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Authors' manuscripts, 1923-1982
26 linear feetManuscripts of books and short stories written and published by various authors, many with Columbia University connections. This collection began as the result of a letter sent to authors with Columbia connections asking if they would consider the University Libraries as a place of deposit for the manuscripts of their published works. The collection grows as new authors deposit their works and new manuscripts are added to those already on deposit
Amnesty International of the USA Inc : National Office records, 1966-2003, bulk 1974-1993
267.52 linear feetLists of abolitionist and retentionist countries, 1991-1994 Box vii.3 327, Folder 14
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- Lists of abolitionist and retentionist countries, 1991-1994
Preventing the Imposition of the Death Penalty: A Guide for AIUSA Groups Working with Other Abolitionist Groups to Persuade Prosecutors Not to Seek a Death Sentence, circa, 1992 Box vii.3 324, Folder 25
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- Abolitionist Groups to Persuade Prosecutors Not to Seek a Death Sentence, circa, 1992
Preventing the Imposition of the Death Penalty: A Guide for AIUSA Groups Working with Other Abolitionist Groups to Persuade Prosecutors Not to Seek a Death Sentence, Updated, 1994 June Box vii.3 330, Folder 24
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- Abolitionist Groups to Persuade Prosecutors Not to Seek a Death Sentence, Updated, 1994 June
Lydia Maria Child papers, 1829-1879
0.21 linear feetSubseries I.1: Correspondence, 1840-1879
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- Josiah Quincy, addresses Child's request for the erection of a statue of lawyer and abolitionist Charles
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This series is comprised of both personal and professional letters written by Child to her peers. Most of the personal correspondences located in folder 1 are about planning or recalling recent visits to friends, though there are letters regarding Child's spirituality, the death of her husband, David Lee Child, as well as a letter about her brother and his influence on her writing. The professional letters in folder 2 include many passionate letters written by Child regarding the anti-slavery movement in the United States. Letters to George Curtis, William Lloyd Garrison, and Robert F. Walcott are also located in folder 2. The letters frequently mention the sociopolitical issues surrounding slavery, and the activities of Child and her contemporaries in response to those issues. One letter, from Josiah Quincy, addresses Child's request for the erection of a statue of lawyer and abolitionist Charles Sumner. Additionally, a letter written by Child requesting copies of the "emancipation tract" is located in folder 2. In addition to letters regarding the anti-slavery movement are notes to the editors of theAtlantic Monthlyand the Boston Travellerconcerning Child's writings that were submitted for publication.
Joseph Parrish Thompson and Leonard Bacon papers, 1845-1928
3.5 linear feetSydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931
43 linear feetLetters written to Gay from political and literary contemporaries such as Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner, and William Bryant; reports in letter form from his reporters at the front during the Civil War; and personal correspondence including many letters from his wife, Elizabeth Neall Gay. Letters written to Mrs. Gay from family friends and business associates including many from her husband. Correspondence of other members of the Gay family including Walter Gay, Sarah Gay, and Allan Gay. Diaries, notebooks, and journals of Sydney Howard Gay.
John Jay II Papers, 1834-1911
6.3 Linear FeetJohn Brown manuscripts, 1839-1943
11 linear feetMaterial gathered by Oswald Garrison Villard in the researches for his biography JOHN BROWN, 1800-1859: A BIOGRAPHY FIFTY YEARS AFTER. A large part of the materials is copies of correspondence both contemporary and of a later period, concerning John Brown and his associates, especially in the Kansas Territory and at the Harper's Ferry raid. Of the original letters in the collection, many are from descendants and family of John Brown and the men who accompanied him on his raid. There are clippings, pamphlets, proof sheets, and other printed matter. Photographs number 181 items.
Elinor Rice Hays papers, 1867-196-
1 linear feetMorgan J. Rhees papers, 1794-1968
0.5 linear feetThe collection includes two diaries of his American tour (one is made up of his rough travel notes, the other is in edited form for circulation), a memorial volume of manuscripts about his wife (Ann Loxley Rhees) prepared by his daughter Eliza (Mrs. Nicholas Murray), and 1851 passport of Nicholas Murray, a letter of Thomas Chalmers Murray to his sister Mary Jones Murray Butler (the mother of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University), correspondence between Welsh historian Gwyn A. Williams and collection donor Mary Butler Brown, an essay entitled "Morgan John Rhees and Beula" by Gwyn A. Williams, Ann Loxley Rhees's valedictory oration on graduation from Philadelphia's Ladies Academy, an address on female education ca. 1789, family obituary clippings, poems, misc. items, and a photograph of Ann Loxley Rhees. An edited version of substantial sections of the diaries of M.J. Rhees was published in John Thomas Griffith's 1910 biography and miscellany of Rhees and his family, a copy of which is included in this collection. An edited version of a previously unpublished section of the diary, from May 2nd to July 9th 1795, was published in Northwest Ohio History (vol. 80, no. 2), but it is an unreliable transcription containing many inaccuracies, according to Dr E. Wyn James of Cardiff University, who is working on a new edition of the M.J. Rhees diaries.
Warner Mifflin Emancipation document, 1775
0.42 Linear FeetAn extraordinary manumission document created by Warner Mifflin, of Delaware, in 1775. There are also two copies of the book "Life and Ancestry of Warner Mifflin" compiled by Hilda Justice, 1905