Scope and Contents note The Cecil B. Lyon papers comprise a rich life-time's record of a career in the American Foreign Service. Moreover, the collection is replete with letters by and about almost everyone in the field; a list of the colleagues and acquaintances of Ambassador Lyon would read like a "Who's Who" of the Foreign Service.The material has been organized into 13 series, the first five of which consist of correspondence (alphabetical; carbons; commercial; invitations; and individuals). These...

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Plaque from unknown location: Daniel Hand - 1744-1841 - Served as a Minute Man in the Revolutionary War at Boston, Albany, Saratoga, Bennington, Ticonderoga, Stillwater - Father of Elizabeth Hand Cogswell, 1774-1863 - Grandfather of Eliza Haight, Polly Furman, Mary Ann Nichols, Stephen Cogswell, Daniel Hand Cogswell,, Amanda Lyon.

Scope and Contents This collection contains material on all facets of Alexis Carrel's career as well as files dealing with his cancer studies, tactile sensibility experiments, physiological and psychological research done on mice, and the effect of infusing blood from young dogs into older ones.The collection also includes Carrel's laboratory notebooks and other experimental records together with his literary writings and general correspondence. There are numerous medical articles and photographs,...

Scope and Contents The B.W. Butler Papers, in the University Archives prior to 1970, consist of a single item, the autobiography of George Bent, born in 1843 to a Cheyenne mother, Owl Woman, and a St. Louis fur-trader William Bent. While an account of Bent's remarkable life was eventually produced by one of the editors of this work, it remained unpublished for nearly 50 years (Life of George Bent: Written from his Letters. George E. Hyde, editor. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968) while this manuscript was...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The bulk of the Barbee Papers concerns his research, accomplished primarily between the years 1928-1958. The Papers are organized according to provenance into seven series, out-lining his historical interests. The series are: I. Abraham Lincoln; II. Death of Lincoln; III. Lincoln and Booth; IV. John Wilkes Booth; V. Conspirators; VI. Rose O'Neil Greenhow; and VII. American History. Because the collection is largely subject-oriented, due to the inter-relatedness of topics the same subject...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 9:1 - 11:66] This series includes correspondence by notable individuals as well as by long-time colleagues of CBL who were frequent writers. Arrangement is alphabetical by individual name. Letters are in chronological order. Datespan given indicates the earliest to the most recently dated letter by the individual, exclusive of carbon correspondence by CBL. In cases where only one or two original letters are filed, datespan includes the earliest to the most recent letter in the...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 9:1 - 11:66] This series includes correspondence by notable individuals as well as by long-time colleagues of CBL who were frequent writers. Arrangement is alphabetical by individual name. Letters are in chronological order. Datespan given indicates the earliest to the most recently dated letter by the individual, exclusive of carbon correspondence by CBL. In cases where only one or two original letters are filed, datespan includes the earliest to the most recent letter in the...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Folders 12:1 - 14:52) This series consists of material (paperwork, correspondence being primarily official memoranda, miscellaneous typed and printed information) regarding the many professional Foreign Service posts held by Ambassador Lyon. Files are arranged chronologically from the earliest tour of duty in Havana, Cuba, in 1930 through retirement from the last post held by Mr. Lyon as ambassador to Ceylon in 1967. Note that for more extensive correspondence regarding the various posts,...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Folders 12:1 - 14:52) This series consists of material (paperwork, correspondence being primarily official memoranda, miscellaneous typed and printed information) regarding the many professional Foreign Service posts held by Ambassador Lyon. Files are arranged chronologically from the earliest tour of duty in Havana, Cuba, in 1930 through retirement from the last post held by Mr. Lyon as ambassador to Ceylon in 1967. Note that for more extensive correspondence regarding the various posts,...

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(Folders 14:53 - 15:18) This series consists of information files on miscellaneous other professional activitives of Ambassador Lyon. Arrangement is roughly alphabetical by subject.

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[Folders 19:1 - 19:41] This series consists of photographs of Ambassador Lyon taken over the years at various Foreign Service posts around the world, and at numerous official and semi-official functions. Many of the photographs are not identified, but are loosely grouped into the following categories: by country; by function; Ambassador Lyon alone and with colleagues; family; and miscellaneous.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Folders 12:1 - 14:52) This series consists of material (paperwork, correspondence being primarily official memoranda, miscellaneous typed and printed information) regarding the many professional Foreign Service posts held by Ambassador Lyon. Files are arranged chronologically from the earliest tour of duty in Havana, Cuba, in 1930 through retirement from the last post held by Mr. Lyon as ambassador to Ceylon in 1967. Note that for more extensive correspondence regarding the various posts,...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 9:1 - 11:66] This series includes correspondence by notable individuals as well as by long-time colleagues of CBL who were frequent writers. Arrangement is alphabetical by individual name. Letters are in chronological order. Datespan given indicates the earliest to the most recently dated letter by the individual, exclusive of carbon correspondence by CBL. In cases where only one or two original letters are filed, datespan includes the earliest to the most recent letter in the...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: [Folders 1:1 - 6:13] Correspondence received by CBL from 1933 through 1971. Includes carbon replies from CBL. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent for each year. To maintain the integrity of a series of correspondence by certain individuals, a given year may include letters from preceding years. In such cases, correspondence is filed by the most recent date in the series. Content is primarily social and personal. Some unclassified official correspondence is included. (Further official...