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Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Beinecke Rare Book Library
121 Wall St
New Haven, CT 06511
beinecke.library@yale.edu
http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
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Royal Cortissoz papers, 1864-1955, bulk 1920-1955 7.76 Linear Feet

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948
The papers consist of correspondence, a small quantity of personal papers, and printed material relating to the life and career of Royal Cortissoz. Correspondents include Henry Bacon, Bernard Berenson, Joseph Duveen, John La Farge, Clarence Mackay, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman, William Winter, and other critics and friends. The personal papers include drafts of articles and lectures by Cortissoz and awards presented to him. Printed material includes copies of writings by Cortissoz, articles concerning him, and miscellaneous programs and invitations.
Also included are notes, memoranda and a sketchbook by John La Farge, collected by Cortissoz in the course of research.
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Roy Edwin Ramseier papers, 1912-1981, bulk 1950-1975 20.29 Linear Feet

Ramseier, Roy Edwin
The collection consists of reports, project documents, and technical drawings relating to water and sewage projects in California and Nevada, as well as other business and academic records documenting Roy Edwin Ramseier's career as a civil engineer between the 1950s and 1980s. Ramseier's papers document sanitation and water use in California and Nevada, particularly relating to suburbanization and small unincorporated communities. Ramseier also completed projects for private housing developments, government agencies, and businesses. The collection contains particularly thorough documentation of Beatty, Nevada and Valley Springs, California. There are also records relating to Squaw Valley, California, the site of the 1960 winter Olympics, where Ramseier worked on projects before and after the Olympic games.
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Rudolph Dunbar Papers, 1938-1986 2.50 Linear Feet

Dunbar, Rudolph, 1938-1986
The Rudolph Dunbar Papers document the professional activities of clarinetist, conductor, music critic, teacher and journalist Rudolph Dunbar. Series in this collection include Correspondence, Professional Papers, Photographs and Other Papers. Among those represented in the correspondence series include Coretta Scott King, Eslanda Robeson, and British parliament member Robert Allan. Professional papers include press releases, German propaganda of African Americans during World War II, and music programs from Dunbar's performancesas a music conductor. Photographs of independence day celebrations of former British colonies in Africa and the Caribbean make up a large portion of the photographs alongside highlights of Dunbar's music career as a conductor and teacher. Photographs also include dignitaries and celebrities of the day such as Kwame Nkrumah, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip and Jesse Owens.
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Rufus B. Sage papers, 1778-1864 0.42 Linear Feet

Sage, Rufus B., 1817-1893

The Rufus B. Sage Papers include correspondence of Rufus B. Sage's grandfather Elisha Sage, his father Rufus Sage, and other members of the family, concerning the family's personal affairs and life in Connecticut, 1789-1828. In addition, the collection consists of letters and papers of Rufus B. Sage about his life in Ohio, his travels in the West and the publication of his book, Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, and in Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand Prairies.

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Russell Hoban papers, 1952-2011 26.5 Linear Feet

Hoban, Russell, 1925-2011
The Russell Hoban Papers, which span from 1952 to 2011, contain writings from throughout Russell Hoban's lifetime including novels, children's books, poetry, and opera librettos. The papers also contain clippings, ephemera, photographs, audiovisual materials, and electronic media related to Hoban's life and work.
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Russell Lynes papers, 1939-1991 45 Linear Feet

Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991
The Russell Lynes papers contain material documenting the career and personal life of American author and editor Russell Lynes. The collection contains writings, correspondence, photographs, and personal and family papers. Early gifts from Russell Lynes consist chiefly of writings, including drafts, setting copies, and proofs for works of the period, such as The Tastemakers (1954), A Surfeit of Honey (1957), Cadwallader (1959), The Domesticated Americans (1963), and Good Old Modern (1973). Later acquistions also contain writings, with some additional drafts for book-length works, though chiefly shorter works, as well as correspondence, photographs, and personal and family papers.
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Ruth Ford papers, 1940-1989 3.88 Linear Feet

Ford, Ruth, 1911-2009

The collection consists of correspondence with and topical and production files relating to plays of Edward Albee, Kenward Elmslie, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, James Purdy, Tennessee Williams, and others. Also included are scripts of works submitted to her for her review and/or plays and screenplays in which she acted including plays by Martin Crowley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Tennessee Williams; stage and film production stills and candid and portrait photographs; and printed invitations to parties, openings, and other events at New York City nightclubs.

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Ruth Jespersen papers, 1976-1990 4.44 Linear Feet

Jespersen, Ruth
The Ruth Jespersen Papers consist of correspondence, writings, audiocassettes, and printed material regarding the professional life of the American writer Ruth Jespersen. Correspondence includes letters between Jespersen and Stephen Baily and Steven Milhauser and a letter from Jespersen to Phil Lyman. Writings contain typescript drafts, typescript photocopies, printed versions, and photocopies of printed versions of Jespersen's poetry, prose, a teleplay, and a screenplay. Two audiocassettes contain Jespersen reading The Blink of an Eye, a screenplay written by Jespersen and Michael O'Rourke. Printed material includes printed versions of Jespersen's publications and photocopies of publicity.
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Ruth Pine Furniss papers, 1919-1960 1.5 Linear Feet

Furniss, Ruth Pine, 1893-1957
The Papers contain writings and other papers of American author Ruth Pine Furniss. Furniss's writings drew on her struggle with mental illness and her exposure to various medical treatments. Her career as an author is documented in various material, including drafts, printed versions of her writings, contracts with publishers, and copyright records. Some of her poetry, short stories, and articles written in the 1920s, and largely published in magazines and newspapers, are in a scrapbook of clippings. Reception of Furniss's novels, including Gay, Snow, and The Layman Looks at Doctors, is documented in reviews gathered into two scrapbooks. The Papers also include a draft for The Dreamland Tree, an unpublished novel completed in 1952. The correspondence of Furniss's son, W. Todd Furniss, reveal his endeavor to have The Dreamland Tree published following his mother's death.
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Ruth Stephan papers, 1915-1974 60 Linear Feet

Stephan, Ruth, 1910-1974
The Ruth Stephan Papers consist of correspondence, writings, research files, audiovisual material, photographs, and diaries and other personal papers documenting the career and life of the twentieth-century American writer, editor, and translator Ruth Stephan. Correspondence and subject files provide evidence of Stephan's professional and personal relationships as well as her wide-ranging interests, from art to Zen Buddhism. Stephan's creative work consists of drafts, notes, and research files for poetry, historical and autobiographical fiction, anthologies, and film; her research files on Queen Christina of Sweden are extensive. Her travels in and creative work related to Europe, Peru, Japan, China, and India are documented throughout the collection by writings, diaries and engagement calendars, photographs, film, sound recordings, and correspondence. The papers also include a small amount of material documenting the history of the Walgreens drugstore chain.
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