Dorothy Schiff Personal Papers

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{"value"=>"1937-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1937/1981"}
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1937
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1981
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1937
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1937
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1981
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{"value"=>"<p>Memoranda and correspondence dealing with Mrs. Schiff's daily practical and social life as a philanthropist who contributed to many causes and organizations, and as a volunteer worker. Most of the material deals with her life outside the <span class=\"title\">Post</span>, although, because of her very intense relationship to the paper, much of it is related to the <span class=\"title\">Post</span>. Included in this section are family and personal financial papers, and papers dealing with her properties at Hyde Park and Oyster Bay. Also in the personal files are memoranda, correspondence, transcripts of taped interviews, drafts, and other material relating to <span class=\"title\">Men, Money and Magic</span>, Jeffrey Potter's controversial biography of Mrs. Schiff. Of particular interest are the transcripts of Potter's taped interviews with Mrs. Schiff in which she speaks very candidly about her years as publisher of the <span class=\"title\">Post</span>, her relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt, her husbands, her psychoanalysis with Harry Stack Sullivan, and of the men and women, chiefly of the editorial staff, with whom she worked. There are also valuable interviews with friends such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and many people she worked with, including her seasoned editor, Paul Sann, and her third husband and editor, Ted Thackrey. The last section consists of photographs of Mrs. Schiff, her family and friends, and notable political figures; awards and citations earned by Mrs. Schiff over her long career as publisher and editor and supporter of worthy causes; clippings of her column, \"Dear Reader\"; scrapbooks, 1946-1981, of newspaper clippings chiefly relating to Mrs. Schiff, scrapbooks of obituaries of Mrs. Schiff; a scrapbook of New York cartoons; and miscellaneous items. Arranged alphabetically by name and subject. Boxes 215-289.</p>"}
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75 boxes

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  1. Addams, Charles
  2. Agreement of sale of properties (Chauncey Gold)
  3. American Arbitration Association
  4. Americans for Democratic Action
  5. Anti-Semitism and the Schiff family
  6. Apartment (General)
  7. Apartment
  8. Apartment
  9. Appleton, Myra and John
  10. Arnold, Leonard
  11. Aronson, Steven M. L
  12. Art, artists, etc
  13. Austen Riggs Center
  14. Award citations
  15. Baerwald, Jenny
  16. Baldwin, Billy
  17. Barnard College Forum
  18. Barton, Bruce
  19. Beard, Mary R
  20. Bel Geddes, Norman
  21. Berendt, John
  22. Bergdorf-Goodman
  23. Berlin, Ellin (Mrs. Irving)
  24. Bie, Christian and Karen
  25. Biographical materials
  26. Books
  27. Borg, Sidney
  28. Bowman, William McKnight
  29. Boy Scouts of America
  30. Braden, Tom
  31. Braille transcriber, Mrs. Schiff as
  32. Brandt case
  33. Brearley School
  34. Bryn Mawr College
  35. Cadillac
  36. Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  37. Channel 13 WNET
  38. Chemical Bank
  39. Child Labor Committee
  40. Child Welfare
  41. Christmas lists
  42. Christmas lists
  43. Churchill, Winston
  44. Citizens Committee for Children of New York City, Inc
  45. Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
  46. Clark, Blair
  47. Cohen, Elizabeth Boatwright
  48. Column material
  49. Committees joined
  50. Congratulatory messages (re Rudolf Sonneborn)
  51. Contemporary Authors (Gale Research)
  52. Contributions
  53. Copy of limited partnership agreement ("Call Me Mister")
  54. Crum, Bartley C
  55. David (the cat)
  56. Democratic County Committee of Nassau County
  57. Democratic National Committee
