Creator:
Brisbane family.
Inclusive Dates:
1819- 1965
Abstract:
The Brisbane Family Papers are a collection of documents, mostly correspondence dated 1819-1965, by and about the Brisbane family. The collection has been divided into three sections: items relating to social reformer Albert Brisbane (1809-1890); those of his journalist son, Arthur (1864-1936), and his descendents; and documents pertaining to journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman ("Nellie Bly") (1867-1922).
Type of Material:
Autobiographies (literary works)
Cartoons (humorous images)
Diaries.
Notebooks.
Obituaries.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
France -- Description and travel.
Italy -- Description and travel.
Journalists.
Social reformers.
Journalism
Activism and social reform
Fourierism.
Journalism.
Journalists -- United States.
Journalists -- Family relationships.
Newspaper editors -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Women journalists -- United States.
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.
Creator:
Bradley, James.
Inclusive Dates:
1773- 1782
Abstract:
Legal documents and published material, including a land purchase agreement for Bedford County, Pennsylvania and a death notice for President Taylor.
Type of Material:
Conveyances.
Legal documents.
Agreements.
Obituaries.
Deeds.
Subject:
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865.
Chester County (Pa.)
Meadville (Pa.)
Bedford County (Pa.)
None
Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Bedford County.
Legal documents -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County.
Death notices -- Pennsylvania -- Meadville.
Creator:
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
Inclusive Dates:
1880- 1942
Abstract:
Biographical and genealogical material on the Baum and Gage families; material relating to the publishing history as well as the film and theatrical adaptations of The Wizard of Oz, including correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, publicity, and publications about Baum and Oz; photographs; and Oz memorabilia. Also, material pertaining to Russell P. MacFall and William W. Denslow.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorabilia.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Wizard of Oz.
Authors.
Illustrators.
Literature -- Children's
New York State
Authors, American.
Children’s literature, American.
Children’s literature -- Film and video adaptations.
Illustrated children’s books.
Illustrators -- United States
Creator:
Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987.
Inclusive Dates:
1893- 2004
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, caricaturist, illustrator, painter. Collection includes correspondence between Bacon and her husband Alexander Brook, as well as that of others; manuscript articles, illustrations, poems, and notebooks; published material including articles, drawings, and newspaper clippings by or about Bacon and Brook; memorabilia, including awards, photographs, and reviews; and miscellany.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Awards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Juvenilia.
Notes (documents)
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.
Subject:
Artists.
Authors.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art -- Illustrators
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Illustrators, United States.
Painters, United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Women artists, United States.
Women authors, American.
Women painters, United States.