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Collection Results: 1-25 of 3271
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Cleveland Abbe Papers

Identifier: MSS10025
Abstract

Astronomer and meteorologist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating mainly to Abbe's career with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps, his participation in the West African Eclipse Expedition (1880s), and his career in the United States Weather Bureau.

Dates 1850-1954; Majority of material found within 1850-1916
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Henry L. Abbot Family Papers

Identifier: MSS84936
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Correspondence, memoirs, diaries, writings, photographs, legal and financial records, genealogical material, military records, printed matter, and mementos primarily documenting the professional and family activities of Henry L. Abbot and his family during the Civil War.

Dates 1770-2001; Majority of material found within ( 1832-1870)
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Elizabeth Lee Abbott Papers

Identifier: MSS86631
Abstract

Chinese American social worker, archivist, and educator. Writings and reference material of Abbott pertaining cheifly to issues concerning Chinese Americans, especially Chinese American Christians.

Dates 1855-2006; Majority of material found within 1972-1986
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Philip Hauge Abelson Papers

Identifier: MSS84803
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Nuclear physicist, chemist, and editor. Correspondence, notes, reports, speeches and writings, and other papers documenting Abelson's contribution to scientific policy-making through committees, organizations, and publications.

Dates 1924-2002; Majority of material found within 1954-1989
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Karl Abraham Papers

Identifier: MSS49015
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Psychoanalyst. Correspondence, circular letters, drafts of statements, a book inscription, and a program documenting Abraham’s role in the founding of psychoanalysis, particularly in his native Germany.

Dates 1908-1925
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Rudy Abramson Papers

Identifier: MSS86328
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Journalist and author. Research files for Abramson’s biography of W. Averell Harriman, Spanning the Century: The Life of W. Averell Harriman, 1891-1986 , consisting of oral history interview transcripts, correspondence, memoranda, research notes, printed matter, and other papers.

Dates 1941-1990
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Goodman Ace Papers

Identifier: MSS10132
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Author and radio personality. Scripts, writings, correspondence, and other papers relating to Ace's career as a radio and television writer, radio performer, and humorist.

Dates 1922-1983; Majority of material found within 1931-1982
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Edward Goodrich Acheson Papers

Identifier: MSS49684
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Electrochemist, engineer, and inventor. Correspondence, diaries, biographical material, financial papers, laboratory notebooks relating to experiments and inventions, newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to Acheson's scientific work.

Dates 1872-1968; Majority of material found within 1899-1930
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Carl W. Ackerman Papers

Identifier: MSS50039
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Journalist, educator, and public relations consultant. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Ackerman's career as a journalist and dean of Columbia University School of Journalism.

Dates 1833-1970; Majority of material found within 1931-1956
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Arthur S. Adams Papers

Identifier: MSS10157
Abstract

Scientist and educator. Correspondence, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, biographical material, print and near-print material, and other papers relating to chiefly to Adams's work as a consultant to the New England Center for Continuing Education.

Dates 1928-1975; Majority of material found within 1966-1973
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Adams Family Papers

Identifier: MSS10199
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Chiefly correspondence of John Quincy Adams dated 1801-1846. Also includes correspondence and miscellany relating to other family members.

Dates 1776-1948; Majority of material found within ( 1794-1846)
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Found in: Music Division

John Adams Music Manuscripts and Papers

Identifier: ML31.A23
Abstract

John Adams (1947-) is an American composer, conductor, and writer. He is the winner of five Grammy Awards and recipient of the 2003 Pultizer Prize for his work On the Transmigration of Souls in tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The collection includes music scores by Adams and others, correspondence, business and financial papers, biographical materials, programs and promotional materials, and clippings.

Dates 1925-2017; Majority of material found within 1980-2017
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Leason Heberling Adams Papers

Identifier: MSS78279
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Geophysicist, consultant, and educator. Correspondence, writings, notes and notebooks, and printed matter relating to Adams's research and publication in geophysics and earth sciences.

Dates 1919-1968
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Maude Adams Papers

Identifier: MSS10215
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American stage actor, writer, educator. Annotated typescripts and mimeographed copies of Adams's unpublished autobiography, writings relating to the study of acting, a commencement address, notes for a proposed radio program, a religious play, and the corrected typescript of Phyllis Robbins's biography, Maude Adams, An Intimate Portrait.

