Alexander, William N.

Materials related to William N. Alexander's involvement in the aftermath of the Pan Am Flight 103 crash in Lockerbie, Scotland.

American Broadcasting Company.

Notes, videos and films relating to Geraldo Rivera's 1972 exposé of conditions at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School.

Arkell, W. J. (William J.), 1856-1930.

Papers of the American publisher, journalist. One commemorative menu, rest is business and personal correspondence, largely in connection with the Judge, a weekly magazine of wit and humor which began publication in 1881 in New York. Correspondents include August Belmont, James G. Blaine, George W. Childs, Charles A. Dana, Chauncey M. Depew, Joseph W. Drexel, Stephen B. Elkins, Joseph B. Foraker, George Jay Gould, David B. Hill, Collis P. Huntington, Robert Ingersoll, Levi P. Morton, John C. New, Bill Nye, William W. Phelps, Thomas B. Reed, Whitelaw Reid, Samuel Sloan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and William Kissam Vanderbilt.

Ashton, William

Letter from Captain Henry Harvey of the brig Little George, to William Ashton, receipt for Ashton's wages, payable by the firm of Swartout, Dumont & Co.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

Letters (primarily incoming), either to, by or about Auden. Most are from Saxe Commins, his editor, or other Random House people.

Barker, Will.

American author, native of Troy, New York, who wrote a number of books about animals, some for young adults. Collection contains correspondence (1852-1970), business, personal, and family; book manscripts and galleys; genealogical material relating to the Barker family; scrapbooks; memorabilia, including calendars and photographs; and published material, including articles and pamphlets.

Barnes, Wendell B. (Wendell Burton), 1909-1985.

Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Collection contains correspondence, printed material, genealogical material.

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012

Papers of the American painter, printmaker. Correspondence (1937-1960); exhibition catalogs (1938-1965); manuscript and published writings, including a draft of an untitled autobiography; photographs and reproductions of Barnet's artwork; and various printed material, including articles (1937-1960) and clippings (1930-1966) about Barnet.

Barton, William E. (William Eleazar), 1861-1930.

Correspondence (incoming) of the American Congregational minister and author and a few pieces of writing by others, including short pieces by poets Frank Dempster Sherman and Walt Mason.

Bassford, Wallace, 1900-1998

Papers of the American still-life and portrait painter; specialized in the female figure. Collection includes correspondence concerning art exhibitions (1945-1953); artwork reproductions, statements on art, and memorabilia, including articles and clippings about Bassford (1953-1968) as well as his exhibition catalogs (1939-1962).

Beauchamp, William Martin

letter to a Mr. Spraker discussing archaeological finds of Native American material

Benjamin, William H.

Papers of the American publisher of the National Farm News, a publication devoted to the interests of the American farmer; includes incoming correspondence from congressmen, senators, and governors concerning a campaign by the National Farm News for rural road development.

Blackwell, Wheeler.

Wheeler Blackwell was a jeweler from Lodi, New York. Collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, printed material, and postcards.

Bonney, Warren R.

Items from Bonney's time as a student and alumnus

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.

Papers of the African-American poet, author, critic. Correspondence, and manuscripts by Braithwaite and others. Notable correspondents include Arna Bontemps, Louis Bromfield, Sterling Brown, Marie Bullock, Witter Bynner, Cass Canfield, Bliss Carman, Bennet Cerf, Katherine Chapin, James Cozzens, Countee Cullen, Gustav Davidson, W.E.B. DuBois, Kimball Flaccus, Robert Frost, Claire and Nina Gerbaulet, Louis Ginsberg, Hermann Hagedorn, Leigh Hanes, Robert Hillyer, John Holmes, Langston Hughes, Georgia Johnson, MacKinlay Kantor, Joseph Joel Keith, Florence Lennon, Benjamin Mays, David McCord, Marianne Moore, Maurice Peloubet, Bliss Perry, Minerva Perry, Helen Channing Pollock, Ruby Altizer Roberts, Paul Robeson, Angelo Schmuller, Lulu Schultz, George S. Schuyler, Delmore Schwartz, Eli Siegel, Jules Siegel, Noble Sissle, Chard Powers Smith, Vladimir Sokoloff, Arthur Spingarn, Jesse Stuart, A.M. Sullivan, May Swenson, Ridgely Torrence, Carl Van Vechten, George Sylvester Viereck, Harold Vinal, Booker T. Washington, Robert C. Weaver, John Hall Wheelock, Margaret Widdemer, William Carlos Williams, and Roscoe Wright.

Burleigh, William, 1785-1827.

Financial and legal papers of a lawyer from Maine, including Port of New York import certificates for tea, deeds, and depositions in various cases.

Burn, William.

Letters from a British Army officer in India to James Miller, his stockbroker and friend, in Calcutta.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.

Humorous sketch about a restaurant serving "transcendental cuisine"

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.

American poet. Collection contains two short poems in manuscript form and one letter.

C. L. Lawrence & Co.

Account book of a coastwise shipping firm carrying cargos of cotton, rum, gon, rye whiskey, sugar, coffee, cheese, tobacco and iron for C. L. Lawrence & Co., Savannah (Ga.), and Strong Willets & Co., New York City.