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Wilma K. Smith was a Pennsylvania native whose family migrated to Penn Yan during her childhood and who attended the Rochester Business Institute (RBI) in the early 1920s. This collection consists of a single scrapbook that Smith maintained during her time at RBI, through her post-graduation life up to her wedding day. The scrapbook includes autographs from her classmates at RBI, programs and memorabilia from events she attended, newspaper clippings, calling cards, greeting cards, and business cards.
Eva M. Noles papers, circa 1932-2004 7 Linear Feet
John T. Horton papers, circa 1920-1979 2.38 Linear Feet
A scrapbook containing a mixture of greeting and trade cards, assembled by Helen Martin of West Henrietta, New York. The trade cards are all from the Rochester, New York area. Ms. Martin frequently used the cards in an artistic manner to create designs or images on the scrapbook pages.
Eugene Paul Ullman papers, circa 1880-2000 8.1 Cubic Feet
Julia Valentine Dobbs Briggs papers, circa 1875 -- 1919 0.5 linear feet
Carnegie Corporation of New York records, circa 1872-2015 3000 linear feet
Minutes, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, financial records, photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual, digital and printed materials document the philanthropic activities and administration of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The collection is actively growing, primarily through regular document transfers from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Andrew Carnegie's biographical information and personal philanthropic activity can be found in Series VII. In addition, his pre-1911 gifts, most notably his donations for libraries and church organs, can be found on microfilm (Series II), in the Home Trust Company Records (VI.A), and Financial Record Books (I.C.1). Grant files (Series III.A), which comprise the bulk of the collection) provide information on projects and institutions founded, endowed or supported by the Corporation. The Special Initiatives series (Series IV) contains the records of task forces, commissions and councils, formed by the Corporation mostly during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s to address specific issues. The Corporation's records include those of other Carnegie philanthropic organizations (Series VI), including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Home Trust Company, both of which shared staff, officers, and office space with the Corporation for a period of time.
James Nichol Johnston papers, circa 1850-1917 4.25 Linear Feet
Evangelical Alliance records, circa 1800 -- 1944 5 linear feet
Fashion print scrapbook collection, circa 1800-1913 12.7 Cubic Feet
Persinger scrapbook, ca. 1930-1939 1.5 Linear Feet
This unique manuscript was created by A. Persinger, a barber at the Bungalow barber shop in Fredonia KS, in the 1930s. It served as an archive of cut and pasted comic strips (primarily Roy Crane's influential adventure comic, "Wash Tubbs"), a daily diary and sketchbook for Mr. Persinger, and an autograph and sketch book for his clients. Mr. Persinger's hand can be seen throughout the book, both metaphorically in its overall construction and literally in his distinctive writing style and original drawings. The content spans 10 years, during all of which time the book was kept in the Bungalow.
Contains research notes, manuscripts, and scrapbook pages documenting covered bridges in the following counties of New York State: Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan, Schoharie, Tompkins, Franklin, Albany, Saratoga, Montgomery, Schenectady, Herkimer, and Essex. Scrapbook pages include b/w photos, postcards, prints, and descriptions of covered bridges.
Henry H. Arnhold memory book, 2018 .14 Gigabytes
Chicanx Caucus Records, 2001-2014 6.58 linear feet
The collection consists of scrapbooks, posters,digital photographs, and meeting minutes documenting the activities of the ChicanX Caucus between 2001-2016.
Peter Hewitt Hare : Recollections of 40 years at UB, 2001. 0.25 Linear Feet
Collection of Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Buffalo Chapter, 1986-2004 1 Linear Feet
Center for Law and Justice Records, 1985-2000 12.75 cubic ft.
Friends of the Libraries Records, 1981-2006 5 cubic ft.
Gloria Tetewsky papers, 1980-2001 1.29 Linear Feet
United Tenants of Albany, 1972-2001 3.12 cubic ft.
Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Foundation records, 1971-1991 38 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials. The Foundation's correspondence files consist of letters from different organizations and foundations, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, The NAACP, the United Negro College Fund, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the YWCA. Also included in this collection are community dialogues on race relations (1974-1975); proposed dialogues (1979) on such subjects as the Boy Scouts of America, Columbia University, and the National Council of Christians and Jews; and files on the Whitney M. Young Fellows Retreat Conferences (1980-1984). The collection contains many files on Ed Wilson's bust of Young (1991), including contracts and agreements, records of payments to Wilson, documents concerning the bust's placement in various locations, correspondence with Wilson (1983-1991), and miscellaneous photographs and pictures. The contributions files contain annual listings of contributions and records of contributions from the National Urban League, assorted organizations, corporations, individuals, foundations, and Philip Morris.
Robert L. Ketter inauguration scrapbooks, 1971 1 Linear Feet
Zack Carr papers, 1969-2001 4.3 Cubic Feet
Robert Wilson papers, 1969-2000 148 linear feet
Correspondence, outlines, scripts, production notes, technical materials, story boards, contracts, posters, programs, announcements, recordings, reviews, and other printed materials relating to all aspects of Robert Wilson's theater works, opera, films, artwork and video productions. There are files for all of Wilson's theatrical performances, the most extensive of which is the CIVIL warS. Also included are the files of the Byrd Hoffman Foundation.
Martin Meyerson inauguration scrapbook, 1967 1 Linear Feet
Peter Prescott papers, 1965-2002 5.85 linear feet
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and articles from Prescott's career as a book reviewer. Many of the reviews were published in Women's Wear Daily, Look Magazine, Newsweek, and the New York Times. Often placed in between pages of the scrapbooks are letters from the authors of the books Prescott reviewed. In addition, the scrapbooks hold personal correspondence, unpublished drafts, speeches, poems, articles about his career, and related materials. There are also scrapbooks with correspondence, reviews, and other clippings about Prescott's books: A World of Our Own, The Child Saved, A Darkening Green, Soundings, Never in Doubt, and The Norton Book of Short Stories (editor).
Albert Budd Termin papers, 1958-2007, November 3, 2020 - January 19, 2021, bulk (1987-2005 bulk) 10.58 Linear Feet
Willie Evans collection, 1957-2015 6.5 Linear Feet
Thomas Nattell Papers, 1956-2002 12.1 cubic ft.
Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019 21.5 linear feet
Hillel of Buffalo records, 1954-2009, bulk 1993-2004 1.7 Linear Feet
Theatre Alumni Association Records, 1954-1974 1 cubic ft.
Bethlehem Business Women's Club Records, 1951-2019 2.45 cubic ft.
Jane V. Fischman Papers, 1951-1956 1 Linear Feet
Leon Davidson's flying saucer collection, 1950-1980 65 linear feet
Books, magazines, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, and clippings documenting the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) or flying saucer phenomenon. Mr Davidson used this material in connection with his study for the United States Air Force, entitled "Flying Saucers: Special Report No. 14." (Oct. 1957 & July 1966)
Archibald C. Wemple Papers, 1950-1951 0.33 cubic ft.
Dan Arje papers, 1949-1981 2.2 Cubic Feet
Ernest I. Hatfield Papers, 1949-1968 3.78 cubic ft.
Sunbeam Randall student work, 1948-1993, bulk 1948-1951 0.5 Cubic Feet
Gustin L. Reichbach papers, 1946-2014, bulk bulk 1970-2012 43.5 Linear Feet
D'Arcy Hayman papers, 1946-1992 11 linear feet
The collection comprises materials authored by D'Arcy Hayman, including letters, invitations, essays, poetry, drawings, photographs, three monographs, proofs for one monograph, journals, and three scrapbooks. The three scrapbooks are referred to as 1, 2, and 3 (1 is a photo album, while 2 and 3 contain miscellanies: essays, drawings, poems, cards, photos, newsletters, conference materials, air travel documents, clippings, post-cards, festive cup holders, and a one-act play).
