Finer, Joel J., 1938-2018
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186665
0.83 linear feet (2 boxes)
Joel J. Finer was a lawyer who served as defense attorney for Timothy Leary, a psychologist and psychedelic drugs advocate, after Leary's 1966 conviction for marijuana possession. The Joel J. Finer papers related to the defense of Dr. Timothy...
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Joel J. Finer was a lawyer who served as defense attorney for Timothy Leary, a psychologist and psychedelic drugs advocate, after Leary's 1966 conviction for marijuana possession. The Joel J. Finer papers related to the defense of Dr. Timothy Leary consist of correspondence, legal documents, research files, and a few photographs collected by Finer during his work to appeal Leary's conviction.
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Copeland, Joanne
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186404
1.42 linear feet (2 boxes)
Joanne Carson (1931-2015) was an American model, flight attendant, and television host who was close friends with Truman Capote. Capote (1924-1984) was an American author and frequent house guest at Carson's Bel Air, California home. The Joanne...
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Joanne Carson (1931-2015) was an American model, flight attendant, and television host who was close friends with Truman Capote. Capote (1924-1984) was an American author and frequent house guest at Carson's Bel Air, California home. The Joanne Carson papers related to Truman Capote primarily consist of manuscripts, notes, and ephemera Capote left behind in Carson's house when he died there, as well as manuscripts written by Carson and candid photographs of Capote, Carson, and their friends.
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Schanberg, Sydney H. (Sydney Hillel), 1934-2016
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24889
118.82 linear feet (275 boxes, 10 tubes, 13 oversize folders). 1.8 gigabytes (940 computer files)
Sydney H. Schanberg (1934-2016) was an American journalist and war correspondent who spent fifty years writing extensively on international affairs, politics, New York City, corporate excess, and the mass media. He was awarded the 1976 Pulitzer...
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Sydney H. Schanberg (1934-2016) was an American journalist and war correspondent who spent fifty years writing extensively on international affairs, politics, New York City, corporate excess, and the mass media. He was awarded the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his work covering the Cambodian Civil War; his experience in Cambodia, along with the photojournalist Dith Pran, was later dramatized in the 1984 film,
The Killing Fields. The Sydney H. Schanberg papers span 1895 to 2016, covering all aspects of his professional career, in addition to personal files and correspondence. The collection is represented through drafts, notes, cables, notebooks, photographs, clippings and research, and audio and moving image recordings.
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Didion, Joan
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186276
146.68 linear feet (337 boxes, 5 oversize folders, 1 tube). 9.8 megabytes (201 computer files). 52 audio recordings. 19 video recordings
Joan Didion (1934-2021) and John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) were writers closely associated with the New Journalism movement who wrote novels, essays, long-form nonfiction, and screenplays. Didion and Dunne's papers date from the 1840s through 2022...
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Joan Didion (1934-2021) and John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) were writers closely associated with the New Journalism movement who wrote novels, essays, long-form nonfiction, and screenplays. Didion and Dunne's papers date from the 1840s through 2022 (bulk dates 1950s-2010s) and chronicle their literary and screenwriting careers through correspondence, publishing files, notes for writing projects, photographs, and research files. The papers also include objects from their home lives, certificates and awards, personal and family ephemera, and artwork.
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de Galard Terraube, Elie, 1876-1956
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186352
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Elie de Galard Terraube (1876-1956) was a French captain in the Armée du Levant during the 1920s and 1930s. Captain Elie de Galard Terraube's French collection on the Arabian horses of Syria and the art of horse training, dating from around 1899...
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Elie de Galard Terraube (1876-1956) was a French captain in the Armée du Levant during the 1920s and 1930s. Captain Elie de Galard Terraube's French collection on the Arabian horses of Syria and the art of horse training, dating from around 1899 to 1936, chronicles French horsemanship chiefly during the interwar period, with attention paid to Syrian horses used by the Armée. The collection contains manuscripts, military reports, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and watercolor paintings.
