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Collections Processed, 2007-2009
Once a collection is fully processed a finding aid, written by the intern who processed the collection, is published online:
Papers of Individuals:
The Thomas Bonn Research Files, a small collection regarding the founding and early years of Pocket Books, a New York publishing firm.
Correspondence of literary agent Jenny S. Bradley to poet and playwright Susan Sherman: Jenny S. Bradley Papers
John Bates Clark, a United States economist, educator and peace activist: John Bates Clark Papers
Louis Dropkin, American radio, stage and screen writer and producer: Louis Dropkin Papers
The H. Lawrence Freeman Papers, which include original scores, clippings, correspondence and ephemera, document the lives and careers of Harry Lawrence, Carlotta, and Valdo Freeman, a family of African-American performing artists involved in opera, theatre, and music in early-twentieth-century New York City.
Television comedy writer, Willliam "Billy" Friedberg: William "Billy" Friedberg Papers
The Joanne Grant Research Files consist of the working materials that Grant, a journalist and activist, collected for the writing of her 1969 book Confrontation on Campus: Columbia Pattern for the New Protest.
Sighle Kennedy, a scholar of Samuel Beckett, received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and began her teaching career in the English Department of Hunter College in the early 1970s when women in academia were rare: Sighle Kennedy Papers
Ephraim London, a United States attorney, practiced entertainment and publishing law from the 1940s to the 1970s, and specialized in issues of censorship: Ephraim London Papers
Louis Napoleon Parker, an English playwright, translator and producer of historical pageants, was active in the theater from the 1890s through the early 1940s: Louis Napoleon Parker Papers
The Professorial Memorial Collection, assembled by R. K. Webb, contains materials related to the lives and work, and memorials for, three Columbia University professors known by Webb: J. Bartlet Brebner, Stephen Koss, and Garrett Mattingly.
Jason Rogers, journalist and publicist, contributed to the field of newspaper advertising: Jason Rogers Papers
Film critic and Columbia University professor Andrew Sarris's column, "Films in Focus," was long a mainstay of The Village Voice: Andrew Sarris Papers
Writer and editor Ben Sonnenberg, Jr. is best known for founding Grand Street (1981-2004), a New York literary quarterly which he edited until his retirement in 1989. Ben Sonnenberg, Jr. Papers
Author, editor and publisher Sol Stein worked with many literary figures including Elia Kazan and James Baldwin. Stein also was an Executive Director of the American Committee for Cultural Freedom and wrote for Voice of America: Sol Stein Papers
Records of Organizations:
The Boehm Foundation, a philanthropy, primarily funded groups devoted to promoting democracy and civil rights: Boehm Foundation Records
The New York Clearing House Association Records comprise 42 ledgers that provide accounts of the daily, and occasionally monthly, exchanges and settlements of New York City banks between 1868-1950.
Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) is dedicated to the liberation of Third World peoples from economic and socio-political injustices: Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) Records, 1975 – 2001
Collections from the Missionary Research Libraries Archives of Burke Library provide first-hand accounts of political movements and everyday life in late 19th and early 20th century China and Korea, as well as records of the educational and evangelical efforts of Christian missionaries: Henry Gerhard Appenzeller James Whitford Bashford Diaries Chinese Church of Christ in Korea Papers George Heber Jones Papers Korea Conspiracy Case, 1912-1913 Korea General Collection Korean Independence Outbreak Records Timothy Tingfang Lew Emory Warren Ross, treasurer of the Disciples of Christ Congo Mission and missionary in Liberia 1912-16, friend of Albert Schweitzer, and the 'go to' source of information on Africa for most of the 1930s-1960s. Elwood G. and Donald G. Tewksbury Papers Abbe Livingston Warnshuis Papers
The New Leader (1924-2006), a social-democratic journal of “news and opinion," printed significant work by prominent intellectuals on an array of subjects, but it devoted its best energies and much of its editorial space to criticizing the Soviet Union: The New Leader Records
Saturday Press, dedicated to publishing the work of women poets over the age of 40: Saturday Press Records
Architectural Collections:
Peter Blake Architectural Records and Papers Giorgio Cavaglieri William Adams Delano Scrapbook James Marston Fitch Papers Talbot Hamlin Architectural Records and Papers Joint Advisory Committee on Planning and Development of the United Nations Headquarters Hermann Muthesius/Haus Cramer Records Paul Nelson Papers and Records Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Photographs Walter Sobotka Shadrach Woods
Collections in Process, 2008-2009:
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Academics: Society of American Historians Philip Butcher Guglielmo Ferrero Karl Polanyi Barry Ulanov
Architectural: Index of American Design Felix Candela Architectural Records and Papers Simon Breines Georg Cserna Photographs And Papers Norman Jaffe Woodlawn Cemetery Records
Children's Organizations and Advocates: Children's Village (formerly the New York Juvenile Asylum) Katherine Lenroot Emma O. Lundberg
Collectors and Collections: Albert Field Playing Card Collection George Plimpton
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Film: Pare Lorentz
Music: Vladimir Ussachevsky
Politics and Government: George Perkins Jr.
Prominent Families: The Plimpton Family
Publishers, Publications, Writers, Editors and Journalists: Ernestine Evans Grand Street Publications, Inc. Oscar Hijuelos Maureen Howard Hettie Jones Herbert L. Matthews Samuel Roth
Religious Leaders: J. Stanley Durkee
Russian émigré and Political Activist: Alexander Kazem-Bek
Sociologists and Urban Planners: Herbert Gans
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