Robert I. Nesmith scrapbooks, 1946 0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Maurice Sands papers, 1945-2013 3 Linear Feet
Women's Club of the State University of New York at Buffalo records, 1945-2005, bulk (1970's-2005 bulk) 5 Linear Feet
John Weitz papers, 1945-1998 34.4 Cubic Feet
Westwood Country Club records, 1945-1995 13.85 Linear Feet
James H. Sheldon papers, 1945-1971, bulk 1958-1964 8.85 linear feet
Curtis Carroll Davis papers, 1945-1946 1.5 linear feet
Rosalind Miller papers, 1944-1994 .42 linear feet
The collection consists of a scrapbook relating to Miller's composition of her master's essay on Gertrude Stein and a small number of reports related to the School of Social Work at Columbia University.
Samuel Korus Papers, 1942-2004 2 Linear Feet
Pi Omega Pi, Beta Eta Chapter Records, 1942-1986 1.66 cubic ft.
Contains the records of the Fashion Design Department of Parsons The New School for Design. Records include course syllabi and descriptions, look books, clippings scrapbooks, student work, and annual fashion benefit planning records, photographs, and programs. A name index for searching Parsons alumni and faculty in the clippings scrapbooks may be found here.
ESCO Fund Committee Inc. records, 1941-1986 30 linear feet
Files of the ESCO Fund Committee, Inc. and its related foundations ESCO Foundation for Palestine and ESCO, Friends, Inc. The files contain correspondence, reports, clippings, Board minute books, photographs and ESCO publications. Among the correspondence are Stephen Wise, Theodore Kolleck, Ernest Bloch, and Leonard Bernstein. The collection also includes papers relating to Frank and Ethel Cohen's personal (i.e., non-ESCO) Zionist and Jewish interests.
Norman Norell collection, 1941-1974 8.4 Cubic Feet
Calvin Sutliff Hathaway papers, 1941-1954 7 linear feet
Correspondence, military documents, manuscripts, notes, and printed material of Hathaway, relating to the measures taken to protect and salvage artistic and historic monuments, documents, and art objects during World War II and its aftermath. The collection is concerned almost entirely with German art collections, especially those of Berlin. The papers contain the files of Juliana Force. The printed material consists of books, manuals, catalogs, pamphlets, and reports, along with scrapbooks of clippings. Major correspondents include J. William Fulbright, Hellmut Lehman-Haupt, and Wayne Morse. Also included are two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Mormonism belonging to one of Hathaway's ancestors, Jean G. Hathaway.
Sally Goodgold Papers, 1940-2011, bulk 1970-2011 9 linear feet
Louis Nizer Papers, 1940-1994 13.09 linear feet
Mary Lasker papers, 1940-1993 353 linear feet
The collection consiste of correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, clippings, photographs, awards, and printed material. The files, arranged by genre and topic and reflect her philanthropic and legislative work in the areas of health, specifically cancer, heart disease, and mental health. Her civic and legislative work is covered in detail, as well as her private interests and activities.
John Leonard papers, 1939-2015, bulk 1950s-2008 26.5 linear feet
The collection includes seven volumes of scrapbooks containing clippings on current affairs roughly between 1939 and 1950 with particular reference to the trials of the German War Criminals at Nuremberg and the state of Germany after World War II. Also, general items on President Franklin Roosevelt and U.S. foreign policy. There are several complete copies of newspapers folded and inserted in the scrapbooks. The second and more important part of the collection consists of typescripts of Dr. Pfeiffenberger's writings. These occupy one and one-half manuscript boxes (Boxes 4 and 5). Included are about 45 pages of poetry in German, about 120 pages of selected stories of New York Life (in German), about 30 pages on The European State-System, 1848-1890 (in German), 127 pages of manuscript entitled "The Spirit of the Code of Hammurabi" (this is a preliminary draft in English of a short book or article by Pfeiffenberger), about 305 pages of typescript on "Compensation in the Western Zone of Germany" by Pfeiffenberger, Dr. H. Klein, and Dr. Klavehn-Berndt (there are many changes and notes in script, and this item is accompanied by another typescript of approximately the same size on the same subject), and several other items.
