The Mary Greenwalt Papers include forty-four illustrations of her works on the lives of famous composers published between 1936 and 1946. Twenty-two illustrations have been identified as to the books in which they appeared; twenty-two remain unconnected to published works.
A collection of approximately two hundred letters and signatures of notable persons, chiefly United States political figures, including presidents, senators and other government figures. Only a few Europeans are in the papers. Also included are postcards, photographs and printed matter.
Collection consists of correspondence and printed and other materials relating to Raymond Queneau and the Collège de 'Pataphysique. There are separate correspondence files for Queneau and Jean-Pierre Faure from members of the Collège de 'Pataphysique and others. The bulk of the correspondence to Queneau, received during his tenure with the Collège as "Transcendental Satrap" from the early 1950s to early 1970s, is from Jean-Hugues Sainmont, pseudonym of Emmanuel Peillet. Other correspondents include Henri Bouché, Jean Ferry, Raymond Fleury, Thiéri Foulc, and bookseller Syvain Goudemare. In addition to these larger files, there is one autograph postcard signed from Alfred Jarry to Gustave Kahn. Printed ephemera, relating chiefly to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, includes clippings, postcards, documents, circulars, manifestos, publicity, catalogs, and a diploma, by the Ordre de la grande gidouille, awarded to Queneau. Audiovisual material includes photographs of Sainmont, Bouché, Baron Jean Mollet, Boris Vian, and Henri Robillot, among others, and several record albums and one audiocassette.
Jean Stafford (1915-1979) was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, and children's literature. She spent the 1964-1965 academic year as a resident fellow in the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University.
The Jean Starr Untermeyer Papers contain correspondence, photographs, book reviews, obituaries, poems, offprints, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers.
The papers contain correspondence, drafts of unpublished books, essays, and other writings, together with personal papers documenting Toomer's life, primarily after his Harlem Renaissance period, and papers on Marjory Latimer Toomer. Correspondents include Charles Dupee, Waldo Front, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Margaret Naumberg, and Russell S. Walcott.
The Jedediah Huntington Orderly Book collection (2358) is a book of orders from George Washington written by Jedediah Huntington. The orders in the book are from January 1st, 1776 to April 2nd of the same year.
The Jefferson Franklin Ray, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, professional papers, personal papers and photographs that document Ray's private life, family and career. The bulk of the collection chronicles Ray's education at Yale University and professional career as a diplomat and administrator in East Asia from 1920 to 1953. There is also documentation on other family members, including Ray's father, Jefferson Franklin Ray, Sr., who served as a missionary in Japan.
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