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Collection Title:
Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1786-1834
Abstract:
Formerly the George Deneale Papers. Correspondence and legal papers of three American attorneys from Alexandria, Virginia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Papers include warrants, property seizures, and property inventories.
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Estate inventories.
Estate records.
Legal documents.
Summonses.
Warrants.
Subject:
Alexandria (Va.) -- History.
Politics, government and public administration
Lawyers -- Virginia.

Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1811-1927
Abstract:
Collection of material related to printers, publishers, and booksellers in New York State, including both printed (broadsides, catalogs, forms, etc.) and non-printed material (correspondence, invoices, etc.)
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Book catalogs.
Broadsides (notices)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Forms (documents)
Indentures.
Letterheads.
Posters.
Pamphlets.
Sales catalogs.
Subject:
New York (State)
Business and Industry
New York State
Publishing, printing and book arts
Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State)
Freemasonry.
Printers -- New York (State)
Printing -- Specimens.
Printing industry -- New York (State)
Publishers and publishing-- New York (State)

Creator:
Abell, Alexander G.
Inclusive Dates:
1843-1867
Abstract:
American author, biographer; correspondence received by Abell in response to his mail canvassing for subscribers to his Life of John Tyler (1843)
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Authors.
Biographers.
Biography
Politics, government and public administration
Biographers -- United States.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Abernathy, Jane R.
Inclusive Dates:
1913-1962
Abstract:
Ms. Abernathy was a teacher for 20 years in the Burrall Sunday School Bible Class for Young Women, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. where her husband, Rev. Dr. William S. Abernathy, was pastor. Died 1965.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Subject:
Teachers.
Religion and Philosophy
Church and clergy
Baptists -- United States.
Bible -- Study and teaching.
Religious education of girls.
Women, Baptist.
Women teachers.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Abrams, Frank W. (Frank Whittemore), 1889-1976
Inclusive Dates:
1929-1964
Abstract:
Papers of the American executive. Abrams graduated from Syracuse University (Engineering) in 1912, shortly thereafter joined Standard Oil of New Jersey where he served as Director (1940) and Chairman of the Board (1946-1954). Papers include correspondence (1953-1961); a transcript of recorded reminiscences of Abrams by the Columbia University Oral History Project Office; photographs; and published materials, including articles by and about Abrams, clippings, and printed speeches.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Subject:
Engineers.
Executives.
Business and Industry
Business.
Engineers -- United States.
Executives -- United States.
Oil industries.
Petroleum industry and trade.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Ackerman, Forrest J
Inclusive Dates:
1884-2009
Abstract:
Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others
Type of Material:
Address books.
Advertisements.
Audiocassettes.
Badges.
Bibliographies.
Business cards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Calendars (documents)
Booksellers' catalogs.
Civil court records.
Comic books.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Character toys.
Drawings (visual works)
DVDs.
Fanzines.
Film stills.
Floppy disks.
Galley proofs.
Genealogies (histories)
Indexes (reference sources)
Interviews.
Invitations.
Itineraries.
Layouts (printed matter)
Legal documents.
Limited editions.
Lists (document genres)
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Newsletters.
Notes (documents)
Obituaries.
Permissions.
Phonograph records.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Poetry.
Postage stamps.
Posters.
Programs (documents)
Reviews (documents)
Sales catalogs.
Scrapbooks.
Screenplays.
Scripts (documents)
Short stories.
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Tape reels.
Tax records.
U-matic.
VHS.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
Visitors' books.
Subject:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Famous monsters of filmland.
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
Perry Rhodan (New York, N.Y.)
Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
Spacemen.
Voice of the imagination.
Literary agents.
Authors.
Editors.
Novelists.
Science fiction
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Amateur films.
Authors, American.
Cinematography -- Special effects.
Editors -- United States.
Esperanto -- Study and Teaching.
Esperanto -- Societies, etc.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Fan magazines.
Fan mail.
Film festivals.
Horror films.
Lesbian pulp fiction.
Lesbians in literature.
Literary agents.
Monsters in mass media.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
Novelists, American.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Science fiction -- Periodicals.
Science fiction -- Societies, etc.
Science fiction conventions.
Science fiction fans.
Science fiction, American.
Science in popular culture.
Space flight -- Fiction.
Space flight in art.
Vampires -- Fiction.

