Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2645
86.1 linear feet (178 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 computer files); 77.8 Megabytes
Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (1931- ), is a noted hand-press printer and the founder, printer, and publisher of the Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Press which published fine art limited editions of poetry and prose by contemporary authors. He has...
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Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (1931- ), is a noted hand-press printer and the founder, printer, and publisher of the Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Press which published fine art limited editions of poetry and prose by contemporary authors. He has taught printing at the University of Alabama and Cornish College (Seattle) and is the author of the manual Printing on the Iron Handpress (1997), Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress (2004), as well as numerous essays and lectures on the book arts. Collection consists of records of the Plain Wrapper Press and Rummonds' personal and professional papers 1948-2010. Correspondence with friends, relatives, business associates, and professional colleagues documents his careers as industrial and book designer, commercial attach? in Quito, Ecuador, and later, iron hand-press printer and founder of the Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Press, writer and educator. Plain Wrapper Press records include correspondence, production files of manuscripts, proof-sheets and galleys; engravings and lino-cuts; samples of bindings, papers, covers, and completed books, keepsakes, and other examples of his printing. The collection also includes copies of Rummonds essays and lectures and drafts of his books, including an unpublished autobiography,
Fantasies and Hard Knocks: My Life as a Printer.
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Association of Village Homeowners
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17931
2.1 linear feet (6 boxes)
The Association of Village Homeowners was formed in 1960 in response to new construction, supporting protection and long-term regulation of the Greenwich Village neighborhood. The Association of Village Homeowners records document the changing...
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The Association of Village Homeowners was formed in 1960 in response to new construction, supporting protection and long-term regulation of the Greenwich Village neighborhood. The Association of Village Homeowners records document the changing concerns of the Greenwich Village neighborhood from 1960 to 2003.
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Kantrowitz, Arnie, 1940-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1616
23.15 linear feet (54 boxes, 1 tube); 7 audio files, 12 video files, 1 vhs tape
Arnie Kantrowitz is a writer, educator, and gay activist who was integrally involved in several gay activist groups in the 1970s and 1980s including the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Christopher...
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Arnie Kantrowitz is a writer, educator, and gay activist who was integrally involved in several gay activist groups in the 1970s and 1980s including the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. The Arnie Kantrowitz papers date from 1951 to 2008 and contain personal papers and organizational records chiefly reflecting Kantrowitz's activities as a writer, gay rights activist, and English professor. The collection consists of correspondence from friends, fellow writers, and readers; diaries and notebooks; records concerning his involvement in various gay rights organizations; files relating to his teaching career at the College of Staten Island; notes, drafts and manuscripts of his published and unpublished writing; sound and video recordings; and personal memorabilia.
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Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18389
5.58 linear feet (15 boxes, 1 other item)
The records of the Lavanburg Foundation contain meeting minutes and administrative files documenting the activities of the foundation, records of construction of the Lavanburg Villages, and files on grants awarded. Materials are organized in three...
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The records of the Lavanburg Foundation contain meeting minutes and administrative files documenting the activities of the foundation, records of construction of the Lavanburg Villages, and files on grants awarded. Materials are organized in three series (Administrative Files, Lavanburg Villages Project, and Grants), and range in date from 1927 to 2011. The Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation was established in 1927 as a low-income, non-profit housing corporation for families with children who were unable to find housing elsewhere. The Lavanburg Homes were constructed in Manhattan in 1927, and in 1956, were donated to New York City. In the 1960s, the Lavanburg Foundation took on a second construction project, building the Lavanburg Villages in the Bronx. From 1927 to 2006, the Lavanburg Foundation also provided seed-money grants to organizations assisting in the foundation's mission of providing better housing and social support for low-income families. The Lavanburg Foundation closed in 2011.
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Lexington Democratic Club
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18650
8.19 linear feet (20 boxes)
The Lexington Democratic Club is a political activist group founded in 1949 to promote a reformist Democratic Party in Manhattan's 9th Assembly District. This collection documents the club's founding, operations, and activities through...
