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    Cesi Kellinger collection of dance materials,
    Cesi Kellinger dance collection Catalog Record Only     The collection consists of dance-related photographs, illustrations, books, promotional materials, performance programs, articles and clippings, and correspondence dating between 1842 and 1994. These items pertain to the careers of prominent dancers, choreographers, and educators, including Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham. The Programs series encompasses performance programs and playbills dating from 1926 to 1994 that document numerous national and international dance companies,...
    • Contributor: Kellinger, Cesi
    • Date: 1842
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    Thomas Barclay papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence and commissions relating to the diplomatic service of Thomas Barclay as U.S. commissioner in Europe, U.S. consul general in France, and minister to the court of Morocco. Includes an Arabic manuscript relating to his service in Morocco. Correspondents include John Adams, Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Thomas Jefferson.
    • Contributor: Barclay, Thomas
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    Faith Berry papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, speeches, writings, book reviews, reports, radio and television transcripts, research materials, press releases, clippings, printed matter, posters, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Berry's career as an author, editor, and educator; her research on the life and literary career of poet Langston Hughes; collaboration with professor and literary critic J. Saunders Redding on an anthology of his works; and work on...
    • Contributor: NAACP Task Force on Africa - Berry, Faith - Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders)
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    Carl Conrad Loth papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, newsletters, biographical material, clippings, scrapbooks, certificates, maps, and other papers relating primarily to Loth's service as a driver in the American Volunteer Motor-Ambulance Corps and as an aviator and officer in the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and later, the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War I and World War II. includes all eight issues of Soixante Trois, a...
    • Contributor: Loth, Carl Conrad
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    Alexandre Vattemare papers, Catalog Record Only Report on metric weights and measures, letter (1853 December 12) written by Vattemare to Hannibal Hamlin relating to the report, and chart of metrical measures and weights.
    • Contributor: Vattemare, Alexandre
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    Filippo Mazzei papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette, James Monroe, and Edmund Randolph. The largest group of letters is from Thomas Jefferson and includes the "Mazzei letter" (1796 April 24), in which Jefferson criticizes Federalist leaders.
    • Contributor: Mazzei, Filippo
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    Philippe-Henri, marquis de Ségur, papers, Catalog Record Only Three volumes consisting of military records pertaining to the administration of the French army (France. Armée) during the period 1781-1783, including French participation in the American Revolution. Subjects include troop assignments, supply allocations, and rewards for officers and men. Correspondence focuses on the commands of Charles Destouches Andrault, marquis de Langeron, marachel de camp and commandant at Brest, and of Marie-François-Henri de Franquetot, duc...
    • Contributor: Ségur, Philippe-Henri
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    Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, broadsides, orderly book, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Lafayette's military service in Canada and Virginia, his tour of the United States (1824-1825), his land in Florida, and his views on such topics as the slave trade and the French government. Also includes material pertaining to the centennial observance of his death. Correspondents include Thomas Clarkson, George Washington Parke...
    • Contributor: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier
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    Louisiana miscellany, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, a surveyor's notebook, reports, legal and financial records, maps, sketches, and other material relating to the early history of Louisiana under French, Spanish, and American control. Includes letters of Charles Laveau Trudeau, vital statistics from family Bibles and tombstones, papers relating to the purchase of Louisiana by the United States, and a manuscript copy of the French explorer Jean Baptiste Bénard de La...
    • Contributor: Bénard De La Harpe, Jean Baptiste
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    Paul Wilstach collection of Richard Mansfield papers,
    Richard Mansfield papers | Paul Wilstach papers Catalog Record Only     Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and other papers of or relating to the actor Richard Mansfield who was noted for introducing the works of Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Shaw to American audiences. The collection was compiled by his friend and secretary, author Paul Wilstach, and includes source material for and manuscript of Wilstach's biography, Richard Mansfield, The Actor and the Man (1908). Also includes correspondence between...
    • Contributor: Mansfield, Richard - Wilstach, Paul
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    Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1894, Sept.
    • Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
    • Date: 1894-09-01

