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Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers, ca. 1897-1955

Title: Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers ca. 1897-1955

Amy Schwartz Oppenheim (1878-1955) was a founder of the School Art League of New York City. She also was active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations as well as organizations devoted to preservation of the arts. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting Oppenheim's family life and her interest in artistic, social, civic, and philanthropic affairs. General correspondence, ca. 1898-1955, concerns her interests including her work with various organizations. Family correspondence includes letters Oppenheim exchanged with her husband and son. Also, her diaries, 1923-1954; notebooks; photographs of the Oppenheim family and of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family; and printed materials, 1897-1955, such as programs, invitations, calling cards, and a few art exhibition catalogs.

ArchivalResource: 38 linear feet (91 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2295 View

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939. Letter to Eleanor Hubbard Garst. New York, NY. 1931 Jan. 20.

Title: Letter to Eleanor Hubbard Garst. New York, NY. 1931 Jan. 20.

Expressing appreciation for Garst's criticisms of his work.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503980 View

Halliburton, Richard Lawson, 1906-. Memoir, 1908-1943.

Title: Memoir, 1908-1943.

Memoir of Halliburton's service in the U.S. Navy from 1924-1945, including boot camp, cruise to Australia in USS Seattle, Radio and Submarine School, USS V-3, USS S-12, assignment in Panama, duty in USS Houston in China and the Philippines, USS Portland, Canal Zone assignment, USS New Orleans, shore duty in San Diego, course in radar, assigned to USS Quick, warrant officer, and duty in Brazil and Salerno, Italy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item, 8.5" x 11".

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/708356278 View

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939. TL, 1938 November 20 : Shanghai [China] to Stuart Sammis / Richard Halliburton.

Title: TL, 1938 November 20 : Shanghai [China] to Stuart Sammis / Richard Halliburton.

About Halliburton's proposed Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, on which he plans to travel across the Pacific to San Francisco, describing the vessel, crew members, wartime Japan. The letter hopes for support for his expedition.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.) ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52802730 View

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939. Richard Halliburton letter to Loring Ashley Schuler [manuscript], 1933 June 22.

Title: Richard Halliburton letter to Loring Ashley Schuler [manuscript], 1933 June 22.

Halliburton reports that David L. Chambers is pleased that Schuler liked the idea for a book entitle "Royal Road to Romance in America." Kentucky will be worthy of an entire chapter. Sends some clippings regarding "The flying carpet," is not sure he will travel until the following spring, and mentions that a movie short of "Royal Road to Romance" is still up in the air.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761328670 View

Sawyer, Luella Kenan. Luella Kenan Sawyer papers, 1924-1972.

Title: Luella Kenan Sawyer papers, 1924-1972.

Box: correspondence relating to her work for the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs and the Sierra Club, including letters from John F. Baldwin, Liz Carpenter, Arthur B. Johnson, Orville Freeman, C. M. Goethe, H. H. Humphrey, Richard L. Neuberger, Fred R. Packard, James Roosevelt, John P. Saylor, William E. Siri, Stewart L. Udall, Buford Ellington, Walter S. Boardman, Albert R. Wetjen, John Welch and others; manuscripts of some of her writings; transcripts of letters from John Welch to Albert R. Wetjen re the building of the fihsing junk, Sea Dragon, in Hong Kong and its owner, Richard Halliburton. Volume: The House of Sawyer - contains genealogical material and photographs, compiled in 1924, with informatiton on Joseph Osborn Sawyer's construction work at Forts Leavenworth and Riley and on roads and bridges on the Santa Fe Trail, and his experiences during the cholera epidemic in the midwest in 1855, and during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86118326 View

Oppenheim, Amy Schwartz, 1878-1955. Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers, ca. 1897-1955.

Title: Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers, ca. 1897-1955.

Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting Oppenheim's family life and her interest in artistic, social, civic, and philanthropic affairs.

ArchivalResource: 13 linear feet (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597967 View

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939. Richard Halliburton papers, 1916-1975.

Title: Richard Halliburton papers, 1916-1975.

The papers span Halliburton's short but adventurist life: from his telling fifth form, Lawrenceville School essay "Disillusioned," through his Princeton University years (Princeton Class of 1921), his years of worldwide travel, lecturing, and writing, to his posthumously-published "autobiography" of letters to his parents (1940).

ArchivalResource: 20.50 cu. ft. (43 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 case, 1 large package)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122476976 View

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939. Letter, 1928.

Title: Letter, 1928.

Handwritten letter sent to the newspaper offices that printed a column known as "The Office Window." The letter is dated March 22, 1928 and was written in Indianapolis, Indiana. Also included is a photocopy of the newspaper article dated Feb. 25, 1928. The news piece was somewhat critical of Halliburton and his adventures. Halliburton wrote to thank the editors for the publicity and to correct the things said about him.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122630329 View