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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library

535 West 114th Street

New York, NY 10027, USA

rbml@library.columbia.edu

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.

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Judith Crist papers, 1930s-2012

112 linear feet

Judith Crist (1922-2012), was a film critic, journalist, and long-time adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism (1958-2012). Her papers include clippings, correspondence, interviews, mementos, notes, photographs, review files, telephone logs, and audiovisual materials.

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Action/Adventure, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1981, 1986, 1989 Box 73

Abstract Or Scope: (Includes: The Vikings, Lawrence of Arabia, Goldfinger, The Dirty Dozen, In Like Flint, Serpico, F/X, and Ragtime)

Classics, 1932, 1940, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1932, 1940, 1945, 1954, 1963 Box 73

Abstract Or Scope: (Includes: Grand Hotel, I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, The Grapes of Wrath, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, A Star is Born, and Tom Jones)

Comedy, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1984, 1985 Box 73

Abstract Or Scope: (Includes: The Wrong Box, The Twelve Chairs, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Ladykillers, Dr. Strangelove, Cat Ballou, and The Brother from Another Planet)

Russian and early Soviet sheet music collection, 1904-1938

266 items

A collection of 268 Russian and early Soviet music scores published from 1904 to 1938. Numerous composers and lyricists (primarily Russian but also European and American) are represented. Most scores were published in Moscow or Leningrad. Other imprints include Rostov-na-Donu, Kiev, Kharʹkov, and Tiflis. Most scores are popular music, jazz or dance music. The covers were designed by many different artists. The collection includes musical settings of poems by Esenin, Lebedev-Kumach and Mayakovsky among others.

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Afanas'ev, Iu. V.-- Yaponskii Marsh , October 25 (Published by Triton, Leningrad; Lithography by Leningradskaia Pravda, Leningrad) Box 1

Anatol'ev, An.--Chernyi Zhokei, 1926 (Published by Leningradskii Gublit, Leningrad), 1926 Box 1

Anatol'ev, A.--Gavayskaya Gitara -- Fox a la Havai, 1929 (Published by Triton; Designer's mark: NRog or NRoz), 1929 Box 1

Amadeo Peter Giannini papers, 1943-1955

.21 linear feet

Papers contain unpublished and unknown correspondence from A.P. Giannini to Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder. A.P. Giannini was known as "the father of modern consumer banking" and was founder and president of Bank of America. The letters demonstrate his influence on the financial policies of the US government. The materials in the collection date from 1943-1955.

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Annual Reports, 1948-1949 Box 1

Correspondence, 1949-1955 Box 1

Bank of America

Marlboro Press Records, 1932-2001, bulk 1982-2000

18.5 linear feet

The Marlboro Press Records contain the administrative, financial, and working files of the Marlboro Press, a small publisher of European works in translation between 1982 and the mid 1990s, when it merged with Northwestern University Press.

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Accounts Receivable, 1996 Box 1

Akadine Press, 1987-1994 Box 1

Alan Hood Commission Payments, 1992-1993 Box 1

Robert A. Hill papers, 1933-2001

6 linear feet

The reasearch files of Professor Robert A. Hill relating to C.L.R. James. Professor Hill is the Literary Executor of C.L.R. James.

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"American Civilization" C.L.R. James. Folder of correspondence with letter by Robert Hill, Trish Bleichert, Helen Carey, Simon Prossert, Bebedict Brinberg, Keith M. Ashfield, Anthony Harwood, 1993 Box 1, Folder 1

Curtis Brown correspondence with Robert Hill, 1999-2002 Box 1, Folder 2

FBI/FOIA re. C.L.R. James, 1987-1991 Box 1, Folder 3

Gertrude Lawrence Papers, 1925-1986, bulk 1925-1952

1.68 linear feet

This collection contains documents relating to Broadway actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), a British-born international star of musical theatre and film. The collection primarily consists of correspondences, and also includes manuscripts, photographs, diaries, and a notebook from her position teaching an acting course at Columbia University.

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Aldrich, Richard, 1939 Box 1, Folder 1

Aldrich, Richard, 1940 July Box 1, Folder 2

Abstract Or Scope: 1940 July 31 letter includes transcription

Aldrich, Richard, 1940 August Box 1, Folder 3

Donald Wesely Papers, 1952-2010

10.84 linear feet

Collection contains Wesely's artistic and literary output, as well as a comprehensive set of diaries dating from the 1950s.

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Original Manuscripts and Notebooks Box 1

Original Manuscripts and Notebooks Box 2

Original Manuscripts and Notebooks Box 3

Press kits collection, 1988-2002

5 linear feet

Information in press kits includes press releases, credit and cast lists, production information, cast biographies, plot summaries, position papers, photographs, both of the film and of behind-the-scenes, Cds, slides.

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Pi (photographs), 1998 Box 4, Folder 15

Artisan Entertainment

Quiz Show, 1994 Box 4, Folder 54

Marvin I. Herzog papers, 1942-2008

5.67 linear feet

The Marvin Herzog collection contains correspondence relating to Herzog's academic and personal life, including printouts from an email list devoted to Yiddish Studies. Also included is teaching and research materials, as well as materials relating to Herzog's work on the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ), and various materials relating to Zionist summer camps.

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A-F, 1977; 1983; 1987; 1989-1992; 1995-1997; 2003 Box 1, Folder 1

Abstract Or Scope: correspondence with Raul Alvarez-Pereyre; letter from Marion Aptroot; letters to Atran foundation from MH and Dean Bagnell; letter from MH to Jean Ashton regarding GDYL archives; email from student Sarah Benor; e-mail correspondence on "Yiddish Computerized Dictionary" from Leybl Botwinik; email from Abraham Brumberg; letter from Anna Maria Capri (University of Venice); correspondence with Gerald Cohen and copies of papers in Comments on Etymology; correspondence with Marcello da Verona; correspondence with Encyclopaedia Britannica regarding Yiddish bibliography; email from Jayanne English; letter from Sharon Flitterman-King; letter from Jerold Frakes

American Heritage Ditionary, 1988-1991 Box 1, Folder 2

Abstract Or Scope: correspondence with David Jost (Senior Lexicographer) of the American Heritage Dictionary and dictionary examples with Herzog's handwritten notes; payment for etymology work on dictionary

Ashkenazi History (Mendele), 1990; 1994 Box 1, Folder 3

Abstract Or Scope: email printouts on Ashkenazi History (Mendele) with typescript of "The Schizoid Nature of Modern Hebrew" by Paul Wexler and one other copy

The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2012-2013

.5 linear feet

The Edward M. Kennedy Prize records are records related to the adminstration of the prize. These include administrative material such as nomination forms and correspondence, as well as the finalists' and winning submissions.

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