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Alexandre Polovtsoff papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 403
Abstract:

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

Postcards and printed ephemera documenting the Italian occupation of Ethiopia

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1898
Abstract: The collection comprises primarily postcards, most of a racist propaganda nature; several press photographs; and printed ephemera depicting the Italian wars in Ethiopia, as well as present day Somalia and Eritrea. Included are materials relating to the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895 to 1896) and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War or the Second Italo-Ethiopian War which lasted from October 1935 to May 1936, with the occupation lasting until 1941. The result was the annexation of Ethiopia into...
Dates: 1895-1950

Postcards documenting the German occupation of East Africa

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1899
Abstract:

The collection consists of forty-eight black and white postcards from the Belgian Propoganda Ministry following the invasion of German East Africa in 1917. Although German forces in German East Africa were never defeated, the postcards show 'Occupied' German East Africa.

Dates: 1917-1918

Project Maje records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2039
Abstract: The contents of the Project Maje collection reflect the professional and research interests of human rights advocate and author Edith Mirante, and draw upon more than three decades of her work in and on the border regions of Burma (Myanmar). The bulk of the materials center on issues of human rights and indigenous communities in Burma’s northern and western frontiers; petroleum multinationals, deforestation, and environmental issues; and more general documents attending to the Burma’s...
Dates: 1960-2005

Sergei Germanovich Pushkarev papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1418
Abstract:

The papers include manuscripts, writings, memoirs, correspondence, and other papers documenting the literary and academic career, as well as the personal life, of Sergei G. Pushkarev.

Dates: 1925-1984

Bogdan Radica papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1588
Abstract: The papers consist of official reports, correspondence, subject files, extensive clippings, writings, and printed matter which document Bogdan Radica's work as a press officer in the Yugoslav Legation in Washington, D.C. and the Yugoslav Information Center in New York during World War II. The papers highlight Radica's efforts to inform his government of American press (including the emigre press) coverage of affairs in Yugoslavia and the Balkans, his propagandistic work in support of...
Dates: 1939-1986

Leyzer Ran collection on the Jewish communities of Vilna and Kovno

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Call Number: MS 2043
Abstract:

The collection consists of over two hundred hand-written, printed, or mimeographed documents from the Jewish community of Vilna (Vilnius), as well as about twenty documents from Kovno (Kaunas) and a few sent to Vilna from other places. Material types include letters, announcements, poems, essays, invitations to cultural events, circulars, newsletters, by-laws, and reports of various communal organizations.

Dates: 1886-1941, bulk 1919-1932

Konstantin Reichardt papers

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Call Number: MS 1619
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, writings, and research and teaching files which document Konstantin Reichardt's career as an expert in the study of Germanic philology and Scandinavian cultures. The correspondence is to and from family members, students, colleagues, publishers, and academic and cultural organizations. Topical files, which include genealogical studies of Reichardt's family and that of his wife, Patricia Barker Reichardt, are also included. The writings...
Dates: ca. 1800s-1988, bulk 1930-1976

Réunion collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1535
Abstract:

The collection consists of printed material relating to political and social conditions in Réunion.

Dates: 1969-1992, bulk 1972-1986

David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1143
Scope and Contents: The David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling consists of material by and relating to English author Rudyard Kipling. There are autograph and typescript letters, signed, from Kipling to others as well as some third-party letters relating to Kipling or the collection. Correspondents include Edward Bok, Ladies Home Journal, Sir Philip Burne-Jones, Moncure D. Conway, C. S. Jarvis, John Lockwood Kipling, A. E. W. Mason, H. Cotton Minchin, S. S. McClure...
Dates: 1869-2007, bulk 1894-1936

Emir Rodriguez Monegal papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1750
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence and subject files related to the professional life of Emir Rodriguez Monegal as an expert in Latin American literature and language.

Dates: 1959-1985, 1959-1985

Rwanda collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1536
Abstract:

The collection consists of printed material and ephemera relating to political, economic, and social conditions in Rwanda.

Dates: 1953-2010

Joaquim Sancho papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2080
Abstract: Papers of Joaquim Sancho, a Spanish Civil War soldier fighting for the Republican cause. The bulk of the collection comprises Sancho's correspondence, spanning from the period of his military service in the Regular Spanish Army, No. 55, VIII Grupo and the 4th Company, 103rd Mixed Brigade, through his time as a prisoner in a Nationalist concentration camp. Before Sancho’s capture, he typically wrote in Catalan, and during his capture he wrote in Spanish. In addition to correspondence, the...
Dates: 1936-1945

Kurt Seligmann papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 827
Abstract: The Kurt Seligmann Papers consist of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and artwork documenting his personal life and artwork. The papers provide insight into Seligmann's work as a surrealist painter and engraver and his circle of friends, many of whom were artists and writers. Correspondents include Nicolas Calas, Alexander Calder, Pierre Courthion, Enrico Donati, Jean Dubuffet, Charles Duits, Georges Duthuit, George W. Federoff, Fernand Léger, Pierre Mabille, Robert Motherwell,...
Dates: 1883-1991

Senegal collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1539
Abstract:

The collection consists of printed material and ephemera relating to historical, political, social, and economic conditions in Senegal.

Dates: 1816-2013, bulk 1816-1991

Seychelles collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1540
Abstract:

The collection consists of printed material relating to political conditions in Seychelles.

Dates: 1938-2013, bulk 1957-1995

Asher Lewis Shane collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1774
Abstract: The collection which consists of about 800 items, includes primary source material relating to the communal life of British Jewry from the middle of the 19th century up to the 1970s. Of particular interest are the publications of synagogues in London and other centers of Jewish life in England commemorating special occasions in the life of the congregation or major events taking place in Great Britain. These include sermons preached by the local rabbi, editions of special prayer services in...
Dates: 1850-1970

Celia Shapiro papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1684
Abstract: 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

Shemuʼel ben Avraham Daṿid ha-Ḳaṭan papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2031
Abstract: The collection consists of items from the estate of Rabbi Shemuʼel ben Avraham Daṿid ha-Ḳaṭan Kaufman Me-Rabenu, spiritual leader of the Hasidic Kaminka-Myropil community. The papers contain four volumes of Rebbe Shemuel’s handwritten novellae and commentary on the Torah and Talmud. The collection also includes visa applications, passports, recommendations, and other documents related to the immigration of the rebbe and his family to the United States, as well as a few photographs and a...
Dates: Circa 1920-1938.

Roberto Sierra Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 144
Abstract:

The Papers consist mainly of music and programs. Clippings, correspondence and other documents are also included. The collection should be considered partial, as Sierra is currently an active composer.

Dates: 1982-2017