This collection of material by and about L. Frank Baum is an adjunct to the collection of first editions of Baum's writings made by Roland O. Baughman over a period of many years. An important part of the collection consists of the correspondence and papers related to the exhibition of L. Frank Baum. This exhibition was mounted at the Columbia University Libraries in 1956 to mark the centenary of Baum's birth. Baum manuscripts, original drawings by illustrators of Baum books, and issues of periodicals in which Baum pieces appeared constitute the core of the collection
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Roland Orvil Baughman papers, 1924-1967 3.5 linear feet
Roland Rood papers, 1910-1927 6 boxes
A collection of notes and manuscript drafts of studies made by Rood, concerned with the theory and practice of painting, art criticism, esthetics, and related subjects. Some of the results of these studies were published in 1941 under the title, COLOR AND LIGHT IN PAINTING.
Letters of a business and personal nature, to and from Roland Russell Dennis. Also in the collection are European and American patents, legal and financial papers concerning patents, corporate and personal statements of accounts, bills and receipts, Civil War appointments and an appointment as a special agent to investigate trade conditions in Europe, letter press copy books, account books, an address book, advertisements, clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia. Letters have been indexed from William Henry Seward, William Henry Seward III and William Henry Seward IV, Anna D. Meyers Seward, Andrew Dickson White, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Charles Dana Gibson, Oscar Solomon Straus, William Renwick Riddell, Frederick James Volney Skiff, and Albert Bigelow Paine.
Roland Schmitt Papers, 1949 - 2003 6 cubic feet
Rolfe Humphries Papers, 1962-1963 2 folders (SC)
R. Oliver Gibson papers, 1892-2003, bulk 1941-2003 2.08 Linear Feet
Rolland B. Marvin Collection, Unknown. 0.75 linear ft.
Rollin Crampton Papers, 1945-1964 0.5 linear ft.
Scrapbook pages containing photographs of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus and student activities such as freshmen hazing and sports. Compiled by Rollo Hungerford, RPI Class of 1928.
Romaldo Giurgola drawings, 1965-1977 20 drawings
The collection consists of pencil sketches and drawings by Romaldo Giurgola for three Michell/Guirgola Architects architectural projects. The three projects represented in this collection are Mission Park Residential Houses for Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (1971), three schemes for The American Institute of Architects National Headquarters Building Competition in Washington, D.C.(1965-67), and The Sherman Fairchild Center for Life Sciences at Columbia University in New York City (1977).
Papers collected by Roman G. Mi︠a︡gkov, primarily concerning several Imperial military units, consisting of correspondence, documents, photographs, subject files, printed materials, money, and military memorabilia. There are photographs and picture postcards of the Imperial family, of soldiers (ca. 1890-1936), and of military reunions in exile. Units which turn up include the Caucasus Grenadiers Artillery Brigade, the Ninth Kiev Hussars, the Mikhaĭlov Artillery School, and the Tiflis Cadet Corps. Memorabilia include medals, ribbons, shoulder-boards, a red-blue-white Russian national flag, and guidons of the Ninth Kiev Hussars. There is also a painted icon (ca. 1920). Money includes an 1837 1 1/2 silver ruble piece, and a 1613-1913 Romanov commemorative coin, plus paper money.
Letters addressed to Roman Grynberg, and a few to his wife, Sophie. Included are 28 letters by Vladimir Nabokov (1943-63); 29 by Edmund Wilson (1943-70); 3 by Julian Tuwim (1944-47); 10 by Georgiĭ Adamovich (1962-64); and 1 by Vera Nabokova (1962). Also included are a poem by Nabokov"Romanu i Sone ot geroi︠a︡ 'Dara;'" a corrected galley proof by Wilson for the New Yorker"Seeing Chekhov Plain;" a typescript of a poem by Marina T︠S︡vetaeva, beginning "Zerna ognennogo t︠s︡veta;" and a series of poems, by Elena [Mikhaĭlovna?] Tager, written in the Soviet Union in 1946-54.
Romanian political parties ephemera collection, 2005-2019 0.42 Linear Feet
A collection of mainly undated election materials, postcards, booklets, leaflets, CD and pamphlets from Romanian political parties.
The collection concerns the "Kornilov uprising" of August 1917 and the subsequent investigation. Raupakh was a member of the commission set up by the Provisional Government to investigate the uprising. Most of the collection consists of files with correspondence, manuscripts, and testimony gathered by the commission. Also included is a chapter from Raupakh's memoirs concerning the uprising; a memoir of Raupakh's life up to 1918, by Ekaterina Maĭdel;́ descriptions by Maĭdel ́of the collection, with brief comments on other related papers that have not survived; a file of correspondence from the 1920s concerning the uprising; a photograph and an autograph of Raupakh; and a book by A.R. Kerenskiĭ on the uprising, "Delo Kornilova" (1918).
Rom Landau Papers, 1927-1979 12.5 linear ft.
Ronald B. Stafford Papers, 1956-2002 86.56 cubic ft.
Ronald Firbank papers, 1896-1976 3 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, art work, and printed material of and concerning Ronald Firbank. Included are nine letters from poet Alfred Douglas, seven from artist Albert Rutherston, four from Rollo Talboys, then schoolmaster at Wellington College, and forty-two letters from Firbank himself to his publisher Grant Richards and his manager George Wiggins. There are four letters from his mother, Lady Harriet, to the publisher and one letter from his father, Joseph Thomas Firbank, while serving in the House of Commons, 1897. Manuscripts include drafts and notebooks for his works: THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS, A DISCIPLINE FROM THE COUNTRY, THE RYTHUM, PRANCING N***, THE PRINCESS ZOUBAROFF, TRUE LOVE, and VAINGLORY. There is an inscribed photograph of Firbank from 1904; a pen-and-ink drawing by C.R.W. Nevinson used as a book illustration; and Albert Rutherston's watercolor drawing for the dust jacket of Firbank's novel, INCLINATIONS (London, 1916). There are also cataloged correspondence and manuscripts collected collected by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher for his book, RONALD FIRBANK; A MEMOIR.. (London, 1930).