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The Leonard Woolsey Bacon Papers

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Call Number: Misc. Ms. 54
Abstract:

Music and correspondence by the American composer and physician Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Jr. (1865-1939)

Dates: 1887-1926

Bacon-Schneeloch family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 707
Abstract: The papers consist of family correspondence, autograph albums, diaries, notebooks, financial records, photographs and memorabilia, principally of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, a physician, and of his first wife, Emma Waleska Schneeloch. The largest part of the papers is made up of Bacon's prescription books (1892-1937) containing diagnosis, prescriptions, and name, age and occupation for each patient. Also in the papers are the financial records of his practice (1907-1919) which, together with the...
Dates: 1875-1935

The Parker Bailey Papers

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Call Number: MSS 34
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other writings, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer, pianist, and lawyer Parker Bailey (1902-1982).

Dates: 1899-1977 (inclusive)

The Marshall Bartholomew Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 24
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, and miscellaneous materials by and about the American choral conductor and teacher Marshall Bartholomew

Dates: 1929-1966 (inclusive)

Selected Compositions of Robbins Battell

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Call Number: Misc. Ms. 157
Abstract:

Music composed or arranged by Robbins Battell (1819-1895)

Dates: 1863-1898

The H. Leroy Baumgartner Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 22
Abstract:

Music and other materials by and about the American composer, organist, and teacher H. Leroy Baumgartner (1891-1969)

Dates: 1908-1980 (inclusive)

The Paul Bekker Papers

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Call Number: MSS 50
Abstract:

Correspondence and other writings, photographs, music, and additional materials by and about the German music critic Paul Bekker (1882-1937)

Dates: 1883-1937 (bulk)

Ed Bland papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 310
Abstract:

The collection includes manuscript music, notes and writings, correspondence, professional papers, printed material, and audiovisual and computer media documenting the career of African American composer and musician Ed Bland.

Dates: 1914-2019

Margaret Bonds papers

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 151
Abstract: Vocal music, most 1960s or undated, consisting of autograph manuscript drafts and arrangements, transparencies, and diazo reproductions, some accompanied by copies of published music; and a small amount of other papers. Autograph manuscript music includes spirituals arranged for solo voice or chorus; The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Songs of the Seasons, Three Dream Portraits, and other songs on texts by Langston Hughes; songs on texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay and other poets; and musicals and...
Dates: 1928-1983, bulk 1960-1969

British punk archive

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Call Number: GEN MSS 2084
Abstract:

The collection contains correspondence, writings, artwork, photographs, clothing, fanzines, stencils, posters, printed ephemera, and computer and audiovisual media documenting punk culture in Great Britain.

Dates: 1940s–2012

Bronson Family papers

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Call Number: MS 103
Abstract: Correspondence, legal and financial papers, a diary and miscellaneous items of the Bronson family of Washington, Connecticut. The largest part of the papers are those of Moseley Virgil Bronson (1806-1890), documenting his career as an officer of the Connecticut militia and as a teacher in New York and Connecticut. Of particular interest are the letters of Edna Moseley Todd, who moved to Virginia in 1821, and whose letters to various members of the family describe her life as a mother and...
Dates: 1753-1898

Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers

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Call Number: MS 105
Abstract: Largely family correspondence of the Brown, Preston and Mason families received by Reverend John Brown of Virginia and his sons, John, Samuel and James. Most important are the eleven letters from John Brown, member of the Continental Congress and senator from Kentucky (1792-1805), which discuss the Constitution, the Missouri Compromise and the episode in Kentucky history known as the "Spanish Conspiracy". Letters from James Brown were written from Paris (1823-1833) when he was United States...
Dates: 1763-1865, bulk 1763-1865

The Ole Bull Papers

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Call Number: Misc. Ms. 286
Abstract:

Music and other materials by and about the Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull (1810-1880)

Dates: 1834-1906

The Leonard Burkat Papers

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Call Number: MSS 25
Abstract:

Correspondence, music, and photographs by and about the American music librarian, critic, music administrator, recording executive, and program annotator Leonard Burkat (1919-1992)

Dates: 1943-1981 (inclusive)

Rocky Clark Papers

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Call Number: MSS 132
Abstract:

Rocky Clark was a journalist who wrote about the jazz scene in Southern Connecticut. As the first president of the Dixieland Society of Southern Connecticut, his papers document the activities of this organization. Also represented in the collection is some coverage of the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival at Quinnipiac College. Clark collected a large number of jazz-related photographs for his features, which are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1949-1976

The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Misc. Ms. 290
Abstract:

Music and correspondence by the African-English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1876-1912)

Dates: 1899-1912

Josephine Boardman Crane papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 292
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, event files, and personal papers that document Josephine Boardman Crane's role as a socialite, patron, and philanthropist. These materials record Crane's daily activities, including a broad range of cultural events and numerous social contacts.

Dates: 1912-1972, bulk 1926-1963

Jack Randall Crawford Modern Drama Collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 10
Abstract:

Photographic prints and clippings relating to English and American Drama as collected by Jack Randall Crawford, the staff of the Drama Library, and others.

Dates: 1850-1979

Norman Croom-Johnson diaries

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Call Number: GEN MSS 886
Abstract: The Norman Croom-Johnson Diaries consist of 217 autograph manuscript volumes, including 211 diaries with daily entries, 1905 January 1-1962 August 7; three volumes containing lists of theater, concerts, and other events attended by Croom-Johnson, 1901-1960; and three volumes containing a daily log of his residences and travels, 1886-1962. Early volumes are copies made by Croom-Johnson from his original diaries, with additional notes made at the time of copying. Entries concern...
Dates: 1886-1962

Mina Kirstein Curtiss papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 14
Abstract:

The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence.

Dates: 1917-1966 (inclusive)