  58. Democratic State Committee
  59. Doctors, dentists, eyeglasses, etc
  60. Elizabeth II
  61. Emergency Committee to Save the Jews of Europe
  62. Ely, Stephen
  63. Executive bonuses, thank you notes
  64. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  65. Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City
  66. Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
  67. Foreign Language Information Service
  68. Frieden, Jesse
  69. French and Co
  70. Frontier Films
  71. Garrison, Lloyd K
  72. Hadassah
  73. Hellman, Geoffrey
  74. Henry Street Settlement
  75. Hirschmann, Ira
  76. Hoover, J. Edgar
  77. Household employees
  78. Independent Communications, Inc
  79. Inner Circle
  80. International Center for Photography
  81. Invitations
  82. Invitations declined
  83. Jacobs children, Jennifer and Vanda
  84. Jewish Social Service Association
  85. Kaplan, Jacob M
  86. Kovler, Peter
  87. Kubie, Lawrence
  88. Kuhn, Loeb & Co
  89. Lasker, Albert and Mary
  90. Lawson, Everett and Aery
  91. Lawson, Jimmy
  92. Lea, Rosemary
  93. League of Women Voters
  94. Lexington Democratic Club
  95. Library of Congress
  96. Lilith
  97. Loeb, Harold
  98. McIntosh, Millicent C
  99. McLaughlin, Kathleen
  100. Miller, Robert
  101. Miscellaneous notes, clippings, etc
  102. Mount Sinai Hospital
  103. Ms. (magazine)
  104. The Nation
  105. The Nation
  106. National Conference of Christians and Jews
  107. Neustadt, Agnes (will)
  108. New School for Social Research
  109. New York Newspaper Women's Club
  110. New York Post Foundation
  111. New York Republican State Committee
  112. Newsday interview
  113. Norman, Dorothy
  114. Open Road, Inc
  115. ORT
  116. Overseas Press Club
  117. Parties
  118. Peace Organizations
  119. Pisces Foundation
  120. Police Academy
  121. Political contributions
  122. Political leaflets and newsletters
  123. Potter, Jeffrey
  124. Public debate in the New York Post between Schiff and Thackrey re the 1948 election
  125. Requests for interviews
  126. Richards, Guy
  127. Richmond, Frederick
  128. Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Eleanor
  129. Sarnoff, Robert
  130. Speeches
  131. Sponsorships accepted
  132. Sponsorships declined
  133. Teichmann, Howard
  134. Thackrey, Theodore O
  135. Theatre, Inc
  136. Tillich, Hannah
  137. Travel
  138. United Hospital Campaign
  139. United Jewish Appeal
  140. United Nations
  141. Vance, Cyrus
  142. Varney, Carleton
  143. Weizmann Institute
  144. Who's Who
  145. Women's City Club
  146. Women's Trade Union League
  147. General correspondence
  148. General correspondence, A
  149. General correspondence, A-D
  150. General correspondence, E-J
  151. General correspondence, K-W
  152. Family papers
  153. Genealogy
  154. Birth certificate
  155. Schiff, Adele G
  156. Schiff, John M
  157. Will, trusts (Paul, Weiss)
  158. Seligman, Guta (will)
  159. Family papers
  160. Backer, Sarah-Ann
  161. Schiff, Jacob
  162. Schiff, Mortimer
  163. Schiff, Dorothy
  164. Published articles by or about Jacob Schiff
  165. Financial papers
  166. Travel
  167. Property, East Hampton
  168. Property, Hyde Park
  169. Articles on Dorothy Schiff
  170. Men, Money & Magic: Schiff's memoranda on Robert F. Kennedy, John Lindsay
  171. Men, Money & Magic: Schiff's memoranda on John F. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Sulzberger, and others
  172. Men, Money & Magic, transcripts of interviews with Theodore Thackrey, Paul Sann, and relating to Schiff's psychoanalysis with Harry Stack Sullivan
  173. Men, Money & Magic, material relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt
  174. Men, Money & Magic, drafts and miscellaneous
  175. Men, Money & Magic, Potter's last version
  176. Photographs
  177. Awards & citations
  178. Awards & citations, miscellaneous
  179. Miscellany
  180. Clippings of "Dear Reader"
  181. Clippings scrapbook
  182. Clippings scrapbook
  183. Clippings scrapbook
  184. Clippings scrapbook
  185. Clippings scrapbook
  186. Clippings scrapbook
  187. Scrapbook of Mrs. Schiff's obituaries; New Yorker cartoons
  188. Periodicals, magazines, and other printed material