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Stokes, James Graham Phelps, 1872-1960. James Graham Phelps Stokes papers, 1779-1960, (bulk 1884-1960).

Title: James Graham Phelps Stokes papers, 1779-1960, (bulk 1884-1960).

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, memorabilia, and printed materials. Among the more than 1,600 cataloged letters there is correspondence with people associated with organizations to which Stokes also belonged, such as Marcellus Hartley Dodge and May Matthews of Hartley House; Samuel Barrows and William Marshall Fitts Round of the Prison Association of New York; William Henry Baldwin and Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute; Charles Edward Russell, John Spargo and William English Walling of the Social Democratic League; and Charles B. Stover of the Outdoor Recreation League. There are also letters from Pearl Buck; John Dewey; Theodore Dreiser; Hamlin Garland; Sol Hurok; Helen Keller; Rockwell Kent; Robert Moses; Anna Pavlova; Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair; and Lillian Wald.

ArchivalResource: 38 linear ft. (ca. 34,000 items in 21 letterbooks; 2 ledgers; 19 boxes; 99 correspondence file boxes; 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299029221 View

Carl W. Ackerman Papers, 1910-1962.

Title: Carl W. Ackerman Papers 1910-1962.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 linear ft. ( 9 boxes).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078388 View

Frederick Coykendall papers, 1923-1956

Title: Frederick Coykendall papers, 1923-1956

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials relating primarily to Coykendall's various involvements with Columbia University, including the Trustees, University Patents, the Columbia University Press, alumni affairs, and the searches for successors to Presidents Butler and Eisenhower. Also, material relating to his membership in the New York State Historical Association. Among the major correspondents are Nicholas Murray Butler, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Dwight David Eisenhower, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Mark Van Doren, and Thomas J. Watson. Also, memorabilia relating to Coykendall's association with the University and the Press.

ArchivalResource: 2.92 linear feet (7 document boxes)

https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078659 View

Henry Belin du Pont, Jr., papers, 1920-1970.

Title: Henry Belin du Pont, Jr., papers, 1920-1970.

The papers document Henry Belin du Pont's career with the Du Pont Company and General Motors Corporation, as well as his interests in aviation and the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation. Du Pont Company materials include records of stock transfers and bonuses. Also, included are reports from company economist, E. E. Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 62 linear ft.

http://h92010.eos-intl.net/H92010/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=2671021 View

Croft, C. P. Memorabilia of a trip through Egypt and the Holy Land . . ., 1904.

Title: Memorabilia of a trip through Egypt and the Holy Land . . ., 1904.

Croft's notes of a trip through England, (Cherbourg and Paris), Switzerland, and Naples, Italy to the Middle East. He stopped in Egypt (Cairo, the Nile River, Asyut, Luxor, and Aswan); Khartoum, Sudan; Beirut, Lebanon; Palestine (Bethlehem, Jericho, Bethel, Samaria, Nazareth, Tiberias, Safed, and the Dead Sea); Damascus, Syria; Izmir, Turkey; and Athens, Greece. The volumes present a detailed account of the areas he visited, including mosques, pyramids, homes, fairs, camel races, palaces, battlefields, religious sites, and churches. Croft travelled with Frederick Keppel and Marcellus Hartley Dodge, both of New York City.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17961512 View

New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999

Title: New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers 1823-1999

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of xxThe New York Timesxx from 1935 until 1961 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company from 1961 until 1968. While he was publisher, circulation of The Times almost doubled; the editorial page developed a reputation for strong opinions; news events were subjected to more analysis and coverage of specialized topics was strengthened; new sections and departments were created for food, fashion, and women; and the overall style of the paper became less rigid and more aesthetically pleasing. The papers document Sulzberger's life and career at xxThe New York Timesxx, with the majority of the collection relating to Sulzberger's 26 years as president and publisher of the paper. Included in the collection are correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues, world leaders, and other dignitaries; memoranda regarding the business of the newspaper, including Sulzberger's notes of praise and criticism to his editors, managers, and writers; reports on his meetings with world leaders, including Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; and photographs of Sulzberger, his family, business trips, vacations, and The Times' buildings.

ArchivalResource: 129.9 linear feet; 297 boxes, 10 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17782 View

Carpenter, Donald F. (Donald Fell), 1899-1985. Papers, 1922-1984.

Title: Papers, 1922-1984.

The Donald F. Carpenter papers are a miscellaneous group of documents taken out of their original contexts and kept as mementos of various aspects of Carpenter's career and of the many prominent people with whom he had come in contact. Most of the pieces are of a ceremonial nature, such as letters of appointment and congratulations or programs and souvenirs of conferences, presidential inaugurations and other special events.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555389 View