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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... more
Silverstein, Charles
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 26970
2.92 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Charles Silverstein is an American therapist, gay activist, and writer. This collection consists of paper materials and photographs with special emphasis on the movement to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental... more
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... more
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... more
Stein, Jean
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24576
122.13 linear feet (282 boxes, 4 volumes). 1,380 audio recordings. 42 video 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
Marcantonio, Vito, 1902-1954
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1871
81.33 linear feet (84 boxes)
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,... more
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... more
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... more
East Village Eye, Inc.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186237
12.96 linear feet (39 boxes). 17.6 gigabytes (9 computer files)
The East Village Eye was a periodical that covered art and culture in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded by Leonard Abrams in 1979, the Eye published seventy-two issues... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
Donaldson, Stephen, 1946-1996
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 824
8.67 linear feet (22 boxes). 8 audio recordings
Stephen Donaldson was a writer, editor, and activist noted for his advocacy and writing on gay and bisexual politics, the sexual assault of incarcerated men, Indian religions, and punk rock music. Donaldson's papers document his varied career and... more
Didion, Joan
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186276
146.68 linear feet (336 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... more
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