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Collection
Identifier: Collection of Right Wing Publications
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 Christianity and Judiasm intertwined in the information. Finally, the collection is largely politically based and has some information about the 1958 election.
Dates:
1950 - 1960
Collection
Identifier: Max Corvo papers
Abstract
Max Corvo (1920-1994) served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII where he worked as an intelligence officer in Italy and Sicily after Italy signed the 1943 armistice with the allied powers realigining itself with them. The papers consist of correspondence, memos, files, telegrams, photographs, and various ephemera such as pamphlets, tickets, and leaftlets. The bulk of the material relates to U.S. intelligence gathering in Italy from 1943-1945. It also contains several...
Dates:
1942 - 2014
Collection
Identifier: Harry Todd Costello papers
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes, essays, syllabi, correspondence and diaries documenting Costello's career as instructor of philosophy and psychology. Also includes biographical material.
Dates:
1907 - 1960
Collection
Identifier: Joseph Cummings family papers
Scope and Contents
Collection primarily consists of correspondence, legal and financial documents, and background notes related to the Joseph Cummings family of Ware, Massachusetts. Correspondence span 1814-1894, and cover a range of topics from daily life to encounters with acquaintances and health. Correspondence from acquaintances discuss life in Buffalo, New York, and Amherst, Massachusetts during the 1830s. One file contains correspondence related to Nicholas Harris; a son-in-law of Joseph Cummings who...
Dates:
1835 - 1861
Collection
Identifier: Durium Record Collection
Scope and Contents
The Durium Record Collection consists of eight 4” single faced recordings on disc. Six of the recordings hold the same tune, Silent Night, composed by Joseph Mohr and presumed to have been orchestrated by Phil Spitalny, was originally written by Franz Xaver Gruber. This song is presumed to have been performed by Ruth and Julia Paull known collectively as the Paull Sisters. Two recordings are of unknown contents, but labeled "Tony Wons."
Dates:
1931-1932
Collection
Identifier: John Henry Ehlers papers
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Joseph Henry Ehlers consist of nine scrapbooks, one photo album, one Japanese philatelic collection, two boxed award plaques, one Japanese magazine, and miscellaneous correspondence. The collection spans from 1917 to 1984, the years of Ehlers' travels and his professional career.
The scrapbooks chronicle Ehlers' travels around the world including a variety of photographs, hotel and travel memorabilia, cruise ship passenger lists, stamps, invitations, foreign...
Dates:
1917-1984
Collection
Identifier: Emerson Universal Cut Recording Collection
Scope and Contents
The Emerson Record Collection consists of six 7" diameter recordings (single faced) in one box. When produced, the discs were once the most popular songs, operatic and dance hits, as well as some classical and standard selections.
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Collection
Identifier: WLM-YYYY-002
Scope and Contents
The Lewis Finch papers is a small collection of pamphlets, booklets, and other publications and printed items related to the processes of printing by small, privately owned presses. The collection, through correspondence and a variety of printed material, reveals a network of people around the United States and abroad who shared a common interest in and a love for books and "hobby printing." Correspondents include James D. Hart, Harold Hugo, and Will Ransom.The Correspondence...
Dates:
1930-1968
Collection
Identifier: Robert Frost Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains background files, correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, greeting cards, periodicals, ephemera, and photographs related to well-known 20th century American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). The background files contain notes on the eminent poet. The collection also includes correspondence spanning the 1920s-1930s addressed to and from Frost during the height of his career, manuscript poems such as At the Woodward’s Garden (1940), and signed proofs such as “To a Thinker in...
Dates:
1913 - 2014
Collection
Identifier: Henry Fuller Collection on the Romanov family
Summary
Henry M. Fuller (1914-2001); a stockbroker and philanthropist from Manchester, New Hampshire began collecting materials ranging from photographs to correspondence related to the Romanov family during his undergraduate studies at Harvard College and Trinity College (class of '38) in the 1930s. Fuller went on to obtain correspondence between the Empress Alexandra (1872-1918) and Anna Vyrubova (1884-1964), the lady-in-waiting who introduced the Empress to Grigori Rasputin, as well as to other...
Dates:
1905 - 1996
