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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, agreements and contracts, photographs and artwork. The material documents Lawrence's writing career, his relationships with friends and publishers, and his travels in New Mexico, Mexico and Europe. Included is correspondence between his wife, Frieda Lawrence, and their mutual friends, and records relating to the rights to D. H. Lawrence's works after his death.

The papers include writings, correspondence, subject files, photographs and other materials relating to Lawrence Langner's work as an author, theater producer, and patent attorney. Writings include plays (Suzanna and the Elders and The Pursuit of Happiness, among others); articles on various aspects of theatre and patent law; and books, including his autobiography, The Magic Curtain; The Importance of Wearing Clothes; and G.B.S. and the Lunatic. Correspondence, subject files, and financial records relate to the writing, production, and publication of Langner's writings; his work with the Theatre Guild; his law firm; and the National Inventors Council, among other topics. Typescript iterations of plays including A Moon for the Misbegotten and Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill, inscribed by O'Neill to Langner, are also included. Correspondence between Bernard Shaw and Langner relating to the production of Shaw plays by the Theatre Guild; annotated proofs of Back to Methuselah, Geneva, and St. Joan; and a typescript article by Shaw form the final group of material in the papers.

Thaddeus W. Maliszewski a lawyer, military officer, civic leader, was born in Hartford in 1922 and died in 2009. Graduate of Hillyer Junior College (Hartford), Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) and University of Connecticut Law School. During WWII he served in the Pacific, was a member of the National Guard and Governor's Military Staff, finished his military career in the rank of Brigadier General. He served as a judge for several courts, was very active in the Democratic Party. For many years served in different positions in the Polish American Congress on state and national level. In addition, Maliszewski was active in veterans' organizations, Polish American cultural organizations as well as in political organizations. The collection consists of his personal and professional papers along with information about Poland and Polish American culture.

Correspondence, memoranda, writings, and printed materials primarily documenting the work of Jerome Medalie to effect legislation enabling the public financing of political campaigns in Massachusetts, and nationwide. An unpublished manuscript, "Private Financing of Political Campaigns: Time For a Change," is included in the papers.

The records consist of annual reports, proposals, correspondence, and meeting minutes maintained by James R. Vivian, chairman of the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation board of directors.

The records consist of memoranda, surveys, reports, policies, lectures, donor correspondence and journals documenting the holdings and operations of the Yale Law Library.

The records consist of drawings, photographs, correspondence, and administrative and design files associated with the 1977 expansion and renovation of The Museum of Modern Art, as well as other buildings designed by Cesar Pelli and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Also included are project descriptions and fact sheets, press clippings, marketing materials, files documenting buildings designed by Cesar Pelli before he incorporated his own firm in 1977 and other administrative records documenting Cesar Pelli and Associates projects between 1977 and 1979.

The collection comprises the papers of attorney, legal scholar, and Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Louis H. Pollak. The papers consist of correspondence and subject files documenting myriad aspects of his life and career, including his tenure as professor and dean at Yale Law School.

The materials consist of 16 mm films and VHS videotapes documenting men's lacrosse at Yale. Also included is a 1968 Navy vs. Princeton game.