Random House dictionary records, 1947-1970

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Series I: American College Dictionary, 1947


Subseries I.1: Original Manuscripts



Box 1 Pra - Recd



Box 2 Recr - Seas



Box 3 Seas - Stew



Box 4 Saint - Triv



Box 5 Triv - Vy



Box 6 W - Z


Subseries I.2: Galley Proofs


Baugh



Box 7 A - F



Box 8 G - P



Box 9 Q - Z


Copyright



Box 10 A - F



Box 11 H - P

G is missing



Box 12 Q - Z


Craigie



Box 13 A - F


Etymology



Box 14 A - F



Box 15 G - P



Box 16 Q - Z


Frankel I



Box 17 E - O



Box 18 P - Z


Frankel II



Box 19 L - Z

S is missing


Fries



Box 20 A - F



Box 21 G - P



Box 22 Q - Z


Hall



Box 23 A - F



Box 24 G - P



Box 25 Q - Z


Hanley



Box 26 A - D


Mathews



Box 27 A - F



Box 28 G - P



Box 29 Q - Z


Nelson



Box 30 A - I

E is missing


Severy



Box 31 A - F



Box 32 G - P



Box 33 Q - S

Nothing after S


Watt I



Box 34 A - G



Box 35 H - P



Box 36 Q - Z


Watt II



Box 37 A - D



Box 38 E - T


Weiman



Box 39 A - F



Box 40 G - R

Series II: Random House Dictionary Junior, 1969


Defined new main entries on 5 X 8 cards



Box 41 A (1)



Box 42 A (2)



Box 43 B



Box 44 C



Box 45 D - F



Box 46 G - H



Box 47 I - L



Box 48 M - N



Box 49 O - Q



Box 50 Miscellaneous


Cross-reference entries on 4 x 6 cards



Box 51 A - E



Box 52 F - Z


Illust. comparison study (orig. for RHDS)



Box 53 A - Z



Box 54 Edited manuscript (on RHDS galleys) (B - O)



Box 55 Manuscript, typed & proofread (B - C)



Box 56 Memos, proposals, etc.


Box 56 Style Manuals



Box 57 Manuscript (sample)



Box 58 Galleys

Series III: Random House Dictionary, 1966


Printout Manuscripts



Box 59-62a Box 59 almighty – Anthea


Box 59-62a Box 60 Bib – Bates


Box 59-62a Box 61 Batesburg – bicompact


Box 59-62a Box 60a-61a Bb - Black Sea


Box 59-62a Box 62 bridgelamp – Bz


Box 59-62a Box 62a Blacksea base – bz



Box 63-70 Box 63 Ca – caruncle


Box 63-70 Box 64 carunculate - chassis


Box 63-70 Box 65 chaste – class


Box 63-70 Box 66 classbook – comintern


Box 63-70 Box 67 comitative – contourfeath


Box 63-70 Box 68 contour integration – cra


Box 63-70 Box 69 Crataeis – Czestochowa


Box 63-70 Box 70 Dd – democratic



Box 71-79 Box 71 Democratic party – diplegia


Box 71-79 Box 72 dipleurula – dorp


Box 71-79 Box 73 E,e - Emeryville


Box 71-79 Box 74 emery wheel – esquire


Box 71-79 Box 75 Esquiline – Ezra


Box 71-79 Box 76 fimbriate - forced landing


Box 71-79 Box 77 Forced march - F.Z.S.


Box 71-79 Box 78 G,g – Goedel


Box 71-79 Box 79 gadendag – gyre



Box 80-87 Box 80 Heidnc – Homoousian


Box 80-87 Box 81 Homopause – hyzone


Box 80-87 Box 82 Ii - inofficious


Box 80-87 Box 83 J, j - Jyvaeskyla


Box 80-87 Box 84 K, k - Kyzyl Kum


Box 80-87 Box 85 L, l - Liege


Box 80-87 Box 86 M, m - mechanical engineering


Box 80-87 Box 87 mixer – Mzhavanadze



Box 88-94 Box 88 Nicolet - N.Z.


