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Forrest J Ackerman Papers, 1884-2009

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Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others

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Paul Oskar Kristeller papers, 1910-1989

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Professional and personal papers of the German émigré scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller. Kristeller was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University and a world renowned scholar of Renaissance humanism and Renaissance philosophy who published widely, notably his major catalog of uncataloged manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, the Iter Italicum.

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Edmund Blunden papers, 1922-1986

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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed material of the English poet and critic, Edmund Blunden, documenting his personal and professional activity. Blunden's letters to his second wife, Sylva Norman, and his secretary, Aki Hayashi, are particularly well represented. Also included are many letters addressed to Blunden by eminent literary figures such as John Betjeman, George Orwell, Siegfried Sassoon, Stephen Spender, and Henry Williamson. Other literary correspondents are Adrian Bell, Joyce Cary, Richard Church, C. Day Lewis, Walter de la Mare, Graham Greene, H.D., William Plomer, Kathleen Raine, and Leonard Woolf. A substantial portion of the cataloged correspondence contains drawings, verse fragments and poems by Blunden which have been analyzed. Also present are eleven of Blunden's diaries, 1936-1967, which contain drafts of a number of poems. In addition, the collection contains a small number of autograph manuscripts of Edmund Blunden's literary works.

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John B. Oakes papers, 1912-2005

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Correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, and printed materials of John B. Oakes, a prominent journalist and editor, who for many years editied the New York Times editorial page.

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Small Press Collection, circa 1930-2007

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Records, pamphlets and catalogs relating to small presses in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

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Karl O. Paetel Papers, 1904-1984

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Karl Otto Paetel was a political journalist, born in Berlin, forced to flee Germany in 1935 (Paetel was sentenced to death in absentia by the Nazis), and immigrated to the United States in 1940. Paetel's interests focused on the radical movements and social changes in the Twentieth Century from his youth until his death in 1975. The collection consists of correspondence, Paetel's writings, writings by others, pamphlets, biographical materials, and periodicals.

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Aaron Shurin Collection, 1955-2012

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Aaron Shurin is a poet, scholar, and essayist. He is the author of more than a dozen books, a professor emeritus at the University of San Francisco, and recipient of several fellowships and awards including the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Memoir/Biography. Shurin earned a BA at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied with poet Denise Levertov, and an MA in poetics at the New College of California. His published poetry include Paradise of Forms (1999), Involuntary Lyrics (2005), and Citizen (2012). His prose work includes volumes of essays and criticism including Unbound: a Book of AIDS (1997) and The Skin of Meaning: Collected Literary Essays and Talks (2016). The Aaron Shurin Collection, 1955-2012 consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks and journals, and coursework related to his time at New College of California, where he studied with Robert Duncan.

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George Vernadsky Papers, circa 1500-1973, bulk circa 1918-1973

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Papers of George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii, 1887-1973), Yale University professor of Russian history. The collection also includes materials from the Vernadsky/Vernadskii family, especially George Vernadsky's wife, Nina Vernadsky, his parents, Vladimir Vernadskii and Nataliia Vernadskaia, and his sister, Nina Toll'.

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Social Science Research Council records, Record Group 1 and Record Group 2, 1924-1990

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This collection of the Social Science Research Council is not a complete documentation of the Council's work. Some material was purged throughout the years.

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Vladimir Danilovich Merzheevskii Papers, 1927-1970

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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a subject file, and printed materials. There are letters both to Merzheevskiĭ and to other persons. Most of the manuscripts were submitted for publication in "Vladimirskiĭ Vestnik," which published chiefly religious and monarchist materials. There is a book of memoranda of the regional chapter of the society of veterans of Gallipoli in Belgium and the group of the First Army Corps in Belgium and Luxembourg. The subject file is on General Miller and contains photographs of Miller and General Kutepov. Printed materials include approximately 80 copies of "Vladimirskiĭ Vestnik" dated 1955-1968.

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Nicholas Murray Butler papers, 1891-1947

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Correspondence; manuscripts of books, chapters, addresses, lectures, articles, and other writings; clippings and other printed materials relating to Butler's life and career, and memorabilia, ca. 1900-1947. Also, correspondence, 1891-1946, between Butler and presidents of the United States including William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman.

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Agricultural Development Council records, Record Group 2, 1950-1985

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Record Group 2 of the Agricultural Development Council collection primarily contains Fellowship files, administrative records of the Fellowship Program, Core Program files, records of both the Regional Research and Training Program (RRTP) and the Research and Training Network (RTN) as well as conference, seminar and workshop files and papers. Of particular note, there is also a small volume of Board of Trustees files and Field Office Staff reports.

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Alexander Sumerkin Papers, 1977-2006

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This collection is comprised of books, correspondence, documents, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs and printed material. These papers document the life and work of Alexander Sumerkin (1943-2006), a noted member of the Russian émigré literary community in New York City.

