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Collection Title:
Creator:
Burlingame family.
Inclusive Dates:
1821-1967
Abstract:
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1856-1967); legal and financial records; memorabilia, including address books, clippings, genealogical records, and photographs; and writings, mostly of Roger Burlingame, including manuscript and/or published articles, books, book reviews, diaries, poems, short stories, and speeches. Family members represented include Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), a politician and diplomat; Edward L. Burlingame (1848-1922), author and editor; William Roger Burlingame (1889-1967), author, biographer, and novelist; and his wife, Angeline Whiton (d. 1967), a literary agent, known professionally as Ann Watkins. Notable correspondents include authors, poets, artists, etc.
Type of Material:
Address books.
Appointment books.
Articles.
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Biographers.
Literary agents.
Novelists.
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors, American.
Biographers -- United States.
Novelists, American.
Literary agents.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Safire, William, 1929-2009.
Inclusive Dates:
1941-2009
Abstract:
Spanning 1941 to 2009, the William Safire Papers comprises research files, notes, incoming correspondence and book manuscripts of the American author and journalist (1929-2009). Reflecting his interest in both politics and lexicography, the collection documents Safire's dual career as political and language columnist for the New York Times and chairman of the Dana Foundation.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Dictionaries.
Manuscripts for publication.
Research notes.
Video recordings.
Sound recordings.
Subject:
China.
Singapore.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Politics and government -- Humor.
United States -- Politics and government -- Dictionaries.
Israel.
Authors.
Journalists.
Novelists.
Journalism
Colloquial language.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Style.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Errors of usage.
Journalists -- United States.
Lexicography.
Linguistics.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Foreign elements.
Gambling.
Privacy.
United Nations.
Freedom of information.

Creator:
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998.
Inclusive Dates:
1872-2012
Abstract:
Papers of the American pediatrician, author, and peace activist and his wife Mary Morgan. Collection includes extensive correspondence and writings by both Morgan and Spock, Dr. Spock's medical reference files, memorabilia; cartoons, caricatures, articles by and about Spock, clippings, and photographs relating to his political activities (1951- 1998), including material about the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and his campaign for President as the nominee of the People's Party in 1972; legal files including his estate documents and various court cases in which Morgan and Spock were involved. In addition, there are records of the DrSpock.com website and the editions of Baby and Child Care published after Dr. Spock's death (1998).
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Appointment books.
Audiocassettes.
Articles.
Calendars (documents)
Caricatures.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Long-playing records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Posters.
Sound recordings.
Tape reels.
Video recordings.
Subject:
Argentina -- History -- 1955-1983.
Cuba -- History -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- History -- 1990-
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-
El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992.
Hungary -- Description and travel.
Italy -- Description and travel.
Japan -- Description and travel.
London (England) -- Description and travel.
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990.
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Russia -- Description and travel.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998. -- Better world for our children.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998. -- Common sense book of baby and child care
Ladies' home journal.
Parade (Magazine)
Parenting (Magazine)
Redbook magazine.
Authors.
Pediatricians.
Physicians.
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine
Antinuclear movement -- United States.
Child care.
Child development.
Child psychology.
Child rearing.
Children -- Health and hygiene.
Equal rights amendments -- United States.
Infants -- Care.
Infants -- Development.
Infants -- Health and hygiene.
Infant psychology.
Medicine -- Practice.
Nuclear disarmament.
Olympic athletes.
Peace movements -- United States.
Pediatricians -- United States.
Pediatrics.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
War toys.
Water -- Fluoridation.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Weston, Harold, 1894-1972.
Inclusive Dates:
1897-1971
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter, humanitarian. The collection includes artwork reproductions, correspondence subject files, memorabilia and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, the American Federation of Arts, the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Food for Freedom, the International Association of the Plastic Arts of Plastic Arts, the National Council on the Arts and Government and the United Nations. The collection provides a detailed look at the lobbying efforts to create the National Endowment for the Arts as well as development of post-World War Two international cooperation in the arts.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Manuscripts for publication.
Drafts (documents)
Black-and-white negatives.
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Reports.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Painting,American -- 20th century.
Art and state.
Federal aid to the arts.
Humanitarianism.