Collections : [Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]

The collection consists of handwritten letters from Hovhaness to Judith Malina in which he expresses, in prose as well as poetry, his ardent love for her. The letters also include comments regarding his travels, compositions, and his desire to collaborate on various works with Malina. Each letter is enclosed in a sheet of paper annotated with date and city by Malina. Accompanying the letters are two drafts of letters from Malina to Hovhaness; two letters from Hovhaness to Julian Beck regarding a production with a carbon copy of Beck's response; photographs of Hovhaness, his wife Serafina, and Malina; lists of Hovhaness's performances, and printed notices, performance programs, and press clippings; and copies of typed transcripts of the Hovhaness letters annotated by Malina.

The Alan Pryce-Jones Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts and printed versions of writings, photographs, scrapbooks, financial papers and other personal papers of the English writer, editor, and critic Alan Pryce-Jones. They span the years 1857-2000, with the bulk falling between about 1915 and 1990. The papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, Writings, Photographs, and Personal Papers. Groups of Oversize material and Restricted Fragile Papers are also present.

This collection encompasses accessions of single letters and small groups of letters and other manuscripts pertaining to the history of Alaska, which the library has chosen to group and list as an artificial collection. Letters and documents discuss travel in Alaska, interactions with Native Alaskans, the Alaska gold rush, the fur industry, surveying, business operations, and naval service. Also includes one photograph of the U.S.S. Pinta.

The Albert Barnitz Papers document the life and career of Albert Trorillo Siders Barnitz. The papers span the dates 1852-1978, but the bulk of the material covers the years 1860-1910.

Correspondence and papers documenting the life of Albert H. Wilbur and members of the Wilbur family, 1849-1908. Includes autograph letters, signed, from Albert H. Wilbur to his brother, George W. Wilbur, and mother, Sarah Ann Cook Wilbur, in Illinois, 1875-1890, undated. Letters touch on Albert H. Wilbur's career and the health of his mother. There are also autograph letters, signed, from George W. Wilbur to Sarah Ann Cook Wilbur, and his wife, Ellen Rice Wilbur, 1870-1902, undated. Present is an autograph account, unsigned, of Albert H. Wilbur's trip to Southern California, written on verso of a map of California, 1876; an indenture, signed by George Wilbur and Sarah Ann Cook Wilbur, 1850; and manuscript business papers of George W. Wilbur, 1884-1890. There are also manuscript and typescript papers of the Parke & Lacy Machinery Company of San Francisco, California, 1883-1889; miscellaneous manuscript correspondence, 1869-1887; and empty envelopes, 1880-1897, undated.

The collection consists of material documenting Albert Selden's career as a composer and producer of musical and dramatic theater productions including typescript and manuscript playscripts and music scores by Selden and others; scrapbooks containing photographs, clippings and memorabilia relating to Selden's family and his theatrical career including Man of La Mancha and the Goodspeed Opera House; production window cards and programs; and published songbooks and music scores.

The following finding aid is a partial inventory of the contents of Osborn d64. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

The following finding aid is a partial inventory of the contents of Osborn d66. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn c195. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

The collection primarily consists of an album filled with drawings, prints, ephemera, and manuscript poems, letters, dedicatory inscriptions, and notes collected or created by John Charles Denham. According to an inscription by Jane Porter (leaf 2), the album was possibly created as a tribute to Denham's first wife Mary Hamilton. The volume is bound in tooled leather, measures 10.5 by 8.25 inches, and is enclosed in a bespoke morocco case.