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Elmer Ellsworth Brown Papers, 1827-1936

Title: Elmer Ellsworth Brown Papers 1827-1936

ArchivalResource: 11.5 linear feet; 11.5 linear feet (28 boxes)

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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Andrew S. Draper Personal Papers, 1892-1913

Title: Andrew S. Draper Personal Papers 1892-1913

ArchivalResource: 1.70

http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=173 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Houghton family correspondence concerning Henry Oscar Houghton biography, 1878-1931.

Title: Houghton family correspondence concerning Henry Oscar Houghton biography, 1878-1931.

Correspondence about American publisher Henry Oscar Houghton, and (1897), by American writer Horace Elisha Scudder. Henry Oscar Houghton: a biographical outline

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00744/catalog View

Sloan, George Beale, 1831-1904. George B. Sloan letters 1874-1898.

Title: George B. Sloan letters 1874-1898.

The Sloan letters consist of business, personal, and political correspondence. The more important documents include the letters he produced and received while serving in the New York State Senate.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 27 x 40 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30104287 View

Henry Oscar Houghton papers, 1773-1932 (bulk 1833-1895)

Title: Henry Oscar Houghton papers

Papers of American printer and publisher Henry Oscar Houghton.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00492/catalog View

Andrew S. Draper Scrapbooks and Letterbooks, 1859-1917

Title: Andrew S. Draper Scrapbooks and Letterbooks 1859-1917

ArchivalResource: 4.50

http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=176 View

Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861-1934. Personal papers, 1827-1936.

Title: Personal papers, 1827-1936.

The papers include biographical and genealogical materials, correspondence, poetry, wills, obituaries, address books, diaries, ledgers, programs, and clippings. Of particular interest are correspondence with his wife while he was in Berkeley during the San Francisco earthquake (1906), information documenting the development of the Department of Pedagogy at the University of California at Berkeley, material concerning his activities as U.S. Commissioner of Education, and awards and tributes for his service as an educator, particularly at New York University, including his receipt of the Commendatore of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1932), and the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1933).

ArchivalResource: 11.5 linear ft. (28 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/478450087 View

Papers, 1836-1934, 1883-1934 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1836-1934, 1883-1934 (bulk)

Original drafts and published versions of her articles and books on music education, public school music, and the training of music teachers, 1889-1923; copyright papers and correspondence concerning the publication of her book MUSIC TEACHER'S MANUAL, 1898-1923; correspondence, primarily letters received, concerning music education, the Crane School of Music, students, positions for graduates, speeches, publications, possible position at Syracuse Teachers' College, and personal issues, 1883-1922, from Luisa Cappiani, Russell Carter, A.S. Draper, Henry Hanchett, Augustus Downing, W.E. Pulsifer, Albert Salisbury, Jacob R. Street, and others; letters and printed booklet of testimonials about the Crane Normal Institute and its graduates, 1897-1911; manuscript music compositions by Beatrice Macgowan Scott and Harriet Crane Bryant and other printed music from Crane's files, 1836-1926; course outlines, syllabi, book lists, and test papers, 1900-1923; Crane's record of graduates, recipients of her MANUAL, and requests for teachers, 1898-1915; biographical clippings and articles on Crane, 1923-1924; and correspondence concerning the Julia E. Crane Memorial Fund, 1930-1934.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

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Records of the Alumni Federation of New York University, Inc., Bulk, 1919-1945, 1919-1992

Title: Records of the Alumni Federation of New York University, Inc. Bulk, 1919-1945 1919-1992

ArchivalResource: 12.1 linear feet; (10 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/alumnifed/alumnifed.html View

Bardeen, C. W. (Charles William), 1847-1924. Papers, 1890-1920.

Title: Papers, 1890-1920.

These papers consist chiefly of correspondence related to Bardeen's career as editor and publisher of the School Bulletin, a periodical that promoted his interest in improving the quality of education in the United States. His correspondents included teachers and administrators at all levels of education as well as education professionals in government. The collection also includes portraits of a number of prominent educators at the time.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (1.75 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780680814 View

Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903. Pamphlet collection, 1788-1902.

Title: Pamphlet collection, 1788-1902.

Pamphlets, 1788-1902, covering issues relevant to the years in which they were created. Local, national, and international issues are represented. Subjects covered by the collection include education, politics, religion, currency, slavery, states rights, state banks, elections and the Civil War and other conflicts. Government publications from the United States and the Confederate States of America are included. Some pamphlet authors include Charles Francis Adams, John C. Breckinridge, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, W.E. Gladstone, William H. Seward, and Alexander Stephens. The collection also contains British, French, and Spanish pamphlets.

ArchivalResource: 19 cubic feet (119 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498781 View

Brown, Charles W., of Shortsville, N.Y. Charles W. Brown papers on temperance, 1871-1876.

Title: Charles W. Brown papers on temperance, 1871-1876.

Correspondence, certificates and manuscript essays pertaining to Charles W. Brown of Shortsville, Ontario County, New York, documenting his efforts on behalf of the temperance movement through the Independent Order of Good Templars, 1871-1876. A few letters were written by Brown; the bulk are addressed to him. Correspondence centers on Templar activities, detailing the group's efforts to organize its membership and limit liquor license in various locations throughout Western New York. Essays were written by Brown on temperance topics. One is dated April 28, 1874; the remaing three are undated. One essay is untitled.

ArchivalResource: 1 folders (61 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704546980 View