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Stein, Jean
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24576
122.13 linear feet (282 boxes, 4 volumes). 1,368 audio recordings. 42 moving image recordings
Jean Stein (1934-2017) was an American author, oral historian, editor, and philanthropist. She worked as an editor at The Paris Review, under George Plimpton, and co-edited the literary and visual arts magazine more
Jean Stein (1934-2017) was an American author, oral historian, editor, and philanthropist. She worked as an editor at
The Paris Review, under George Plimpton, and co-edited the literary and visual arts magazine
Grand Street with Walter Hopps. She was married to William vanden Heuvel and Torsten Wiesel. The Jean Stein papers (1916-2016) document Stein's career and life. The works most extensively represented are Stein's oral history biography of the American actress and Andy Warhol muse, Edie Sedgwick,
Edie: An American Biography, (1982); and the oral history
West of Eden: An American Place, which focused on five families and individuals Stein considered essential to the history of Los Angeles. Personal files, which include letters Stein received from novelist William Faulkner, document Stein's childhood of wealth and privilege as a the daughter of talent agent and MCA founder, Jules Stein; and her adult life as a member of New York's intellectual elite.
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Palestine Economic Corporation
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2326
42.17 linear feet (105 boxes, 17 oversize folders)
The Palestine Economic Corporation (PEC) was organized in 1925 to facilitate investment in Palestine by American Jews and others interested in fostering the economic development and resettlement of the Jewish homeland. Bernard Flexner served as...
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The Palestine Economic Corporation (PEC) was organized in 1925 to facilitate investment in Palestine by American Jews and others interested in fostering the economic development and resettlement of the Jewish homeland. Bernard Flexner served as the company's first president and chairman of the board until 1944. The organization was subsequently known as PEC Israel Economic Corporation. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial records, printed matter, maps, drawings, and photographs documenting activities of PEC and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Central Bank of Cooperative Institutions in Palestine, Ltd.; Palestine Mortgage and Credit Bank, Ltd.; Loan Bank, Ltd.; Bayside Land Corporation, Ltd.; and Palestine Water Company, Ltd. Bulk of records is correspondence and memoranda relating to agricultural development, land development, housing, and the establishment of credit unions and cooperative societies in Palestine. Additional materials include minutes of meetings, annual and other reports, financial statements, loan applications, drawings, maps, photographs, clippings, and printed matter.
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186407
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
The collection holds a letter from the American author Truman Capote, explaining the subtext of his short story, "Miriam," to reader Katherine Warner. There is also a black and white photograph, probably of Warner, around the time the letter was...
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The collection holds a letter from the American author Truman Capote, explaining the subtext of his short story, "Miriam," to reader Katherine Warner. There is also a black and white photograph, probably of Warner, around the time the letter was written in 1945.
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Israel, Marvin
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24896
12.17 linear feet (33 boxes, 4 tubes, 14 oversize folders). 37.0 megabytes (16 computer files)
Marvin Israel (1924-1984) was a New York City-based photographer, painter, and graphic designer. Throughout his career, Israel balanced his personal art practice with a commitment to nurturing other influential photographers. In particular, he...
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Marvin Israel (1924-1984) was a New York City-based photographer, painter, and graphic designer. Throughout his career, Israel balanced his personal art practice with a commitment to nurturing other influential photographers. In particular, he designed a number of important photography exhibitions and monographs for other photographers. The collection includes his own work, his wife and friends' artwork, and documentation of his design work.
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Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2871
0.48 linear feet (1 box, 1 reel)
Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens (1810-1886) was an American author and associate editor of the magazine Ladies Companion. She published over twenty-five historical romances and domestic novels. Collection contains correspondence, writings,...
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Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens (1810-1886) was an American author and associate editor of the magazine Ladies Companion. She published over twenty-five historical romances and domestic novels. Collection contains correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photograph. Correspondence includes Stephens's letters, 1829-1882, to her daughter; general correspondence, 1830-1847; and letters, 1936-1937, regarding Stephens. Writings consist of manuscripts of poems, novels, dramas, and articles. Also, page proofs, printed materials, and photograph of Stephens.
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Economic Club of New York
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23786
3.61 linear feet (9 boxes). 149 audio recordings. 2 moving image recordings
The Economic Club of New York is a nonpartisan and nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study and discussion of social, economic, and political questions. The Club's records document its meetings through audio and moving image...
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The Economic Club of New York is a nonpartisan and nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study and discussion of social, economic, and political questions. The Club's records document its meetings through audio and moving image recordings, transcripts, photographs, and programs.