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New School Communications and External Affairs photographs, 1930-2005, bulk 1980-2005

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This record group consists of photographic records created, commissioned and compiled by The New School's Communications and External Affairs office. The collection consists of images of campus facilities, faculty and administrators, dominated by images of Parsons School of Design classes, the Parsons fashion critics awards, commencement ceremonies, and guests of Inside the Actors Studio. While there are photographs from earlier decades, the prints, negatives, transparencies, and thumbnail printouts of digital image files largely represent the university in the 1990s through early 2000s.

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Farber, Marvin papers as editor of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1940-1980

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Papers of Marvin Farber, professor of philosophy and phenomenology, during his time as editor for the philosophy journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

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New School Adult Division Office of the Dean records, 1928-circa 1991, bulk 1959-1979

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These records were created by the dean's office of the adult education division of The New School (as of 2022, Schools of Public Engagement), and predominantly reflect the activities of two deans, William Birenbaum and Allen Austill, 1961-1979. A subset of records document the formation of New School College in the 1960s, the Institute for Retired Professionals, and the Physicians Assistant program. A number of files are restricted due to confidentiality.

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Albert and David Maysles papers, 1948-2018

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Correspondence, memoranada, agreements, notes, contracts, posters, clippings, financial files covering the entire career of the Maysles brothers.

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Guglielmo Ferrero papers, 1871-1944, 1981, bulk 1890-1942

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This collection contains correspondence, lectures, articles, manuscripts and printed material related to the life and work of Italian journalist, historian and novelist Guglielmo Ferrero.

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Neil R. Jones Papers, 1915-1985

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Writings, diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, photo albums, memorabilia, typewriter of the American science fiction author.

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Simon Flexner papers (American Philosophical Society), 1891-1946

Contemporary Manuscripts Collection, circa 1880-2009

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The Contemporary Manuscripts Collection contains a total of thousands of pages of manuscripts and/or correspondence from hundreds of poets and writers such as Lascelles Abercrombie, W. H. Auden, David Gascoyne, Elizabeth Jennings, Hugh MacDiarmid, Thomas Merton, Ezra Pound, Alastair Reid, Peter Russell, Winfield Townley Scott, Genevieve Taggard, Ruthven Todd, Henry Treece, and Louis Zukofsky.

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Ford Foundation records, The Fund for the Advancement of Education (TFAE) files, 1939-1976

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Primarily consists of: Administrative files, Grant files, correspondence and reports, Board of Directors records, financial records, and documentation of conferences and publications.

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Rockefeller University collection of The Medical Letter publication, 1959-1985

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Published printed material supplied by non-profit publication.

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James G. McDonald papers, 1838-1972, bulk 1914-1962

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This collection documents the professional and personal life of James Grover McDonald, a diplomat who worked extensively with refugee issues and served as the first U.S. ambassador to Israel.

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American Jewish Congress, records, undated, 1916-2006 (bulk 1949-2003)

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The records of the American Jewish Congress, a national Jewish agency, concerned primarily with Jewish and other minority civil rights, include the constitution, by-laws, and minutes of the Administrative and Executive Committees and Governing Council of the Congress. The collection has materials generated by the National Biennial Conventions, Executive Directors, including Phil Baum and Henry Siegman, and the General Counsel files of Will Maslow, Commissions and the Jerusalem Conferences of Mayors, Regional Chapters, National Women's Division, Business and Professional Chapters, Public Relations, and miscellaneous activities conducted by American Jewish Congress.

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Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department records, 1941-2008

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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.

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James Burrell Coover papers, circa 1948-2004

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Contains the personal papers of music librarian James Burrell Coover, including various materials related to his educational and employment history; his consultant work; personal and business-related correspondence; awards, grants and fellowships; his involvement in professional organizations such as International Association of Music Libraries and the Music Library Association; his associations with Vassar College and University at Buffalo (SUNY), both as music library director and professor of music; collected publications and research materials; and his published and unpublished materials.

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Leon Kelly Papers, 1882-1965

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Papers of the American painter, muralist. Correspondence (1938-1965); manuscripts and other material relating to Kelly's work and family history; photographs of work and family; and published material, including articles about Kelly, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs.

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Warren Weaver papers, 1912-1978

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The Warren Weaver papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, manuscripts, articles, reprints, photographs and a selection of oversized materials including awards, citations and degrees.

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Harrison E. Salisbury papers, 1927-1999

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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, notes, inteviews, articles, newspapers, clippings, and press releases of Harrison Evans Salisbury, a prominent journalist and editor.

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Serge Prokofiev Archive, 1917-2012

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Serge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.

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Arthur Carr PhD Collection, 1960 - 1988

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The collection is comprised of letters and photographs from four individuals sent to Arthur Carr and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview by Arthur Carr with the adult Little Hans, Herbert Graf. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.

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Rockefeller Foundation records, fellowships, fellowship recorder cards, SG 10.2, 1917-1979

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Types of record include: recorder cards.

