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Alice Brady Beckmann’s Collection of Civil War Poetry and Songs
Collection
Identifier: MSS08-2018
Scope and Contents
Alice Brady Beckmann’s Collection consists primarily of poems and songs of the period surrounding the American Civil War, mostly between the 1840 and 1890. The material was transcribed by Ms. Beckmann from period magazines, newspapers and other public sources as well as from scrapbooks, account books and other personal sources. Although the authors are often noted, much of the material is unattributed. Ms. Beckmann’s collection also reflects her keen interest in the origin of the patriotic...
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American Notables Collection: 19th and 20th Century U.S. Writers
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-010
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily consists of correspondence with some miscellaneous papers and documents of prominent writers, theatrical, and public figures. The earliest correspondence includes a cover letter by Elihu Burritt, a journalist and writer, submitted to the New York Ledger in 1862 related to an article written by him on time spent with Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). It also includes a play written by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879) in 1851 titled “Good for Nothing: a comedy in one...
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Ansel Adams Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-005
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately half-a-dozen photographs by Ansel Adams spanning the 1920s to the 1960s. The photographs primarily depict national parks in the American West such as Glacier National Park, Yosemite National Park, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Some of them are silver prints, and black-and-white images of landscapes such as changing seasons and rivers and mountain ranges. Some also contain inscriptions in pencil, and the collection also contains a...
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Augustus Perry Brigham Collection of Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS-RET2017
Scope and Contents
41 volume collection of diaries, trapping records and travel logs handwritten by Augustus Perry Brigham (b. 3/1861- d. 8/1944) between 1879 and 1944. Originally from Massachusetts, Brigham emigrated to Colorado Springs where he spent his adult life, married, raised a family and is buried. Each volume is a meticulously detailed regarding his daily activities, but is curiously devoid of any information about the major events of the day and what was going on in the world around him. He was...
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Automobile Travel Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-012
Scope and Contents
This composite collection contains four scrapbooks and one photographic album. The scrapbooks contain various ephemera such as travel books, and pamphlets, as well as photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, and typed manuscripts. They include material depicting landscapes in the United States such as cities, gas stations, factories, outdoor festivals and special events, as well as general travel brochures and information on travel in the Northeast and California, as well as portions of the...
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British Notables Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-019
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, holographs, and reviews of publications by a wide variety of prominent British writers, and authors. Some notable correspondence belong to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863); a prominent 19th century writer, as well as several prominent women including Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901); a novelist who participated in the Oxford Movement in England. Subjects of letters range from discussion of book prices, to family issues and ongoings to lectures on...
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Charles Dudley Warner Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-082
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a multitude of correspondence, as well as manuscript writings; book-length works, articles, addresses, notes, poetry and proofs, twenty travel diaries and notebooks; miscellaneous personal papers, including business and personal documents, scrapbooks; photographs, and ephemera. Correspondents in letters include well-known figures from the 19th century such as Henry Mills Alden, Samuel Bowles III, Anna E. Dickinson, Annie Fields, James T. Fields, Hamlin Garland, Richard...
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Collection of Clippings and Magazines about McCarthyism
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS09-2018
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and entire magazines about McCarthyism. Consists of one box with ten folders
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Collection of Right Wing Publications
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 456
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of publications, mainly newpapers and reports, about communism, segregation, and education in 1957 and 1958. There is an emphasis on religions such as Chritsianity and Judiasm intertwined in the information. Finally, the collection is largely politically based and has some information about the 1958 election.
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Diaries (1813-1910)
Collection
Identifier: MS-Retro-030
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 23 diaries and journals, composed by twelve people; eighteen diaries from the 19th century, and five from the 20th century. Creators range in age from nine to adulthood. The diary of Milo Leon Norton includes poetry dated 1907, and the diary of Miss Parkinson (?) includes some financial records from 1897. The earliest diary originates in 1813, written by an anonymous member of church clergy. Also included is an album by an anonymous female creator from the McLean Asylum...
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