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Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1926-1970, 1926-1944

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg records 1926-1970 1926-1944

Records of Harry Miller Lydenberg, Director of The New York Public Library from 1934-1941. Collection spans the years 1926-1970 (bulk 1926-1944), covering his term as Director and also his participation in numerous professional associations.

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http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4946 View

Lawrence Clark Powell papers concerning John Steinbeck, 1935-1941.

Title: LawrenceClark Powell papers concerning John Steinbeck, 1935-1941.

Papersconcerning American author John Steinbeck, assembled for bibliographic work byUCLA Librarian Lawrence Clark Powell.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02139/catalog View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Franklin F. Hopper records, 1940-1946.

Title: Franklin F. Hopper records, 1940-1946.

Records consist almost exclusively of correspondence concerning library matters and the role of the Library during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466271 View

George F. Black letters with Harry Miller Lydenberg, 1937-1939

Title: George F. Black letters with Harry Miller Lydenberg 1937-1939

; m. Alice Hicks; Portland, Me.; railroad supt., Maine Central RR. George F. Black was the railroad superintendent for the Maine Central Rail Road. Letters to and from New York Public Library Director Harry Miller Lydenberg and George Black concerning his manuscript on the subject of Scottish surnames.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/7386 View

Papers, ca. 1814-1936.

Title: Papers, ca. 1814-1936.

Papers of the American lobbyist and author Samuel Ward.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01451/catalog View

Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records, 1923-1948, 1929-1936

Title: Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records 1923-1948 1929-1936

The Bibliographical Society of America's Sabin Committee was formed in 1925 to complete A Dictionary of Books Relating to America which had been compiled by Joseph Sabin from 1867 to 1881. The dictionary was completed in 1936. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, bibliographical notes, and other papers relating to Sabin's A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Bulk of the correspondence and reports was written by H.M. Lydenberg, chairman of the committee that had the responsibility for completing publication of the unfinished volumes.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet (11 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/293 View

Henry Raup Wagner papers, 1917-1962, 1930-1952

Title: Henry Raup Wagner papers 1917-1962, 1930-1952

The papers consist of correspondence with scholars and members of the rare book world, notes and drafts related to Henry Wagner's published works, and other papers related to Wagner's research.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 37; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 17.5

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.wagner View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View

David C. Mearns Papers, 1830-1979, (bulk 1940-1967)

Title: David C. Mearns Papers 1830-1979 (bulk 1940-1967)

Librarian and historian. Correspondence, writings, reports, and orders documenting Mearns's positions as an official and historian of the Library of Congress and scholar of Abraham Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 20,000 items; 161 containers plus 5 oversize; 65 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012119 View

Maxwell Evarts Perkins correspondence and papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1933-1948.

Title: Maxwell Evarts Perkins correspondence and papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1933-1948.

Papers of the American editor Maxwell Perkins relating to his literary executorship of the estate of American author Thomas Wolfe.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00320/catalog View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1926-1970, (bulk 1926-1944).

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1926-1970, (bulk 1926-1944).

The bulk of the collection is correspondence, with some reports, minutes of meetings, informational pamphlets and brochures, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear feet (6 boxes, 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580636 View

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1941.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1941.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181590312 View

Letters of condolence and thanks, 1915.

Title: Letters of condolence and thanks, 1915.

Letters to Flora Virginia Milner Livingston expressing condolence on the death of her husband Harvard librarian, Luther S. Livingston.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01085/catalog View

Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Title: Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Primarily professional correspondence of biographer and editor M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes (9 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00489/catalog View

Joint Committee on Materials for Research. Records of the Joint Committee on Materials for Research, circa 1930-1940.

Title: Records of the Joint Committee on Materials for Research, circa 1930-1940.

Correspondence, minutes and agenda of meetings, and papers relating to the committee's surveys of materials for research in the social sciences and the humanities. Includes information on library and archives projects, permanence of paper stock, union catalogs, offset reproductions, microreproductions, other duplicating techniques, sound reproduction, and copyright. Correspondents include Robert C. Binkley, Solon J. Buck, Robert T. Crane, Augustus Frederick Kuhlman, Waldo G. Leland, Harry Miller Lydenberg, Thomas P. Martin, Arthur H. Quinn, Joseph Marius Scammell, Theodore R. Schellenberg, James T. Shotwell, and Vernon D. Tate.