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The Lexington Democratic Club is a political activist group founded in 1949 to promote a reformist Democratic Party in Manhattan's 9th Assembly District. This collection documents the club's founding, operations, and activities through memorandums, event announcements, planning documents, meeting minutes, financial records, statistical reports, and correspondence.
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New York Foundation
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18363
97.37 linear feet (231 boxes)
The New York Foundation is a philanthropic foundation, established in New York City in 1909 for the purpose of providing financial support towards "altruistic purposes, charitable, benevolent, educational, or otherwise." For over a century, the...
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The New York Foundation is a philanthropic foundation, established in New York City in 1909 for the purpose of providing financial support towards "altruistic purposes, charitable, benevolent, educational, or otherwise." For over a century, the Foundation has awarded grants to charitable and non-profit organizations in numerous fields, including public health, workers' rights, literacy, child welfare, AIDS research and treatment, women's suffrage, racial equity, legal aid, the alleviation of poverty, civil rights, immigrants' rights, and education reform, among many others. Although some earlier grants supported programs in other areas of the country, the bulk of the Foundation's grants since 1975 have been awarded to organizations in New York City, with a focus on grassroots community organizations.
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9/11 United Services Group
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6141
9.91 linear feet (24 boxes; 11 videos); 855.71 Megabytes (4640 computer files)
The 9/11 United Services Group was formed in December 2001 to facilitate, expedite, and enhance coordination of services among various charities and agencies in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The September 11th Fund, the...
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The 9/11 United Services Group was formed in December 2001 to facilitate, expedite, and enhance coordination of services among various charities and agencies in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The September 11th Fund, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and Safe Horizon were responsible for spearheading this collaborative charitable response after recognizing the need for coordinated service. The 9/11 United Services Group records hold administrative files, service coordination files, and files from the Ongoing Needs Study and the Framework for the Coordinated Delivery of Social Services in Future Major Emergencies report. There are also documents outlining the group's Financial Advice Referral Program and files documenting its work with victim advocacy and community relations.
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Gornick, Vivian
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186136
3.17 linear feet (8 boxes)
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) is an American feminist critic, author, and memoirist who is known for her involvement with the second-wave feminist movement while reporting for
The Village Voice. Her papers, dated 1965 to...
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Vivian Gornick (born 1935) is an American feminist critic, author, and memoirist who is known for her involvement with the second-wave feminist movement while reporting for
The Village Voice. Her papers, dated 1965 to 2021, detail her writing process and published output after leaving the
Voice, with an emphasis on her book projects. The collection holds typed and handwritten drafts, research files, reviews, correspondence, and interviews.
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New York Review of Books
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23385
1253.09 linear feet (3007 boxes, 1 oversized folder). 15.32 gigabytes (21,507 computer files)
The New York Review of Books is a magazine containing articles on books, culture, politics, and world events, which has been published semi-monthly since 1963.
The New York Review of Books...
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The New York Review of Books is a magazine containing articles on books, culture, politics, and world events, which has been published semi-monthly since 1963.
The New York Review of Books records document the editorial process behind the creation of the
Review, and, to a lesser extent, the administration and business aspects of the magazine. The majority of the collection consists of edited manuscripts and correspondence between the editors and contributors.
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Katz, Jonathan, 1938-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1621
80.83 linear feet (189 boxes, 20 tubes, 1 item). 2.9 gigabytes (490 computer files)
Jonathan Ned Katz (1938 - ) is an independent historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. His father, Bernard Katz (1901-1970), an artist and designer who worked in advertising, was an independent historian of...
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Jonathan Ned Katz (1938 - ) is an independent historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. His father, Bernard Katz (1901-1970), an artist and designer who worked in advertising, was an independent historian of African-American history and jazz music. Jonathan Katz's mother, Phyllis Brownstone Katz, was a magazine editor and co-founder of the Jane Street Community Garden. The Jonathan Ned Katz papers reflect his life and career as an historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. They most heavily document Katz's research and writings on LGBTQ history and activism, and encompass his personal life, family, friends, and the LGBTQ liberation movement. The collection also contains the papers of his parents, Bernard Katz and Phyllis Brownstone Katz.
