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1.

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:
Neal, Benjamin E.
Inclusive Dates:
1901-1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American who taught English in the Philippines from 1901-1904. Correspondence, diaries, account books, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia related to Neal's work in the Philippines.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Essays.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Subject:
Philippines -- Civilization -- American influences.
Philippines -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Adult education
English language -- Study and teaching -- Philippines.

Creator:
Kopman, Benjamin, b. 1887
Inclusive Dates:
1911-1962
Abstract:
Papers of the American Jewish painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator, sculptor.Born in Russia. Correspondence (1911-1962), including a series of letters (1936-1958), some in scrapbook form, by Kopman to his art dealer, G.D. Thompson; manuscript poems, and prose, some in Yiddish; legal and financial papers; sketches; and photographs of Kopman's work and his family. Incoming letters, arranged alphabetically, include those from the Art Institute of Chicago, David Burliuk, the Federal Art Project, Rockwell Kent, Katharine Kuh, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Clifford Odets, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, Hugo Robus, Frederic F. Sherman, Raphael Soyer, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Carl Zigrosser.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photonegatives.
Photographs.
Subject:
Poems.
Scrapbooks.
Artists.
Illustrators.
Lithographers.
Painters.
Sculptors.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Jewish artists -- United States.
Illustrators -- United States.
Jews, American.
Lithographers, United States.
Lithography, American -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Russian Americans.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1814-1891
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863), abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891); genealogical material; legal and financial records (1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke, Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H. Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M. Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes, George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J. May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward, Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.), History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Lawyers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements.
Social reformers -- United States.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Stork, Charles Wharton, 1881-
Inclusive Dates:
1876-1970
Abstract:
Papers of the American poet, playwright, novelist, editor of Contemporary Verse, 1917-1925, translator of Scandinavian verse, educator. Collection includes correspondence, mostly in connection with Contemporary Verse; and writings, in manuscript and published versions, including essays, novels, plays, and poems; photographs; and extensive family and literary correspondence (1899-1970).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Photographs.
Poems.
Translations.
Subject:
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Contemporary verse.
Editors.
Educators.
Novelists.
Playwrights.
Poets.
Translators.
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors, American.
Dramatists, American.
Little magazines -- United States.
Novelists, American.
Periodical editors -- United States.
Poetry -- Periodicals.
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
Poets, American.
Women poets, American.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Cobb family.
Inclusive Dates:
1825-1972
Abstract:
Several generations of an important New England family. Clippings, correspondence, subject file, manuscripts, printed material, journals, photos, scrapbooks, books, artifacts, sermons, articles, correspondence, diaries, calendars, notebooks, more.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Postcards.
Sermons.
Sketchbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Lectures.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- History.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Christian freeman and family visiter.
Artists.
Authors.
Clergymen.
Teachers.
Religion and philosophy
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Artists -- United States -- 19th century.
Bahai Faith -- History -- 19th century.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Faith.
Painting, American -- 19th century.
Progressive education.
Spirituality.
Temperance -- Addresses, essays, lectures.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Crusade for Opportunity (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1953-1969
Abstract:
Anti-poverty community action program in Syracuse, New York. Collection includes press releases, reports, correspondence, financial materials, newsletters, corporate office files, more.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Corporation records.
Correspondence.
Essays.
Financial records.
Galley proofs.
Instructional materials.
Interviews.
Invoices.
Legal documents.
Maps (documents)
Memorandums.
Microfilms.
Newsletters.
Payrolls.
Personnel records.
Photographs.
Questionnaires.
Reports.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Activism and social reform
Adult education
New York State
African Americans -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Education.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Children -- Education.
Children -- Education (Preschool)
Civil rights movements -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Community centers.
Continuing education.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Education -- Integration.
Education -- Segregation.
Employment, Summer.
Equality -- United States.
Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention.
Poor -- United States.
Poverty -- New York (State)
Public welfare -- United States.
Youth -- employment.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Clemens, Cyril, 1902-1999.
Inclusive Dates:
1927-1982
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings and memorabilia of the American author and Twain biographer.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Biographers.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Authors, American -- 19th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Authors, British -- 20th century.
Biographers -- United States.
Biography -- 20th century.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Family.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Browder, Earl, 1891-1973.
Inclusive Dates:
1879-1990
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Art originals.
Art reproductions.
Articles.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Biographies.
Books.
Calendars (documents)
Color photographs.
Correspondence.
Essays.
Financial records.
Government publications.
Histories.
Interviews.
Diaries.
Legal documents.
Legislation.
Maps (documents)
Memoirs.
Newspapers.
Periodicals.
Photographs.
Poetry.
Postcards.
Realia.
Reviews (documents)
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Algeria -- Politics and government.
Argentina -- Politics and government.
Australia -- Politics and government.
Austria -- Politics and government.
Bolivia -- Politics and government.
Brazil -- Politics and government.
Canada -- Politics and government.
Chile -- Politics and government.
China -- Politics and government.
Colombia -- Politics and government.
Costa Rica -- Politics and government.
Cuba -- Politics and government.
Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government.
France -- Politics and government.
Germany -- Politics and government.
Great Britain -- Politics and government.
Greece -- Politics and government.
Haiti -- Politics and government.
Honduras -- Politics and government.
Hungary -- Politics and government.
India -- Politics and government.
Ireland -- Politics and government.
Italy -- Politics and government.
Mexico -- Politics and government.
Morocco -- Politics and government.
New Zealand -- Politics and government.
Peru -- Politics and government.
Philippines -- Politics and government.
Poland -- Politics and government.
Puerto Rico -- Politics and government.
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939.
Spain -- Politics and government.
South Africa -- Politics and government.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
Uruguay -- Politics and government.
Venezuela -- Politics and government.
Yugoslavia -- Politics and government.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government.
Daily worker.
New masses.
Pravda (Moscow, Russia)
Politics, government and public administration
Radicalism
Anti-Semitism.
Authors and publishers -- Soviet Union.
Authors and publishers -- United States.
Birobidzhan (Russia)
Communism -- Algeria.
Communism -- Argentina.
Communism -- Australia.
Communism -- Austria.
Communism -- Bolivia.
Communism -- Brazil.
Communism -- Canada.
Communism -- Chile.
Communism -- China.
Communism -- Colombia.
Communism -- Costa Rica.
Communism -- Cuba.
Communism -- Czechoslovakia.
Communism -- France.
Communism -- Germany.
Communism -- Great Britain.
Communism -- Greece.
Communism -- Haiti.
Communism -- Honduras.
Communism -- Hungary.
Communism -- India.
Communism -- Ireland.
Communism -- Italy.
Communism -- Mexico.
Communism -- Morocco.
Communism -- New Zealand.
Communism -- Peru.
Communism -- Philippines.
Communism -- Poland.
Communism -- Puerto Rico.
Communism -- Spain.
Communism -- South Africa.
Communism -- Soviet Union.
Communism -- Uruguay.
Communism -- Venezuela.
Communism -- Yugoslavia.
Communism -- United States.
Labor movement.
Labor unions -- United States.
Politics and culture.
Publishers and publishing -- Soviet Union.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Working class.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hoffman, Edward Fenno, 1916-
Inclusive Dates:
1952-1964
Abstract:
American sculptor. Collection includes printed material, clippings, correspondence, photographs and other material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photographs.
Subject:
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Art, American -- 20th century.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American -- 20th century.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1947-1979
Abstract:
Bound inventory of Byrne's collection of early New York imprints; photographs of Byrne and of title pages of books; essay on the collection
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Essays.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Subject:
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- Imprints.
Book collectors.
Publishing, printing and book arts
New York State
Printing -- History -- New York (State)
Printing -- New York (State) -- Auburn.

