Ackerman, Forrest J

Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others

Aikey, Michael.

Research files relating to early (17th, 18th and 19th century) New York State printers and publishers, including ephemera and printed material from the era. Indexes, notes, clippings, etc.

Antique Comb Collectors Club (U.S.)

Index to club newsletters, bibliography of publications of interest, history of the club, more.

Bachman, Mary.

Files, correspondence, research notes, and other material relating to the American comb collector. Includes photocopies of material dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century.

Charters, Alexander N. Charters, Margaret A., 1925-2019.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, photographs, reports, speeches, writings and memorabilia of the internationally-recognized American adult educator. Personal material includes family and friends as well as organizations with which Dr. Charters was involved (e.g., Park Central Presbyterian Church). Professional material pertains to Dr. Charters' work with a wide range of issues and organizations in the field of adult and continuing education, including the Adult Education Association (AEA/USA), Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE), Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), Coalition of Adult Education Organizations (CAEO), Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE), International Conference on Adult Education (ICAE), International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE), Middle States Association (MSA), National University Extension Association (NUEA) and its successor organizations, and UNESCO. There is also extensive material relating to Dr. Charters' longstanding and central roles in adult education at Syracuse University as professor, department chair, and dean.

Cutler, John L.

Research notes for a book about dime novel author Gilbert Patten, aka Burt L. Standish. Collection includes notes, photographs, printed material, essays, correspondence.

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

Collection of play scripts, bibliographies, photographs, from the United States Work Projects Administration's Federal Theatre Project

Hansl, Eva vB. (Eva vom Baur).

Papers of the American author, journalist, radio producer, and lecturer (1899-1978). Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, radio broadcasts files, speeches, and writings. Bulk relates to the radio programs for which Hansl was program supervisor (1939-1940): Women in the making of America, broadcast in cooperation with the WPA's Federal Theatre Radio Division, and Gallant American women, with the support of the U.S. Office of Education. Hansl later produced Womanpower (1943-1944), in cooperation with the War Manpower Commission.

Hansl, Eva vB. (Eva vom Baur).

Extensive collection of materials relating to the education, employment, marital status, and intellectual life of women in society. Material encompasses women in the U.S. as well as in other countries. Topics include education, careers, roles and attitudes, family issues (marriage, divorce, children, home management), well-known women, working women, and many other subjects. Collected by Eva vom Baur Hansl, American author, journalist, radio producer, and lecturer.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

A group of typescript and mimeographed poems by the well-known African American poet and writer, with a two-page autobiography and bibliography.

Kamin, Martin.

Papers of the Polish-American publisher and bookseller, primarily in the areas of dance and drama. Collection includes autographs, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and miscellaneous papers.

Knowles, Malcolm S. (Malcolm Shepherd), 1913-1997.

Contains Knowles's personal and professional papers: biographical data, correspondence, photographs, printed and published material, scrapbooks, speeches, meeting and workshop documentation, cassette and video tapes, films, and graphics. Includes papers generated by Knowles as professor (Boston University and North Carolina State University); as member of a number of adult education organizations; as educator (workshops and seminars); and as consultant to various organizations.

Lodder, Grace Beauchamp.

Manuscript for Lodder's Newspapers Published in Onondaga County to 1900.

Miles, Bebe

Manuscript of Bebe Miles, a practiced gardener, for her book entitled "The Wonderful World of Bulbs". Collection includes a tentative outline, early chapter drafts, a first draft, a carbon copy of the first draft, a galley proof, color page proofs, and a bibliography in the form of index cards.

National University Extension Association

The National University Extension Association was founded in 1915. Membership consists of universities and colleges engaged in university extension. The Association’s purpose is to develop and advance ideals, methods, and standards in continuing education and university extension. Its activities include a national annual conference and a number of publications. Records include Board of Directors’ correspondence and meetings, minutes and reports; committee files; correspondence; Project Head Start (U.S.) papers and manuals; Job Corps Driver Education Training papers; papers and photographs of the Office of Education, Adult Basic Education Teacher Trainer Institutes; and subject files for various adult education organizations and divisions. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include those of: Alexander N. Charters, James R.D. Eddy, A.A. Liveright, Ernest Edward McMahon, Julius M. Nolte, Lloyd W. Schram, Paul H. Sheats, and Thurman White. Subject files include those of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults and the Division of Correspondence.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Collection amassed by German historian Leopold von Ranke. Collection consists of 104 bound manuscripts and 326 unbound manuscripts or parts of manuscripts. The largest single type consists of Venetian ambassadors' reports from the various capitals of Europe. There are also several Venetian chronicles, nuncios' reports to the pope, political documents from Tuscany, and a chronicle of Nuremberg.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Papers of the German historian. Collection includes letters to Ranke, notes, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs, as well as poems and family letters to and from Clara Graves, Ranke's wife and great-aunt of poet Robert Graves. Also, bibliographic material about the library, compiled by Theodor Wiedemann.

Sheats, Paul H., 1907-

Files of the American educator (1907-1984). Personal files include oral history, correspondence from and about Theodor Wilhelm, memorabilia, photographs, material on Nazi education, student papers, speeches, selected writings, some audio-visual material, etc. There are organizational records for several California education organizations as well as a number of key national adult education organizations including the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A., Association of University Evening Colleges, Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, National University Extension Association, UNESCO, and University Council on Education for Public Responsibility. There are also more than 40 subject and country files and information on meetings and conferences, and two audiorecordings.

Smith, Gilbert T.

Research files compiled by Gilbert T. Smith, relating to Methodist minister James Dempster. All modern photocopies, no original material.

Syracuse University. -- Library

Two bound volumes containing lists of books accessioned by Syracuse University Library in the late 19th and early 20th century. One volume contains descriptions of volumes acquired as part of the Leopold von Ranke Library.