Benesch, Aaron G.

American journalist. Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, clippings, writings.

Bohrod, Aaron.

Correspondence (family, art organizations and associations, educational institutions, galleries and museums, patrons, fellow artists), artwork, writings, memorabilia of the American realist painter.

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.

Correspondence, manuscript plays, stories, songs, speeches, and book manuscripts and galley proofs.

Burlingame family.

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.

Brumbaugh, David Emmert (1894-1977)

United States congressman from Pennsylvania. Collection includes campaign and election material, correspondence, texts of speeches and bills; also some later material (correspondence and other items) relating to Brumbaugh's tenure as Pennsylvania's Secretary of Banking.

Browder, Earl, 1891-1973.

Papers of the General secretary of the Communist Party of the United States from 1930 through its dissolution in 1944. When the Party was reconstituted as the Communist Political Association later that year, Browder was chosen as its President, however he was expelled in 1946 following a debate over Party leadership. Following his expulsion, Browder lectured and wrote about Marxism and represented Soviet writers and publishers for publication in the United States. Collection includes correspondence/subject files (1879-1970) relating to Marxist philosophy, the workings of the C.P.U.S.A., Browder's role within the Party and to Browder's business ventures as well as legal files (1938-1958); manuscripts (1924-1967) of Browder and others, including Browder's manuscripts for articles, books, memoranda, news releases, pamphlets, reports, and speeches; and memorabilia including personal files and photographs of Browder and his family, and some colleagues. Notable correspondents include Roger Baldwin, Daniel Bell, Bruce Bliven, Rudy Blum, Louis B. Boudin, Juan Antonio Corretjer, Theodore Draper, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, William Z. Foster, Joseph Freeman, A.A. Heller, Lotte Jacobi, Alfred Kohlberg, Robert S. Minor, Tom Mooney, Paul and Eslanda Goode Robeson, Anna Rochester, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jack Selford, Joseph R. Starobin, I.F. Stone, John Strachey, Anna Louise Strong, Dirk Jan Struik, Norman Thomas, Harry Frederick Ward, Sumner Welles, and others. Also included is a holograph letter of greeting from Mao Zedong. The collection also includes Browder's personal library and other published materials.

Bruce, George, 1909-2002.

Biographical material, writings, and memorabilia of the Scottish poet.

Blackwell, Harriet (Gray)

Papers of the American author and poet. Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, and memorabilia.

Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963.

Papers of the American portrait photographer. Correspondence, holograph and typescript articles, interviews, speeches, and notes; published materials, including articles by and about Bachrach, clippings, pamphlets, and press releases; and photographs taken by Bachrach, his son Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr., and his father David Bachrach. Correspondence includes that of Sherman Adams, Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, Joseph S. Clark, John F. Collins, Walter Cronkite, Ralph E. Flanders, J. William Fulbright, Barry M. Goldwater, Conrad Hilton, Luther Hodges, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippmann, Maurine Brown Neuberger, Jacqueline Onassis, Norman Vincent Peale, James Reston, George W. Romney, and Leverett Saltonstall.

Buxbaum, Martin.

American author, poet; director of communications for Marriott Corporation, 1953-1976, editor of Hot Shoppes Table Talk and various in-house publications. Collection contains correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1937-1967); manuscript books, essays, poems, short stories, speeches; photographs; and printed material, including articles by and about Buxbaum, clippings, and house organs edited by Buxbaum for several companies for which he worked.

Blakely, Robert J.

Papers of journalist, writer and professor of adult education Robert J. Blakely. The majority of the collection consists of Blakely's writing and includes books, papers, speeches, presentations, articles and essays. There is also a small amount of correspondence and printed material, and the transcript of an interview. Organizations represented include the Fund for Adult Education and the MacArthur Foundation.

Brown, Stuart Gerry, 1912-1991

Papers of the American author, educator, specialist in American studies, political consultant. Collection includes correspondence, writings, and papers relating to the "Draft Stevenson" movement of the 1960 U.S. Presidential campaign. Correspondents include Averell Harriman, Clinton Rossiter, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and Adlai Stevenson. Writings include addresses, radio speeches, and short pieces for and about Stevenson. Also three scrapbooks of clippings on Stevenson.

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.