A miscellaneous collection of World War II propaganda and memorabilia. Among the European items are samples of propaganda dropped from Allied aircraft, clippings, cartoons, and other printed ephemera in English, French, German, and Russian. For the war in the Pacific there is a complete set of Japanese language leaflets issued by the United States Army Forces, Pacific Area, Psychological Warfare Branch. These leaflets, including English translations, were used by General Douglas MacArthur's forces to induce the Japanese to surrender. In addition there is a collection of forty-eight German books removed from a German military field library and warehouse in France by American Army personnel. These works were revised during the 1930s to reflect the Nazi viewpoint. Also, a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings on the laying of the cornerstone for a home for expectant mothers in Römhild (Thuringia) Germany, 1939.
Indusco Inc. records, 1938-1985 93 linear feet
This collection includes records from the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (CIC, 工業合作社/工业合作社), China Aid Council (CAC, 美國援華會/美国援华会), and United Service to China (USC, formerly United Relief to China/URC, 美國援華聯合會/美国援华联合会/美國援華救濟聯合會/美国援华救济联合会). The records contain correspondence of individuals who participated in the cooperative and those associated with it; typewritten reports of sub-units to the parent organization; periodicals and other publications issued in Chinese by the three regional headquarters (the early ones are probably quite rare); publications in English by these headquarters and by American committees formed to aid in the movement; mounted photographs showing the work of the cooperatives and their leaders; albums of newspaper clippings on the movement, emanating from the U.S. and abroad; maps showing locations of cooperatives; pencil sketches and watercolors of cooperatives at work; and other material concerning this important organization which was largely responsible for China's ability to feed and clothe, and care for the people during the war.
American Bureau for Medical Aid to China Records, 1937-2005 331 Linear Feet
Papers of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, committee files, membership records, financial records, fund raising records, motion pictures, audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, posters, publications of ABMAC and other printed materials. Also included are the files of related Chinese relief organizations: Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, 1954-1969; American Emergency Relief, 1941-1946; United Services to China, 1941-1977. Of particular interest are approximately 6,000 photographs of Chinese medical colleges, hospitals, laboratories and personnel and 45 phonograph records including speeches by such ABMAC supporters as Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, Pearl S. Buck, Wendell Willkie, Fiorello LaGuardia and a number of movie stars
Hilde Marx Papers, 1936-1986 4.3 cubic ft.
Lillian Coons Papers, 1935-2019 1.5 cubic ft.
George D. Woods papers, 1935-1982 50 Linear Feet
Correspondence, speeches, articles, economic data, photographs, scrapbooks, appointment books, telephone logs, memorabilia, and printed materials dealing almost exclusively with Woods' presidency of the World Bank. The papers consist largely of volumes of speeches and articles by Woods, world economic briefs and scrapbooks of clippings and photographs. The collection includes a number of signed and inscribed photographs including Mohammad Ayub Khan, Hassan II of Morocco, Ferdinand E. and Imelda Marcos, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Gamal Abdul Nasser. Also in the collection are books from Woods' library, some of them inscribed; printed materials by and about Woods; and silver and other memorabilia.
Spanish Refugee Relief Association Records, 1935-1957 168 linear feet
Records of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy and Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy, two New York City-based American organizations working to raise funds and provide medical and humanitarian aid for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and to refugees who fled Spain after the defeat of the Republican forces in April 1939. The organizations formally merged in January 1938 and became known as the Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign. These files include the organization's official reports, correspondence, pamphlets, broadsides, photographs, and publicity material, as well as several scrapbooks of news clippings.
Genevieve Earle papers, 1935-1950 8 linear feet
These papers relate to her governmental activities and provide an important documentary record of her career to 1950. Included are mimeographed and typed copies of minutes of the various committees upon which she served, city bills and other municipal legislation, correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc. Earle family papers have been added. There is also a microfilm copy of Asher William Schwartz's A STUDY OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
Marie Read Smith papers, 1934-1938 .42 linear feet
Lawrence A. Cremin Papers, 1932-2007, bulk 1939-1990 53 linear feet
Tom Brigance fashion publicity and sketches, 1932-1977 2.7 Cubic Feet
Frank Smithwick Hogan papers, 1932-1975 18.77 linear feet
Personal correspondence, speeches, subject files, photographs, and printed and miscellaneous material of Hogan. The correspondence, speeches, and other material relate primarily to his activities as District Attorney, and to his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1958. The papers also reflect Hogan's deep concern for Columbia University, as a Trustee and a member of numerous alumni committees. Among the major correspondents are Harry J. Carman, Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur Hays Sulzburger, and Herbert Bayard Swope.