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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). 66 audio recordings. 45 moving image recordings
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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Carroll, Jim, 1950-2009
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22985
25.5 linear feet (54 boxes, 9 oversize folders). 25.48 megabytes (108 computer files). 90 audio recordings. 8 moving image recordings
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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City Club of New York
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 553
2.6 linear feet (6 boxes). 105 audio recordings. 61 moving image recordings
The City Club of New York was founded in 1892 by Edmund Kelly as a men's club to promote effective and honest government in New York City. The collection dates from 1892 to 2004, and consists mainly of records from the early years of the...
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The City Club of New York was founded in 1892 by Edmund Kelly as a men's club to promote effective and honest government in New York City. The collection dates from 1892 to 2004, and consists mainly of records from the early years of the organization, as well as the latter part of the 20th century. The files contain addressees, articles, correspondence, memoranda, memorabilia, meeting minutes, reports, and audio and video recordings.
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Bat Ye'or
Manuscripts and Archives Division | **P (Bat Ye'or and David Littman Papers)
44.5 linear feet (108 boxes). 4 audio recordings. 2 moving image recordings. 6.1 gigabytes (77 computer files)
Bat Ye'or is the pen name of Gisèle Littman (born 1933), a British-Swiss author who has written about the historical conditions of Jewish people living in Islamic countries, as well as the perceived influence of Islam on contemporary European...
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Bat Ye'or is the pen name of Gisèle Littman (born 1933), a British-Swiss author who has written about the historical conditions of Jewish people living in Islamic countries, as well as the perceived influence of Islam on contemporary European politics and culture. Her husband David Littman (1933-2012) also wrote about Jewish people living under Islamic rule, and advocated for human rights causes at the United Nations as a representative of non-governmental organizations. The Bat Ye'or and David Littman papers, dating from the 1910s to 2010 (bulk dates 1961 to 2010), contain drafts and proofs of their written work, professional correspondence, press and publicity materials, statements and reports related to their activism, and personal files.
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Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6397
80.41 linear feet (170 boxes, 7 oversize folders)
Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and Kay Tobin Lahusen (1930-) were gay civil rights pioneers and partners for nearly forty-six years. The collection contains their personal and professional papers, photographs by Lahusen created in the course of...
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Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and Kay Tobin Lahusen (1930-) were gay civil rights pioneers and partners for nearly forty-six years. The collection contains their personal and professional papers, photographs by Lahusen created in the course of forty-five years of gay rights activism, and the extensive collection of materials they gathered and preserved to document the movement. The collection also includes Gittings' extensive correspondence with fellow activists, most notably Frank Kameny, records of her editorial work on
The Ladder, interviews conducted for Lahusen's book,
The Gay Crusaders, and organizational files from their work in such organizations as the Daughters of Bilitis and several other early homophile groups; the Gay Task Force of the American Library Association; the Gay Activists Alliance; and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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Citizens for a Quieter City
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 552
36.0 linear feet (36 boxes, 1 container). 68 audio_recordings. 19 video_recordings
Citizens for a Quieter City was a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the reduction of urban noise. Founded by Robert Alex Baron, its objectives were to develop information about the injurious effect of noise; research methods of...
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Citizens for a Quieter City was a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the reduction of urban noise. Founded by Robert Alex Baron, its objectives were to develop information about the injurious effect of noise; research methods of controlling and reducing it; and educate the public on the importance of its abatement. The Citizens for a Quieter City records (1950-1980) document the work of the organization through correspondence with government and private sector officials; sound and video recordings; meeting minutes; records of noise complaints; scrapbooks; financial records; posters; and published research and information on noise pollution. The collection also holds the records of the Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association and Robert Alex Baron's files regarding his job as general manager of Theatre Tours.
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Eichelberger, Clark M. (Clark Mell), 1896-1980
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 910
216 linear feet (216 boxes). 217 audio recordings. 18 moving image recordings
Clark Mell Eichelberger (1896-1980) was an American writer, lecturer, and Peace activist. His papers consist of materials related to his work with such organization as the League of Nations Association, American Association for the United Nations,...
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Clark Mell Eichelberger (1896-1980) was an American writer, lecturer, and Peace activist. His papers consist of materials related to his work with such organization as the League of Nations Association, American Association for the United Nations, and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. The collection includes Eichelberger's writings, research, notes, organizational records, correspondence, photographs, oral history interviews, and recordings of his radio broadcasts about the United Nations.