Box 88-94 Box 89 O, o - orange corn flower


Box 88-94 Box 90 orange cove - O.Z.T.


Box 88-94 Box 91 P, p - pearly novelties


Box 88-94 Box 92 Piatogorsk - Polto atsk


Box 88-94 Box 93 Printout - Pyxis


Box 88-94 Box 94 Q. q. - Q.v.



Box 95-105 Box 95 R. r. – reg


Box 95-105 Box 96 regain – riflery


Box 95-105 Box 97 rifting – Ryurik


Box 95-105 Box 98 Sis – sciuroid


Box 95-105 Box 99 scivvy - serrate


Box 95-105 Box 100 serrated – silken


Box 95-105 Box 101 silk gland - social evil


Box 95-105 Box 102 social evolution - split time


Box 95-105 Box 103 splitting - stick insect


Box 95-105 Box 104 stick-in-the-mud - Suctorian


Box 95-105 Box 105 Sudafed – Szymanowski



Box 106-114 Box 106 T, t - tetrach


Box 106-114 Box 107 tetrasporangium - Tolima


Box 106-114 Box 108 toll - tribute


Box 106-114 Box 109 tricarpeillary - Tzom Gedaliah


Box 106-114 Box 110 U, u - Uzziah


Box 106-114 Box 111 V, v - vving


Box 106-114 Box 112 W, w - while


Box 106-114 Box 113 whiles - wyvern


Box 106-114 Box 114 X, x - zZt


Category Typescripts



Box 115-116 Box 115 Accounting definitions - architecture def.

9 notebooks


Box 115-116 Box 116 Armar - BIG Ledger

10 notebooks



Box 117-118 Box 117 BIG Ledger (M-Z) - BIG Misc.

11 notebooks


Box 117-118 Box 118 Biology - Botany

6 notebooks



Box 119-120 Box 119 British - Building

3 notebooks


Box 119-120 Box 120 Cards - Chemistry

7 notebooks



Box 121-122 Box 121 Chess & Checkers - Crystallography

10 notebooks


Box 121-122 Box 122 Dancing - Etymology

11 notebooks



Box 123-124 Box 123 Falconry - glass making

6 notebooks


Box 123-124 Box 124 Genetics - Heraldry

9 notebooks



Box 125-126 Box 125 Histology - Idioms

8 notebooks


Box 125-126 Box 126 Idioms - Law

8 notebooks



Box 127-128 Box 127 Law - Mathematics

8 notebooks


Box 127-128 Box 128 Mechanics - Middle Eastern History

7 notebooks



Box 129-130 Box 129 Military - Music

6 notebooks


Box 129-130 Box 130 Nautical - Orthinology

7 notebooks



Box 131-132 Box 131 Paleotological - Photography

8 notebooks


Box 131-132 Box 132 Physics - Psychology

11 notebooks



Box 133-134 Box 133 Radio & Television - Stock Exchange

12 notebooks


Box 133-134 Box 134 Surgery - Usage

5 notebooks



Box 135-136 Box 135 Vetrinary - Zoology

10 notebooks


General Typescripts


Box 135-136 Box 136 General Typescripts



Box 137-138 Box 137 General Typescripts


Box 137-138 Box 138 General Typescripts



Box 139-140 Box 139 General Typescripts


Box 139-140 Box 140 General Typescripts



Box 141-143 Box 141 General Typescripts


Box 141-143 Box 142 General Typescripts


Box 141-143 Box 143 General Typescripts



Box 144-146 Box 144 General Typescripts


Box 144-146 Box 145 General Typescripts


Box 144-146 Box 146 General Typescripts



Box 147-148 Box 147 General Typescripts


Etymology


Box 147-148 Box 148 Etymology ledgers



Box 149-150 Box 149 Etymology typescripts


Box 149-150 Box 150 Etymology typescripts



Box 151-153 Box 151 Etymology typescripts


Box 151-153 Box 152 Etymology typescripts


Box 151-153 Box 153 Etymology typescripts



Box 154-155 Box 154 Etymology typescripts


Box 154-155 Box 155 Etymology typescripts



Box 156-157 Box 156 Etymology typescripts


Box 156-157 Box 157 Etymology typescripts



Box 158 Etymology typescripts



Box 159 Etymology typescripts



Box 160 Etymology typescripts



Box 161 Etymology typescripts



Box 162 Etymology typescripts



Box 163 Etymology typescripts



Box 164 Etymology manuscripts

Box 164 missing, and is unavailable at this time.



