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Bradley Commission on History in Schools Records, 1982-1992

9 linear feet

The Bradley Commission on History in Schools Records contain the commission's administrative records and materials related to the process of creating and sharing guidelines for elementary and secondary school history education in the United States from 1982-1992. Many of these materials were created by Elaine Wrisley Reed, administrative director, Kenneth Jackson, chair, and the sixteen members of the commission. They include files related to the planning, staffing, and funding of the commission as well as correspondence and meeting minutes. The papers also contain surveys the commission drafted and distributed to teachers to collect data for the project. Teachers were surveyed on the history requirements at their school, the obstacles they faced, and recommendations to improve their field. The results of those surveys and the commission's conclusions are documented with drafts and final versions of two publications, as well as videos and other materials from two associated conferences.

Don Congdon records, 1973-2018

59 linear feet

Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts, and miscellaneous material from the files of Don Congdon Associates, Inc., literary agency, dealing with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright restrictions. Select files pre-date the firm's establishment because some clients of Harold Matson Company, Inc. became clients of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. The cataloged correspondence include: Ray Bradbury, Lillian Hellman, William Manchester, William Shirer, William Styron, and Francois Truffaut.

Richard Brick and Geri Ashur collection, 1968-2014, bulk 1975-2005

43 Linear Feet
The Richard Brick and Geri Ashur collection consists of materials related to film productions created and collected by Richard Brick and Geri Ashur, dating from 1968 to 2014. The materials document the career of Richard Brick as a filming professor, producer, and the first commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB). The collection also includes materials related to films by Geri Ashur. The bulk of the collection focuses on the motion picture films and production files of the films Richard Brick and Geri Ashur produced, as well as the administrative records that document Richard Brick's contribution to the filming industry in New York during his tenure as the commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB).

Temple-Lilley Special Committee records, 1968-1971, bulk 1968-1969

4.41 linear feet
Minutes, memoranda and other materials written by and for the Columbia University Board of Trustees Special Committee formed in May 1968.

Joanne Grant research files, 1963-1968

1.44 linear feet
This collection consists of the working materials Joanne Grant, a journalist and activist, collected for the research and publication of her 1969 book Confrontation on Campus: Columbia Pattern for the New Protest (New York: New American Library, 1969).

Columbia LGBT records, 1961-1990, bulk 1967-1989

8.83 linear feet
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, and promotional material related to the activities and interests of Columbia's LGBT student groups. It also contains some syllabi, reading material on homosexuality, financial statements, surveys, and a few photographs.

István Deák Papers, 1960-1995

9.89 linear feet
The István Deák papers document the scholarly activities of István Deák, a professor of History at Columbia University from 1964-1997 and director of the Harriman Institute on East Central Europe from 1968 to 1979.

University Protest and Activism Collection, 1958-2018, bulk 1968-1972

42.60 linear feet
The student strikes of this era, in particular that of 1968, represent the main focus of the collection, although other issues and many voices are expressed. The collection contains material authored by Columbia University administration, faculty, students, as well as non-affiliated organizations and individuals.

Records of the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants, 1958-1966

0.5 linear feet
This collection consists of correspondence, translated letters, memoranda, and reports related to Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants activities, an organization that facilitated the exchange of students and scholars between American universities and the Soviet Union.

Schloss Family Business Papers, 1957-2003

3.55 linear feet
The collection consists of business and financial reports, portfolio statements, correspondence, articles, and legal documents created by or maintained by Walter Schloss in the course of his business career. In particular there is correspondence with Warren Buffet and articles written by and about Benjamin Graham.