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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1844-1881
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, diplomat. Bancroft served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, and later as U.S. minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), to Prussia (1867-1871), and to the German Empire (1871-1874). Consists of correspondence, chiefly outgoing; includes recommendations for appointments, letters of introduction, responses to social invitations, and acknowledgements of receipt of books, historical documents, and various other items. Correspondents include A.D. Bache, John H. Campbell, G.W. Childs, Joel Munsell, Ambrose Sevier, Edward H. Wright, and Hendrick B. Wright.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Diplomats.
Historians.
Historians
Politics, government and public administration
Diplomats, United States.
Historians, United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Barck, Oscar Theodore, Jr., 1902-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1670-1949
Abstract:
Collection of printed engravings, bank drafts, receipts, correspondence, newspapers, and road commissions from the Revolutionary War period (1775-1783) and beyond focusing on New York State.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Checks (bank checks)
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Engravings (prints)
Financial records.
Indentures.
Lithographs.
Military commissions.
Newspapers.
Paper money.
Prints (visual works)
Receipts (financial records)
Wills.
Subject:
New York (State)
United States -- History.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Literature -- American Fiction
Historians
Authors, American -- Pictorial representations.
Banking.
Generals.
Local transit.
Transportation.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Beauchamp, William Martin
Inclusive Dates:
1923-1923
Abstract:
letter to a Mr. Spraker discussing archaeological finds of Native American material
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Palatine Bridge (N.Y.) -- History.
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History.
Fort Plain (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Historians
Anthropology -- History.
Indians of North America.
Iroquois Indians.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Benz, Ernst, 1907-1978.
Inclusive Dates:
1929-1978
Abstract:
German theologian. Collection consists primarily of published writings, also a small amount of of manuscripts and memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Manuscripts for publication.
Offprints.
Reprints.
Photographs.
Subject:
Church historians.
Historians.
Theologians.
Historians
Religion and philosophy
Church history -- Historiography.
Hinduism -- Study and teaching.
Mysticism -- Germany.
Philosophy, German -- 20th century.
Religions.
Religion -- 20th century.
Religion -- Historiography.
Religion -- Study and teaching.
Theology -- 20th century.
Theology -- Historiography.
Theology -- Study and teaching.

Creator:
Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968.
Inclusive Dates:
1928-1946
Abstract:
Biddle (1886-1968) was U.S. Attorney General under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a member of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Personal papers including correspondence, a journal and notes for Biddle's autobiography, a photograph album and 5 scrapbooks. Bulk of collection consists of trial documents: notes and minutes, indictments, 11 volumes of evidence notes, defense documents, about 50 volumes of trial proceedings, memoranda, appeals, and material on Katyn Forest Massacre. Also includes published material on aspects of international law as related to the trial.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Legal files.
Memorandums.
Photographs.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Historians
Military history
Politics, government and public administration
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940.
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
War crime trials -- Germany (West) -- Nuremburg.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Burckhardt, Jacob, 1818-1897.
Inclusive Dates:
1842-1968
Abstract:
German art and cultural historian. Collection contains items both by and about Burckhardt, including correspondence, clippings, printed material, typescripts, photographs, and more.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Brochures.
Photographs.
Typescripts.
Book jackets.
Photocopies.
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Art historians.
Historians
Art historians -- Switzerland.
Art historians -- 19th century.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Coit, Margaret L.
Inclusive Dates:
1957-1957
Abstract:
Manuscript of Margaret Coit's biography of Bernard Baruch entitled Mr. Baruch.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Mr. Baruch.
Biographers.
Historians.
Biography
Historians
Women Authors
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894.
Inclusive Dates:
1881-1891
Abstract:
Papers of the Lawyer, author of several books, most notably a Constitutional history of the U.S. and a biography of James Buchanan. Seven outgoing letters, five of which are to Nahum Capen, with two others to Lloyd Bryce and Hampton L. Carson.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
Historians