Box 165 Etymology manuscripts


Cut Inventories, 1966



Box 166 A - B



Box 167 C - F



Box 168 G - N



Box 169 O - R



Box 170 S - Z


Cut Inventories, 1968



Box 171 A - C



Box 172 D - H



Box 173 I - N



Box 174 O - R



Box 175 S - Z


Inventories



Box 176 A – adolescent



Box 177 array – Az



Box 178 Beast - Bitter Almond



Box 179 Bitter Apple - Brace molding



Box 180 Bracer – Bz



Box 181 C – Carrack



Box 182 Carrageen – Charwoman



Box 183 Chary – Clamjamfry



Box 184 Collective – Coolie



Box 185 Cooling – Crimmer



Box 186 Crimp – Czestochowa



Box 187 Delphinia – Discerning



Box 188 Entoderm – Ezra



Box 189 F – Feveroot



Box 190 Fever sore – Folia



Box 191 Folio – Fytte



Box 192 H – Hectocotylus



Box 193 Hectogram – Hodeida



Box 194 Hoder – Hyzone



Box 195 К - Kyzil Kum



Box 196 L – Licking



Box 197 Lickspittle – Lyze



Box 198 M - Maulmain



Box 199 Maustick – Mire



Box 200 Mirepoix – Myzophycene



Box 201 Ngn – Nonconfiscable



Box 202 Nonconflicting – N.Z.



Box 203 O



Box 204 P – Pass



Box 205 Ply – Priestfish



Box 206 R – Redeceive



Box 207 Redecide – replunge



Box 208 Reply - Riming Stool



Box 209 Rimini - Rz



Box 210 Seal Brown – Sferies



Box 211 Sm – Soytframe



Box 212 Sozin - Squishy



Box 213 Sq. Yard - Strident piano



Box 214 Svedlosk – Szymanowski



Box 215 T - Thermal Unit



Box 216 Thermal Wind - Tracer shell



Box 217 Tracery – Tzitzit



Box 218 U, u – Unloaded



Box 219 Unloaded - Uzbeg



Box 220 V



Box 221 W, w - White osier



Box 222 Wyte – X, Y, Z


Cross-reference slips



Box 223-224 Box 223 A - B


Box 223-224 Box 224 C - Dik



Box 225-226 Box 225 dir - Gou


Box 225-226 Box 226 Gov - kg



Box 227-228 Box 227 L - N


Box 227-228 Box 228 O - rhythm method



Box 229-230 Box 229 rib - stythe


Box 229-230 Box 230 su - zz


List word typescripts



Box 231-234 Box 231 Anti-list - pro-list


Box 231-234 Box 232 Quasi-list - World-list


Box 231-234 Box 233 Corrections


Box 231-234 Box 234 Miscellaneous and Unidentified Manuscripts



Box 235-236 Box 235 Microfilm


Box 235-236 Box 236 Negatives



Box 237 Update assembly


Computer Tapes, Approximately 35 Reels

The computer tapes are Computron 3200 fci-TST TVP2 1/2" magnetic tape.



