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Louis Charles Karpinski papers, 1838-1889 and 1901-1955

Title: Louis Charles Karpinski papers 1838-1889 and 1901-1955

Professor of mathematics at University of Michigan. Correspondence, printed materials and miscellanea relating to his research in mathematics and the history of science, his interest in collecting historical manuscripts, maps, and rare books, and his personal affairs; also photograph.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851725?rgn=main;view=text View

Straight, Michael Whitney. Reminiscences of Michael Straight : oral history, 1982.

Title: Reminiscences of Michael Straight : oral history, 1982.

Family background, NEW REPUBLIC founded by parents; mother's remarriage to Leonard K. Elmhirst, founding of Dartington Hall, 1926; schooldays at Dartington, travel and adventures with brother Whitney; left wing activities, London School of Economics; Cambridge University, 1935-1937: president, Socialist Society, member of Apostles, association with Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess; student tour of the Soviet Union, 1936; economist, United States State Department, 1937; speechwriter, Department of the Interior, 1938-1940; Air Force Officers Training School and pilot training, 1942-1945; writer-editor, NEW REPUBLIC: political orientation, readership, fina. (cont)ancial difficulties; Henry Wallace's third party candidacy, 1948; author MAKE THIS THE LAST WAR, 1943, TRIAL BY TELEVISION, 1954; novelist: CARRINGTON, 1960, A VERY SMALL REMNANT, 1963; National Endowment for the Arts: decision to refuse chairmanship, search for chairman, role as deputy chairman; cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation and British Intelligence, 1964; judge, Moscow feature film competition, 1969; National Endowment for the Arts during Johnson administration, chairman Roger Stevens; appointment of Nancy Hanks to chairmanship, 1969; council directors in Hanks administration; organization and operation under Hanks; operational policy as set up in 1965 Arts and Humanities Act; obtaining appropriations; personal nominations to Endowment executive council; description of personalities, policies and programs of Endowment: architecture and design, dance, arts and education, literature, special projects, training and fellowships for professionals, music, public media, the American Film Institute, theater, cultural exchanges, union involvement in the arts; interference in programming decisions and cultural exchange, visual arts; relationship between National Endowment and State Arts Councils, funding conflicts; relationship with individual senators Javits and Pell; utilization of grant funds for projects, operations, individuals, and institutions; rationalization of expenditures, philosophy behind. (cont) public funding of the arts; travel; 1976 presidential election; acting chairman of Endowment, 1977; procedure for choosing new chairman, Livingston Biddle.

ArchivalResource: Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506093472 View

Straight, Michael Whitney. Michael Whitney Straight papers, 1931-2002.

Title: Michael Whitney Straight papers, 1931-2002.

Loose-leaf volumes of letters to Michael Straight, 1931-1968; letters of Leonard K. Elmhirst, 1935-1973; letters of Margaret Barr; letters relating to Cambridge University, including the Cambridge University Union Society, H. J. Laski, the Totnes Labour Party, the Apostles, the South African Grand Prix, academics, Gerald Heard, and Teresa Major; letters of John Cornford; letters from Herta Thiele; correspondence with Belinda Crompton; papers relating to work in Washington, 1938-1943, including the Committee for Democratic Defense, the Fight for Freedom Rally, the Foreign Correspondents Dinner, the Economic Policy Club, and the Mont Tremblant Conference (organized by the Institute of Pacific Relations); papers relating to the American Veterans Committee; papers relating to the American section of Amnesty; miscellaneous correspondence; papers relating to the American Dance Theatre, 1965-1967; papers relating to Cornell University; items relating to research on Caravaggio; files on paintings and painters, including Rico Lebrun, Giorgione, Melzi, and Samuel Morse; files relating to the National Endowment for the Arts; FBI files requested under the Freedom of Information Act; clippings and letters relating to Anthony Blunt, papers relating to Straight's book After Long Silence; and files relating to Nancy Hanks (NEA). Also, notes for his novel CARRINGTON; copy of play "Caravaggio," typescripts on Anthony Blunt and notes on The Haunted Wood, 2002.

