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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Hendrik Willem van Loon Papers
Collection consists of correspondence with family, friends, literary and other public figures, pertaining to his career as an author and his varied humanitarian concerns; much of the correspondence between 1939 and 1942 deals with refugees from Nazi persecution and van Loon's participation in war relief fund raising and committees.
Herbert David Croly papers
Material used by Herbert Croly in writing his biography of Willard Straight.
Hiram Corson papers
Hyde family papers
Largely correspondence and other papers of Florence Elise Hyde of Ithaca, New York, relating to her literary activities, her support of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, and her interest in national politics and American foreign policy.
Ida Langdon papers
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects.
James McConkey papers
Louise Spieker Rankin papers
Thirty-eight letters from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life, household management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin, was a Standard Oil representative; a notebook of information she collected on Indian trees; and her diary. Also, her unfinished biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey and a letter from Romeyn Berry.
Richard Schaap papers
Includes research notes, newspaper clippings, tape recordings and typed transcriptions, drafts of articles and books, and related material from Schaap's career as an author and editor. Also includes material regarding drug addiction and research material concerning Robert F. Kennedy.