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Hanau, Stella. Stella Hanau papers, 1904-1998.

Title: Stella Hanau papers, 1904-1998.

The Stella Hanau Papers, 1904-1998, include biographical information related to Stella Hanau's involvement with experimental theater in New York; her editing of publications related to birth control and mental health programs; photographs of her early childhood and later days in New York; personal files on organizations and programs for mental health programs at the community, state, and national levels. Many biographical details are found in extensive personal correspondence, 1937 to 1957, between Stella Hanau and Robert A. Lesher, a close family friend and caretaker of the Hanau country home in Patterson, New York. A photocopy of a scrapbook of the Bloch Family History, 1750-1905, includes family photographs, individual histories, newspaper clippings, and letters. Richard Hanau's correspondence related to the memory of his mother and his biographical writing on Stella Hanau are added to the biographical files. In addition, the collection holds personal files related to editing jobs from the late 1940s through the 1960s, plus three drafts of a manuscript titled "Our Father Is Naked," by Merle Colby, which was published under the title "The Big Secret" in 1959. Of particular note are the letters, citations, and court transcripts regarding the Loyalty Hearing and suspicions of Stella Hanau's fitness for a government office in the Department of Commerce between 1948 and 1949.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic ft. (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65167706 View

Stella Hanau papers, 1904-1998

Title: Stella Hanau papers 1904-1998

Papers of this scholar, writer, and advocate for reproductive rights of women, and the advancement of mental health programs from the community to federal level. Includes biographical information, photographs, correspondence, association and program notes, editing jobs, and drafts of a novel.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic ft. (7 document boxes, 1 F17 box)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah06440.xml View

United States Work Projects Administration Records, 1524-1975, (bulk 1935-1942)

Title: United States Work Projects Administration Records 1524-1975 (bulk 1935-1942)

Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, essays, scripts, plays, life histories, folklore material, field reports, notes, transcripts of documents, inventories, lists, statements, instructions, surveys and appraisals, graphs, drawings, maps, indexes, and administrative records of the Federal Writer's Project and the Historical Records Survey of the U.S. Work Projects Administration. Also includes a research library of reports and publications documenting social welfare programs of the Depression era.

ArchivalResource: 409,000 items; 1,634 containers plus 1 oversize; 637.6 linear feet; 63 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009053 View

Kerlan, Irvin, 1912-1963. Marcia L. Owen collection, [ca. 1945-1964].

Title: Marcia L. Owen collection, [ca. 1945-1964].

This is a collection of correspondence, hand-drawn cards, sketches and illustrations, reviews, and articles related to Marcia L. Owen's collection of children's books.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191917840 View

American Youth Congress Collection, 1937-1944

Title: American Youth Congress Collection 1937-1944

Correspondence, minutes, publications, radio scripts, more from the youth organization active from 1935 to 1940.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/a/am_youth_cong.htm View