ArchivalResource: 25,000 items.83 containers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131175 View

Wilberforce Eames papers, 1850-1937, 1900-1937

Title: Wilberforce Eames papers 1850-1937 1900-1937

Collection consists of materials reflecting Eames's interests and scholarly achievements in the fields of bibliography and librarianship. Correspondence, 1866-1937, includes both business and personal correspondence, mostly incoming, with librarians, booksellers and bibliographers regarding bibliographic questions, sales information, exchange of photostats, and comparisons of editions. Writings and research files include manuscripts of Eames's work, research notes, correspondence, and printed matter relating to subject areas and to works by Eames. Bibliographic notes contain cut and pasted titles, typed citations, handwritten notes, correspondence and clippings. Booksellers series, ca. 1879-1937, reflects Eames's long and varied involvement in the book trade with materials such as correspondence, bills, sales catalogs, booklists, and publication notices. New York Public Library/Lenox Library papers, ca. 1883-1935, include lists of holdings (rare books, maps, etc.) prepared by Eames, reports on Library activities by Eames, Library printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Personal/family papers, 1850-1937, contain diaries, expense books, legal and estate papers, papers relating to Eames's private library, biographical and genealogical information, family correspondence, and memorabilia. Photographs, ca. 1870s-1930s, document Eames's camping trips in the Adirondacks and travels in Canada in addition to some studio portraits of Eames and others.

ArchivalResource: 90.5 linear feet (113 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/878 View

Franklin F. Hopper records, 1940-1946

Title: Franklin F. Hopper records 1940-1946

Records from the office of Franklin F. Hopper (1878-1950), Director of the New York Public Library from 1941-1946.

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http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4947 View

New York Public Library. Correspondence with Theodore and Vera Dreiser, 1904-1939; 1946-1960.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore and Vera Dreiser, 1904-1939; 1946-1960.

Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser from H. M. Lydenberg, Director, and Ernestine Rose, Librarian, New York Public Library; correspondence with Vera Dreiser from Franklin F. Hopper, Director, and Maria Grant, Music Division, New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: 18 items (19 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155892787 View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Edwin Hatfield Anderson records, 1913-1934.

Title: Edwin Hatfield Anderson records, 1913-1934.

Collection contains correspondence, personnel records, a few files dealing with library matters, and American Library Association (A.L.A.) files of Harry Miller Lydenberg, Assistant Director under Anderson.

ArchivalResource: 22 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576062 View

Henry Hamilton papers, 1768-1933.

Title: Henry Hamilton papers, 1768-1933.

Papers of British officer HenryHamilton and correspondence and other papers related to the acquisition and publication of theseand other Hamilton manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 2boxes (.75 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00126/catalog View

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960,. Typed letter signed from H.M. Lydenberg, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1908 June 19.

Title: Typed letter signed from H.M. Lydenberg, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1908 June 19.

Concerning the library's copy of Robert Lloyd's poem called "The Actor. Addressed to Bonnel [sic] Thornton, Esq." On letterhead of the New York Public Library, Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations, New York. Addressed to Winter at 17 Third Avenue, New Brighton, S.I.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 11 x 22 cm to 28 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/667627273 View

Windsor, Phineas L. (Phineas Lawrence), 1871-1965. [Ulster County gazette : a collection of the editions discussed in the New York times book review].

Title: [Ulster County gazette : a collection of the editions discussed in the New York times book review]. 1929-1931.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47284054 View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960. Letters, 1952-1954 : to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1952-1954 : to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 2 items : (4 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155871863 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00655/catalog View

Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1921

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg records 1921

Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) started at the Lenox Library, then served as administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings from 1899 to 1908, helping to plan the Central Building for the newly consolidated New York Public Library. He was the first Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and in 1928 became Assistant Director under Edwin H. Anderson, assuming the directorship in 1934. Records consist of 1921 Census of Books. Other Lydenberg records are included in Central Administration collections.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic feet

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/5109 View

New York Public Library. Research Libraries. Director's Office. Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1921.

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg records, 1921.

Records consist of 1921 Census of Books. Other Lydenberg records are included in Central Administration collections.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122640108 View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence, 1926-1957, (bulk 1934-1954).

Title: Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence, 1926-1957, (bulk 1934-1954).

Records consist of general library correspondence relating to the Research Library (or Reference Department) and Branch Libraries (or Circulation Department), including letters concerning acquisitions, acknowledgements, complaints, reports and memoranda from staff members and the Special Investigator's Office. There are also files containing correspondence with various federal, state and local governmental agencies and other public and private libraries. In addition to this series of amalgamated Director's Office records, smaller separate records series exist for the three individual Directors: Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals.

ArchivalResource: 59 linear feet (60 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626810 View

Joint Committee on Importations. Joint Committee on Importations records, 1939-1943.

