Found 35 collections related to Drawings %28visual works%29

Tracy, Arthur, 1899-1997
Music Division | LPA Mss 2005-002
35.03 linear feet (24 boxes)
This collection contains materials related to Arthur Tracy’s radio, stage, and film career as the Street Singer. Materials include correspondence, manuscript and sheet music, photographs, and posters. There is little personal material.
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18244
.52 linear feet (1 box, 1 volume, 1 oversized folder)
Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was an American civil engineer and inventor. The Robert Fulton Collection consists of manuscript letters and documents by or relating to him, including photostat copies of items held in private collections, chiefly... more
Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18137
1 linear foot (2 boxes, 1 oversize portfolio)
Writings, drawings and publications on or by Robert Fulton collected by civil engineer William Barclay Parsons for his book Robert Fulton and the Submarine, published in 1922.
Montague, Gilbert Holland, 1880-1961
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18136
.4 linear feet (1 box, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder)
The Gilbert H. Montague Collection of Robert Fulton Manuscripts contains correspondence, writings and drawings by the famed American civil engineer and inventor.
Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18116
.31 linear feet (1 volume, 1 folder)
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919) was a renowned surgeon and early collector of American manuscripts of the Revolutionary Era. Cadwallader D. Colden (1769-1834), a lawyer and politician, was Mayor of New York City from 1818 to 1821. The... more
Beekman, William
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Beekman
153 items
This collection of Virginia Woolf books, correspondence, photographs, and other material was assembled by collector William Beekman over the course of several decades. Many of the books within this collection were originally owned, or gifted, by... more
McLane, Derek
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2016-004
43.81 linear feet (4 boxes, 141 tubes); 71.38 gb (16,407 computer files)
Derek McLane (born 1958) is an American set designer who has designed for theater, opera, television, awards events, and trade shows. The set designs in this collection chronicle McLane's professional career and date from 1988 to 2015. The... more
Button, Jeanne
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2018-012
14 linear feet (48 boxes, 7 oversize folders)
Jeanne Button (1930-2017) designed costumes for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, as well as for dance, opera, film, and television. Her second husband, MacDonald Eaton (1929-2013), was a set and production designer for television and stage,... more
McCallister, Richard
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1935
12 linear feet (36 boxes, 1 folder)
Richard McCallister, (d.1995), was an "idea man" who worked for the Art Department of The New Yorker, beginning in 1934. His papers include working versions of cartoons in draft form (from ideas supplied by McCallister, and/or with captions... more
Milne, Samuel Milne
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2010
.42 linear feet (1 box)
Details of uniforms and equipment of the British army, 1742-1881, collected by Samuel M. Milne of Leeds, England ca. 1913. Includes specimens of cloth, braid, and other material, mounted, with descriptive notes in manuscript, colored sketches,... more
Narcissus (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2092
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the H.M.S. Narcissus, a British ship of war captained by F.M. Almer, was kept from January 1, 1811 through March 11, 1812 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. During this time, the ship sailed from Falmouth to the Isle of Gomera, Madeira,... more
Orlando (Cruiser)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2303
.17 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept by [?] Leir on board the H.M.S. Orlando, H.M.S. Aurora, H.M.S. Grafton, H.M.S. Powerful, H.M.S. Victorious, and H.M.S. Terrible while cruising from Portsmouth, England stopping at the ports of Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said,... more
Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 754
1.26 linear feet (6 volumes)
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851) of Roxbury, Massachusetts was a politician, militia officer, author and horticulturist. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he was the son of Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an American army officer and... more
Granbery, Henry
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 686
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
Commonplace book of Henry Granbery, which he titled "Select Pieces in Prose, Blank Verse and Poetry: From the most eminent writers / And also a few pieces of Poetry written by Gentlemen in Norfolk." He kept this volume in Norfolk, Virginia... more
Wolters, Ernst
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3373
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
The Ernst Wolters papers include a history of the 178th Regiment, New York, Volunteer Infantry from 1863-1865; a diary Wolters kept during his service, from March-April 1865, with Headquarters Band, 16th Army Corps; pencil drawings of Spanish Fort... more
Chapman, F. H. af (Fredrik Henrik), 1721-1808
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 517
.15 linear feet (1 volume)
Manuscript treatise on shipbuilding. Text and plates are French work of the late eighteenth century. Plates have notes and legends in an English hand of the early nineteenth century. Primarily consists of illustrations of ships that chart vessel... more
Kearney, Lawrence
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1625
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Lawrence Kearney was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy in 1817, and continued a naval career through the time of his death in 1868. Kearney earned the rank of commodore in 1867. Lawrence Kearney's sketchbook contains colored... more
Roper, Charles Donnison
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2625
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Charles Donnison Roper, a midshipman in the British Navy, kept this logbook of the H.M.S. Camperdown, H.M.S. Blenheim, H.M.S. Achilles, and H.M.S. Wanderer. Entries for the Camperdown date January 1-March 29, 1894, as the ship traveled from Smyrna... more
Casa Real de Moneda (Potosí, Bolivia)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 484
.34 linear feet (2 volumes)
These records of the Casa Real de Moneda (Royal Mint) of Potosí, Bolivia include letters and other documents from 1771-1772. All documents are written in Spanish and pertain to the restoration of the Casa Real de Moneda. Correspondence is between... more
Day, Clarence, 1874-1935
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 741
The Clarence Day Papers document the literary career, business activity, personal life and family background of the author and illustrator. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, galley... more
Dolbin, Benedikt F.
