Scope and Contents note The Armin Meyer Papers are divided into six series. The first contains materials from Meyer’s pre-Ambassadorial career. The second, third, and fourth series are devoted to Meyer’s service as Ambassador in Lebanon, Iran, and Japan, respectively. The fifth series pertains to Meyer’s post-Ambassadorial career. The final series contains all photographic materials from the collection. The first series includes monthly summary reports from Meyer’s OWI offices in Cairo and Baghdad, as...

Scope and Contents Contains letters of congratulation to Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee in the Jesuit Order. Included are letters from: Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani; former students Francisco C. Banda, Edwin W. Beitzell, H. V. Dreyhausen, M. J. "Jack" Heiler, George A. Horkan, Al. Phlip Kane, John McShain, Meyer Tsatskis (Taske), and Arthur A. Verner; Major General William E. Bergin; Dean of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Edward W. Barrett;...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Fulton Oursler, Jr. Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials collected by Ourlser during his career at Reader's Digest, mostly related to the work he did with well known writers and personalities who wrote for the magazine. The collection is divided up into five series: The Individuals Series, the James A. Michener Series, the Duke of Windsor Series, the John F. Kennedy and Espionage Series, and the Reader's Digest Series.The Individuals Series...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The personal papers of music critic Paul Hume comprise this collection. Highlights include correspondence from luminaries of the music world such as Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Leonard Bernstein, Rudolph Bing, Nadia Boulanger, Antal Dorati, Alberto Ginastera, Serge Koussevitsky, John La Montaine, Lotte Lehmann, John Mauceri, Gian Carlo Menotti, Eugene Ormandy, Rosa Ponselle, Ned Rorem, Mstislav Rostropovich, Bidu Sayao, Beverly Sills, Gerard Souzay, George Szell, Virgil Thomson, Alan...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autographed manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Collection-level Scope and Content Note 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...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Consists primarily of correspondence to H.A. Meyer (also under his pseudonym, Hugh Merrick)

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence and manuscripts collected by Fulton Oursler during his tenure as an editor for Reader's Digest.

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Box 16. Alphabetical photographic files Bloomgarten — Boles, Glen, 64 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

The Individual Authors Series contains correspondence, manuscripts, questionnaires from the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, photos, publications, and clippings relating to individual authors who were accepted or considered as members of the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors established by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L., in 1932. The series is arranged alphabetically by author. Boxes 1-66.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note 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...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection consists of the personal papers of former U.S. attorney general Francis Biddle. It is one of three portions comprising the larger collection of the Biddle Family papers that include the papers of his wife, Katherine Biddle and a series of family correspondence (see separate finding aids). Of interest are lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. attorney general...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series contains correspondence and papers concerning various aspects of Barnum's life.

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...