ArchivalResource: 21 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63936216 View

Photographs and letters relating to Mark Tobey murals

Title: Photographs and letters relating to Mark Tobey murals

The photographs and letters relating to Mark Tobey murals consist of nine photographs (ca. 1933) of murals of dancers by Mark Tobey at the Dartington Hall dance center in Devonshire, England; one photograph each of Mark Tobey and dancer Paula Morel; and two letters (1988) from Mary Bride Nicholson, the archivist at Dartington Hall, and donor Michael Straight discussing the murals.

ArchivalResource: 13 Items

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American Legion Willard Straight Post records, 1944-1971

Title: American Legion Willard Straight Post records 1944-1971

The Willard Straight Post of the American Legion was established in 1920 in opposition to the philosophy expressed by the leaders of the newly organized National American Legion. Collection consists of the papers of Irving M. Engel as member and commander of Willard Straight Post. Includes correspondence of Engel as chairman of the committee protesting resolutions adopted by the American Legion's National Convention against foreigners and minority groups, 1944; supporting the World Government movement, 1946; protesting the Legion's support for the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1946; supporting the Stratton Bill for Displaced Persons and the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill, 1948; and urging ratification of the Atlantic Pact, 1949. Also, Engel's miscellaneous general correspondence and papers as commander, 1947-1950.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/81 View

Chester Bowles papers, 1924-1982

Title: Chester Bowles papers

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, photographs, clippings, oral history interviews, and other material documenting the personal life and professional career of Chester Bowles. Bowles' political career in Connecticut and his service as ambassador to India are detailed, as is his work as a foreign policy advisor, chairman of the Democratic Platform Committee at the 1960 national convention, and author and speaker on political affairs.

ArchivalResource: 187 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0628 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68796459 View

Ayres, Charles E. Letters, 1915-1963, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1915-1963, to Lewis Mumford.

Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from various members of the staff of the New Republic.

ArchivalResource: 82 items (88 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155873612 View

Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957)

Title: Jerome New Frank papers

The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers, philosophers, educators, authors, and judges. The papers and correspondence reflecting Frank's interest in and advocacy of "legal realism," the papers dealing with the politics and programs of the New Deal, and the papers relating to "Learned Hand's Court," the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals are arranged in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 105.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0222 View

Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

Title: Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear ft. (ca.18,000 items in 40 boxes).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079827 View

Lerner, Max, 1902-2001. Max Lerner papers, 1927-1992 (inclusive).

Title: Max Lerner papers, 1927-1992 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers (including research and teaching materials, photographs, memorabilia, newspaper and periodical clippings, books, and radio and television tapes) of Max Lerner, an American educator, author, lecturer, historian, and political scientist. The papers focus on Lerner's public life and career with very little material on his personal or family life. The papers document Lerner's close association with Justice Felix Frankfurter and Harold J. Laski, his controversial writings on homosexuality, his work with the Democratic Party during Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaigns, his work on behalf of Jewish causes and Zionism, and his activities during the "red scare" of the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 96.50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702154142 View

Straight, Michael Whitney. Reminiscences of Michael Straight : oral history, 1982.

Title: Reminiscences of Michael Straight : oral history, 1982.

