Jones, Louis C. (Louis Clark), 1908-1990. Louis C. Jones papers, 1853-1993 (bulk 1925-1987).
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Louis C. Jones papers, 1853-1993 (bulk 1925-1987).
The Louis C. Jones Papers consist of personal and business correspondence, legal documents and financial records relating to the Jones family, books, diaries, slides, and photographs. Includes papers from Louis Jones' teaching career, his writings and presentations, and research for his doctoral dissertation. Much of the collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings used for his research. The materials reflect Jones' association with the New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown Graduate Program, New York Folklore Society, American Folklore Society, and The Farmers' Museum. Also contains materials collected by his wife, Agnes Halsey Jones, on African American life and art, as well as New York State paintings and folk art. Additionally, there are various materials from Louis Jones' father, C. Edward Jones, correspondence with his mentor / colleague Harold W. Thompson, and transcripts of taped interviews of Cecily Symington. The notable correspondence series contains letters from Stephen Vincent Benet, Sterling A. Brown, Carl Carmer, Winston Churchill, Padriac Colum, Countee Cullen, Walter D. Edmonds, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Betty Ford, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Langston Hughes, William Kennedy, Charles Kuralt, James A. Michener, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Rex Stout, Jackie Robinson, Norman Thomas, Gene Tunney, Mark Van Doren, Alexander Woollcott, and Henry A. Wallace.
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48.5 cu. ft. + 1 oversize folder
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