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Algeria collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1501
Overview: The collection consists of a manuscript, printed materials, postcards, and photographs relating to the history of Algeria and the current political, economic, and social conditions.
Dates: 1815-1994

Allen Jennings Barthold papers

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Call Number: MS 1323
Overview: Correspondence and papers compiled by Allen Jennings Barthold relating to the Courier de Boston, a newspaper published in the 1780s, and its editor Paul-Joseph Guérard de Nancrède.
Dates: 1929-1932

Peter J. Gay papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2034
Overview: The papers document the research, writings, teaching, and personal life of cultural historian Peter J. Gay. The papers consist of research and teaching files, writings, correspondence, photographs and slides, and personal papers. An extensive part of his research files is the work he completed on Sigmund Freud while writing Sigmund Freud: A Life for Our Time (1998). Gay's writing files contain more of his later articles, book manuscripts, and lectures than his earlier...
Dates: 1845-2015

Pamphlet collection

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Call Number: MS 1351
Overview: A collection of pamphlets from African, South American, Latin American, Asian, European, and North American countries which include material relating to politics, economics, social conditions, agriculture, legal topics, religious activities, history, government operations, education, and other areas. The collection is particularly strong in the area of African materials, with several nations represented.
Dates: 1570-1990, bulk 1945-1982

Alexandre Polovtsoff papers

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Call Number: MS 403
Overview: Notes, manuscripts, and transcript copies of Alexandre Polovtsoff's (1867-1934) writings after his emigration from Russia in 1918. Included are autobiographical materials, articles on Russian art, the imperial palaces, and Russian historical figures; also, translations of the Journal de Voyage en Russie by Francisco de Miranda, and The Curse of Wit by A. S. Griboedov.
Dates: 1918-1934

Celia Shapiro papers

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Call Number: MS 1684
Overview: The papers include the correspondence, writings, and memoirs of Celia Kamenetzky Shapiro and her husband, Boris Shapiro. Most of the papers are in Russian, with some Yiddish- and English-language material as well. Correspondence includes letters and postcards, primarily from the 1930s, to Celia and Boris Shapiro from friends and colleagues in Prague and Paris. Celia Shapiro's diaries and memoirs describe her journey to England, Germany, and the Soviet Union, with interesting observations on...
Dates: 1904-1967

Aleksandr Ivanovich Spiridovitch papers

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Call Number: MS 359
Overview: The papers consist of writings and research materials dealing with Russian history, particularly the Romanov dynasty, Rasputin, and the origins of the Russian Revolution. Also included are materials on Peter the Great and the Jews in the Russian revolutionary movement.
Dates: 1890-1950