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Harry Altshuler papers, 1944-1994

Title: Harry Altshuler papers 1944-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native Harry Altshuler (c.1913-1990) was a journalist, literary agent, and author. This collection of his papers reflects his years as a literary agent, containing numerous tearsheets of stories sold by Altshuler as well as his business correspondence with authors and literary representatives.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (6 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1296928335 View

New Directions Publishing records

Title: New Directions Publishing records

Records of the New Directions Publishing Corporation largely from the Norfolk, Connecticut office of the founder, James Laughlin.

ArchivalResource: 344 linear feet (910 boxes and 4 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00077/catalog View

Lorant, Stefan, 1901-1997. Stefan Lorant collection, ca. 1869-1993 (bulk 1920-1992).

Title: Stefan Lorant collection, ca. 1869-1993 (bulk 1920-1992).

The Lorant collection represents significant aspects of Lorant's careers as filmmaker and pictorial history book author; his better known expertise as a picture magazine editor is less thoroughly documented. The core of the collection comprises photographs he collected of German history from the Bismarck era to the Nuremberg Trials (ca. 1871-1946). A smaller portion of the photo holdings consists of stills from Lorant's silent films and personal photos of himself, friends, and family. An extensive correspondence from his American years is primarily concerned with book projects.

ArchivalResource: ca. 47 linear ft. (47 boxes)2 videocassettes (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. original.2 videocassettes (Betacam SP) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. archival master.2 videocassettes (Digital Beta) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. copy master.2 videodiscs (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. use copy.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82595163 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

Bantam Books (Firm). Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1967-1988.

Title: Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1967-1988.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695065621 View

James Parton papers, 1914-1986.

Title: James Parton papers, 1914-1986.

Correspondence, writings, photographs, and other papers of the American writer and editor James Parton.

ArchivalResource: 207 boxes (41.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00356/catalog View

Weisinger, Mort, 1915-. Papers, 1928-1978.

Title: Papers, 1928-1978.

Collection contains materials relating to Weisinger's work as a writer and editor from 1928-1978. Collection includes correspondence (1932-1978) mostly regarding his work as a writer and editor for "This Week" and other magazines and with companies who were included in "1001 Valuable Things"; the galleys and manuscripts for "The Contest," "The Complete Alibi Handbook" and "1001 Valuable Things"; the manuscript for an unpublished novel about a U.S. President (ca. 1975); legal agreements between Weisinger and "This Week" and Bantam Books (1954-1978); and photographs of Weisinger, the Weisinger family and various celebrities. Collection also includes newspaper clippings on Weisinger and Superman (1928-1978); a script for the motion picture version of "The Contest" (1971); 2 16 mm films from "The Adventures of Superman" television show (1957); 5 scrapbooks; comic books; miscellaneous art work for the Superman comic book; and the board game "Movie Millions," which was developed by Weisinger.

ArchivalResource: 11.76 cubic ft. (26 boxes) + films.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30802336 View

Bantam Books. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1967.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1967.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63562647 View

Bantam Books (Firm). Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959-1960.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959-1960.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173352085 View

Nahum Sabsay papers, 1924-1969.

Title: Nahum Sabsay papers, 1924-1969.

Correspondence of Harvard graduate and author, Nahum Sabsay, with libraries andpublishers, manuscripts of published and unpublished works, and one photograph.

ArchivalResource: 2cartons (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00041/catalog View

Stefan Lorant collection, ca. 1869-1993, 1920-1992

Title: Stefan Lorant collection ca. 1869-1993 1920-1992

A founder of modern pictorial journalism. Photographic documentation collected by Lorant represents German history from the Bismarck era to the Nuremberg Trials (ca. 1871-1946). A smaller portion of the collection consists of stills from Lorant's silent films and personal photographs of himself, his friends, and family. Extensive correspondence from his American years primarily concerns book projects.

ArchivalResource: ca. 47 linear ft.; (47 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf6d5nb1hh View

Gershom Scholem Collection, 1939-1986

Title: Gershom Scholem Collection 1939-1986

This collection contains 3 short manuscripts on Jewish mysticism and history, a manuscript draft of speech on WalterBenjamin, as well as photocopies of some personal and professional correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 3

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=478763 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

Bantam Books (Firm). Correspondence with Isolde Klarmann, 1975-1976.

Title: Correspondence with Isolde Klarmann, 1975-1976.

Concerns a reprinting of Franz Werfel's novel Star of the Unborn; Isolde Klarmann was writing on behalf of her husband Adolf Klarmann, who had recently died.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155862889 View

Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Title: Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Papers of American author, Gore Vidal (1925-), including literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, political papers, legal and business records, and other material. Also includes papers of his companion, Howard Austen (1929-2003).

ArchivalResource: 414 linear feet (449 boxes, cartons, and film reels)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01943/catalog View