Dates 1925-1956
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Samuel Adams Papers

Identifier: MSS10223
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Continental congressman and governor of Massachusetts. Reproductions of correspondence, speeches, petitions, committee records, and other material relating primarily to Adams’s political life in Massachusetts.

Dates 1635-1826
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Adee Family Papers

Identifier: MSS10231
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Journals, correspondence, poetry, speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, genealogical records of the Adee and Graham families, and miscellaneous family material, including papers of Alvey A. Adee, chief of the Diplomatic Bureau at the United States Department of State and assistant secretary of state; Augustus Alvey Adee, United States Navy surgeon; and David Graham Adee, author and lawyer.

Dates 1824-1966
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Bob Adelman Photograph Archive

Identifier: Adelman
Abstract The archive of documentary photographer and photojournalist Bob Adelman offers users a wide range of images illustrating life in America in the mid-to-late 20th century. As a photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality, he was an integral part of documenting many of the most important events and personalities of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968. Adelman also photographed themes of poverty, education, and culture, as well as famous artists and writers,...
Dates ca. 1950-2000; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
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Alfred Adler Papers

Identifier: MSS82306
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Psychologist. Family and professional correspondence, writings, lectures, an appointment book, notes, reports, certificates, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Adler's career as a psychologist, his family, and the careers of two of his children, Alexandra Adler and Kurt A. Adler.

Dates 1885-2001; Majority of material found within 1928-1997
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Found in: Music Division

Serge Rips Collection of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Music Manuscripts

Identifier: ML31.B52
Abstract

Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), King of Thailand, was prominently known as the longest-reigning monarch in the world at the time of his death in 2016. He was also a gifted reed player with a passion for musical composition and jazz performance. This collection consists largely of his music manuscripts for songs and piano solo works.

Dates 1946-1995
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Adventures in sound collection

Identifier: 2022618478
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Recording logs, photocopies of numerous open reel flanges that contain information, show notes, correspondence showcase the production and content of the Adventures in Sound radio show.

Dates 1954-1983; Majority of material found within (1982-1983)
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Aero Club of America Scrapbooks

Identifier: MSS34124
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Aeronautical organization. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the advent of manned flight.

Dates 1891-1912
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Found in: Science Section

L’Aerophile Collection

Identifier: Unclassed ST&B, TRS
Abstract Correspondence, blueprints and manufactures information for early French and foreign aircraft and dirigibles, reports of accidents involving flyers and balloonists, World War I aerial photographs and intelligence reports, a series of French cartoons, drawings, graphs, charts, diagrams of equipment, maps, newspapers, printed material, and photographs. The materials in the collection were evidently assembled by staff of the magazine L’Aerophile which was published by Georges Besançon in...
Dates 1876-1949; Majority of material found within (1893-1949)
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African American Soldiers in World War II Collection

Identifier: MSS86243
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Correspondence, memoranda, oral history interviews, government documents, reports, notes, books, subject files, a scrapbook, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, digital files, and other material documenting the World War II participation of African American soldiers of the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions of the United States Army.

Dates 1918-2018; Majority of material found within 1997-2010
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African American Expressive Culture in Philadelphia Project

Identifier: pp021036
Abstract The African American Expressive Culture in Philadelphia project contains over 20,000 pictures taken at hundreds of events, encounters, and photograph sessions in Philadelphia between March 18 and November 1, 1989. The photos were part of a larger folklife project that Roland Freeman worked on with Glenn Hinson and Jerrilyn McGregory, two doctoral students at the University of Pennsylvania. Freeman served as director and photographer of the project that resulted in an exhibition at the 1989...
Dates 1989
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Found in: Music Division

Milton Ager Music Manuscripts

Identifier: ML31.A25
Abstract

Milton Ager (1893-1979) was an American arranger and composer of popular songs, primarily in the 1920s and 1930s. His notable compositions include the songs, "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia," "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)," and "Happy Days Are Here Again." The collection chiefly contains scores of Ager's compositions, sketches, and lyrics, as well as a small amount of correspondence.

Dates circa 1918-1979; Majority of material found within 1918-1979