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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

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Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers

Identifier: MSS10561
Abstract Authors and journalists. Correspondence, writings, interviews, notes, subject files, office files, financial papers, family papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Joseph Alsop's family and personal life; acquaintance with prominent politicians, public figures, writers, and scholars; work as a journalist; World War II experiences in China; and research and writing as an art historian. Includes material relating to Joseph and Stewart Alsop's business...
Dates 1699-1989; Majority of material found within 1937-1989
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Armand Hammer Papers

Identifier: MSS77751
Abstract

Business executive, philanthropist, and art collector. Chiefly correspondence documenting Hammer's career as a citizen diplomat (particularly to the Soviet Union), humanitarian, and art collector gathered for an exhibition honoring him at the Library of Congress in 1989, including also a facsimile edition of the Codex Hammer (a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci) and a photograph album.

Dates circa 1508-1989
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Raoul Heilbronner Papers

Identifier: MSS25650
Abstract

German-born antique dealer, of Paris, France, who specialized in Gothic and Renaissance art, furniture, tapestries and statues and supplied many nineteenth and early twentieth century American collectors. Correspondence; letterbooks; business records including invoices, inventories, notebooks, address book, records of purchases and sales, deposits, and consignments; and historical notes and clippings relating to particular objects.

Dates 1887-1952; Majority of material found within ( 1887-1914)
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Freddy Homburger Papers

Identifier: MSS80633
Abstract

Physician, scientist, and artist. Correspondence, reports, speeches, writings, academic records, printed matter, and photographs documenting Homburger's career as a physician involved in cancer research, his interest in art as a collector and a painter, and his service as honorary Swiss consul in Boston, Mass.

Dates 1926-1990; Majority of material found within ( 1941-1989)
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Theodore Marburg Papers

Identifier: MSS31294
Abstract

Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.

Dates 1856-1940; Majority of material found within 1893-1940
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James A. Michener Papers

Identifier: MSS32805
Abstract

Author. Correspondence, writings, speeches, journal, interviews, scripts, notes, legal and financial records, biographical material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Michener's literary career, his interest in politics, his art collection, and the adaptation of his works for stage and screen.

Dates 1906-1992; Majority of material found within 1945-1992
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Vincent Price Papers

Identifier: MSS36905
Abstract

Actor, art collector, and supporter of the arts. Correspondence, speeches and writings, lectures, business records, family papers, scripts, programs, playbills, publicity material, photographs, and other papers documenting Price's career as an actor in the theater, motion pictures, and television, as an art collector, critic, and consultant, and as a gourmet cook.

Dates 1883-1992; Majority of material found within 1932-1992
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Erwin Swann Papers

Identifier: MSS60574
Abstract

Art collector, film producer, and advertising executive Correspondence, play scripts, financial and legal papers, calendars, clippings, printed material, and photographs pertaining primarily to Swann's business activities as a producer of art and cultural films and as a collector of caricature and cartoon art, modern European and American art, French impressionist art, and Indic and Far Eastern art.

Dates 1949-1976; Majority of material found within 1968-1973
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Georg Von Békésy Papers

Identifier: MSS47019
Abstract

Physicist, physiologist, and educator. Chiefly writings and research papers, reports, notes, and other materials, along with some correspondence, printed matter, financial papers, biographical material, subject files, and other papers pertaining primarily to von Békésy's research and writing in the area of speech and hearing and in sensory sciences.

Dates 1928-1972; Majority of material found within 1955-1970
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Fredric Wertham Papers

Identifier: MSS62110
Abstract

Psychiatrist. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches and lectures, reports, research notes, patient case files, psychiatric tests, transcripts of court proceedings, biographical information, newspaper clippings, drawings, photographs, and other materials pertaining primarily to Wertham's career in psychiatry.

Dates 1818-1986; Majority of material found within 1945-1975