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Christoph Kimmich Correspondence with Fritz Stern and Gerald Freund, 1964-2016
0.5 Linear FeetCorrespondence with Stern consists of about 200 letters (including picture postcards--one of Stern's preferred modes of communication), starting in 1964 and continuing with fair regularity until 2016. Many of them consist of requests for comments on manuscripts, others touch on issues having to do with Columbia, still others provide advice to his correspondent on personal and career matters. Not a few are simply exchanges between friends. Also included in the collection are a number of typed draft manuscripts and of inscribed offprints.
Eric Foner papers, 1963-2018
25 Linear FeetThis collection of correspondence and subject files details a variety of episodes and projects from the career of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner. Included are travel diaries from visits to Africa and the former Soviet Union, as well as correspondence related to Prof. Foner's work with the National Park Service and the Walt Disney Company in rewriting historical markers. It also features reviews and correspondence related to Foner's numerous published books, as well as his professional and scholarly career. It also contains research materials for Foner's major books.
Eric L. McKitrick Papers, 1934-2001
21.42 linear feetJames Truslow Adams papers, 1918-1949
15 linear feetThe collection is composed of the correspondence files of the James Truslow Adams. The majority of the letters were written to Adams by various contemporary historians, educators, public figures, business associates, friends and family. The material ranges in date from 1918-1949. The letters are concerned with the following: Adams' literary activities and the publication of his writings; contemporary politics; personal and business affairs; requests and solicitations from individuals and groups for support, etc.; scholarly and academic activities. While very few original letters sent by Adams are present, there exist margin notes in his own hand on incoming letters indicating the nature of his reply. Of special note are six volumes of mounted letters and clippings relating to President Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the United States Supreme Court. Adams was an opponent of the plan.