Family background, NEW REPUBLIC founder by parents; mother's remarriage to Leonard K. Elmhirst, founding of Dartington Hall, 1926; school days at Dartington, travel and adventures with brother Whitney; left wing activities, London School of Economics; Cambridge University, 1935-1937: president, Socialsit Society, member of Apostles, association with Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess; student tour of the Soviet Union, 1936; economist, United States State Department, 1937; speechwriter, Department of the Interior, 1938-1940; Air Force Officers Training School and pilot training, 1942-1945; writer-editor, NEW REPUBLIC: political orientation, readership, financial difficulties; Henry Wallace's third party candidacy, 1948; author MAKE THIS THE LAST WAR, 1943, TRIAL BY TELEVISION, 1954; novelist: CARRINGTON, 1960, A VERY SMALL REMNANT, 1963; National Endowment for the Arts: decision to refuse chairmanship, search for chairman, role as deputychairman; cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation and British Intelligence, 1964; judge Moscow feature film competition, 1969; National Endowment for the Arts during Johnson administration, chairman Roger Stevens; appointment of Nancy Hanks and operation under Hanks; operational policy as set up in 1965 Arts and Humanities Act; obtaining appropriations; personal nominations to Endowment executive council; description of personalities, policies and programs of Endowment: architecture and design, dance, arts and education, literature, special projects, training and fellowships. Family background, NEW REPUBLIC founded by parents; mother's remarriage to Leonard K. Elmhirst, founding of Dartington Hall, 1926; schooldays at Dartington, travel adventures with brother Whitney; left wing activities, London School of Economics; Cambridge University, 1935-1937: president, Socialist Society, member of Apostles, association with Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess; student tour of Soviet Union, 1936; economist, United States State Department, 1937; speechwriter, Department of the Interior, 1938-1940; Air Force Officers Training School and pilot training, 1942-1945; writer-editor, NEW REPUBLIC: political orientation, readership, financial difficulties; Henry Wallace's third party candidacy, 1948; author MAKETHIS THE LAST WAR, 1943, TRIAL BY TELEVISION, 1954; novelist: CARRINGTON, 1960, A VERY SMALL REMNANT, 1963; National Endowment for the Arts: decision to refuse chairmanship, search for chairman, role as deputy chairman; cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation and British Intelligence, 1964; judge, Moscow feature film competition, 1969; National Endowment for the Arts during Johnson administration, chairman Roger Stevens; appointment of Nancy Hanks to chairmanship, 1969; council directors in Hanks administration; organization and operation under Hanks; operational policy as set up in 1965 Arts and Humanities Act; obtaining appropriations; personal nominations to Endowment executive council; description of personalities, policies and programs of Endowment: architecture and design, dan.

ArchivalResource: Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309735038 View

The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Title: The Nation records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Records of the weekly magazine, The Nation, primarily during the editorship of Freda Kirchwey.

ArchivalResource: 34 boxes (42.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00189/catalog View

Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965.

Title: Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965.

Correspondence and compositions of American poet and translator Witter Bynner.

ArchivalResource: 99 boxes (49.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00668/catalog View

Van Volkenburg Browne, Ellen, b. 1882. Autograph letters signed (48) and telegram : Seattle, Los Angeles, Victoria (British Columbia), Florence, New York, Windsor (Vermont), West Brooksville (Maine), Totnes (Devon), to Edward Wagenknecht, 1933-1973 and [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letters signed (48) and telegram : Seattle, Los Angeles, Victoria (British Columbia), Florence, New York, Windsor (Vermont), West Brooksville (Maine), Totnes (Devon), to Edward Wagenknecht, 1933-1973 and [n.d.].

Discussing productions of Iphigenia (1934) and Eastward in Eden (1947), which she directed; declining to write a memoir about the Chicago Little Theater; mentioning the actresses Beatrice Straight, Margaret Rawlings, and Dorothy Tutin; thanking him for sending various books; commenting on his work on Longfellow; saying she found Claire Bloom "vocally monotonous and not yet of genuine tragic stature" in Romeo and Juliet (ca. 1954); reporting Nellie C. Cornish's death and asking him to rework her autobiographical account of the Cornish School; explaining why she moved from the Barbizon Plaza to the Hotel Laurelton (later the Laurelton-Wellington Hotel); complimenting Michael Whitney Straight's novel Carrington (1960); remembering hearing Paul Robeson in Othello; thanking him for dedicating his book on Chicago to her; noting that she is sorting her papers and Maurice Browne's for the theater collection at the University of Michigan; regretting Geraldine Farrar's death; appreciating his Merely Players (1966); regretting Nixon's election in 1968; reporting Dorothy Elmhirst's death. Many signed "Nellie Van."

ArchivalResource: 49 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270867539 View

Kirchwey, Freda. Papers, 1871-1972 (inclusive), 1937-1971 (bulk) [microform].

Title: Papers, 1871-1972 (inclusive), 1937-1971 (bulk) [microform].