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Liberal Party of New York State
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1751
160.83 linear feet (177 boxes, 27 volumes). 52 audio recordings
The Liberal Party of New York State, the most successful third party in the United States in the twentieth-century, was organized in New York City in 1944 by two prominent trade union leaders, David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies...
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The Liberal Party of New York State, the most successful third party in the United States in the twentieth-century, was organized in New York City in 1944 by two prominent trade union leaders, David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Alex Rose, president of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union. The records (1936-2002) contain correspondence (mainly) of the executive director, Ben Davidson; records of the publicity director; administrative records; the Trade Union Council of the Party; minutes of the New York County Liberal Party and of the State Committee of the American Labor Party; press releases; printed ephemera; scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia; and sound recordings of party officials and candidates.
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Patai, Raphael, 1910-1996
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2349
49.07 linear feet (115 boxes, 5 volumes, 4 oversized folders). 1.02 megabytes (34 computer files). 87 audio recordings. 2 moving image recordings
Raphael Patai (1910-1996) was a cultural anthropologist specializing in Jewish and Arab cultures. His papers, dating from 1903 to 2011, document his career through extensive correspondence with colleagues, drafts and manuscripts of his many...
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Raphael Patai (1910-1996) was a cultural anthropologist specializing in Jewish and Arab cultures. His papers, dating from 1903 to 2011, document his career through extensive correspondence with colleagues, drafts and manuscripts of his many publications, lectures, research notes, photographs, scrapbooks, and sound and video recordings. The collection includes files created by his daughter, Daphne Patai, after his death, and correspondence and writings of his father, József Patai.
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Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2071
189.92 linear feet (430 boxes, 66 volumes)
Robert Moses (1888-1981) was an American public official and urban planner who played a major role in the development of the New York Metropolitan area and New York State in the 20th century. The Robert Moses papers span 1907 to 1980, covering...
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Robert Moses (1888-1981) was an American public official and urban planner who played a major role in the development of the New York Metropolitan area and New York State in the 20th century. The Robert Moses papers span 1907 to 1980, covering Moses' professional life leading public authorities. The papers detail the development of highways, bridges, tunnels, parks, infrastructure, and housing throughout New York City and State. The collection consists of correspondence and memoranda, drafts, published writing, reports, maps and designs, clippings, printed matter, press releases, speeches, and photographs.
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Marcantonio, Vito, 1902-1954
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1871
81.33 linear feet (84 boxes). 101 audio recordings. 1 moving image recording
Vito Marcantonio (1902-1954), American radical congressman, New York City lawyer and politician, was a protege of Fiorello H. LaGuardia. He made his political debut in 1924 when he managed LaGuardia's campaign for reelection to Congress. In 1934,...
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Vito Marcantonio (1902-1954), American radical congressman, New York City lawyer and politician, was a protege of Fiorello H. LaGuardia. He made his political debut in 1924 when he managed LaGuardia's campaign for reelection to Congress. In 1934, Marcantonio ran successfully as a Republican for LaGuardia's East Harlem seat in Congress, a constituency he would represent for seven terms, six of them consecutively. The bulk of the papers reflects Marcantonio's activities as a lawyer and congressman and includes correspondence, congressional papers, research files, photographs, and sound recordings.
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Wolfe, Tom
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22833
98.03 linear feet (236 boxes, 1 volume, 4 oversize folders, 8 audio files)
Tom Wolfe is an American author and journalist known for such works as
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,
The Right Stuff, and
The Bonfire of the Vanities. He is a...
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Tom Wolfe is an American author and journalist known for such works as
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,
The Right Stuff, and
The Bonfire of the Vanities. He is a pioneer of the New Journalism and has been an outspoken advocate for the revival of social realism in American fiction. The Tom Wolfe papers, dated 1930 to 2016, comprehensively document Wolfe's career, providing insight into his writing process and the development of his signature style; the professional relationships he maintained with editors, writers, and cultural critics; his social life in New York City; and readers' responses to his published work. The collection includes draft manuscripts, outlines, research files, correspondence, lectures, photographs, and drawings.
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