Creator:
Actors' Equity Association.
Inclusive Dates:
1919-1928
Abstract:
Correspondence of actors, actresses, directors, producers, and playwrights, including that of Heywood Broun, Richard Carle, Sheldon Cheney, Ernest H. Culbertson, Dudley Digges, Kenneth MacGown, Josephine A. Meyer, Channing Pollock, Arthur Richman, Joseph Santley, Blanche Yurka, and others.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Radio, television, film
Popular culture
Dance and theatre
Theater -- United States.
Labor unions -- Actors -- United States.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994.
Inclusive Dates:
1921-1990
Abstract:
Papers of the American theologian, Unitarian Universalist, Professor of Religion. Predominately correspondence, the remainder of the collection consists of financial records, photographs, printed material, and writings including examinations, notes, and a typescript of the translation of Ernst Troeltsch's Historism and Its Problems, First Book: The Logical Problem of the Philosophy of History (Tübingen, Germany, 1925).
Type of Material:
Audiocassettes.
Correspondence.
Examinations (documents)
Financial records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notes (documents)
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Educators.
Theologians.
Religion and Philosophy
Church and clergy
Activism and social reform
Educators -- United States.
Religion and ethics.
Religion and state -- United States.
Theologians -- United States.
Theology.
Theology -- Study and teaching.
Unitarian Universalists -- United States.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.
Inclusive Dates:
1921-1958
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, journalist. Collection is predominantly incoming and outgoing business correspondence with agents and editors concerning Adams' literary works; typescripts of articles, stories, and novels; and photographs. Correspondents includes Brandt & Brandt; Horace B. Liveright of Boni and Liveright; Bennett Cerf and Saxe Commins of Random House; Thomas B. Costain of Doubleday, Doran & Company; Houghton Mifflin Company; Frank G. Slaughter; Merle Thorpe; Irita Van Doran; and Stewart Edward White.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Subject:
Authors.
Journalists.
Novelists.
Journalism
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors and publishers.
Authors, American.
Journalists -- United States.
Novelists, American.

Creator:
Adirondack Timber & Mineral Co.
Inclusive Dates:
1895-1902
Abstract:
Correspondence of the Adirondack Timber & Mineral Co., Ithaca, New York. The majority is from Titus B. Meigs, Treasurer of the company, to John C. Gauntlett; much of it is on letterhead of the Santa Clara Lumber Company, Tupper Lake, New York, of which Meigs was president.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Telegrams.
Subject:
New York State
Business and Industry
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Lumber trade -- New York (State)

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Adler, F. Charles, (Frederick Charles), 1889-1959
Inclusive Dates:
1787-1955
Abstract:
Correspondence; printed material, including articles, clippings, programs; and phonodiscs. A large part of the correspondence pertains to the organization and development of the Saratoga Spa Music Festival, predecessor of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center seasonal concert series. Writings include those of Adler and his wife, Hannah Moriarta Adler. Memorabilia includes financial material and an assortment of printed items, including clippings, programs, publicity, research material, and reviews. Programs include those relating to Adler’s work with the Federal Music Project (1936-1941). Recordings consist mostly of Saratoga Spa Music Festival recordings.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
78 rpm records.
Programs (documents)
Reviews (documents)
Subject:
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) -- History
Composers.
Conductors (Music)
Musicians.
Music
New York State
Composers -- United States
Conductors (Music) -- United States
Music -- 20th century.
Music festivals -- New York (State)
Musicians -- United States.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Adler, Mortimer Jerome,1902-2001.
Inclusive Dates:
1937-1966
Abstract:
Papers of the American philosopher, educator, author. Correspondence (1937-1966); manuscript articles, books, lectures, and notes (1938-1963); correspondence, notes, and manuscript drafts and revisions relating to The Great Ideas: a syntopicon of Great books of the Western world; scrapbooks; and printed material, including articles and clippings about Adler and reviews of his books.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
The Great ideas: a syntopicon of Great books of the Western world.
Authors.
Educators.
Philosophers.
Adult education
Religion and Philosophy
Authors, American.
Books and reading.
Civilization, Philosophy.
Civilization, Western.
Education, Humanistic.
Educators, United States.
Intellectuals, United States.
Philosophers, United States.
Philosophy, Modern.