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Manfred Kridl Papers, 1925-1974

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These papers, which concern mostly Kridl's years in the United States, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Oskar Kalecki, Roman Jakobson, Hans Kohn, Czesław Miłosz, Leszak Serafinowicz (Jan Lechoʹn), Kazimierz Wierzyʹnski, Jʹosef Wittlin, and Florian Zaniecki; there are one or two items each from Vladimir Nabokov, Harlow Shapley, and Antoni Slonimski. The manuscripts include lectures and articles by Kridl; there are also personal and family documents. There are about 100 photographs from Warsaw during the 1944 uprising and immediately after World War II. Printed materials include copies of books by Kridl.

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International Education Board records, 1910-1964

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Important subjects in this collection are astronomy, agriculture, rural clubs, physics, chemistry, dairying, biology, marine biology, mathematics, Mount Palomar, Oriental Institute, veterinary medicine, home economics, scientific publications, agricultural education, geology, forestry, Negro education, international education, and the National Research Council.

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Rockefeller Foundation records, general correspondence, photographs, RG 2, 1958-1990, 1958-1990

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Comprised of photographs separated from the paper collection at the time of micfofilming.

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Osiris Collection, 1970-2021, bulk 1972-2013

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The Osiris Collection, 1972-2021, contains material related to the production of the magazine as well as Andrea Moorhead's personal career. The bulk of the material is correspondence. Other material includes business financial material and production material for Osiris; and manuscripts, correspondence, acceptance letters, and publications documenting Andrea Moorhead's poetry and translation career. Osiris is still an actively publishing magazine. The material in this collection documents the life of Osiris until 2013.

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Zosa Szajkowski Collection, 1900s-1947

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This collection contains an eclectic variety of materials collected by Jewish historian, archivist, and bibliographer Zosa Szajkowski (1911-1978). Materials include organizational records, documents, correspondence, periodicals, printed ephemera related mainly to Eastern European Jewish life in France in 1920s and 1930s and on the territories of modern Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Russia in the first quarter of the 20th century. There are also materials of the Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi Komitet v Parizhe, Comité des Delegations Juives, Kharbinskoe Evreiskoe Dukhovnoe Obshchestvo, and papers of A. (Aleksei) Lozovskii.

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Rockefeller Foundation records, fellowships, fellowship files, SG 10.1, 1915-1989; Bulk: 1917-1979, bulk 1917-1979

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Fellowship files.

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University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Records, 1996-2005

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Administrative files, conference materials, presidential addresses, and publications of UCEA.

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Faculty Reference Collection, 1845-present

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Reference file of former and current UAlbany faculty members.

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David Dietz Papers, 1916-1977

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Papers of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American science journalist; science editor for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers and science correspondent for NBC News from 1940-1950. Collection includes correspondence and research files, articles, lectures, book manuscripts, and scrapbooks of columns and feature articles on astronomy, atomic energy, and medicine (1916-1977).

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George Y. Shevelov Papers, 1922-2001

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The papers comprise correspondence, writings, memoirs, personal documents, research notes, printed materials, photographs of Iurii Shevel'ov, prominent scholar, Slavic linguist, philologist, literary historian, and literary critic, longtime professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University.

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Jaroslav Šváb archive, 1928-1968

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Jaroslav Šváb's collection of his book design and illustration work, a working archive which he assembled throughout his career, containing the bulk of his life's work. The material was largely drawn upon for the illustrated monographJaroslav Šváb, published in 1966, at the time of his first large retrospective exhibition in Prague. Spanning the period 1928 until the late 1960s, the archive contains approximately (650) items, including printing samples and specimens, test printings, alternate variations, publisher's ephemera, and original renderings

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El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue, circa 1970-2006

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El Diario/La Prensa is the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. The El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue contains photographs and associated materials kept as reference, or morgue, files by the newspaper's staff. It documents events and personalities significant to New York City's Spanish-speaking communities between approximately 1970 and 2006.

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Gretchen Joyce Dater Family Collection, 1988-2014

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Clippings, memorabilia, correspondence, and various subject files related to Gretchen Joyce Dater, one of the 35 students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 while returning from studying abroad through Syracuse University's Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA), as well as materials related to the aftermath of the bombing

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On Eagles' Wings Collection, 1988-2000

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The On Eagles' Wings Collection contains two series research files and published editions of the memorial book On Eagles' Wings, compiled to honor the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

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Francis J. Duggan Papers, 1984-2010

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Papers and other materials of Francis J. Duggan, board president, advisor and attorney for the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103

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Pan Am 103 Individuals Collection, circa 1982-2024

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Information on Pan Am Flight 103 victims and others with a relationship to the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

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Office of the City Historian Records, 1898-2007

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This collection consists of the records created during daily activities of past Rochester City Historians, Joseph Barnes, Edward Foreman, Blake McKelvey, and Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck. The materials date between 1818 and 2007. The records consist of correspondence, special projects, publications, events, and subject research files.

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