Found 5 collections related to Manuscripts

The Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet Collection contains letters and documents signed by prominent political figures, military leaders, authors and scientists. The date span of the collection is from 1766-1935. Notable individuals include Susan B. Anthony, RobertBrowning, Henry Clay, Charles Darwin, George Gissing, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Monroe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson. less

The Artur Michel Papers primarily document the professional concerns of the German-born dance critic and scholar, who immigrated to the United States after the Nazi rise to power. Michel settled in New York, where he became a reviewer for the German-language newspaper Aufbau, wrote articles that appeared in Dance Magazine and other publications, and completed a comprehensive, unpublished book on the history of theatrical dance, Der Tanz auf der Bühne: Geschichte des Theatertanzes seit der Renaissance. less

This is a synthetic collection covering the years 1821 to 1912 (bulk 1837-1882) with some undated material. The collection is particularly strong on poetry, including over twenty poems in manuscript, most from Emerson's earlier period. The correspondence covers a wide range of correspondents, including Amos Bronson Alcott, H.G.O. Blake, Thomas Carlyle, Horace Greeley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophie Peabody Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. The collection also contains Whitman's notes about relations between Emerson and himself. less