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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Clara Barrus and John Burroughs Papers

Identifier: MSS85382
Abstract

Physician, author, and editor (Clara Barrus). Naturalist and author (John Burroughs). Correspondence, estate papers, printed matter, scrapbooks, and writings pertaining to the works and travels of Clara Barrus and John Burroughs and the administration of their estates.

Dates 1877-1981; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1958)
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Edward William Bok Papers

Identifier: MSS13128
Abstract

Author, editor, reformer, and philanthropist. Correspondence, autograph albums featuring prominent American literary, military, and political figures, and writings by Bok. Also included is a manuscript by Jessie Benton Frémont relating to the death of her husband, John C. Frémont.

Dates 1880-1926; Majority of material found within 1920-1925
 Collection

T. M. Cleland Papers

Identifier: MSS16147
Abstract

Book designer and illustrator. Correspondence, drawings, and title pages and designs for books and advertisements.

Dates 1880-1964; Majority of material found within 1920-1963
 Collection

George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers

Identifier: MSS21899
Abstract

George Gamow, physicist, astronomer, and author. Barbara Gamow, editor and translator. Correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, and other papers relating principally to George Gamow's career as an astronomer, physicist, and popularizer of science and to Barbara Gamow's personal and literary associations.

Dates 1915-1975; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1975)
 Collection

Harper's Magazine Records

Identifier: MSS24968
Abstract

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.

Dates 1847-1983; Majority of material found within 1940-1983
 Collection

Frederick Nicklaus Papers

Identifier: MSS84027
Abstract

Poet and editor. Correspondence, articles, clippings, notes, photographs, printed matter, and writings relating primarily to Nicklaus's poetry and personal life, with a small amount pertaining to his literary contemporaries.

Dates 1940-1999; Majority of material found within 1973-1993
 Collection

Robert Orben Papers

Identifier: MSS86325
Abstract

Comedy writer and political speechwriter. Correspondence, jokes and other writings, business papers, photographs, printed matter, interviews, and speeches in both physical and digital formats pertaining to Orben's work as a comedy writer and humor consultant for entertainers, public figures, and corporate clients, editor of a topical humor service, writer for television, and speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford.

Dates 1941-2019
 Collection

Charles Henry Webb Papers

Identifier: MSS44891
Abstract

Author, publisher, and inventor. Largely letters received, corrected drafts of a few of Webb's poems, and some signed copies of poems by others. The letters relate to the writing activities of Webb and of his friends, to publishing, and to his social life.

Dates 1859-1924