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Formal title:
David H. Hirsch papers
Extent:
22.0 linear feet
Date range:
1826-2000 (bulk 1961-1999)
Abstract:
The David H. Hirsch papers (1826-2000; bulk, 1961-1999) include correspondence, essays, manuscripts, translated materials, research and lecture notes, course syllabi, annotated critical material, financial documents, conference proceedings, committee agendas, notebooks, and photographs. These materials relate primarily to his tenure as Professor of English at Brown University. Most of the collection reflects his extensive research and writing in American literature and literary theory, as well as in Holocaust literature and interpretation. A portion of the collection contains the fiction of his son, Joe Hirsch.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2012.030
Formal title:
Hudson River Day Line Collection
Extent:
25 linear feet
Date range:
1812-1960 (bulk 1860-1930)
Abstract:
The Hudson River Day Line was a steamboat service operating under various names on the Hudson River beginning in the mid-1800s. The collection contains over 100 years of company records, financial documents, ephemera and correspondence between owners and key stakeholders. In addition, the collection contains steamship logs that document the routes taken by the Hudson River Day Line steamships along the Hudson River.
Repository:
Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:
1963.01
Formal title:
James Humphrey papers
Extent:
9 Linear Feet
Date range:
1957-2009 (1971-2006)
Abstract:
This collection consists of the literary and personal papers of the poet James Humphrey. It includes correspondence with poets, publishers, friends and family; manuscripts for poems, novels, screenplays, essays and short stories, both published and unpublished; unframed abstract artwork, photographs and scrapbooks. The audio material in these papers consists of one audiocassette, two compact discs and eight reel-to-reel tapes. The papers are dated from 1957 to 2009.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2014.013
Formal title:
International Seapower Symposium records
Extent:
17 linear feet (21 half Bankers’s boxes, 2 archival boxes, 1 small oversize box)
Date range:
1969-
Abstract:
The International Seapower Symposium (ISS) is a biennial meeting held at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), hosted by the Chief of Naval Operations and the President, U.S. Naval War College. This record group consists of correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audio cassettes, digital media (floppy disks and compact discs, etc), and digital files documenting the organization and proceedings of each symposium.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
RG-22
Formal title:
Oling Jackson papers
Extent:
3.55 cubic feet.
Date range:
circa 1935-2003
Abstract:
Oling Jackson’s collected papers, photographs, and organizational papers relating to the Cape Verdean Americans community.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0085
Formal title:
John Birch Society records
Extent:
46 Linear Feet
Date range:
1928-1990 (1965-1989)
Abstract:
The John Birch Society records include audio-visual material such as audiocassettes, films, filmstrips, phonograph records, reel-to-reel tapes, slides and videocassettes; business records, correspondence, manuscripts, membership lists, office files, publications and subject files. The records also include a great deal of material regarding the Society's campaign against the ratification of the Panama Canal Treaties during the 1970s. The records are dated from 1928 to 1990. Most of the material is dated from 1965 to 1990.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2013.003
Formal title:
May L. Joynt auction records
Extent:
0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:
1933-1983
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial records and photographs that document the purchase of silver at auction by Mrs. May L. Joynt.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.043
Formal title:
May L. Joynt auction records
Extent:
0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:
1933-1983
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial records and photographs that document the purchase of silver at auction by Mrs. May L. Joynt.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.043
Formal title:
Jane L. Keddy papers
Extent:
14.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1969-1993 (bulk 1977-1988)
Abstract:
The Keddy papers contain correspondence, research notes on index cards, brochures, museum handbooks, photocopies of entire chapters from books being used for research, maps and other illustrations along with extensive drafts of a proposed 1000 plus page biography of Samuel de Champlain. Other material includes personal correspondence on topics as diverse as feminism, safe drinking water and theology, professional correspondence in Jane Keddy's capacity as the editor/owner of Parameter Press and a folder of correspondence with potential publishers of the Champlain manuscript.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2007.028
Formal title:
Jeanne McHugh Kerr papers relating to Alexander Lyman Holley
Extent:
16.75 Linear feet
Date range:
1847-1983 (bulk 1949-1980)
Abstract:
The Jeanne McHugh Kerr papers relating to Alexander Lyman Holley consist chiefly of manuscripts and research materials relating to Kerr's biography of Holley. The papers also include several scrapbooks and letter books that belonged to Holley, samples of minerals and stainless steel, microfilm of Holley's papers at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and personal papers such as a desk diary and address book that belonged to Kerr. The material is dated between 1847 and 1983, with most dated between 1949 and 1980.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2012.016

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