Helene Hanff papers, 1931-1995 2 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, reviews, clippings, and other printed materials about Hanff, as well as books by and about her.
William L. Barton papers, 1931-1992 6.5 linear feet
Ivan I. Morris papers, 1931-1976 18 linear feet
Correrspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, documents, photographs and printed materials. In addition to personal correspondence and documents, there are files of Amnesty International, the human rights organization of which Morris was American Section chairman. Also included are notes and manuscripts of Morris' studies in Japanese literature and culture, particularly relating to his many books and translations. His interest in puzzles, and compilations of several volumes of them, are reflected in notes and correspondence. Among the major correspondence are Donald Keene, Anthony Powell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Arthur Waley
Photostatic copies of Lippmann's syndicated column, Today and Tomorrow, 1931-1949, and two books written by Lippmann: THE COLD WAR, New York, Harper & Bros., 1947; and A PREFACE TO MORALS, New York, Macmillan, 1929. Also, eleven scrapbooks of clippings, 1931-1933, 1936, 1938-1944, and 1947-1950.
George Z. Medalie papers, 1931-1945 6 Volumes
Scrapbooks of clippings by and relating to Medalie.
Stuart Mosher Curiosities of Currency clippings, 1931-1936 0.4 cubic feet (1 box)
Thomas C. Desmond Papers, 1930-1972 1.8 cubic ft.
Empire State Building archive, 1930-1969 15 cubic feet
This collection contains reprographic architectural drawings for the Empire State Building; photographs of the demolition of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which occupied the Fifth Avenue site; photographs of the Empire State Building under construction, circa 1930-1931 (one photograph shows former governor Alfred E. Smith standing in the building during construction), including 232 photographs by photographer Lewis Hine; photographs showing the building after completion, circa 1931-1956; scrapbooks of clippings of articles about the building, 1930-1957; and illustrations of the Empire State Building, circa 1930s-1960s. These subgroups of materials also have records in CLIO with more detailed descriptions of items; for these records, please search under "Empire State Building" or "Shreve, Lamb & Harmon" or "Hine, Lewis Wickes".
John Latouche papers, 1930-1960 2.5 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, copies of scores, drawings, programs, clippings and other printed materials, and photographs. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Leonard Bernstein, Carol Channing, and Douglas Moore.
Zonta Club of Albany Records, 1929-2022 9.6 cubic ft.
U.S.S.R. scrapbooks, 1929-1941 555 Volumes
Clippings gathered into scrapbooks, chiefly from American newspapers, on various subjects relating to the Soviet Union and communism.
W. A. Swanberg papers, 1927-1992 36 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, notebooks, notecards, proofs, photographs, microfilms, and printed materials. The Papers include the manuscript research materials and correspondence for each of his books except his biography of Theodore Dreiser. Among the correspondents are William Benton, Bruce Catton, Carey McWilliams, Mrs. Fremont Older (Cora Miranda Baggerly Older), and Thornton Wilder.
Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-1962 232 linear feet
The office files of the American Institute of Pacific Relations and the international Institute of Pacific Relations, containing correspondence and reports concerned with international conferences, research programs, and publications programs of both Institutes, and relating to the political, economic, and social problems in eastern and southern Asia and the South Pacific, as well as with problems of American foreign policy. There are many travel letters and on-the-spot reports relating to conditions in China, Japan, Russia, Australia, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan during the period 1933 to 1954.
Scripts of plays that were presented during Smith's tenure as Director of the Brander Matthews Theater. Also, ca. 400 loose scrapbook leaves of mounted clippings, programs, and other memorabilia relating to the various theatrical productions with which Smith was associated. Many of these productions were produced by Columbia Theatre Associates.