17.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Millman, Edward, 1907-1964.
Inclusive Dates:
1921-1969
Abstract:
Papers of the American Jewish muralist, painter, and educator. Born in Chicago.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photographs.
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art and state -- United States.
Jewish artists -- United States.
Federal aid to the arts -- United States.
Jews, American.
Mural painting and decoration -- United States -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Steel-works in art.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.

Creator:
Bowden, Edwin T.
Inclusive Dates:
1936-1990
Abstract:
Bowden, American literary historian and biographer. Correspondence, a small amount of writing and memorabilia relating to his bibliography of De Vries, the comic novelist and New Yorker editor.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Poems.
Printed materials (object genre)
Dust jackets.
Reviews (documents)
Subject:
Biographers.
Biography
Literature -- American Fiction
American fiction.
American wit and humor.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-
Inclusive Dates:
1910-1969
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter, art critic. Correspondence, 1910-1969; holograph and typescript essays, lectures, and speeches; photographs; and printed material, including articles, exhibition catalogs, and material relating to the National Academy of Design, of which Clark wrote a history.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Invitations.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Subject:
Art critics.
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art and state -- United States.
Art critics -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990.
Inclusive Dates:
1917-1991
Abstract:
Papers of the American composer, pianist, and conductor; Director of School of Music, Syracuse University and professor (1945-1963). Manuscripts, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs, printed music, and essays. Notable correspondents in the collection inlude Ansel Adams, Carlisle Floyd, John Alden Carpenter, Kay Boyle, Aaron Copland, Witter Bynner, and Van Wyck Brooks.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Musical scores.
Photographs.
Subject:
Composers.
Conductors (Music).
Musicians.
Music
New York State
Composers -- United States.
Conductors (Music) -- United States.
Music -- 20th century.
Musicians -- United States.
Orchestral music -- Scores and parts.
Pianists -- United States.
Songs with orchestra -- Vocal scores with piano.