Personal and professional correspondence, writings, speeches, diaries, appointment books, travel reports, articles, photos, clippings, and files of The Nation from the 1930s to the 1950s document Kirchwey's career. Administrative papers of The Nation reflect her involvement with the legal, financial, and staff problems of the magazine. Much of the editorial material and correspondence illustrate the issues on which The Nation focused: fascism, the New Deal, World War II, and anti-communism. The files of The Nation Associates, a non-profit membership corporation founded in 1943, contain correspondence, reports, and printed material describing its activities on behalf of the establishment of Israel and the overthrow of Franco in Spain. Also includes papers of Alvarez del Vayo, the last foreign minister of the Republican government of Spain; reports and correspondence of other organizations with which Kirchwey was associated; and notes for her unpublished book on The Nation.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232006694 View

Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957)

Title: Jerome New Frank papers

The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers, philosophers, educators, authors, and judges. The papers and correspondence reflecting Frank's interest in and advocacy of "legal realism," the papers dealing with the politics and programs of the New Deal, and the papers relating to "Learned Hand's Court," the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals are arranged in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 105.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0222 View

Max Lerner papers, 1927-1998

Title: Max Lerner papers 1927-1998

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers, (including research and teaching materials, photographs, memorabilia, newspaper and periodical clippings, books, and radio and television tapes) of Max Lerner, an American educator, author, lecturer, historian, and political scientist. The papers focus on Lerner's public life and career with very little material on his personal or family life. The papers document Lerner's close association with Justice Felix Frankfurter and Harold J. Laski, his controversial writings on homosexuality, his work with the Democratic Party during Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaigns, his work on behalf of Jewish causes and Zionism, and his activities during the "red scare" of the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 102.79 linear feet (185 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0322 View

Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Title: Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Papers of American author, Gore Vidal (1925-), including literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, political papers, legal and business records, and other material. Also includes papers of his companion, Howard Austen (1929-2003).

ArchivalResource: 414 linear feet (449 boxes, cartons, and film reels)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01943/catalog View

Chester Bowles papers, 1924-1982

Title: Chester Bowles papers

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, photographs, clippings, oral history interviews, and other material documenting the personal life and professional career of Chester Bowles. Bowles' political career in Connecticut and his service as ambassador to India are detailed, as is his work as a foreign policy advisor, chairman of the Democratic Platform Committee at the 1960 national convention, and author and speaker on political affairs.

ArchivalResource: 187 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0628 View

Oral history interview with Michael Whitney Straight

Title: Oral history interview with Michael Whitney Straight

Interview of Michael Whitney Straight conducted by Laurin Raikin and Barry Schwartz for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.

OralHistoryResource: 27 p. transcript.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw910589bab-19f7-44e9-930d-bd155751d63c View

Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

Title: Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear ft. (ca.18,000 items in 40 boxes).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079827 View

Owen, Richard, 1922-. The death of the Virgin / music by Richard Owen ; libretto by Michael Straight.

Title: The death of the Virgin / music by Richard Owen ; libretto by Michael Straight. 1980.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. vocal score (74 p.), bound ; 37 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51052061 View

Louis Charles Karpinski papers, 1838-1889 and 1901-1955

Title: Louis Charles Karpinski papers 1838-1889 and 1901-1955

Professor of mathematics at University of Michigan. Correspondence, printed materials and miscellanea relating to his research in mathematics and the history of science, his interest in collecting historical manuscripts, maps, and rare books, and his personal affairs; also photograph.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851725?rgn=main;view=text View

Straight, Michael Whitney. Letter, 1960 Jun. 25, Alexandria, Va., to Nellie [i.e. Ellen Van Volkenburg, New York]

Title: Letter, 1960 Jun. 25, Alexandria, Va., to Nellie [i.e. Ellen Van Volkenburg, New York]

Concerns his novel, Carrington, and the possibility of his writing for the theatre.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. Typescript signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34365726 View

American Legion Willard Straight Post records, 1944-1971.

Title: American Legion Willard Straight Post records, 1944-1971.

Collection consists of the papers of Irving M. Engel as member and commander of Willard Straight Post.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626561 View