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Woodside, Migs
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186106
9.0 linear feet (24 boxes). 78.8 megabytes (60 computer files)
Migs Woodside is an expert in substance abuse and the founder and President of the Children of Alcoholics Foundation. She was married to William S. Woodside, CEO of American Can Company. Her papers, dating from the 1960s to 2020, chronicle her...
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Migs Woodside is an expert in substance abuse and the founder and President of the Children of Alcoholics Foundation. She was married to William S. Woodside, CEO of American Can Company. Her papers, dating from the 1960s to 2020, chronicle her work as the founder and president of the Children of Alcoholics Foundation; as the wife of the CEO of a major American corporation; and as a consultant to committees and organizations concerned with alcohol and drug abuse.
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September 11th Fund
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6196
10.33 linear feet (25 boxes; 1 sound recording; 26 videos); 2.75 Gigabytes (4365 computer files)
The September 11th Fund (2001-2005) was established by The New York Community Trust and the United Way of New York City to meet the immediate and long-term needs of victims, families, and communities affected by the terrorist attacks of September...
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The September 11th Fund (2001-2005) was established by The New York Community Trust and the United Way of New York City to meet the immediate and long-term needs of victims, families, and communities affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. The September 11th Fund records hold general administrative files and program-related files created through the funding of grants for such needs as cash assistance, employment assistance, health care, and mental health.
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Stone, Robert, 1937-2015
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2894
23.39 linear feet (57 boxes); 10.77 mb (455 computer files)
Robert Stone was an award-winning American novelist and screen writer. His works include A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, more
Robert Stone was an award-winning American novelist and screen writer. His works include
A Hall of Mirrors,
Dog Soldiers,
A Flag for Sunrise,
Children of Light, and
Outerbridge Reach. The Robert Stone papers date from 1950 to 2013, and consist of notes, typescript drafts (on paper and computer disk), galleys, and proof pages for all of Stone's novels; shorter pieces and excerpts from the novels in draft, galley, and published form; reviews and publicity material; and general correspondence. Typescript drafts of Stone's novels comprise the bulk of the papers and reflect his method of composition. Later drafts, galleys, and proofs document the books' progress up to the point of publication. Most of the correspondence are letters received by Stone and document his career as a novelist.
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Goldsmith, Barbara
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18068
99.64 linear feet (157 boxes, 31 volumes, 1 oversized folder); 3.58 gb (1492 computer files)
Barbara Goldsmith (1931-2016) was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her non-fiction and New York City-based cultural commentary. The Barbara Goldsmith papers date from approximately 1900 to 2016 and document Goldsmith's...
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Barbara Goldsmith (1931-2016) was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her non-fiction and New York City-based cultural commentary. The Barbara Goldsmith papers date from approximately 1900 to 2016 and document Goldsmith's professional and personal life through drafts; typescripts; research files; notes; photographs; correspondence; diaries; and scrapbooks.
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Mitchell, Joseph, 1908-1996
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23209
56.58 linear feet (127 boxes, 4 volumes, 2 oversized folders); 419.23 mb (504 computer files)
The Joseph Mitchell papers (1838-2011) primarily relate to Mitchell's career as a journalist and
New Yorker writer and his proclivity to document life in New York City. The collection is comprised of correspondence,...
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The Joseph Mitchell papers (1838-2011) primarily relate to Mitchell's career as a journalist and
New Yorker writer and his proclivity to document life in New York City. The collection is comprised of correspondence, writings, research material, notes, ephemera, and photographs. Posthumous material relating to Mitchell is included as well as nineteenth and early twentieth century records amassed by Mitchell.
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Ward, Geoffrey C.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22284
8.4 linear feet (21 boxes)
Geoffrey Ward is the author of A Disposition to Be Rich, a biography of his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Ward, who ran a fraudulent Wall Street investment firm from 1880 to 1884. The Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family...
