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Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957. Papers, 1914-1957.

Title: Papers, 1914-1957.

Consists of correspondence, corporate records, planting lists, specifications, drawings, and photographs that reflect Marian Coffin's career in landscape architecture and her work for clients up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Her clients included: New York Botanical Garden, the University of Delaware, Connecticut College, Marshall Field, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Edward F. Hutton, William Marshall Bullitt, Childs Frick, Frederick Vanderbilt, John Morgan Wing, Lammot du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, and H. Rodney Sharp. Correspondents represented in this collection include: Clara Coffey, Princeton Nurseries, A. Frylink & Sons, Cedar Hill Nursery, Arden Nurseries, Wohlert's Nurseries, F.H. Horsford, Frank S. Platt Co., Wadley & Smythe, Bobbink & Atkins, Brownell Rose Research Gardens, and Cross & Son, Architects. Some of the drawings are done in colored pencil. The collection also contains materials on Marian Coffin's own gardens at "Wendover" in Witch Hill, R.I. and in New Haven, Ct.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes; 37 folios; and 309 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573793 View

Ogden Rogers Reid papers, 1925-1982

Title: Ogden Rogers Reid papers 1925-1982

The papers consist of correspondence, student papers, writings, speeches, subject files, congressional papers, clippings, photographs and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Ogden Rogers Reid. Among the subjects documented in the papers are Reid's student years at Yale University, his central role with the New York Herald Tribune, and his activities as ambassador to Israel and as a United States congressman. Files relating to his newspaper career include correspondence, writings, and speeches pertaining to many national and international individuals, topics, and events of interest.

ArchivalResource: 315.25 linear feet (426 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0755 View

Post Family Papers, 1882-1973

Title: Post Family Papers 1882-1973

Battle Creek, Michigan and Washington, D.C. family including C.W. (Charles William) Post,cereal manufacturer, and anti-union activist and founder of Post City, Texas;and his daughter Marjorie Merriweather Post, executive of General Foods Co.,wife of U. S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, art collector, philanthropist,socialite, and Washington D.C. hostess. C.W. Post papers, largely concernlabor-management relations, unionism, the Postum Company, currency reform,advertising, and matters of food and hygiene; Marjorie Merriweather Post papersdocument her social activities and travel, philanthropies art collections, andthe maintenance and preservation of her homes and otherpossessions.

ArchivalResource: 57 linear feet, 77 oversize vol., and 1 oversizefolder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85519?rgn=main;view=text View

Taylor, Harden Franklin, 1890-1966. Harden Taylor oral history, 1965.

Title: Harden Taylor oral history, 1965.

In this interview, Harden F. Taylor discusses his personal history and observations of the frozen fish industry in the United States. Topics include; his student experiences; observations as a high school teacher; experiences with the Bureau of Fisheries and with the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company, including the role of science in improving freezing technology and the importance of the Ottesen patent in early freezing experiments; observations of Clarence Birdseye and the purchase of Birdseye's company by the Postum Company, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs and Co.; experiments to improve the equipment used to freeze fish and the packaging and quality of the frozen product; observations of conducting business with Germany in 1938; processing halibut oil.

ArchivalResource: 101 p. of transcript, 12 p. of appendix.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934293 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

Donald R. Richberg Papers, 1900-1960, (bulk 1953-1958)

Title: Donald R. Richberg Papers 1900-1960 (bulk 1953-1958)

Lawyer, author, and public official. Correspondence, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous material relating to Richberg’s writings and the period of the New Deal while Richberg was general counsel of the National Recovery Administration and executive director of the National Emergency Council.

ArchivalResource: 17,300 items; 58 containers; 24 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013005 View

Hutton, Edward Francis, 1877-1962. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1934.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1934.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155891105 View

Post Family Papers, 1882-1973

Title: Post Family Papers 1882-1973

Battle Creek, Michigan and Washington, D.C. family including C.W. (Charles William) Post,cereal manufacturer, and anti-union activist and founder of Post City, Texas;and his daughter Marjorie Merriweather Post, executive of General Foods Co.,wife of U. S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, art collector, philanthropist,socialite, and Washington D.C. hostess. C.W. Post papers, largely concernlabor-management relations, unionism, the Postum Company, currency reform,advertising, and matters of food and hygiene; Marjorie Merriweather Post papersdocument her social activities and travel, philanthropies art collections, andthe maintenance and preservation of her homes and otherpossessions.

ArchivalResource: 57 linear feet, 77 oversize vol., and 1 oversizefolder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85519?rgn=main;view=text View