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    Benjamin Franklin papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, journals, records, articles, and other material relating to Franklin's life and career. Includes manuscript (1728) of his Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion; negotations in London (1775); letterbooks (1779-1782) of the U.S. legation in Paris, France; records (1780-1783) of the U.S. peace commissioners, including journals kept by Franklin and Richard Oswald; facsimile copy of his ledger as U.S. postmaster general (1775-1778); and...
    • Contributor: United States. Legation (France) - Franklin, Benjamin - Oswald, Richard - Franklin, William Temple
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    Edmond Charles Genet papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence; diplomatic despatches; speeches; writings; scientific papers; notes relating to England and America; legation accounts; newspaper extracts; printed matter; and other papers. Subjects include Genet's diplomatic service in England, Russia, and the U.S.; political theory; scientific research; and Clinton and Osgood families. Includes a memoir prepared by his son, Geo. Clinton Genet, and other descendants; and correspondence and despatches received by Genet's father, Edme...
    • Contributor: Genet, Edmond Charles
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    George Middleton papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, speeches, lectures, literary manuscripts including books and plays, articles, subject file, research material, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Middleton's career as a playwright, author, and copyright specialist at the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Subjects include the protection of foreign and domestic playwrights' monetary and literary rights in the publication and production of their works, Robert...
    • Contributor: Middleton, George
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    Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von Riedesel, papers, Catalog Record Only Volume containing a treatise on the organization of the Prussian Army in 1776, with diagrams and lists of troop arrangements, and a letter, 1778 August 18, from Riedesel to Maj. Gen. William Phillips, commanding officer of the British Army under the Treaty Convention of Saratoga.
    • Contributor: Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf
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    William Edward Dodd papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, autobiographical notes, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Dodd's work as an author, professor of history at the University of Chicago, and U.S. ambassador to Germany (1933-1937). Subjects include local, state, national, and international politics. Includes letters written by Dodd during a trip to Europe (1928-1929). Includes poetry drafts by Carl Sandburg sent to Dodd's daughter, Martha Dodd...
    • Contributor: Sandburg, Carl - Dodd, William E. (William Edward)
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    Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1891, Oct.
    • Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
    • Date: 1891-10-01

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    Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1890, Apr.-July
    • Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
    • Date: 1890-04-01

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    Florence Deakins Becker papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, subject files, family papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating principally to Becker's volunteer activities on behalf of various health and medical causes, especially the crusade against cancer and tuberculosis. Documents her work with the George Ferdinand Becker Memorial Library, Independence, Va.; Ligue du Nord Contre la Tuberculose; Tuberculosis Association of Bengal; and Urgent Relief for France. Subjects include American efforts...
    • Contributor: Becker, Florence Deakins
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    Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, manuscript histories, and other papers chiefly concerning French participation in the American Revolution and the establishment of Branche française, Society of the Cincinnati. Includes material on the siege of Yorktown, Va., and Rochambeau's memoirs entitled Histoire de l'Origine, & des Progrès de la Guerre ... 1763 ... 1780, and Mémoire De La Guerre en Amèrique en 1780. Correspondents include Louis XVI, King of...
    • Contributor: Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien De Vimeur
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    Grace and Gustave Schirmer correspondence and other papers,
    Fay collection | Gustave Schirmer-Fay collection Catalog Record Only     The collection contains mainly letters to Gustav Schirmer and to his wife Grace Schirmer, but also clippings, programs, and biographical materials. The Correspondence series contains letters to Grace and Gustave Schirmer from notable composers, authors, and artists. The Schirmers maintained the close relationships established in the music community by Schirmer's father, Gustav Schirmer. Notable correspondents include Lawrence Gillman, Vincent d'Indy, and Charles Martin Loeffler....
    • Contributor: Schirmer, Grace - Schirmer, Gustave - Loeffler, Charles Martin - Fay, Gertrude H. Schirmer - Indy, Vincent D - Gilman, Lawrence
    • Date: 1845
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    John Edwards Caldwell letterbook,
    John Edwards Caldwell papers Catalog Record Only     Letterbook (85 pages; 1795 July 1-1796 February 8) relating to trade with the West Indies. Includes accounts, consignments, and directions to captains of trading vessels and correspondence with merchants in Philadelphia, Pa.; Baltimore, Md.; New York, N.Y.; Charleston, S.C.; and Les Cayemites, Port-au-Prince, and Jérémie, Haiti. Principal correspondents include Fourcauld & Co. of Jérémie, Savon & Co. of Les Cayemites, and James R. Smith...
    • Contributor: Caldwell, John Edwards
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    Lisa C. Arkin collection on Bronislava Nijinska's Polish Ballet Catalog Record Only The collection contains research by Lisa C. Arkin, investigating the inaugural year of the Polish Ballet when dancer, choreographer, and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) served as the company's artistic director. Material types include articles, clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, photographs, prints, programs, slides, and writings. The Research Files series contains articles, clippings, notes, photographs, programs, prints, and slides. Among Arkin's notes are interviews she conducted...
    • Contributor: Nijinska, Irina - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Arkin, Lisa C. - Davis, Janet Rowson - Dokoudovsky, Vladimir
    • Date: 1932
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    Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1892, Mar.-Apr.
    • Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
    • Date: 1892-03-01

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    Hugo Kortschak correspondence and photographs,
    Alice Kortschak Koenigsberger and Hugo Kortschak papers, | Alice Koenigsberger collection Catalog Record Only     The collection includes correspondence, much of which pertains to the Berkshire Music Festival, as well as photographs. The Correspondence series contains business letters to Kortschak concerning his involvement with Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge's Berkshire Music Festival and occasional letters from Kortschak to his wife, Alice. Correspondents include performers, conductors, composers, and patrons. Of note, there is a considerable amount of correspondence from Hugo Heermann and...
    • Contributor: Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague - Kortschak, Alice Plaut - Ševčík, O. (Otakar) - Kortschak, Hugo - Heermann, Hugo
    • Date: 1904