Music Division | JOB 84-4
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Benedikt Fred Dolbin (1883-1971) was a graphic artist from Vienna, Austria who emigrated to New York City during the Nazi era of the 1930s. While in Austria, he had studied music composition with Arnold Schoenberg. He specialized in caricatures of... more
Gina, Srimathi
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S)*MGZMD 307
1.93 linear feet (5 boxes)
The Srimathi Gina papers document Srimathi Gina’s studies, choreography, performances, and teachings in Indian classical dance from approximately 1935 to 1980. One of two women to graduate from St. John’s Law School in New York City in 1929,... more
Finkel, Gertrude, 1898-1994
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 25816
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Gertrude Finkel (1898-1994) was a librarian with The New York Public Library, associated for many years with the Library's Hamilton Fish Park Branch on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Branch opened in 1909 at 388 East Houston Street, serving... more
Senie, Richard Harrison
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1986-017
4.6 linear feet (14 boxes, 2 volumes)
Richard Harrison Senie (1916-1986) was an artist and scenic designer. The Richard Harrison Senie papers, dating from the 1920s to 1964, document his life and career through stage and set designs, visual art, photographs, programs, letters,... more
Spitzer, Mara
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 1996-023
1.2 linear feet (4 boxes)
Mara Spitzer was an American caricaturist for newspapers and magazines. The collection dates from 1924 to 1950 and contains caricatures of actors and actresses from the 1920s and 1930s; drawings and sketches; and a scrapbook with clippings of... more
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 185462
.01 linear feet (1 folder)
The collection consists of ten miscellaneous letters, most of them written by or directed to persons living in Connecticut during the 1850s and 1860s, touching on family matters, friendship, illness, employment, and the Civil War. Three brief... more
Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz BND-MSS (Hamilton, A.)
1 volume (182 leaves, some blank) + inserts : illustrations ; 25 cm
Lady Anne Hamilton, Scots-born courtier and friend of Queen Caroline of Brunswick. Manuscript volume in ink, in divers hands, compiled by and for Lady Anne Hamilton, and possibly her sister, Lady Susan, Countess of Dunmore. Includes pieces copied... more
Duckworth, Stella
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll 24918
.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
Stella Duckworth (1869-1897) was the half-sister of Vanessa Stephen Bell, Virginia Stephen Woolf, and Thoby and Adrian Stephen by her mother Julia Jackson Duckworth's marriage in 1878 to Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), a prominent Victorian author... more
Wing, Marianne, 1819?-1892
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz BND-MSS (Wing, M.)
74 manuscript pages (79 total leaves, some blank) : illustrated ; 18 cm
Marianne Wing was born about 1819 in Braintree, Essex, England, the daughter of William Wing. By 1851 she was living in Chelmsford with her husband, William Abbott, a retired farmer, and their two young children, Joseph William and Clara Maria.... more
Beecroft, E.
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 volume (135 manuscript pages; 92 total leaves) : illustrations ; 21 cm
E. Beecroft of Lowestoft could not be identified. Botanical sketchbook containing the notes and illustrations of E. Beecroft, identified in a pencil note on the title page as "Mrs. Beecroft." The text opens with a five-page and two-line guide to... more
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