Immanuel Velikovsky Papers, 1920-1996 (mostly 1930-1979)
The collection consists of manuscripts, writings, correspondence (both personal and professional), photographs, works of others, microfilm, printed material, and film reels, spanning more than 50 years, concerning Velikovsky's controversial ideas, the books that he wrote, and the history of opposition and criticism from the academic community that he received following the publication of his first book, Worlds in Collision, in 1950. Colleges and universities threatened to boycott the textbook division of the publisher, Macmillan & Co., which led to the transfer of the publishing rights to Doubleday & Co., even though the book had reached the number one spot on the best-sellers list. The book was eventually banned from a number of academic institutions, and several people lost their jobs because of it.
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Indians of Chiapas, Mexico, Film Negatives Collection, 1946-1964
Consists of 14 negatives (8x10 inches) of the Lacandón Maya by Giles G. Healey made at the same time he discovered the Maya murals at Bonampak while on assignment from The United Fruit Company in 1946, and approximately 1,500 negatives (120 format, 6 centimeters) of the Tzeltal and Lacandón Maya of the Chiapas Highlands taken by Ralph Hilt from approximately 1960 to 1964.
Series 1: Giles G. Healey Negatives, 1946
This series consists of 14 (8x10 in.) black-and-white negatives of Lacandón natives, their lifestyle in the jungle (including hunting, cooking, and the harvesting of bark), and one image of a mural at Bonampak. They were taken in 1946 under the aegis of the United Fruit Company and collected by Charles Morrow Wilson (1905–1977) for use in publications.
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Industrial Relations Section Records, 1922-1984 (mostly 1930-1965)
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The Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University was established in 1922 to enhance and extend the knowledge of industrial relations. The Section serves the university community, industry, and the government and includes a research program, a special library, and aids in instruction at Princeton University. The Section's records document the research and administration of the Section and include financial papers and materials related to its conferences, publications, and research.
1927-1952, 1927-1952
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Ingersoll Family Collection, 1797-1954 (mostly 1797-1865)
Consists chiefly of letters of the Constitution signer and Philadelphia lawyer Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
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Ira Owen Wade Collection, 1914-1969
Ira Owen Wade (Princeton Class of 1924) was a professor of French in Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. His collection consists of typescript of his writings on Voltaire, professional correspondence, research notes, and some student work.
Correspondence, 1930-1969
Mixed correspondence, including a letter to Wade from Albert Camus and Wade's own graduate record at Princeton.
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Ivy Ledbetter Lee Papers, 1881-2003 (mostly 1915-1946)
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The Ivy L. Lee Papers consist of personal papers and material from the public relations firm of Ivy Lee and Associates, documenting Ivy Lee's public relations theories and practice. Included are correspondence, diaries, articles, writings, public relations material, newsreels, and photographs reflecting Lee's interest in public relations, transportation (especially railroads), financial markets, and foreign relations, among others. Digital images of the Interborough Rapid Transit posters in Series 9 are available at Digital PUL.
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Jack Iams Mystery Novels, 1946-1950
Jack Iams (Samuel Harvey Iams, Jr.), Class of 1932, was a noted mystery writer in the first part of the twentieth century. The collection includes notes, drafts, outlines, and typescripts for seven of Iams's mysteries, as well as several assorted items, such a book jacket proofs and page proofs.
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Jackson Mathews Collection of Sylvia Beach, 1921-1965
Consists of letters and other material related to Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American proprietress of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company, collected by Jackson Mathews (1907?-1978).
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Jack Thompson papers related to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946
Oliver "Jack" Thompson joined the U.S. Army in 1942, and served under General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan from 1946-1956. During the Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), Thompson served in the Public Information Office as a 1st Lieutenant. The collection largely consists of judgements, summation documents, and opinions from the IMTFE.
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Jacob D. Beam Papers, 1920-1980
Jacob D. Beam, class of 1929, was a career diplomat, serving as United States ambassador to Poland (1957-1961), Czechoslovakia (1966-1969), and the Soviet Union (1969-1973). The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs and assorted memorabilia, documenting sixty years of Ambassador Beam's life and service.
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Jacob Newton Beam Papers, 1914-1950 (mostly 1940-1950)
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to Princeton University and personal correspondence of Jacob Newton Beam (Princeton Class of 1896, professor of German, 1899-1927). Of particular note is a file of letters from his son, Jacob Dyneley Beam (Princeton Class of 1929), written while he was serving at the American embassies in London, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Indonesia. The collection also includes Jacob N. Beam's lectures notes and publications.
