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Formal title:
Alison Wylie papers
Extent:
5.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1984-2017
Abstract:
This collection consists of the professional papers of Alison Wylie, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Materials include correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, clippings, and drafts documenting Wylie’s interest in feminist archaeology, philosophy, gender equity for women professors, and social justice issues affecting women.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2017.020
Formal title:
Samuel Wyllys papers
Extent:
3.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1638-1757 (bulk 1663-1698)
Abstract:
Annmary Brown Hawkins inherited from her father a collection of colonial documents compiled by Samuel Wyllys, a magistrate of Connecticut from 1654 to 1684, and other members of his family. The collection, covering the period from 1638 to 1757, comprises half of the original collection; the other half (1694-1726) is owned by the Connecticut State Library. These early papers pertain to Indian affairs, colonial wars, civil and criminal cases. The witchcraft trials of 1692 to 1693, as revealed in the testimony of witnesses in the Oyer and Terminer Courts, are of particular interest.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Wyllys
Formal title:
Loraine Wyman Collection
Extent:
700.0 items (31 boxes)
Date range:
1859-1952 (bulk 1910-1937)
Abstract:
The Loraine Wyman Collection consists of manuscripts, sheet music, and miscellaneous material collected and/or edited by Loraine Wyman, the bulk dating from 1910-1937, and collected in Kentucky, Quebec, and France. The collection contains principally folk songs, arrangements or orchestrations of folk music, and French art songs.
Repository:
Orwig Music Library
Collection call no:
Ethno.Arc.0128
Formal title:
Patricia Yaeger papers
Extent:
7.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1970-2014
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of Patricia Yaeger, University of Michigan scholar of English and women’s studies, culture of the American south, trauma, and environmental humanities. Papers include correspondence, course lectures and related materials, talks, articles, book drafts, and subject files, dating from 1970 to 2014.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2017.017
Formal title:
Mel B. Yoken collection
Extent:
84 Linear Feet
Date range:
1683-2012 (1900-2012)
Abstract:
This collection was assembled over a period of fifty years by Mel B. Yoken. The primary focus is 20th century pieces of correspondence and documents by and related to French, Québécois, British, and American authors, artists, politicians, and public figures. Numerous letters written by significant figures of the 18th and 19th century enhance the historical, literary and political interest of the collection. Notes, typescripts, photographs and personal papers complement the archive.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.038
Formal title:
John Young papers COLLECTION CLOSED
Extent:
1.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1859-1903 (bulk 1876-1890)
Abstract:
COLLECTION CLOSED. These papers contain personal correspondence, business papers, writings by John Young and his daughter Harriet, maps and hand drawn diagrams of the Blackfeet Agency and its surroundings in the Montana Territory. The personal correspondence from 1876 to 1884 provides firsthand accounts of life on the reservation during a crucial time in the tribe's history.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2007.030
Formal title:
Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1996-2013
Abstract:
The Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers date from 1996-2013 and include drafts of publications and other professional materials relating to Ziarek's work in feminist literary theory and philosophy.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2014.017
Formal title:
Jerry A. Zimmer (Class of 1966) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
Extent:
1.25 Linear feet
Date range:
1962-2015
Abstract:
Captain Jerry A. Zimmer graduated from Brown University in 1966 before joining the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a decorated F-4 Phantom pilot in the Vietnam War. He was killed in action while flying a ground support mission outside of Da Nang on August 29, 1969. The Jerry A. Zimmer (Class of 1966) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War consist primarily of an oral history by Elaine Zimmer Davis, Captain Zimmer’s widow, along with correspondence of Captain Zimmer and his family, friends, and the military, photographs, museum objects, and recent magazine articles and forums relating to his 2009 memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery and efforts to recover his remains from the crash site in Vietnam.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1U.Z1
Formal title:
Earl F. Zinn case notes of a psychiatric patient
Extent:
5.5 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1936-1938
Abstract:
The collection comprises Earl F. Zinn's case notes on an unnamed male schizophrenic patient. Materials include trascriptions of a series of interviews recorded in the 1930s as well as artwork produced by the patient.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.93.18
Formal title:
Émile Zola and Henry Céard Papers
Extent:
162 items (3 clamshell boxes)
Date range:
1864-1921 (bulk 1864-1901)
Abstract:
The Émile Zola and Henry Céard Papers consist chiefly of correspondence. Zola writes about contemporary writers and journalists, literary criticism, the stage, censorship, politics, and personal affairs, including his own novels and reviews. Seventy-seven letters (1879-1889) are to Henry Céard.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Zola

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