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Cleland, Robert Glass, 1885-1957. Papers of Robert Glass Cleland, 1865-1985.

Title: Papers of Robert Glass Cleland, 1865-1985.

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, lectures, drafts, research notes, source materials and manuscripts from the research files of Robert Glass Cleland (1885-1957). It includes source materials on Mexico produced for the Doheny Foundation as well as research materials on the North American fur trade; social insurance schemes from the era of the Great Depression such as 30-Thursday, Ham and Eggs Bill and the Retirement Life Payment Act; and Cleland's own writings about the history of California and the Southwest.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 5,450 pieces.37 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86129664 View

White, Addison Hughson, 1909-. Oral history interview Addison Hughson White, 1976 September 30.

Title: Oral history interview Addison Hughson White, 1976 September 30.

Family background and early education; studying chemistry at Occidental College. Work at Bell Laboratories in 1930s; job freeze during the Depression. Stanley Morgan's work on dielectric constants. Columbia University; Isidor Isaac Rabi's course; comparison of academic and industrial scientists; colloquia and study groups; Karl Darrow, Foster Nix, and William Shockley; transfer to Metallurgy Department, work on single crystals of zinc. The Bell Laboratories Record; work under Lester Germer and Clinton J. Davisson, their experiments; carbon deposits on filaments using x-ray diffraction; Richard Grisdale, Wilfred E. Campbell. Evolution in role of basic research at Bell Labs, Mervin Kelly's role; Oliver Buckley; Bell Labs conference, 1954; American Institute of Physics symposium. Awareness of work on copper oxide rectifiers by Joe Becker, C. Davisson, Walter Brattain; work on microphone carbon; Allan Holden's work on quartz; changes in the solid state program. The war years; material research of Jack Scaff and Grisdale; pn junction; technological application; effects of war on solid state research, interactions with other solid state centers. Postwar years, Leland A. Wooten's group, 1945; Dean Wooldridge's group; reasons for John Bardeen's leaving; James Fisk's group; development of transistor under William Shockley. Also prominently mentioned are: Ralph Bown, Karl Kelchner Darrow, Harvey Fletcher, Harold T. Friis, Conyers Herring, Stanley Owen Morgan, Gerald Leondus Pearson, Pierce, Charles Hard Townes; Bell Telephone Laboratories Colloquia, and Bell Telephone Laboratories Record.

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 42 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82628668 View

Samuel Chiles Mitchell Papers (#1003), 1861-1948 and undated

Title: Samuel Chiles Mitchell Papers (#1003) 1861-1948 and undated

Samuel Chiles Mitchell was president of the University of South Carolina, 1908-1913; president of the Medical College of Virginia, 1913-1914; president of Delaware College, 1914-1920; professor of history at the University of Richmond, 1895-1908 and 1920-1945; trustee of the Negro Rural School Fund of the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, 1908-1937. The collection contains family, personal, and professional correspondence; an autobiography by Samuel Chiles Mitchell; and other papers of Mitchell and his family. Included are letters from his professional colleagues and former students, labor leaders, and newspaper editors concerning the affairs of various institutions with which Mitchell was connected, public and higher education in the South, race relations, the education of African Americans, Jewish charitable activities, Baptist institutions and activities, the Young Men's Christian Association, labor-management relations and the unionization of southern workers, the New Deal, and other social and political issues. Family letters include those from Alice Broadus Mitchell to her mother discussing family life, and letters of the Mitchell children: Broadus, economic historian and professor at Occidental College, Johns Hopkins University, and Rutgers University, Socialist, and employee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Terry, advertising executive in Waynesboro, Pa.; George, economist, instructor at Columbia University, and employee of the Resettlement Administration, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Southern Regional Council; Morris, teacher at Ellerbe, N.C., the Park School in Snyder, N.Y., Teachers College at Columbia University, and Alabama State Teachers College, and secretary of the Southeastern Cooperative League in Clarksville, Ga.; and Mary, wife of George Orr Clifford, businessman of Akron, Ohio, Evansville, Ind., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., Ilion, N.Y., and Southport, Conn. Notable correspondents include Edwin A. Alderman, Charles William Dabney, Virginius Dabney, Douglas Southall Freeman, Howard Odum, and George Foster Peabody.

ArchivalResource: About 12,000 items (15.0 linear feet)

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Mitchell,Samuel_Chiles.html View

Rolle, Andrew F. Papers of Andrew F. Rolle, 1951-1982.

Title: Papers of Andrew F. Rolle, 1951-1982.

Correspondence related to the academic career of Andrew F. Rolle. Includes copies of outgoing correspondence from Rolle as well as letters from his colleagues Ray Allen Billington, Louis B. Wright, and K. Ross Toole. Most of the correspondence focuses on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the Western United States, various articles written for the Historical Society of Montana, writings on the history of Occidental College, and notes on "Flight Below the Border" (1959) and "The Historic Past of the Unconscious" (1980). The collection also includes some personal correspondence and references to other historians, including Robert Glass Cleland. Also included are newspaper articles and ephemera, most relating to Billington's death in 1981.

