.



Box 60 Norman, Dorothy: Mss.



Box 61 Norman, Dorothy: Miscellaneous columns



Box 62 Norman, Dorothy: Miscellaneous columns



Box 63 Norman, Dorothy: Miscellaneous



Box 64 Ottley: "New World A-Coming"



Box 65 Politics (national)



Box 66 Politics (national)



Box 67 Postwar



Box 68 Postwar



Box 69 Printing & Type; Puerto Rico



Box 70 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 71 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 72 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 73 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 74 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 75 Race Relations (discrimination)



Box 76 Race Relations



Box 77 Race Relations



Box 78 Refugees



Box 79 Religion; Roosevelt, Eleanor; Roosevelt, F.D.R.; Russia; Save Our Schools Committee



Box 80 Science; Society for the Prevention of World War III; South America; State Department



Box 81 Theater; "Tomorrow" magazine; Travel



Box 82 United Nations



Box 83 United Nations



Box 84 United Nations



Box 85 United Nations, 1951-1958



Box 86 U.S. government; United World Federation; Wallace, H.A.



Box 87 Welfare; Women



Box 88 World government; World Rehabilitation Fund; Yalta Record



Box 89 Youth



Box 90 Youth

Seties IV: Clippings by Others



Box 91 Clippings by others: A-Ki



Box 92 Clippings by others: Kn-W

Series V: Printed Materials



Box 93 Printed materials; "Twice A Year"



Box 94 Books



Box 95 Books



Box 96 Pamphlets



Box 97 Reports, etc.



Box 98 Printed materials by and about Dorothy Norman

Series VI: Manuscripts



Box 99 Manuscripts and Typescripts

Series VII: Subject Files



Box 100 Subject folders

Series VIII: Correspondence



Box 101 Correspondence (names) A-Z



Box 102 Correspondence (general)



Box 103 Correspondence, 1938-1943 (1); Albert and Maty Lasker correspondence; Edward Bernays correspondence



Box 104 Correspondence, 1938-1944



Box 105 Correspondence, 1943-1946



Box 106 Correspondence, 1947-1971

Series IX: Indian

1975 Gift (Box 107-122). 1979 Gift (Box 122-125).



Box 107 India (printed, also carbon copies of mansucripts)



Box 108 India (printed material)



Box 109 India (printed material)



Box 110 India (printed material)



Box 111 India (printed material)



Box 112 India (printed material)



Box 113 India (printed material)



Box 114 India (printed material)



Box 115 India (printed material)



Box 116 India (printed material)



Box 117 India (printed material)



Box 118 India (printed material)



Box 119 India (printed material)



Box 120 India (printed material)



Box 121 India (printed material)



Box 122 India (printed material)



Box 123 India (printed material)

Releases; pamphlets; articles; tresca case pamphlets.



Box 124 India (printed material)

Indian and Foreign reviews, 1968, 1972-1973

The Hindu Weekly Review, 1956, 1968

The Hindu (newspaper), 1975-1976

Indian Weekly News, 1968

Indian News, 1971, 1973-1976



Box 125 India (printed material)

India Abroad



Box 126 India (printed material)

India Abroad

Series X: 1982 Gift



Box 127 Bangladesh to India - Art, Culture, etc.



Box 128 India - Correspondence to India - Manuscript



Box 129 India - Manuscript (con't.)



Box 130 India - Misc. Notes to India - Research Material



Box 131 Memoirs to Mythology, Astrology, Religion, etc.



Box 132 Nehru - Correspondence to Nehru - Notes on first visit to U.S.



Box 133 Nehru - Primary source material - Chapters VIII-X



Box 134 Nehru - Primary source material - Chapters XI-XIII



Box 135 Nehru - Primary source material - Chapters XIV-XVI



Box 136 New York Foundation to Stieglitz

Series XI: 1991 Gift


American Citizens Committee for Economic Aid Abroad



Box 145 Minutes


Box 145 Legal Material


Box 145 Correspondence


Box 145 Committee Members



Box 146 Lists--Press Lists, Congressional Lists


Box 146 Copies of Committee Documents


American Emergency Food Committee for India



Box 147 Correspondence (Alphabetical)



Box 148 Documentary and Background Material


Box 148 Rough notes


Box 148 Newspaper clippings


Box 148 Meals for Millions and other W. Coast Material


Box 148 Resolutions and Releases from Organizations



Box 149 Expenses and Contributions


Box 149 Lists


Box 149 Literature


Box 149 Material given to Dr. Sen



Box 137 Asia Society



Box 150 Material Relating Civil Liberties Handbook


Congressional Material



Box 151 Lists


Box 151 The Bill Itself


Box 151 Miscellaneous


Box 151 Civil Liberties Handbook



Box 137 Gandhi, Indira


Box 137 India - Arts



Box 138 India - Correspondence - Syracuse A-Z


Box 138 India - Correspondence - With Various Governments



Box 139 India - Correspondence - Individual Folders A-M



Box 140 India - Correspondence - Individual Folders M-Z



Box 141 India - History


Box 141 India - Manuscripts (incomplete)


Box 141 India - Miscellaneous Notes


Box 141 India - U.S. Relations


Box 141 India League


Box 141 Memoir - Manuscript (incomplete)


Box 141 Memoir - Notes



Box 152 Miscellaneous



Box 142 Mythology, Astrology and Religion



Box 143 McCarthy, Senator Joseph


Box 143 Nehru, Jawaharlal - Research materials & notes



Box 153 New York Post (Alphabetic)



Box 154 New York Post (Alphabetic)



Box 155 New York Post (Alphabetic)



Box 156 New York Post, 1946 September - 1947 September



Box 157 New York Post (Alphabetic), 1947 October - 1948 September



Box 158 New York Post


Box 158 New York Urban League



Box 159 Organizations



Box 160 Organizations



Box 161 Organizations



Box 162 Western Reserve



Box 163 Women's City Club I



Box 164 Women's City Club II


Box 164 Women's World Center

Series XII: Printed Materials



Box 144 Oficial publications of the Government of India


Box 144 Oficial publications of the Government of the United States