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Vogel, Amos
This collection documents the professional work of film critic, professor, and author, Amos Vogel. The bulk of the records are concerned with numerous films that Vogel has screened for Cinema 16, the independent film society that he founded and directed for sixteen years, as well as administrative records, correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
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Schiffrin, André

The collection consists of a wide range of material from early Pantheon papers (1944-1963) pertaining to the presence of Jacques Schiffrin and Helen and Kurt Wolff, including correspondence, business files, manuscripts and proofs, book covers, and media clippings. Later papers include correspondence and business files from Andre Schiffrin's time at Pantheon, followed by press clippings and correspondence regarding his forced removal, his launch of New Press, books he published, and finally personal papers that include notebooks, travel diaries and journals, along with his articles in various publications and miscellaneous press that he'd collected for personal interest.

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Blane, Andrew

Andrew Blane, retired Professor of History at Lehman College, has been a member of Amnesty International from it's earliest history. In 1974 he became the first American to serve on AI's International Exectuive Committee and was part of the delegation accepting AI's Nobel Peace Prize in 1977. Blane was also awarded the United Nations Prize for human rights work. His papers include material related to Amnesty International's worldwide movement. With Priscilla Ellsworth, Blane conducted a series of oral histories in the 1980s, documenting Amnesty International's early years and the work of its founding leaders. The Oral History Project documents are included in his papers and represent a unique and rare source of documentation. Related collections include the AIUSA archives and the recently acquired papers of Whitney Ellsworth.