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University of Rochester: Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation

University of Rochester: Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation

Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
755 Library Rd.
Rochester, NY 14627, United States
The Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation at the University of Rochester is located in Rush Rhees Library. Our collections span a range of subjects and time periods. They include manuscripts, audio and visual material, books and serials, letters, diaries, photographs, ephemera, personal and business records, architectural drawings, maps, and more.

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Mills, Allen Paine, 1908-2002

This collection consists mainly of letters written by Allen Paine Mills (1908-2002) to his mother, Mrs. Buell Paine Mills of Rochester, New York, while serving in the U. S. Navy during World War II (1942-1945). His letters give accounts of his daily routine in the Navy, along with his feelings toward Navy life and descriptions of his various jobs. Also included in the collection are letters from Allen Mills to his aunt, Mrs. Robert H. Jeffrey, in Columbus, Ohio, during the same period. Mr. Mills was successively stationed at Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York; Nantucket, Massachusetts; and San Francisco, California. Other correspondence in the collection is to Mrs. Buell Mills, apparently from various friends, mostly during the period from 1931-1941.

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Schmidt, Allison Beth, 1970-1995

This collection consists of the following: papers written for university courses, handwritten notes taken during courses, application materials for teaching positions, letters of recommendation from university professors, handwritten notes taken in preparation for writing a paper on feminist pedagogy, examples of Allison's high school students' writing, teaching handouts Allison prepared for her high school students, and personal correspondence.

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Mensdorff-Pouilly, Alphonse, 1810-1894

The collection consists of letters written to Count Mensdorff-Pouilly, by members of the English royal family and by Leopold, King of the Belgians. The principal groups are: Queen Victoria to Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly, 68 letters 1843-1871; Mary Louisa Victoria, Duchess of Kent to Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly, 88 letters 1830-1856; Prince Albert to Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly, 18 letters 1847-1858; Leopold I, King of the Belgians, 20 letters 1851-1865; and also letters from Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress Frederick of Germany and from Lady Augusta Stanley. The correspondence is written in German and concerns family matters and news, with some reference to the events of the day.

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Alternatives for Battered Women collection, 1976-1990 2 scrapbooks, 15 audio tapes, 1 envelope

Alternatives for Battered Women (Organization)

The Alternatives for Battered Women Collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Lura Carstens and Marion Strand of material that documents the history of Alternatives for Battered Women. Many of the records are from the files of Helen French. The scrapbooks include originals and photocopies of news clippings, meeting minutes, speeches, reports, and other relevant materials.

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Alternatives for Battered Women (Organization)

The Alternatives for Battered Women, Inc. records, 1977-2003, is quite extensive, ranging from administrative records and materials which speaks to daily shelter operations, to client services, community outreach, special programs, and research on domestic violence. The bulk of the content is from 1979 to 1998, during which time Phyllis Korn acted as executive director. The strength of this collection is that it documents and underscores the intricacies and endurance of beginning and operating a non-profit domestic violence shelter in New York State.

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Miller, Alvah Strong, 1885-1974

The Alvah Strong Miller Papers are comprised of one box containing 18 typescript essays by Dr. Alvah Strong Miller, M.D. They deal primarily with his observations, thoughts, and judgements about the people and places he encountered during his service on the medical staff of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China during 1946-47. Dr. Miller traveled abroad many times during the latter part of his lifetime, and the collection also includes his observations stemming from trips to Ceylon (during his work in China), Egypt, and Morocco. Also included is an account of some impressions he received of the English nobility while serving abroad in the U.S. Army during World War II, and his observations on medicine as a profession.