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Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Sinderen, Adrian, 1887-1963.
Inclusive Dates:
1919-1963
Abstract:
Papers of the American corporation executive, philanthropist, author. Collection includes manuscript books, essays, and speeches; notebooks. Also, annual reports and other publications of the American Horse Shows Association and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Philanthropists.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Authors, American.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Inclusive Dates:
1896-1965
Abstract:
Papers of the theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar; born in Alsace, France. Founded a missionary hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his advocacy of the brotherhood of nations. Collection includes correspondence (1901-1965); 123 notebooks (1918-1965); manuscript essays and lectures on religion, philosophy, and medicine; and sermons. Correspondence includes nearly 1400 letters between Schweitzer and wife Hélène Bresslau (1901-1939); 396 letters (1950-1965) written in German to Erica Anderson; 180 letters to daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller; and 70 letters to various recipients, including 3 to Rudolf Bultmann. Notebooks document Schweitzer's daily life in Lambaréné, the diseases and stories of his patients, and the arrival of visitors to the mission. They also contain poems, quotations, excerpts from books on philosophy, religion, and history; clippings from French, German, English, and African newspapers; reports on world politics; and commentaries on himself and his work.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Lectures.
Notebooks.
Sermons.
Subject:
Gabon -- Description and travel.
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon)
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Physicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions -- Gabon.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Organists.
Philosophers.
Theologians.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947
Inclusive Dates:
1911-1944
Abstract:
Papers of the English occultist and author. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, with Frieda Harris, Cordelia Sutherland, and others; handwritten and typescript essays, poems, and notes; drawings, and printed advertisements.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Poems.
Subject:
Literature -- British
Religion and philosophy
Authors, English.
Occultism.
Occultists, England.
Tarot.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Walker, Ardis Manly, 1901-
Inclusive Dates:
1928-1971
Abstract:
Papers of the American engineer, writer. Collection includes correspondence, 1928-63; typescript, holograph, and carbon copy manuscripts of articles; publicity materials including photographs; and published works. Works primarily concern local California history, especially for Kern County, California.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Newspapers.
Photographs.
Sonnets.
Typescripts.
Subject:
Kernville (Calif.) -- History.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Poetry.
Historians.
Poets.
Environmentalists.
Local history.
Historians -- United States.
Death Valley '49ers.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Poets, American -- 20th century.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974.
Inclusive Dates:
1952-1963
Abstract:
Artwork: original and reproductions, writings and memorabilia of the Canadian-American painter.
Type of Material:
Exhibition catalogs.
Sketches.
Essays.
Photographs.
Newsletters.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Mural painting and decoration -- United States -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States -- 20th century.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Embury, Aymar, 1880-1966
Inclusive Dates:
1902-1965
Abstract:
Papers of the American architect. Died 1966. Architectural drawings and designs, photographs and slides, material relating to bridge design, articles by and about Embury.
Type of Material:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Photographs.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Architects.
Architects
Architects -- United States.
Architectural design.
Architecture -- Designs and plans.
Architectural drawing -- 20th century -- United States.
Architectural firms.
Architecture -- New York (State)
Architecture -- United States.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, American.
Bridges -- Design and construction.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sullivan, A. M. (Aloysius Michael), 1896-1980.
Inclusive Dates:
1925-1980
Abstract:
Papers of the Irish-American poet, editor of Dun's Review, and lecturer. Collection includes correspondence, business and literary essays, radio scripts, plays, poems, journals, and speeches. Correspondents include Padraic Colum, Robert Hillyer, Seumas O'Brien, Shaemas O'Sheel, and other literary figures.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Essays.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Poets.
Literature -- American Poetry
Radio, television, film
American poetry -- 20th century.
American poetry -- Catholic authors.
Authors, Irish -- 20th century.
Ballads, English -- United States.
English poetry -- Irish authors.
Irish Americans.
Poets, American.
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
Radio and literature.
Sea poetry -- American.