Found 109 collections related to Manuscripts for publication

The Maryam Jameelah Papers include the correspondence, fiction, and academic writings of Maryam Jameelah, (nee Margaret Marcus), an American Jew who, after her conversion to Islam, emigrated to Pakistan and resides there still. Her correspondence and writings tell of her troubled youth, her interest in Palestinian life and literature, her sympathy for displaced Palestinians after the formation of modern Israel, her correspondence with Pakistani mentor Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maudoodi, her conversion to Islam, and her subsequent emigration and life in Pakistan. Later essays include book reviews of other Islamic authors and essays discussing Islamic life and culture. less

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. less

Bound manuscript, with binder's title: "Ainsworth on the Psalms. Lond. 1617." Formerly accompanied Ainsworth's printed work, "Annotations upon the book of Psalms" (2nd ed., 1617), which is now part of the Rare Book Collection at the New York Public Library less

Miguel de Zárraga papers consist of letters to him, 1904-1925, from notable Spanish writers, among them Jacinto Benavente and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez; a paper entitled Mexico ante Blasco Ibáñez; manuscripts of ten plays by Zárraga; two autograph documents, signed, of works by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez: La Pluma del Caburé, and La Vieja del Cinema (both published); also, a critical sketch of Zárraga by John Freixas. less

Maurice Campbell (1868-1942) was a Federal Prohibition Administrator in New York City. Papers consist of his diary as Prohibition Administrator, 24 June 1927-14 June, 1930, and typescripts of his short stories and articles, including: Spies; The Price of Peace - Is War; Civil Service - As Is; Confessions of a Bureaucrat; Step Mother; Confidential; The War Horse; Pardon Me, Please; and Beautiful Women. less

The Roy Eddey Motive papers mainly document the history of Motive as a magazine of gay liberation from 1964 to 1972, in particular the creation of one of the two final editions of the magazine in 1971, devoted to gay male issues. less

Author Rudolph Philipp wrote the first biography on Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who protected thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Second World War by issuing them Swedish "protective passports." Following the Soviet entry into Hungary in January of 1945, Wallenberg disappeared. It was suspected that he was taken into Soviet custody and sent to a labor camp. This collection documents Philipp's book publishing efforts in the United States and the efforts of Wallenberg's brother Guy von Dardel to locate him. less

Russell and Volkening is one of New York's oldest literary agencies, opened in 1940 by Diarmuid Russell and Henry Volkening. They represented some of the most noted writers in the history of American publishing, including Eudora Welty, Bernard Malamud, Anne Tyler, George Plimpton, Barbara Tuchman, Saul Bellow, Ann Petry, A. J. Liebling, and Nadine Gordimer. Included in the collection are business correspondence; financial material; inventories and submission records of manuscripts submitted to the agency and through the agency to publishers and others; some manuscripts; and other material regarding the business of the agency. The bulk of the collection is represented by correspondence between Diarmuid Russell, Henry Volkening, Timothy Seldes, and other agents and their clients, notably Eudora Welty, Barbara Tuchman, Mavis Gallant, May Sarton, George Plimpton, Anne Petry, Wright Morris, and many others. less

Untitled manuscripts on the Theory of Knowledge by Reyburn Watres. Typescript is divided into four books, with an appendix and miscellaneous materials also present. Titled sections include: "Postulates, Our Habitation," "Thought the Habitant," "Wholeness," "Complemental Reasoning," "The Possibility of Metalogic," "Self," "Expression," "Logic and Metalogic," and "Creative Thinking." less

Robert Adams' papers include an unpublished holograph "History of Newbury, Mass., from its settlement to 1828," as well as his notes from the town records, 1706-1783, and other sources, as well as a list of records and books consulted. Includes ten original documents, 1743-1773 less

Correspondence and writings of gay literary historian Roger Austen, author of Playing the Game: The Homosexual Novel in America (1977), and Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard (ed. by John W. Crowley, 1991). less

Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) was a Russian-born popular American entertainer. She gained fame as a performer in vaudeville and burlesque in the World War I era, and continued her career for many years in nightclubs, films, radio and television. The collection consists of Sophie Tucker's manuscript and typewritten drafts and notes, used as the basis for her published autobiography "Some of these Days" (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1945). The text of the book differs considerably from the drafts. less

Author and editor of Portland, Maine, and New York City. His wife, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith, was an author, lyceum lecturer and early women's rights activist. Papers include his autobiography prepared for the "Bowdoin Memorial;" letters, 1813, 1848-1867, with drafts of letters to Auguste Comte and other European and American scholars regarding his "New Elements of Geometry;" ten poems; three manuscripts of "Robert Wylie of Townsend;" a lecture on geometry, p. 28-34; notes on geometry; newspaper clippings of his prose and poetry; and reviews and notices of his books. less

Shirley Carter Burden (1908-1989), a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was a prominent American photographer, best known for his pictorial essays exploring aspects of Catholic culture, racial intolerance, and architectural heritage. Burden promoted the appreciation of photography through service on the boards and advisory committees of several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, and was a long-time supporter and chairman of the board of Aperture. Colleagues and friends included, among others, Edward Steichen, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, Minor White, and Thomas Merton. The collection reflects Shirley Carter Burden's post-World War II career as a commercial architectural photographer and fine art photographer, particularly his publications and exhibitions. Correspondence, negative indexes, reviews, contracts, gift lists, proof copies and reference materials document the publication of Behold thy Mother, The Chairs, God Is My Life, I Wonder Why, Presence and The Vanderbilts in My Life, and projects concerning Ellis Island. Exhibitions of Burden's work and other projects are documented in correspondence, royalty and shipping receipts, exhibition floor plans, publicity material, invitations to openings, reviews, and a guest book. The collection also contains miscellaneous correspondence; business records; records of his private collection; and subject files on other photographers, particularly Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams. Also present is a phonograph recording of Burden's 1965 interview on "Open End" about Behold thy Mother. Some of Burden's photographs are scattered throughout the collection. less

This collection consists of two volumes. The first contains literary works, including stories and poems circa 1952, totaling 72 pages. The second, titled Occasional Verses, was written during the period from 1969 to 1972. It includes an introductory note by the author dated November 17, 1972 and totals 101 typescript pages in a loose leaf binder less

Arthur Train was a writer. Literary papers including Autobiography of Mr. Tutt (with clippings regarding Mr. Tutt), correspondence regarding plots, 1935-1944, various drafts of the play Mr. Tutt or The Hermit of Turkey Hollow, written for Raymond Massey, drafts of other attempts to dramatize Mr. Tutt, typescripts of short stories and articles including The Strange Attacks on Mr. Hoover (with corrections in Hoover's hand), printed versions, early literary attempts and personalia, and scrapbooks. less