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Jack Agüeros papers, 1914-2012, bulk 1961-2012

22 linear feet
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This collection documents the life of Jack Agüeros, a Puerto Rican poet, community activist, translator, playwright, educator and a former director of El Museo del Barrio.

Larry Tye Papers, 2008-2013

30.6 linear feet
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Research material for two of Larry Tye's books, Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero, which includes correspondence, subject files, and legal files, and for Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon, which includes oral history files and subject files.
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Leo Lerman papers, 1893-2012, bulk 1937-1994

105.54 linear feet
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Personal and Professional papers of writer and magazine editor Leo Lerman. The papers include correspondence, professional papers, topical files, research files, and photographs.
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Program in the Arts, 1970-1989

8.33 Linear Feet
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This collection consists of materials that document the history of the Program in the Arts (1970-1989) at Barnard College.
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William Evarts Benjamin papers, 1817-1940

14 linear feet
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, photographs, drawings, engravings, and printed materials of Benjamin. The personal and business papers concern Benjamin's publishing and bookselling company, his numerous benefactions, the disposal of his collections, and many printed catalogs for his company, 1883-1940. The two major correspondents are the business and financial records for the printing, binding, and extensive promotion through a network of agents of Stedman's A LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME; new ed. (New York, W.E. Benjamin, 1894). There are also letters, manuscripts, documents, and drawings of English literary figures collected by Benjamin. Among these are six letters of George Eliot, 47 letters and six manuscripts of John Ruskin, and three letters and one manuscript of Joseph Mallord Turner, with four letters relating to the artist. In addition there ten drawings and watercolors by Ruskin.

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Tennessee Williams papers, 1920-1983

160 linear feet
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A large and important collection of the correspondence, memoirs, and plays of Tennessee Williams. The collection is especially strong in the later works.
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Random House publications, 1897-1980, bulk 1940s-1970s

6700 items
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This record colocates books received in conjunction with the Random House records.

Gertrude Lawrence Papers, 1925-1986, bulk 1925-1952

1.68 linear feet
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This collection contains documents relating to Broadway actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), a British-born international star of musical theatre and film. The collection primarily consists of correspondences, and also includes manuscripts, photographs, diaries, and a notebook from her position teaching an acting course at Columbia University.
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Series I: Correspondences, 1926-1952

Woodlawn Cemetery records, 1863-1999

300 linear feet
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The Woodlawn Cemetery archive documents the history of the grounds, mausolea, monuments, and operations of Woodlawn Cemetery, founded in 1863 in The Bronx, New York, and one of the largest in the United States. The collection includes architectural designs records, maps, photographs, correspondence, construction and maintenance records, and other historical documents, spanning 140 years of the cemetery's operations.
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Book Arts Ephemera collection, 1890-2019

158.5 Linear Feet
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These files have been compiled by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library from its origin in 1930 through the present day. The material derives largely from gifts, and the occasional purchase; much of the subject file in particular is made of ephemera included in the American Type Founders, Co. Library, purchased in 1942. Prospectuses and information sent by fine presses and book artists are added to the relevant files in an ongoing fashion. The files cover subjects from the beginning of printing to the current day.

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