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Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, 1870-1976
3,000 items. 20 containers plus 3 oversize. 7 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalists, writers, and literary editors. Correspondence, subject files, drafts of articles, books, poems, and other writings, and miscellaneous material, including scrapbooks and memorabilia, relating primarily to Flanner's career as a writer, especially with the New Yorker; to Solano's interest and writings; and to literary and intellectual life in Paris and New York.
Harper's magazine records, 1847-1983
255,000 items. 701 containers. 290 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Editorial, production, and business records including correspondence, reports, drafts of articles, and galleys for monthly issues of Harper's Magazine, a compendium of social commentary, news, history, criticism, poetry and fiction.
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Margaret Webster papers, 1837-1974
7,000 items. 28 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.
MacDowell Colony records, 1869-2017
82,000 items. 214 containers plus 4 oversize. 90 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 1,252 digital files (9.63 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The MacDowell Colony was founded as an artist colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1907 by Marian MacDowell who dedicated it as a memorial to her husband, American composer Edward MacDowell. The bulk of the records reflects the operational and administrative functions of the colony, its parent organization, the Edward MacDowell Association, and its fundraising staff based in New York. Consists of correspondence, applications for admission, minutes of meetings, reports, legal and financial papers, fundraising and event planning materials, office files, and miscellany.
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Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers, 1885-2007
115,400 items. 411 containers plus 68 oversize. 180 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Actor, producer, and director Hume Cronyn and stage and film actor Jessica Tandy. Family papers, correspondence, annual file, productions and projects file, and scrapbooks documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances and Cronyn's activities as a director, producer, and writer.
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Henry Robinson Luce papers, 1917-1967
35,000 items. 108 containers plus 2 oversize. 45 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Editor, publisher, and philanthropist. Correspondence and memoranda, speeches and writings, financial and property records, reports, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and biographical data relating primarily to Luce's publishing career and his involvement in political, religious, civic, and private organizations.
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Louis N. Ridenour papers, 1917-1960
1,300 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and author. Correspondence, journals, reports, writings, printed matter, photographs, and other items relating to science policy issues concerning nuclear energy and computer technology as well as Ridenour's contribution to the development and application of radar technology during World War II.
Beatrice Rose Waldinger papers, 1918-1967
400 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Writer and niece of Sigmund Freud. Correspondence and writings. Waldinger’s writings describe her life in the Freud family, her immigration to the United States in 1938, and her analysis by Paul Federn.
Bertram D. Lewin papers, 1883-1974
10,000 items. 20 containers plus 1 oversize. 10 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Psychoanalyst, educator, and writer. Correspondence, diaries, biographical data, reports, surveys, speeches and writings, school papers, certificates, legal documents, and photographs documenting Lewin's contributions to psychoanalysis in the United States through his writings, teaching, and involvement in various psychoanalytic organizations.
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Marian MacDowell papers, 1876-1969
2000 items. 10 containers. 3.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, clippings and other printed material, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Marian MacDowell's activities with the MacDowell Colony, the artist colony in Peterborough, N.H., established to honor her husband, Edward MacDowell.