Austin Strong papers, 1890-1961
4300 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, diaries, commonplace books, drawings, photographs, and printed materials. The collection is a comprehensive documentation of the dramatist's career and includes manuscripts, typescripts, notes, and costume and scenic design for more than seventy of his plays and related writings; 31 diaries, commonplace books, and scrapbooks containing manuscript and typescript notes, travel sketches, original drawings, and photographs; and correspondence files including letters from Harley Granville-Barker, Sir Herbert Beerbohm-Tree, John Galsworthy, Booth Tarkington, and Thornton Wilder. Austin Strong's mother, Isobel Field, was the step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson. Consequently, the collection contains much Stevensoniana, including photographs and Isobel Field's letters from Western Samoa, where she was known as "Teuila." Also, correspondence and photographs relating to Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand, which was designed by Austin Strong.
Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965
40 linear feetEdmund Clarence Stedman papers, 1840-1960
120 linear feetPersonal and professional papers of Stedman, including correspondence, letter books, diaries, poetry manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, and genealogical materials for the Stedman and Dodge families. Correspondence and manuscripts of his mother, Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman Kinney (1810-1889), poet and diarist, and of his granddaughter, Laura Stedman Gould (1881-1941), author and editor. Also, editions of Stedman's LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE including printed materials relating to the marketing; and an album of Civil War photographs by Mathew Brady, inscribed by the photographer to Laura H.W. Stedman as well as additional loose photographs by Brady.
Frances Perkins papers, 1895-1965
71 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, appointment books, subject files, documents, photographs, memorabilia and printed materials. There are notes from her lectures on Sociology at Adelphi College in 1911-1912; papers from 1912-1932, when Perkins served on the Commission for Safety and on the Industrial Commission of New York State; the main body of the material is from the period of her cabinet office, 1933-1945; and some items from her days on the Civil Service Commission, 1946-1953. Also included are personal and family papers.
Frederick L. Hoffman Papers, 1881-1989
16 linear feetHenry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-1994
24 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, documents, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia of Mr and Mrs Hough. Correspondence includes both personal and business letters, dealing with wildlife conservation, civic interests, and birding. There is some correspondence of George A. Hough, Sr., father of H.B. Hough, who was editor of the New Bedford MA Standard. Most of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically, by personal name or subject, out-going and in-coming filed together. Henry and Elizabeth Hough's correspondence, for which there are no in-coming or related letters, are filed chronologically. Cataloged correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Max Eastman, Helen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Emily Post, and James Reston.
Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-1962
232 linear feetThe 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.
Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999
225 linear feetJames Stillman papers, 1830-1955
5.5 linear feetPapers of Stillman include over 100 items pertaining to the business enterprises of his father, Charles Stillman of Brownsville, Texas, who was engaged in shipping and trade, real estate, and railroad investment. A large portion of the collection documents of James Stillman's activities in banking, in railroad financing, and in other of his business and industrial interests. The letters, legal documents, and miscellaneous papers are representative of the entire span of his career. Included in the correspondence are letters from many prominent financiers and industrialists of his day, including many from William Rockefeller; letters from President Grover Cleveland, some personal in nature and some concerned with business transactions; nine letter books of James Stillman, covering the years 1886-1897, 1906-1918; letter books of his secretary Miss K. Bredin, 1908-1916; journals for the years 1889, 1891, 1898, 1899; bank book recording Stillman's drafts, 1911-1914, on the London firm of Baring Brothers; four diaries, 1881-1884; six notebooks; one cash and journal and one ledger, 1868-1871.
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- Allan Nevins papers, 1912-19921
- Austin Strong papers, 1890-19611
- Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-19651
- Edmund Clarence Stedman papers, 1840-19601
- Frances Perkins papers, 1895-19651
- Frederick L. Hoffman Papers, 1881-19891
- Henry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-19941
- Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-19621
- Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-19991
- James Stillman papers, 1830-19551
- Alexander, Peter Wellington, 1825-18861
- Andrews, Stephen1
- Barzun, Jacques, 1907-20121
- Benjamin, Park, 1809-18641
- Berezov, Rodion Mikhaĭlovich, 1896-19881
- Blau, Joseph L. (Joseph Leon), 1909-19861
- Cane, Melville, 1879-19801
- Clark, John Bates, 1847-19381
- De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-19141
- Erskine, John, 1879-19511
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- Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-19894
- Eastman, Max, 1883-19694
- Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-19633
- Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-19733
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-19473
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-19653
- Erskine, John, 1879-19513
- Frost, Robert, 1874-19633
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-19843