Title: Joint Committee on Importations records, 1939-1943.

Correspondence and reports of the Joint Committee on Importations of Thomas Paul Fleming (1907- ), Medical Librarian, Columbia University, 1927-1972. The major correspondents are Thomas P. Fleming, Representative of the Medical Library Association, Harry M. Lydenberg, Chairman and Director of the New York Public Library, and Keyes D. Metcalf, Executive Board Member and Director of Harvard University Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506124020 View

Leon Trotsky exile papers, 1929-1940.

Title: Leon Trotsky exile papers, 1929-1940.

Papers of Russian revolutionary and Soviet leader Leon Trotsky from his period of exile in Coyoacán, Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 197 boxes (65 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00301/catalog View

Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940

Title: Charles Penrose letters 1934-1940

Charles Penrose (1886- ) was a consulting engineer and historian. Collection consists of Penrose's letters to his son Julian d'Este Penrose concerning Christmas in colonial New England and Philadelphia, shipping, 18th-century New England, and related topics. Also, several letters to H.M. Lydenberg, director of the New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2378 View

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960. Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958.

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958.

Collection consists of Lydenberg's correspondence, writings, speeches, personal assorted papers, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (50 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466279 View

Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence, 1926-1957, 1934-1954

Title: Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence 1926-1957 1934-1954

Correspondence from the offices of three Directors of The New York Public Library: Harry Miller Lydenberg, Franklin Ferguson Hopper and Ralph A. Beals.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4952 View

Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg papers 1923-1958

Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) was the third director of the New York Public Library, from 1934 to 1941. Prior to becoming director, he worked at the Library for nearly forty years including serving as the administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings, the first director, in 1899, Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and assistant director from 1928 to 1934. He was active in various professional organizations and continued to work with international library groups after his retirement from the Library. He was director of the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City from 1941 to 1943, director of the American Library Association's Board on International Relations from 1943 to 1946 and was a member of the Library of Congress Purchasing Mission to Germany after World War II. His other professional activities included serving as president of the American Library Association, the Bibliographical Society of America and the New York Library Club. He also published numerous books and articles. Collection consists of Lydenberg's correspondence, writings, speeches, personal assorted papers, and printed matter. General correspondence is mainly incoming letters and concerns the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, conservation of library materials and business and personal matters. Subject correspondence also relates to these issues and to the effect of World War II on libraries. Prominent correspondents include authors, librarians and publishers. Organizational correspondence contains materials concerning professional organizations, publishing companies and libraries (the New York Public Library correspondence dates from the period after Lydenberg's retirement.) Writings and speeches series consists of typescripts, correspondence, notes, and printed matter relating to his writings. Personal assorted papers include genealogical information, personal correspondence, family papers, photographs of family, friends and libraries, and correspondence from Lydenberg's trip to Europe in 1923-1924 to establish contacts for the acquisition of library materials.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (50 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1821 View

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. Paul Laurence Dunbar collection, 1892-1902.

Title: Paul Laurence Dunbar collection, 1892-1902.

Includes letters written by Dunbar to his literary agent, Paul R. Reynolds, concerning Dunbar's submission of works for publication and related matters. Some letters are written to his wife, Alice Dunbar, his mother, Matilda Dunbar, and a few other individuals. Includes sheet music with lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar, correspondence with accompanying inventory from the Schomburg Center Calendar of manuscripts (call no.: Sc Micro R-1543), newspaper clippings, broadsides, two works by P.L. Dunbar: Deliberation of Mr. Dunkin and The lion tamer. Also included are critical works on Paul Laurence Dunbar. Contains typescripts of articles about Paul Laurence Dunbar and his mother, Mathilda J. Dunbar. Also included is material from the P.L. Dunbar Scrapbook located at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: Originals: .8 lin. ft.Copies: 3 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615905 View

Penrose, Charles, 1886-1958. Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940.

Title: Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940.

Collection consists of Penrose's letters to his son Julian d'Este Penrose concerning Christmas in colonial New England and Philadelphia, shipping, 18th-century New England, and related topics.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652252 View

New York Public Library. Letters, 1924-1971, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1924-1971, to Lewis Mumford.

Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from various members of the staff of the New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: 10 items (14 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155873695 View

William Woodville Rockhill papers

Title: William Woodville Rockhill papers

Papers of American scholar-diplomat William Woodville Rockhill.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00411/catalog View

Edwin Hatfield Anderson records, 1913-1934

Title: Edwin Hatfield Anderson records 1913-1934

Administrative filess and correspondence of Edwin Hatfield Anderson, Director of The New York Public Library from 1913-1934.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4945 View