Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
[Walter L. Pforzheimer collection of Century Company illustrations]
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1219
Abstract:
The collection consists of 142 drawings and watercolors by twenty-seven artists who were commissioned by the Century Company to create illustrations for their popular periodicals The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine and St. Nicholas Magazine, in particular to illustrate stories for children. Most of the drawings have paper labels or production marks in crayon on their versos indicating the magazine, volume number, and projected page number where the images were to appear, the section of...
Dates:
1879-1914
Walter L. Pforzheimer collection of Frank Richard Stockton
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 560
Abstract:
The Walter L. Pforzheimer Collection of Frank Richard Stockton contains correspondence, writings, photographs, artifacts, and other personal papers of Stockton and his family; drawings by illustrators of Stockton's works; writings about Stockton and adaptations of his works by others; and correspondence, notes, and related materials created by Pforzheimer in the course of his research and collecting. Correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, to and from Stockton, many with literary...
Dates:
circa 1829-circa 1993, bulk 1880-1940
Walter L. Pforzheimer collection of historical manuscripts
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 838
Abstract:
The Walter L. Pforzheimer Collection of Historical Manuscripts contains approximately 500 manuscript documents, circa 1370s-1870s, consisting of letters, legal documents, and other manuscripts written or signed by European heads of state, government, diplomatic, military or church officials, or literary authors. Most materials are French, including documents signed by French royalty and nobility, 14th-18th centuries. Many French manuscripts date from the French Revolution and Napoleonic...
Dates:
circa 1370-1960s, bulk 1500-1830
Walter L. Pforzheimer papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 817
Abstract:
The Walter L. Pforzheimer Papers contain personal correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, and family papers; correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the United States Army during World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA's Historical Intelligence Collection, and the United States Defense Intelligence College; historical manuscripts and related materials collected by Pforzheimer concerning the history of military intelligence, including autograph documents,...
Dates:
circa 1548-circa 2001 1940-1995, bulk 1940-1995
Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 14
Abstract:
The collection contains three parts: autograph documents and letters, Bowling Green Press records, and contemporary American newspapers. The most significant part of the collection are the ca. 45 autograph items relating to French military history from the Middle Ages through the 19th century. There are also 12 carbon copies (signed) of letters from Theodore Roosevelt to various recipients (1911-1913) together with notes, extracts, and full copies of Roosevelt speeches (1912-1913). Series II...
Dates:
1487-1997
Yale in World War II collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 1212
Abstract:
The collection consists of printed matter, reports, correspondence, memoranda, radio scripts, memorabilia, scrapbooks and clippings documenting some of the activities at Yale University and of the individual colleges during World War II. Letters from Yale men in the services, both in the United States and abroad, to officials of the university make up a substantial part of the collection. Also included are correspondence and financial documents of the "Yale Library Project," a military...
Dates:
1938-1946