Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Arthur Johnston Papers represent an extensive collection of materials documenting the life and works of Arthur Johnston (1898-1954), a prolific American music composer who wrote music for the theater and for film. Some of Johnston's correspondence and contracts are preserved among his papers. Also, printed materials about his career and numerous photographs of him and others are present. A large number of his musical compositions--both published an unpublished--are retained in the...

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Corresondence regarding the will of James T. Burke

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The Military Intelligence & Espionage Multimedia Collection was donated by Elizabeth Bankcroft in 1998 as part of a larger military intelligence collection that includes nearly 5,000 printed items. This collection consists of military intelligence and conspiracy theory themed movies (VHS tapes both purchased and privately recorded), music CDs, computer games, board games, audio books, and trading cards.

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Chronological Correspondence.

Scope and Contents Brown, Nacio Herb and Arthur Freed. "You Were Meant For Me." New York: Robbins Music Corp., 1929. Burke, Joe and Al Dubin. "Tip Toe Through the Tulips With Me." New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1929. Burke, Joe and Al Dubin. "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine." New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1929. Carmichael, Hoagy. "Stardust." New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1929. Porter, Cole. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" New York: Harms Inc., 1929. Thompson, John (transcribed by). "Blakc Eyes (Russian...

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This series contains back issues of the Catholic magazine founded by Edward Rice Jubilee.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Contains hundreds of Ord family photographs. Particularly significant photos are those depicting Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Edward Otho Cresap II, and World War I. Deriving from the files of James Garesche Ord, the World War I photos include a few original photos of American Expeditionary Forces commander John J. Pershing, many original photos of French Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch and American officer Hunter Liggett, some scenes of German soldiers and equipment, and aerial photos of the German...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kenneth Atchity Collection is a set of personal papers of Kenneth J. Atchity comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, scrapbooks, video tapes, printed ephemera and related material, comprising 42 linear feet of material arranged in 29 boxes. The collection is arranged in eight series: the Individuals Correspondence Series, the Scripts and Manuscripts Series, the Academic Series, the Business Files Series, the Printed Materials Series, the Video Series, the Scrapbook...

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Consists of correspondence files dating before 1935 and from 1973 onwards, during retirement years. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series constitutes correspondence covering the Democratic National Convention for the election of Roosevelt to a third presidential term. The bulk of material dates from late 1938 through fall 1940. Folders have been maintained in their provenance; arrangement is alphabetical by surname. Content includes letters from the public in support of FDR, as well as poison pen letters, and correspondence from HLH's colleagues. Notable correspondence is itemized for each folder description....

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Professional and personal photographs of Clare Boothe Luce with family and friends throughout her life. Included are photos of from childhood; as wife of millionaire George Brokaw, managing editor at Vanity Fair; and as the wife of American publisher, Henry Robinson Luce. Notable are her campaign photographs of 1942 when she ran for a seat in Congress.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The J. Graham Parsons Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence files, memoranda, and photographs accumulated by Ambassador Parsons during his many years as a U.S. diplomat. Of note are files from his tenure as ambassador to Laos (1956-58); to Sweden (1961-67); and as deputy U.S. representative at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks held in Vienna and Helsinki (1970-72).The collection is enriched by many original signed letters from notable names in U.S....

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: The Individual Correspondence Series consists of files of correspondence from specific individuals, arranged alphabetically, as they appeared in Martin Quigley's original archives. The series includes noted correspondents such as Barney Balaban, Howard Hughes, Spyros Skouras and Joseph Kennedy. Also, there are many letters from Joseph Breen, Will Hays, and Eric Johnston, regarding the Production Code. It should be noted that letters by these and others that appear in the Individual...

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Condolence Letters. Written upon the death of Richard M. Helms, arranged alphabetically.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Thomas Murray Wilson Papers consist primarily of photographs and diaries by Wilson mainly during his travels around the world in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in the United States diplomatic corps. The collection is comprised of 5 linear feet of material, arranged in 40 folders in 4 boxes and 3 oversize containers. Thomas Murray Wilson was an avid traveler during his service as a diplomat, visiting all over Southern Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to the countries where...