Box 238 Computer tapes



Box 239 Computer tapes



Box 240 Computer tapes



Box 241 Computer tapes



Box 242 Computer tapes



Box 274-275 Box 274 Film


Box 274-275 Box 274 Microfilm


Box 274-275 Box 275 Microfilm



Box 276 Clippings

Includes RHDC clippings



Box 277 Clippings

Includes RHDC clippings



Box 278 Clippings

Includes RHDC clippings

Series IV: Random House Dictionary College, 1968


Cross-reference slips



Box 279 A - C



Box 280 D - H



Box 281 I - Once



Box 282 one - spoondrift



Box 283 spray - z



Box 284 Brown University Front Matter



Box 285 Brown University Front Matter


Proofs



Box 286 Proofs



Box 287 Proofs



Box 288 Proofs



Box 289 Proofs



Box 290 Proofs



Box 291 Proofs

Series V: Distribution of Dictionary Words, 1968



Box 292 A - Embouchure



Box 293 Embor - Mortification



Box 294 Mortify - Stratum



Box 295 Stratus - Zymase

Series VI: Ratings, 1968



Box 296 Elementary Rating



Box 297 Elementary Rating



Box 298 Junior Rating



Box 299 Junior Rating



Box 300 Intermediate Rating



Box 301 Intermediate Rating

Series VII: Random House Dictionary School, 1969


Entry definition cards



Box 302 A



Box 303 A - В



Box 304 В - C



Box 305 C



Box 306 C



Box 307 C - D



Box 308 D - E



Box 309 E - F



Box 310 F - G



Box 311 G - H



Box 312 H



Box 313 H - I



Box 314 I - L



Box 315 L - M



Box 316 M



Box 317 N - O



Box 318 O - P



Box 319 P



Box 320 P - R



Box 321 R



Box 322 R - S



Box 323 S



Box 324 S



Box 325 S - T



Box 326 T



Box 327 T - V



Box 328 V - W



Box 329 X - Z


Galleys



Box 330 Galleys



Box 331 Galleys



Box 332 Galleys



Box 333 Galleys



Box 334 Galleys



Box 335 Galleys



Box 336 Galleys



Box 337 Galleys



Box 338 Two unbound copies and blues



Box 339 Galleys and 1 teachers edition


Manuscripts



Box 340-341 Box 340 aa - cleverness


Box 340-341 Box 341 clew - free press



Box 342-343 Box 342 Free standing - Malaya Polynesian


Box 342-343 Box 343 Malay Peninsula - Pristine



Box 344-345 Box 344 Prithee - Swahill


Box 344-345 Box 345 Swain - zygote



Box 346 Cross-reference cards and miscellaneous



Box 347 Microfilm



Box 348 Music Dictionary, 1969



Box 349 Music Dictionary, 1969



Box 350 Collins Spanish, French, German Dictionary



Box 351 Collins Spanish, French, German Dictionary



Box 352 Collins Spanish, French, German Dictionary



Box 353 Collins Spanish-English Dictionary



Box 354 Satire Galleys (Dictionary of Political usage)



Box 355 Satire Galleys (Dictionary of Political usage)



Box 356 Satire Galleys (Dictionary of Political usage)



Box 357 Satire Galleys (Dictionary of Political usage)

Series VIII: English-Russian Dictionary


Entry-definition cards



Box 358 ABC - eyewitness



Box 359 F - oxygenous



Box 360 pear tree - wry



Box 361 a - b - v - g - d



Box 362 d - zh - z - z - i - k



Box 363 k - l - m - f - kh - ts - sh - e - yu - ya

Series IX: Reverse Spelling Dictionary



Box 364 pp. 1-2000



Box 365 pp. 2001-3716



Box 366 Label: "Gear Dictionary" George J. Kacek #4"


Box 366 "On the Statistics of Spoken English" by P.B. Denes


Box 366 "Utility Routines Resulting from Textual Information Processing Research" by G.J. Kacek


Box 366 "Words in Scott and Daniel Jones Readers Rank Ordered According to their frequency of Occurrence"

Print-out



Box 367 pp.501 - 1000



Box 368 pp. 1001 - 1500



Box 369 pp. 1501 - 2000



Box 370 pp. 2501 - 3000



Box 371 pp. 3001 - 3500



Box 372 pp. 3501 - 3716