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Geoffrey Ward is the author of A Disposition to Be Rich, a biography of his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Ward, who ran a fraudulent Wall Street investment firm from 1880 to 1884. The Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family (1825-2012) consists of material collected and created by Geoffrey Ward in preparation of the book. The collection documents the activities of Ferdinand Ward and his extended family from the 1810s to 1949 through original family correspondence, legal documents, newspaper articles, and Geoffrey Ward's research notes, among other materials.
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Gay Officers Action League
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23914
.42 linear feet (1 box)
The Gay Officers Action League was established in 1982 as an activist organization on behalf of gay and lesbian law enforcement personnel in New York City.
Robert Bowne Foundation
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23100
62.79 linear feet (147 boxes, 5 volumes); 63.82 mb (626 computer files)
The Robert Bowne Foundation was a New York City-based grant-giving institution that primarily funded youth organizations, with a focus on after-school and out-of-school programs and research. The collection dates from 1974 to 2016, and contains...
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The Robert Bowne Foundation was a New York City-based grant-giving institution that primarily funded youth organizations, with a focus on after-school and out-of-school programs and research. The collection dates from 1974 to 2016, and contains the foundation's operational and financial records, chronicling the development of the institutions they funded, programs they hosted, and publications they produced.
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Tripp, C. A.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23206
28.71 linear feet (49 boxes); 1.16 mb (37 computer files)
The C. A. Tripp papers date from the 1940s to 2013 and document Tripp's writings and research on human sexuality (with an emphasis on homosexuality) and his collaboration with Alfred Kinsey. The majority of the collection is comprised of...
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The C. A. Tripp papers date from the 1940s to 2013 and document Tripp's writings and research on human sexuality (with an emphasis on homosexuality) and his collaboration with Alfred Kinsey. The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence, drafts, and research files.
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Leary, Rosemary Woodruff
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23932
11.15 linear feet (24 boxes, 1 volume); 11.75 mb (48 computer files)
Rosemary Woodruff Leary (1935-2002), (also known as "Ro" and Sarah Woodruff), sought to educate people about the psychedelic experience. Woodruff lived for over twenty years as a fugitive for her role in assisting her husband, Dr. Timothy Leary,...
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Rosemary Woodruff Leary (1935-2002), (also known as "Ro" and Sarah Woodruff), sought to educate people about the psychedelic experience. Woodruff lived for over twenty years as a fugitive for her role in assisting her husband, Dr. Timothy Leary, escape from prison in 1970. This collection documents her relationship with Leary and her twenty years as a fugitive through correspondence, photographs, ephemera, clippings, and drafts of her unpublished memoir,
A Magician's Daughter.
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Horowitz, Michael, 1938-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23962
9.28 linear feet (24 boxes)
Michael Horowitz (1938- ), an archivist, author, and publisher, was Timothy Leary's archivist and safeguarded Leary's papers following his 1970 escape from prison. The Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary reveals Horowitz's role as...
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Michael Horowitz (1938- ), an archivist, author, and publisher, was Timothy Leary's archivist and safeguarded Leary's papers following his 1970 escape from prison. The Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary reveals Horowitz's role as archivist, the history of the archive (most notably its seizure by the FBI in 1975), and his relationship with Leary. Horowitz's position on the role of archivists and archival neutrality is well documented. Much of the correspondence and other writings are attributed to Leary.
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Watson, Jeannette (Bookstore owner)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17777
7.89 linear feet (13 boxes, 3 volumes, 1 oversize folder); 216 computer files; 53.89 Megabytes
Jeannette Watson owned two independent bookstores on Manhattan's Upper East Side, most notably Books & Co., a literary mainstay from 1977 until its closure in 1997. The Jeannette Watson papers (1977-2011) document her time as a bookseller and...
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Jeannette Watson owned two independent bookstores on Manhattan's Upper East Side, most notably Books & Co., a literary mainstay from 1977 until its closure in 1997. The Jeannette Watson papers (1977-2011) document her time as a bookseller and publisher under the Books & Co. imprint associated with Turtle Point Press.
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Wentzy, James
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22286
9.09 linear feet (21 boxes, 4 tubes), 437 video files
The James Wentzy papers date from 1987 to 2008 (bulk dates 1990s), and reflect the continuing work of AIDS activist James Wentzy to document ACT UP's advocacy on behalf of those individuals with HIV/AIDS through correspondence, clippings, flyers,...
