The playbill collection, donated by Valerie Lynn, is comprised of playbills and other theatre ephemera, pamphlets from various art exhibitions, and programs from musical performances and ballets collected over her lifetime. The collection spans seven decades, from 1946 to 2009, and includes playbills from at least five different countries.
Articles, correspondence, notes, and manuscripts relating to Dr. Albert Plesman (1889-1953), Dutch pioneer in aviation and founder of KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Includes a carbon copy of typed manuscript of Plesman's autobiography; "Wither Civilization," a typed manuscript by Plesman; a photograph of a bust of Plesman; and a group photograph of Plesman with Mayor of Sydney, Australia, Ernest C. O'Dea (b. 1889-1976).
The collection contains property leases, deeds, legal briefs, copies of wills, letters, family records, warrants, land surveys, charts, notes, and "fragments". The records primarily relate to property in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
See the External Documents section below for the collection's inventory.
The Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection consists of correspondence written by Horace Porter to a Mrs. Osborn between the years 1906 and 1917. In addition to the ten letters, the collection contains the New York Times obituary of Horace Porter.
The collection consists of a book outline by Robert Nolan on post-World War II geopolitics, written around 1949 by Robert Nolan. Nolan was a student at the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
In the outline, Nolan mentions that Fr. Walsh's Nuremberg Trials diaries will be utilized as a source for the book.
Carbon copies of letters from Powell to Cleve McElroy, Bill Ryan, and Carl Schmidt. Included is typed manuscript for an unpublished novel by Powell, entitled, "The Dennings."
Correspondence between Powell and writers, publishers, politicians and friends. Notable individuals include Dorothy Day, H.L. Mencken, Denver Lindley, Harry Sylvester, and George N. Shuster.
Additional ephemera added in Folder 24 (not included in 1986 finding aid).
Click on External Documents below to link to collection finding aid.
Included are diaries, examination subjects, and theses for disputation.
Label on front cover reads: " Senior? 1893-1895 and 1897-1903. College and Prep". Originally intended to be the diary of the Prefect of Discipline, this became the diary of the Prefect of Schools (per note on page 4). It contains brief, daily notes on campus happenings. Reference is made to recreational activities (particularly sports and plays), examinations, etc. Mention is made of the death of Louis F. Hogan, Class of 1894, in entry for 10/17/1893.
Photocopies/print-outs of essays (published and unpublished) arranged in reverse chronological order. A table of contents is included. Includes computer disc and CD.
Contains color photographs. Foreign Service School Dean Peter F. Krogh is included in some of the shots.
The Presidential Autographs Collection contains documents written by or signed by American presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan. The documents are sorted first in order of the president's term of office and then chronologically. The sequence begins anew with each box of oversized materials. This extensive collection provides valuable information for scholars of the American presidency.