Creator:
Adult Education Association.
Inclusive Dates:
1924-1994
Abstract:
The Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (AEA-USA) was formed in 1951 by the merger of the American Association for Adult Education (supported by the Carnegie Foundation) and the Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association. In 1982, the AEA-USA combined with the National Association of Public School Adult Educators (NAPSAE) to become the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). The collection contains material from both organizations.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Annual reports.
Articles.
Budgets.
Constitutions.
Correspondence.
Directories.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Reports.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Adult education quarterly.
Adult leadership.
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Educators -- United States.

Creator:
Adult Education Research Conference
Inclusive Dates:
1964-1971
Abstract:
Correspondence, programs, abstracts, drafts. Much of the material is related to the 12th annual conference in 1971
Type of Material:
Abstracts (summaries)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Mailing lists.
Memorandums.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Adult education teachers.
Adult education
Adult education.
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Continuing education.

Creator:
Adult Student Personnel Association
Inclusive Dates:
1961-1980
Abstract:
Records include conference proceedings and programs, correspondence, directories, lists, newsletters, and other publications. Records from both the Adult Student Personnel Association and the Evening Student Personnel Association are included as well as material from organizations with whom ASPA had close ties, such as the Coalition of Adult Education Organizations and the United States Association of Evening Students. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include Robert A. Allen and Edward Phoenix.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Lists.
Newsletters.
Proceedings.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Teachers.
Adult education
Continuing education

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Agehananda Bharati, Swami, 1923-1991.
Inclusive Dates:
1950-1993
Abstract:
The Agehananda Bharati Papers contains over forty years of his writings and a few years of correspondence from religious leaders, writers, and Syracuse University faculty.
Type of Material:
Writings (documents)
Correspondence.
Subject:
College teachers.
Higher education.
University Archives
Syracuse University -- History
Syracuse University -- Faculty and Staff
Tantrism.
Hinduism.
Theology.
Anthropology.
India.
Philosophy.

Creator:
Aikey, Michael.
Inclusive Dates:
1802-1990
Abstract:
Research files relating to early (17th, 18th and 19th century) New York State printers and publishers, including ephemera and printed material from the era. Indexes, notes, clippings, etc.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Indexes (reference sources)
Photograph albums.
Research notes.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Imprints.
New York State
Publishing, printing and book arts
Book industries and trade -- New York (State) -- History.
Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State) -- History.
Early printed books.
Printing -- New York (State) -- History.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Aker, George F.
Inclusive Dates:
1957-1985
Abstract:
Consists primarily of correspondence with some printed material, reflecting this educator’s professional career. The papers are arranged chronologically under the following associations and institutions with which Aker was affiliated: Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (1957-1975), Canadian Association for Adult Education (1964-1970), Florida Adult Education Association (1958-1970), Florida State University (1958-1985), Illinois Adult Education Association (1950s-1960s), National Association for Public School Adult Education (1963-1970), and National Seminar on Adult Education Research (1961-1968). Correspondents whose letters are of significant depth and/or duration include Félix Adam, Sam Roy Allen, Ray Ast, Roger W. Axford, Edgar J. Boone, Alexander N. Charters, James H. Fling, Andrew Hendrickson, Cyril O. Houle, Joseph L. Jacques, Eugene I. Johnson, J.R. Kidd, Malcolm S. Knowles, Burton W. Kreitlow, Huey B. Long, Robert A. Luke, Howard Y. McClusky, Jules Pagano, Robert E. Sharer, Robert E. Snyder, and Wilson B. Thiede.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education -- United States.
Older people -- Education.
Educators -- United States.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Alajalov, Constantin, 1900-1987
Inclusive Dates:
1929-1960
Abstract:
Fan mail (1940-1950); published illustrations and covers from The New Yorker (1929-1960); and original drawings.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Subject:
New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Artists.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Illustrators
Art -- Cartoonists
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Artists -- United States.
Illustrators -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Russian Americans.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Center
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Organizational records, correspondence, memorabilia relating to the Albert Schweitzer Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform