Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1890 - 1971
Allan Nevins (1890-1971), American historian and journalist.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Norman Cousins Collection of Henry Seidel Canby
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1205
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, drafts and printed versions of writings (box 7), manuscript notes, printed ephemera, clippings, photographs (box 2), and contractual agreements by or relating to the professional activities of Henry Seidel Canby. The collection features approximately 983 pieces of correspondence dating from 1940 through 1949 (boxes 1-6). Incoming letters and typescript carbon copies of Canby's outgoing letters concern professional matters chiefly, addressing publications by Canby during this...
Dates:
1935-1949
William Adams Delano papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 178
Overview:
The papers consist almost entirely of social and professional correspondence. They also include an unpublished autobiography, The Reminiscences of William Adams Delano; printed matter; and a drawing made for the 46th anniversary of The Record. Much of the personal correspondence concerns Delano's membership in various New York clubs and his classmates in the Yale College class of 1895. His professional correspondence relates in part to important commissions, among them his work on the White...
Dates:
1902-1960, bulk 1939-1960
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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William Adams Delano papers
Letter : Columbia University, New York City, to George Parmly Day, 1938 Jan 16
Part of Collection — Box: 38, Folder: GROUP 946, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
TLS.
Dates:
1938 Jan 16
Letters : to William Q. Maxwell, Jr., 1955-68
Part of Collection — Box: 3, Folder: GROUP 50, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Thirty-one TLS and one ALS written by Nevins; and an ALS and postcard written on behalf of Nevins by his wife, Mary Nevins, and one TLS written on his behalf by his secretary, Lillian K. Beau. Letters concern Maxwell's writing and employment; also discussed are Nevins's work and health.
Dates:
1955-68
Wallace Notestein papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 544
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, notes, speeches, and other papers of Wallace Notestein, historian, teacher, author, and Sterling Professor of English History at Yale from 1928-1947. The bulk of the papers consist of letters received by Notestein from other historians, scholars, writers, students, and publishers and relate largely to academic and professional matters, to politics, and to his personal life.
Dates:
1899-1969
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Wallace Notestein papers
Charles Seymour papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 441
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence with Edward M. House (1920-1938), personal correspondence, manuscripts and correspondence preparatory to the publication of Seymour's Intimate Papers of Colonel House (1926-1928), newspaper clippings, articles, and memorabilia. Much of the material concerns Seymour's role as delegate to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
Dates:
1912-1963
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Charles Seymour papers
Harold Phelps Stokes papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 645
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, notes, writings, clippings, and subject files documenting the personal life and professional career of Harold Phelps Stokes. His interests in United States foreign policy and domestic politics, the Alger Hiss case, the Paris Peace Conference, New York City politics and government, prison reform, and journalism are documented. Stokes corresponded with many prominent American political and social figures.
Dates:
1908-1969
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Harold Phelps Stokes papers