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Walter, Frank Keller, 1874-1945. Papers, 1900-1945.

Title: Papers, 1900-1945.

The collection includes correspondence, University Library School history, drafts and notes of Walter's book, Ninety years of the University of Minnesota Library, 1851-1941, typewritten manuscripts, scrapbooks, diaries. Also included are many letters from most of the nationally known librarians of the first half ot he twentieth century, among them J. Christian Bay, Charles H. Brown, Melvil Dewey, Thomas Fleming, Milton E. Lord, Archibald MacLeish, Carl H. Milan, Christopher Morley, Louis Shores, and H.B. Van Hosen.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62518511 View

John Foster Carr papers, 1801-1940, 1909-1940

Title: John Foster Carr papers 1801-1940 1909-1940

John Foster Carr (1869-1939), lecturer and author, promoted the education and Americanization of immigrants, particularly Italian immigrants. He was founder and director of the Immigrant Publication Society; was active in the American Library Association (ALA), promoting the "Books for Everybody" campaign in New York City; and helped with the ALA's book drive for U.S. armed forces, ca. 1918-1920. He wrote a series of guides to the U.S. for Italian, Jewish and Polish immigrants; and wrote or edited other books and articles on immigration, libraries, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence. Collection contains correspondence, materials relating to "Books for Everybody" campaign, writings by Carr and his family, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1909-1940, concerns his activities as director of the Immigrant Publication Society, his series of guides for immigrants, speaking engagements, and personal and family matters. "Books for Everybody" materials include legal and financial records, notes, memoranda, and scrapbook of clippings. Writings by Carr consist of manuscripts and typescripts of his speeches on immigrants and Americanization, drafts of articles and projected biographies; galleys and printed copy of book by his wife Emma Lilian Dana; and manuscripts of sermons, 1801-1830, by his great grandfather, Rev. John Clarke. Also, cardfiles, notes, photographs of immigrants and art work of Sarah J. Eddy, and printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 9.75 linear feet (19 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/477 View

John Foster Carr papers, 1801-1940, 1909-1940

Title: John Foster Carr papers 1801-1940 1909-1940

John Foster Carr (1869-1939), lecturer and author, promoted the education and Americanization of immigrants, particularly Italian immigrants. He was founder and director of the Immigrant Publication Society; was active in the American Library Association (ALA), promoting the "Books for Everybody" campaign in New York City; and helped with the ALA's book drive for U.S. armed forces, ca. 1918-1920. He wrote a series of guides to the U.S. for Italian, Jewish and Polish immigrants; and wrote or edited other books and articles on immigration, libraries, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence. Collection contains correspondence, materials relating to "Books for Everybody" campaign, writings by Carr and his family, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1909-1940, concerns his activities as director of the Immigrant Publication Society, his series of guides for immigrants, speaking engagements, and personal and family matters. "Books for Everybody" materials include legal and financial records, notes, memoranda, and scrapbook of clippings. Writings by Carr consist of manuscripts and typescripts of his speeches on immigrants and Americanization, drafts of articles and projected biographies; galleys and printed copy of book by his wife Emma Lilian Dana; and manuscripts of sermons, 1801-1830, by his great grandfather, Rev. John Clarke. Also, cardfiles, notes, photographs of immigrants and art work of Sarah J. Eddy, and printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 9.75 linear feet (19 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/477 View

Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers, 1900-1951

Title: Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers 1900-1951

Anthologist, author, and librarian. Correspondence with poets and other writers, comments on the origin of quotations, obscure biographical data on literary figures, and negotiations with publishers relating to the compilation of Stevenson's anthologies. Includes correspondence and administrative files from his service as European representative of the American Library Association, including material on the American Library in Paris, founded in 1918. Also contains drafts and copies of his own writings.

ArchivalResource: 7,700 items; 33 containers; 13.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012112 View

Walter, Frank Keller, 1874-1945. Papers, 1900-1945.

Title: Papers, 1900-1945.

The collection includes correspondence, University Library School history, drafts and notes of Walter's book, Ninety years of the University of Minnesota Library, 1851-1941, typewritten manuscripts, scrapbooks, diaries.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77991671 View

Texas War Records Collection Organization. Texas War Records Collection, 1916-1919, 1940-1951

Title: Texas War Records Collection, 1916-1919, 1940-1951

Correspondence, legal documents, reports, resolutions, lists, lecture notes, examinations, personnel records, class rolls, memoranda, proceedings, account papers, financial papers, minutes, blueprints, indexes, narratives, literary productions, broadsides, bulletins, military manuals, posters, pamphlets, bibliography, curriculum schedules, printers plates, clippings, maps, and photographs concern Texas' participation in World Wars I and II.

ArchivalResource: 223 ft., 4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/659560711 View

Texas War Records Collection 93-331; 87-57; 82-115; 82-110; 81-53., 1916-1919, 1940-1951

Title: Texas War Records Collection 1916-1919,1940-1951

Correspondence, legal documents,reports, resolutions, lists, lecture notes, examinations, personnel records, classrolls, memoranda, proceedings, account papers, financial papers, minutes,blueprints, indexes, narratives, literary productions, broadsides, bulletins,military manuals, posters, pamphlets, bibliography, curriculum schedules, printersplates, clippings, maps, and photographs concerning Texas' participation in WorldWars I and II.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01613/01613-P.html View

Milam, Carl. Oral history interview with Carl Milam [sound recording], 1982 October 2

Title: Oral history interview with Carl Milam [sound recording], 1982 October 2

Carl Milam was a resident of Tennessee. His basic training was in Dresden, Tennessee and later to Knoxville. He was ordered to Jacksonville, Florida for training in motor transport. Milam then traveled to New York to board a ship to travel to Brest, France.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound discs (1 hour, 29 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505268137 View