ArchivalResource: 70 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/723239912 View

Bird, Remsen Dubois. Letters, 1939-1963, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1939-1963, to Lewis Mumford.

The majority of this correspondence is on the letterhead of Occidental College; Remsen Bird was president of the college at that time.

ArchivalResource: 8 items (20 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155878895 View

Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1987-1988.

Title: Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1987-1988.

Comprises 15 items, 20 leaves correspondence plus manuscripts for publication. Contains correspondence from Tim Hunt, Robert Hass, Stanford University Press, Occidental College, and Lee M. Jeffers. Oversize galley in folder 5307.

ArchivalResource: 21 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543579 View

Paule, Jean. Occidental College : names appearing on buildings and on the grounds / by Jean Paule.

Title: Occidental College : names appearing on buildings and on the grounds / by Jean Paule. 2004.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232612592 View

Sharpe, Robert Redington, 1904-1934. Papers of Robert Redington Sharpe, 1909-1934 (inclusive), 1924-1934 (bulk).

Title: Papers of Robert Redington Sharpe, 1909-1934 (inclusive), 1924-1934 (bulk).

Contains original designs, working drawings, photographs, notes, correspondence, script materials, contracts, programs, and clippings pertaining to Sharpe's childhood, student work, and professional career.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes, 3 v., 9 oversized drawers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612379195 View

Papers, 1810-1984

Title: Papers, 1810-1984

Correspondence, writings, and photographs, etc., of Sarah Merry Bradley Gamble, birth control activist; also includes family papers.

ArchivalResource: 27 file boxes, 16 folio folders, 9 folio+ folders, 3 oversize folders, 2 supersize folders, 4+1/2 linear feet of photographs, 30 lantern slides, 9 framed pictures, 4 audiotapes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00096/catalog View

Paule, Jean. The Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental : a history / Jean Paule.

Title: The Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental : a history / Jean Paule. 2002

ArchivalResource: 60 l. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703316715 View

Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. Papers, 1940-1966.

Title: Papers, 1940-1966.

Personal and business correspondence, television scripts for Frontiers of Faith, appointment calendars and travel records, speeches, sermons, articles, clippings. Records reflect his service as Stated Clerk.

ArchivalResource: 20 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47855900 View

Clements, Rex Stowers, 1902-1981. [Diplomas awarded to Rex Stowers Clements] / by Ogdenburg Free Academy ... [et al.].

Title: [Diplomas awarded to Rex Stowers Clements] / by Ogdenburg Free Academy ... [et al.]. 1931.

ArchivalResource: 10 items ; 15 x 20 - 60 x 46 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7620487 View

Williams, Donald Cary, 1899-. Papers of Donald Cary Williams, ca. 1922-1977 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of Donald Cary Williams, ca. 1922-1977 (inclusive).

Contains Williams' correspondence, student papers, manuscripts of published and unpublished papers and lectures, and teaching materials for philosophy courses. Other topics he discussed were time, fatalism, certainty, behaviorism, meaning, and knowledge. Williams' teaching materials, ca. 1930-1967, contain syllabi, lecture and class notes, course proposals and exams, reading lists, exercises and examples, comments on student papers, and other material.

ArchivalResource: 25.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76973334 View

J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe Papers: Additions, 1919-1981, 1960-1969

Title: J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe Papers: Additions 1919-1981 1960-1969

Correspondence (personal and professional); manuscripts of his autobiography and other writings, speeches, and lecture notes; correspondence and subject files relating to his work with Stanford Research Institute; Subject files; clippings, and miscellaneous personal papers concerning his life and activities with family, friends, and associates involved in teaching and writing.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 14 boxes, 24 cartons, 1 oversize folder; Linear feet: 35.8

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8g5006rh View

Martin, Robert Grant, 1882-1931. Letters, 1910-1930 : Evanston, Ill., Pasadena, Calif., etc., to Philip D. Sherman.

Title: Letters, 1910-1930 : Evanston, Ill., Pasadena, Calif., etc., to Philip D. Sherman.

[1] 1910, September 25, London [9 p.]. [2] 1910, December 3, London [9 p. with envelope]. [3] 1916, February 28, Evanston [1 l.]. [4] 1917, November 15, Evanston [4 p.]. [5] 1917, December 30, Evanston [4 p. with envelope]. [6] 1921, January 12, Evanston [4 p.]. [7] 1922, April 10, Evanston [2 p. with envelope]. [8] 1922, December 28, Evanston [3 p. with envelope]. [9] 1923, February 15, Evanston [4 p. with envelope]. [10] 1923, March 18, Evanston [6 p. with envelope]. [11] 1923, April 8, Evanston [1 l.]. [12] 1923, April 15, Evanston [6 p. with envelope]. [13] 1923, September 16, Evanston [3 p. with envelope]. [14] 1923, November 4, Redlands, Calif. [4 p. with envelope]. [15] 1923, December 19, Redlands [postcard]. [16] 1924, March 31, Redlands [4 p. with envelope]. [17] 1925, May 22, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [18] 1929, October 27, Pasadena [3 p. with envelope]. [19] 1925, December 15, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [20] 1926, January 7, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [21] 1927, September 17, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [22] 1928, January 1, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [23] 1928, June 21, Pasadena [4 p. with envelope]. [24] 1928, December 28, Pasadena [6 p.]. [25] 1929, April 28, Pasadena [7 p. with envelope]. [26] 1929, July 21, Pasadena [6 p. with envelope]. [27] 1929, December 22, Pasadena [2 p. with envelope]. [28] 1930, December, Pasadena [2 p. with envelope]. [With poem The Song Eternal (by Harry L. Koopman), obituary clipping and a poem dedicated to P.D. Sherman with photograph affixed to reverse side].--Discusses his experiences in England [1910], events at Northwestern University and Occidental College, teases Mr. Sherman, asks about his family, comments on and thanks him for some books, and complains about his (Martin's) ill health, work, and colleagues.

