Baker, Robert Peter (1886-1940)

Biographical material, photographs, drawings, published material by or about the American sculptor and artist

Beach, Rex, 1877-1949.

American author of historical and adventure novels. Collection contains manuscripts and two scrapbooks.

Becker, Ronald G.

More than one thousand photographs of 19th century sideshows and circuses, most by photographer Charles Eisenmann or his successor Frank Wendt, the remainder by unknown photographers. Most of the photographs depict the physical abnormalities of humans and animals featured at these shows. Subjects include P.T. Barnum, the P.T. Barnum Firm (Barnum and Bailey Circus), and Tom Thumb. Also included are Becker's research notes, an 1865-1868 run of The New York Clipper (forerunner of Billboard Magazine), and various print (broadsides and posters) and non-print circus memorabilia.

Blaich, Robert.

Papers of the American industrial designer.

Blair, Robert N. (Robert Noel), 1912-

American painter from Buffalo, New York. Collection contains one exhibit program, one clipping.

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.

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

British explorer of India and Africa, world traveler, orientalist, author, linguist, translator of The Arabian nights. Collection includes correspondence (1855-1891); contracts with publishers; and essays by Burton. Correspondence includes letters from Lady Burton (Isabel Arundell), including some to Algernon Charles Swinburne, and letters by Burton regarding Africa and the Orient.

Caparn, Rhys, 1909-1997.

Correspondence (1932-1967); original sketches, photographs, and reproductions of her artwork; essays and notes for an art column; and printed material, including articles and reviews about Caparn (1933-1963), clippings (1935-1970), exhibition catalogs, invitations, and posters (1939-1973). Correspondents include Alexander Archipenko, Doris Caesar, George Constant, Lyonel Feininger, Sidney Gordin, Joseph Konzal, Theodore J. Roszak, Helena Simkhovitch, and Mitzi Solomon.

Colvin, Ruth J.

American literacy advocate and author. Collection includes videotapes, clippings, slides, and presentations and publications by Colvin.

Crampton, Rollin McNeil, 1886-1970.

Papers of the American painter, sculptor (1886-1970). Copies of letters received, 1952-1964; exhibition notices and photographs of work; manuscript 'Laws of Proportion', 1964; also published materials.

Crane, Roy

Approximately 6,000 Wash Tubbs/Captain Easy comic strips and approximately 11,700 Buz Sawyer comic strips in various media (original cartoons, proofs and tear sheets), examples of other Crane comic strips, biographical material, correspondence, original drawings and sketches, promotional materials, research materials, writings and artifacts.

Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966

Raymond Duncan, brother of famed dancer Isadora Duncan. Letters to/from, clippings and other printed material about.

Elman, Richard M.

American author, novelist, poet. Collection contains correspondence (1956-1992); typescript essays, lectures, novels, poems, stories; and memorabilia, including financial and legal material, clippings, reviews, and photographs.

Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward),1880-1970.

Papers of the American engineer, businessman, legislator (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1946-1959). General correspondence (1923-1940); business correspondence (1930-1934); correspondence on screw threads and gear cutting standardization (1930-1938); correspondence relative to the Vermont Planning Board (1937-1939); senatorial correspondence (1946-1958); personal papers including articles, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches, and a genealogy. Correspondents include George D. Aiken, Charles A. Beard, James F. Byrnes, Norman Cousins, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Alvin H. Hansen, W. Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Charles F. Kettering, Henry Cabot Lodge, Joseph McCarthy, Richard M. Nixon, Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, Gerard Swope, Myron C. Taylor, Dorothy Thompson, Harry S. Truman, Henry Wallace, and Wendell Willkie.

Florsheim, Richard A., 1916-1979

Primarily correspondence (1927-1979). Also, artwork reproductions; manuscript and printed articles, book reviews, and essays; lecture notes and manuscripts; photographs and memorabilia, including clippings (1951-1979), exhibition catalogs and invitations from the 1940s through the 1980s; and financial material relating to artwork prices and studio construction. Correspondence of greatest depth and duration with Rose H. Alschuler, the Artists Equity Association, Artists League of the Midwest, Illinois Arts Council, Norman MacLeish, José Pijoán, Peter Pollack, Daniel Catton Rich, Rose Valland, and Hudson Walker. Other correspondents include Edgar Britton, Clayton Charles, Leon Kroll, Martyl, Arthur Rissman, and Ladislas Segy.

Gilbert, Rodney, 1889-

American journalist, Far East expert. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, published material, notebooks, artifacts and other material.

Giuditta, Rosalinda.

Materials compiled and created by Rosalinda Giuditta during her time as a student at Syracuse University

Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010.

American artist, teacher. Collection contains biographical sketch, 1962; manuscript on theory of art by Goodnough, 1962; and published material by and about Goodnough, 1954-1964.

Gregory, Robert G.

Papers belonging to Syracuse University professor of history Robert G. Gregory

Hendrickson, Robert C. (Robert Clymer), 1898-1964.

Collection contains professional correspondence, political, military and diplomatic records and legal case files of the American lawyer and Republican legislator (U.S. Senator from New Jersey).