Andrew W. Cordier papers, 1918-1975
160 linear feetAnnie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971
91 linear feetCorrespondence files and financial papers. The files include correspondence, contracts, clippings and programs, ledgers and financial accounts, submission books, and calendars and memorandum books. Authors for whom there are extensive files include the following: Truman Capote; Patrick Dennis; John Dos Passos; Lloyd C. Douglas; John Hersey; Alice Tisdale Hobart; Paul Horgan; William Humphrey; Frances Parkinson Keyes; Margaret Mitchell; Alan Paton; Kenneth Roberts; Lillian Smith; John Steinbeck; George R. Stewart; Ben Ames Williams; and Kathleen Winsor
Arthur C. Carr papers on Robert Indiana, 1952-1991
0.5 linear feetCorrespondence, a woodblock print, a typescript about Robert Indiana, photographs, and printed materials. There are 35 letters, post cards, and other correspondence from Indiana to Carr; his woodblock print on a Christmas card; 20 photographs of his paintings, and printed announcements and articles about Indiana. There is also some miscellaneous correspondence about the artist Ernest T. Trova
Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003
102 Linear FeetC. Martin Wilbur papers, 1950-1992
53 linear feetCorrespondence, subject files, manuscripts and printed materials documenting the work of C. Martin Wilbur, George Sansom Professor Emeritus of Chinese History, Columbia University. Correspondence with non-Columbia organizations includes the Institute of Pacific Relations, Far Eastern Association, INDUSCO, Council on Foreign Relations, Asia Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies, among others. Subject files relevant to Columbia University include items pertaining to the Department of Chinese and Japanese, later renamed the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, as well as teaching files, student files and research projects directed. The manuscript files contain the notes and, in some cases, printed copies of published and unpublished works and public talks. Wilbur's writings and research concentrate on the history and politics of twentieth century China, with emphasis on the Chinese Revolution, 1920-1929, Sun Yat-sen, and communism in China. There are translations of minutes for the first and second Kuomintang Congresses, copies of documents from the Kuomintang Archives, and photographs of members of the Young China Party, Sun Yat-sen and several historical events in the 1920s. Files on fund raising efforts for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Wellington Koo Fellowship also contain relevant correspondence. Biographical information includes a curriculum vitae (ca. 1968)
Corliss Lamont papers, 1891-1993
3 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of Lamont. Letters from George Santayana (1863-1952), with Lamont and others, a few early manuscripts, interviews and other notes on Santayana, and general correspondence about him. A series of letters from John Dewey to Lamont, discussing his ideas on humanism and religion. Extensive correspondence with the family of John Masefield including approximately 100 letters from Judith Masefield to Lamont, primarily written shortly after the death in 1967 of her father the poet John Masefield, and dealing with his life and work. Also, a few of her own writings; a number of the letters are descriptive of historical England and her concern for contemporary events. Among the letters from other family members are fifteen from Lamont's nephew, Jack Masefield, and 53 from his cousin Sir Peter G. Masefield, 1970-1983, conveying news about Judith as well as interest in the publication of John Masefield's letters from the World War I years and their continuing appreciation of Lamont's work on Masefield. There is discussion on the publication of Masefield's letters to Corliss' mother, Florence Lamont, printed in 1979.
Erik Barnouw papers, 1920-1990
21 linear feetCorrespondence, scripts, manuscripts, and reports regarding his activities in the American radio and film industries. Included are papers regarding projects for the United State Government, the Indian film industry, various television and radio networks, and private ventures. Also included is material regarding the Center for Mass Communications of Columbia University, in which Barnouw figured prominently and files for the books he has written.
Frances Perkins papers, 1895-1965
71 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, appointment books, subject files, documents, photographs, memorabilia and printed materials. There are notes from her lectures on Sociology at Adelphi College in 1911-1912; papers from 1912-1932, when Perkins served on the Commission for Safety and on the Industrial Commission of New York State; the main body of the material is from the period of her cabinet office, 1933-1945; and some items from her days on the Civil Service Commission, 1946-1953. Also included are personal and family papers.
Geoffrey Parsons papers, 1919-1959
4 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, notebooks, memorabilia, a tape cassette, photographs, and printed materials. The collection is primarily correspondence files, both personal and professional, along with book reviews, awards and diplomas, letters of condolence on his death, clippings, and correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials relating to THE STREAM OF HISTORY. The correspondence relates specifically to the third edition. The manuscripts are typed and holograph inserts for the third edition and possibly for the second edition as well. Among the manuscripts are twenty-two notebooks containing holograph notes and drafts of chapters. The printed material consists of one copy of THE STREAM OF HISTORY, 1934 edition.
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- Alfred Maurice Galpin papers : [on Hart Crane & Samuel Loveman], 1922-19811
- Andrew W. Cordier papers, 1918-19751
- Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-19711
- Arthur C. Carr papers on Robert Indiana, 1952-19911
- C. Martin Wilbur papers, 1950-19921
- Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-20031
- Corliss Lamont papers, 1891-19931
- Erik Barnouw papers, 1920-19901
- Frances Perkins papers, 1895-19651
- Geoffrey Parsons papers, 1919-19591
- Babington Smith, Constance1
- Barnouw, Erik, 1908-20011
- Barzun, Jacques, 1907-20121
- Carr, Arthur C.1
- Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-20191
- Columbia University. Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange1
- Cordier, Andrew W (Andrew Wellington), 1901-19751
- De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-20171
- Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-19911
- Ferrero, Guglielmo, 1871-19421
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- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-19798
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- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-19625
- Barzun, Jacques, 1907-20124
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-19474
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