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The James Wentzy papers date from 1987 to 2008 (bulk dates 1990s), and reflect the continuing work of AIDS activist James Wentzy to document ACT UP's advocacy on behalf of those individuals with HIV/AIDS through correspondence, clippings, flyers, pamphlets, posters, reports and video recordings.
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Hellman, Ronald E.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22318
.2 linear feet (1 box)
The Gay Medical Student Alliance (GMSA), one of the earliest gay professional organizations, was founded by gay medical student, Ronald Hellman in 1973. The collection consists of letters sent to GMSA by students around the United States...
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The Gay Medical Student Alliance (GMSA), one of the earliest gay professional organizations, was founded by gay medical student, Ronald Hellman in 1973. The collection consists of letters sent to GMSA by students around the United States discussing issues of isolation, discrimination, and other concerns common to gay and lesbian medical students, as well as other documentation pertaining to the group.
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Carroll, Jim
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22985
21.77 linear feet (54 boxes, 9 oversized folders); 25.48 mb (113 computer files)
Jim Carroll was an American poet, diarist, and rock musician associated with the downtown arts scene in New York City. Carroll is known for his published diaries of youth and early adulthood and as vocalist and songwriter for the Jim Carroll Band....
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Jim Carroll was an American poet, diarist, and rock musician associated with the downtown arts scene in New York City. Carroll is known for his published diaries of youth and early adulthood and as vocalist and songwriter for the Jim Carroll Band. The Jim Carroll papers date from 1906 to 2009, and contain notes, manuscripts, sound and video recordings, printed matter, correspondence, photographs, personal memorabilia, and Carroll's personal library. The collection documents his work across artistic media, with an emphasis on his music, fiction, and poetry after 1980.
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Marcus, Eric
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17770
11.73 linear feet (669 audio files, 2 computer files, 27 boxes); 669 audio_files; 65 kilobytes (65 kb)
Eric Marcus is an author of non-fiction, public speaker, and television news producer noted for his use of interviews and oral histories to document the lesbian and gay rights movement in the United States. The bulk of the Eric Marcus papers date...
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Eric Marcus is an author of non-fiction, public speaker, and television news producer noted for his use of interviews and oral histories to document the lesbian and gay rights movement in the United States. The bulk of the Eric Marcus papers date from 1983 to 2002 and contain research files, interview transcripts, sound and video recordings, typescripts, photographs, correspondence, news clippings, galleys, and scripts of public speaking engagements.
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Biddle, Geoffrey
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23870
2.91 linear feet (10 boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversized folder)
Geoffrey Biddle is a photographer whose book
Alphabet City (published 1992) documented the Puerto Rican community on New York City's Lower East Side in the late 1970s. This collection contains photographs taken in the...
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Geoffrey Biddle is a photographer whose book
Alphabet City (published 1992) documented the Puerto Rican community on New York City's Lower East Side in the late 1970s. This collection contains photographs taken in the Alphabet City neighborhood in the late 1970s and 1980s, including but not limited to those published in
Alphabet City. The collection also contains sound recordings and partial transcripts of the interviews that Biddle conducted in 1988 and 1989 for use in the book, and correspondence and reference material related to the Lower East Side and the development and publication of the book.
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Black, John Baxter
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23785
11.55 linear feet (28 boxes)
John Baxter Black (1924-2014) was a writer and historian who wrote daily diary entries from 1936 to 2014. His diaries chronicle his life in Mansfield, Ohio; London; New York; at boarding school and university; and in the army. This collection...
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John Baxter Black (1924-2014) was a writer and historian who wrote daily diary entries from 1936 to 2014. His diaries chronicle his life in Mansfield, Ohio; London; New York; at boarding school and university; and in the army. This collection contains Black's diaries, letters, and a two-volume family history he wrote, as well as diaries and letters of his uncles John Baxter Black (dating from 1914 to 1918) and Donald Black (dating from 1926 to 1927).
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