Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999

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Series XIV: 1988 Gift



Box 343 Articles edited by Barzun, undated


A Catalogue of Crime: Files:


Box 343 Pamphlets, 1975-81


Box 343 Photocopies and related materials, 1968-86


Box 343 Short Stories, 1963-73


Box 343 Cosmopolitan Club: Programs and related materials, 1958-73


Box 343 "Doctors Afield": Article by Barzun, 1971


Box 343 From Parnassus (book of essays about Barzun): Correspondence and related materials, 1983-84


Box 343 Morgan, Paul: Oh Clerihew!: Page proofs,, undated


Box 343 Mysteries: Articles, catalogues, and related materials 1965-84


Scribner's Editorial Files:


Box 343 Hemingway, Ernest: The Dangerous Summer, 1984


Simple and Direct (revised edition):



Box 344 Files


Box 344 Correspondence, corrected drafts, and related materials


Box 344 Corrected manuscript with notes


Box 344 Research materials


Box 344 The Use and Abuse of Art: "Speaking Copy" from Mellon Lectures



Box 345 Books with contributions by JB



Box 346 Correspondence with authors (arranged), 1986-1987


Box 346 American Arbitration Association, 1987


Box 346 Columbia University, 1972-1987


Crime fiction:



Box 347 Articles by leading practitioners and a few others, 1951-1987


Box 347 Brief reviews by Barzun and Wendell Taylor, 1960-1982


Box 347 Correspondence (arranged), 1983-1988


Box 347 Important articles, reviews and documents on critical and popular taste, 1983-1988, (2 folders)



Box 348 Interesting promotion and other fugitives, 1950s-1986


Box 348 Reviews, printed and autograph, 1974-1985


Box 348 Stories and articles, 1954-1987


Box 348 Writings on, by Taylor and Barzun, 1950s-1985



Box 349 Encyclopedia Britannica . Comments and rewriting by Barzun,, 1981-1983


Box 349 Honors


Box 349 Lectures accepted, 1984-1986


Box 349 Miscellaneous


Box 349 A Word or Two Before You Go . Correspondence through, 1986


Box 349 Photographs


Manuscripts, 1986-1981



Box 350 Roberts, David Lindsay "Bohr, Trollope, Acoustics and the Island of Long Island"


Box 350 Tolstoy: The Ultimate Reconciliation by Martine de Courcel. photocopy of proof, (4 folders)


Box 350 A Word or Two Before You Go ..., author's set



Box 351 Books and offprints inscribed to and collected by Barzun



Box 352 Books and offprints inscribed to and collected by Barzun



Box 353 Books and offprints inscribed to and collected by Barzun



Box 354 Books and offprints inscribed to and collected by Barzun


Oversized Material:



Mapcase 14-M-7 Four of Barzun's diplomas from Columbia University (1 tube)


Mapcase 14-M-7 Several honorary certificates including one Barzun's nomination to the Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, (1 folder)