ArchivalResource: 28 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122529259 View

Occidental College. [Minor publications].

Title: [Minor publications].

ArchivalResource: v. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701747563 View

Paule, Jean. The Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental : a history / Jean Paule.

Title: The Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental : a history / Jean Paule. 2008

ArchivalResource: 64 l. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703323367 View

Occidental College.

Title: Occidental College. 1952-1957.

Official programs and related materials for the annual track and field events, including invitational relays meet at Occidental College, in Los Angeles, California.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50040438 View

Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980. The Upton Sinclair collection from the library of Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Belt : catalogue prepared for the donation to Occidental College / by Kate Trauman Steinitz and Margot Archer.

Title: The Upton Sinclair collection from the library of Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Belt : catalogue prepared for the donation to Occidental College / by Kate Trauman Steinitz and Margot Archer. 1950.

ArchivalResource: [3], 2-52 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166290766 View

Andrew F. Rolle Papers, 1951-1982

Title: Andrew F. Rolle Papers 1951-1982

Correspondence related to the academic career and writings of Andrew F. Rolle. Includes copies of outgoing correspondence from Rolle and incoming letters from colleagues, including Ray Allen Billington, Louis B. Wright, and K. Ross Toole. The letters focus on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the Western United States.

ArchivalResource: 70 items

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4p3037jn View

Kirkpatrick, Paul Harmon, 1894-. Some personal actions and reactions, 1971.

Title: Some personal actions and reactions, 1971.

A fairly detailed biographical sketch of Kirkpatrick's early years; his study at Occidental College; teaching physics at Hanchow Christian College in China; his return to California with World War I; his drafting by the army to technical training school in Berkeley; thesis at Berkeley; job in Hawaii and marriage; further research; fellowship to Cornell; return to Hawaii; appointment to faculty at Stanford University; research with P. A. Ross; development of the cyclotron, klystron, continuous x-ray microscopy, and holography; political, religious and social philosophies; and outstanding influences of several physicists, including David L. Webster, William Hansen, Felix Bloch, and Russell Varian.

ArchivalResource: 94 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84586605 View

Harry Levin papers

Title: Harry Levin papers

Papers of Harry Levin, American literary critic, scholar of modernism and comparative literature, and the Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature atHarvard University.

ArchivalResource: 41 linear feet (34 boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01917 View

Papers of M.F.K. Fisher, 1860-1995 (inclusive) 1929-1992 (bulk)

Title: Papers of M.F.K. Fisher, 1860-1995 (inclusive) 1929-1992 (bulk)

The collection consists of biographical and personal material, including interviews with and articles about Fisher; medical, legal, and financial papers; awards, tributes, etc.; personal and family correspondence; fan mail; professional correspondence, including business papers for the Napa Valley Wine Library (NVWL) Association; editorial correspondence; drafts and galleys of Fisher's books; articles on food and travel; recipes; menus; and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 63.93 linear feet ((139+1/2 file boxes, 3 folio boxes, 1 folio+ boxes, 1 oversize box) plus 1 supersize folder, 66 photograph folders, 1 motion picture, 7 audiotapes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00206/catalog View

William Ernest Hocking papers

Title: William Ernest Hocking papers

Correspondence of Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking, his wife, Agnes Hocking, the Hocking family, and others.

ArchivalResource: 144 linear feet (110 boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01777 View

Glenn S. Dumke Papers, 1935-1989

Title: Glenn S. Dumke Papers 1935-1989

The Glenn S. Dumke collection (61 linear ft.) encompasses materials from 1935-1989. These materials include; documents, articles, correspondence, photographs, art work, journals, books, newspaper clippings, microfiche and artifacts. The collection includes extensive correspondence files from 1957-1989. Selected executive correspondence exists on microfiche for the years 1962-1982. The overwhelming amount of material in this collection is written or typed correspondence (including personal letters), speeches, and reports. Copies of virtually every major speech Dumke gave from 1957-1989 can be found in this collection. There are extensive holdings of minutes, memos, reports, and correspondence from the Boards of Trustees of the CSU (1962-1982). Some of the most important materials in this collection relate to the creation and implementation of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. There are confidential reports, memos, and recommendations, as well as correspondence, speeches, and testimony, all chronicling the creation of the CSU.

ArchivalResource: 61 linear feet; [86 boxes]

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf5779n77w View