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889.
Inclusive Dates:
1864-1864
Abstract:
A letter sent to the American journalist and historian, from an unknown correspondent.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Historians.
Journalists.
Historians
Historians -- United States -- Correspondence.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Del Mar, Alexander, 1836-1926.
Inclusive Dates:
1866-1896
Abstract:
Papers of the American mining engineer, economist, historian, politician. Delmar was Director of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics and Chairman of the National Silver Party. Incoming correspondence in reply to requests for reports from the heads of various government agencies (Horatio C. Burchard, William Pitt Kellogg, N.C. McFarland, Joseph Nimmo, Charles W. Seaton).
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Economists.
Politicians.
Politics, government and public administration
Historians
Economists -- United States.
Politicians -- United States.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Fiske, John, 1842-1901.
Inclusive Dates:
1874-1900
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, lecturer. Chiefly outgoing correspondence, mostly concerning lectures and Fiske's relationship with his agent, Major J. B. Pond. Letters to George W. Field, L. S. Metcalf, Charles Eliot Norton, James B. Pond, John C. Ropes, Elias H. Russell, Minot Judson Savage, W. T. Sedgewick, John Smith Sewall, William Smith, and William Leete Stone.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Historians.
Lecturers.
Historians
Historians -- United States.
Lecturers -- United States.
Lectures and lecturing -- United States.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902
Inclusive Dates:
1880-1880
Abstract:
A letter written by the American author and historian.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Author.
Historians.
Historians
Historians -- United States -- Correspondence.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
French, Mansfield Joseph, b. 1872.
Inclusive Dates:
1893-1952
Abstract:
Papers of the American civil engineer and New York historian.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Mechanical drawings.
Subject:
Civil engineers.
Architects
Historians
New York State
Railroads
Civil engineering -- United States -- New York (State)
Electric railroads.
Railroad engineering -- United States -- New York (State)
Genealogy -- New York (State)

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Guizot, François, 1787-1874
Inclusive Dates:
1848-1848
Abstract:
Letter written by the French statesman and historian during his exile in England.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Lowestoft (England) -- History.
Politicians.
Historians.
Historians
Politics, government and public administration
Politicians -- France -- Correspondence.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943.
Inclusive Dates:
1897-1931
Abstract:
Outgoing letters, mostly concerning publication of the American Nation, a twenty-eight volume set edited by Hart, and published between 1904 and 1918.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Politics, government and public administration
Historians
Historians -- United States.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hay, John, 1838-1905.
Inclusive Dates:
1886-1915
Abstract:
Papers of the American biographer, historian, journalist, statesman; Ambassador to Great Britain, later Secretary of State under President William McKinley. Bound collection of 35 Hay letters written between 1886 and 1905 to financier and philanthropist Samuel Mather (1851-1931).
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1909.
United States -- History -- 1865-1921.
Biographers.
Diplomats.
Historians.
Statesmen.
Historians
Literature -- American Poetry
Politics, government and public administration
Journalism
Biographers -- United States.
Diplomats -- United States.
Historians -- United States.
Statesmen -- United States.

17.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hehn, Victor, 1813-1890
Inclusive Dates:
1933-1940
Abstract:
Offprint article by Hehn and a typescript manuscript about him.
Type of Material:
Offprints.
Typescripts.
Subject:
Librarians.
Historians.
Historians

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Horan, James David, 1914-
Inclusive Dates:
1942-1967
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, novelist. Collection contains book manuscripts, including drafts and revisions; and material relating to television productions based on Horan's work (1958-1960).
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Novelists.
Historians
Literature -- American Fiction
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Authors, American.
Novelists, American.
Popular literature -- United States.
Television scripts.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950.
Inclusive Dates:
1918-1946
Abstract:
Spanning 1918-1946, the Harold J. Laski Collection contains incoming letters, a few miscellaneous items of memorabilia of the British political scientist and economist, and a copy of a book in which Laski is mentioned.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Authors.
Historians.
Political scientists.
Literature -- British
Historians
Politics, government and public administration
Authors, American.
Authors, English.
Historians -- United States.
Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Intellectual life -- Books and reading.
Law -- Political aspects.
Lawyers.
Political questions and judicial power.
Political scientists -- United States.
World politics -- 20th century.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Leyh, Georg.
Inclusive Dates:
1955-1955
Abstract:
German University librarian and library director. Collection includes correspondence, original typed manuscripts, clippings, newspaper articles and photographs.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Photographs.
Subject:
Librarians.
Historians
Librarians -- Germany.
Library science -- Germany.