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Jacob Viner Papers, 1909-1979 (mostly 1930-1960)
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Jacob Viner (1892-1970) is considered one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. His career was spent at the University of Chicago and Princeton University, and he also frequently served as an advisor to the United States government. His primary academic interests included international economics, international economic relations, and the history of economic thought, but his investigations ranged across many disciplines. Viner's papers document his scholarship, as well as his government service, and include correspondence, manuscripts, reports, and research materials.
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Jacques Roumani Research Files on Libya, circa 1910-1990
Consists of research files, primarily government records, of scholar and author Jacques Roumani (1944-2016) on Libya during the period of Italian colonization.
Cyrenaica, 1941 to 1942, 1941-1947
Includes orders by British occupying forces, December to February 1941-42, in Benghazi; propaganda campaign by Italian government directed at Arabs, 1942; Some documents are in English, some translated into Italian; Italian reports on events; looting and Italian farms; and documents from 1947 concerning compensation for Libyan students.
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James Creese Letters to Thomas H. English, 1918-1971
Consists of approximately 175 letters by college president James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918) to his Princeton classmate and friend Thomas H. English, who became a professor of English at Emory University, Georgia.
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James Creese Papers, 1822-1960
Consists of some undergraduate and graduate papers of James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918), as well as papers from his tenures as successive presidents of the Stevens and Drexel Institutues of Technology.
Correspondence, 1920-1950
Correspondence of James Creese, Jr., including letters to his parents from graduate school; letters marking his election as president of the Stevens and Drexel Institutes of Technology; and letters concerning his days at Princeton and reunion events.
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James Gould Cozzens Papers, 1878-1978 (mostly 1940-1969)
The collection illustrates the literary and military careers of James Gould Cozzens in manuscripts, notebooks, diaries (1920-1970), war journals (1911-1945), correspondence (general, family, and business), documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs.
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James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry, 1930-1949
Consists of papers of James G. Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton, related to New Jersey industrial history.
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James Holly Hanford Correspondence, 1912-1954
Consists of selected letters to American scholar and educator James Holly Hanford, most of them concerning his studies of John Milton.
Letters to James Holly Hanford: 1919-1953 mostly from Milton scholars, 1919-1953
Letters: 1919-1927, 1928-1939, 1940-1944, 1948-1953.
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James Hugh Keeley, Jr. Papers, 1898-1975 (mostly 1921-1975)
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The James H. Keeley Jr. papers document Keeley's career in the Foreign Service from 1920 through the 1960s. Over the course of his career, Keeley served in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Canada, Greece, Belgium, and Italy.
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James Mark Baldwin Collection, 1868-1987
Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed material relating to the professional career and personal life of American psychologist James Mark Baldwin (Princeton Class of 1884).
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James Newman Collection on the Princeton University Eating Clubs, 1935-1992 (mostly 1958-1992)
This collection documents James Newman's efforts to establish the Princeton Prospect Foundation, a non-profit organization which adds an educational mission to the dining and social functions of the University Eating Clubs. James Newman proposed this plan via the Princeton Tower Club while he was chairman of the Graduate Inter-Club Council in 1958. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence and memorandum while Newman was president involving the Foundation and the Princeton Tower Club. Also included in the collection is correspondence with administrators at Princeton University concerning the Princeton University Eating Clubs, reports evaluating the role of the University Eating Clubs in undergraduate life, and material concerning Newman's work while chairman of the Graduate Inter-Club Council and his relations to the Council after his resignation.
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James Penrose Harland papers, 1906-1969
James Penrose Harland was a graduate of the Princeton University Class of 1913. The collection consists of James Penrose Harland's diaries, as well as clippings, photographs, postcards, and some correspondence.
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James Ramsey Ullman Papers, 1915-1971 (mostly 1935-1970)
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Consists of the extant papers of James Ramsey Ullman (Princeton Class of 1929), American novelist, theatrical producer, world traveler, and mountain climber. Included are manuscripts of most of his major works, many shorter works, correspondence, and subject files.
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James R. Vitelli Collection on Van Wyck Brooks and Elmer Adler, 1910-1993 (mostly 1951-1985)
This collection consists of materials collected by Dr. James R. Vitelli, an English professor at Lafayette College, during his research on American literary critic Van Wyck Brooks and American book designer Elmer Adler.
Printed matter, 1929-1959
Photocopies; clippings of articles; Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 16, 1952; Grolier Club booklet, 1952.
Series 1: Van Wyck Brooks, 1910- 1991
This series contains James R. Vitelli's writings on Van Wyck Brooks; correspondence, including that between Vitelli and Van Wyck Brooks and notes on several of their conversations; correspondence between Vitelli and Gladys Brooks regarding her husband; two drafts of a book by Van Wyck Brooks; and miscellaneous materials.
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James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 (mostly 1946-1968)
Consists (primarily) of manuscripts of works by Handel and his contemporaries but also of correspondence and subject files gathered by James S. Hall, the English surgeon who collected most of the manuscripts.
Series 1: Manuscripts of Handel's Works and Works by Contemporary Composers, 1720-1958
A collection of 29 bound manuscripts including but not restricted to contemporary copies of Handel's musical works. Some of these copybooks include works by other contemporary composers. Also included are several indices of Handel's works and a scrapbook concerning 19th-century performances at various Handel festivals.
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James Stewart Collection, 1936-1959
The James Stewart Collection contains seventeen screenplays of films in which starred American actor, Jimmy Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932).
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James V. Forrestal Papers, 1907-1958 (mostly 1940-1949)
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James V. Forrestal (1892-1949) was a Wall Street businessman who played an important role in U.S. military operations during and immediately after World War II. From 1940 to 1949 Forrestal served as, in order, assistant to President Roosevelt, Under Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy, and the first Secretary of Defense. The Forrestal Papers document his service from Under Secretary of the Navy to Secretary of Defense and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, and press releases.
1917-1918, 1917-1918, 1934-1948
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1918-1920, 1918-1920, 1944-1950
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James Ward Smith Correspondence, 1934-1946
James Ward Smith enrolled at Princeton University in 1934, first graduating with the Class of 1938 before proceeding with graduate studies in Princeton's Department of Philosophy. Following his military service during WWII, Smith returned to Princeton to begin a long career as Professor of Philosophy. The collection is comprised of letters written by Smith to his parents from September, 1934, when Smith entered Princeton, to his discharge from the Navy in 1946.
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Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (mostly 1860-1900)
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Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.
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Jan Valtin Papers, 1930s-1959
Consists of papers of "Jan Valtin," the literary pseudonym of Richard Julius Herman Krebs.
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Jasper E. Crane Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1783-1968 (mostly 1783-1897)
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Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, documents, portraits, and other items created by or about United States President James Madison (Class of 1771) and Dolley Madison, collected by Jasper E. Crane (Class of 1901).
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J. Bryan Papers, 1935-1985
Joseph Bryan was an author and editor who worked with many prominent magazines and published several novels in the first half of the twentieth century. This collection contains letters to Bryan from his friends H. Allen Smith (about 160 letters, 1954-1976), Frank Sullivan (about 100 letters, 1938-1975), and Finis Farr (about 500 letters, 1935-1981). It also contains page proofs from Merry Gentlemen and a typescript of "Man of Letters: Finis Farr, 1904-1982."
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J. Douglas Brown Papers, 1910-1978 (mostly 1930-1970)
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J. Douglas Brown (1898-1986) was an economist and Princeton University administrator who was an expert in the field of industrial relations, especially on the subjects of Social Security and personnel and manpower issues. He was one of the leaders in the development of the Social Security program and also served in the War Department during World War II on manpower issues. Brown's papers document his career as a government consultant, as a scholar, and as a university administrator and include his correspondence and writings, reports, meeting minutes, notes, and publications.
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J. Duncan Spaeth Collection, 1865-1957
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of J. Duncan Spaeth, a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton.
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Jean Labatut Papers, 1915-1983 (mostly 1920-1979)
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The Jean Labatut Papers consists of the professional papers of Jean Labatut (1899-1986), which include correspondence with prominent twentieth-century architects, landscape architects, and designers, the architectural files for his major and minor projects, and the administrative papers and teaching materials that he accumulated while he was the Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture at Princeton University (1928-1967), the position for which he is best remembered. Also included are Labatut's family papers, containing albums of photographs compiled by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, while she helped to operate a convalescence home founded by her husband in France for soldiers in World War I.
Conferences and Exhibitions: Planning Man's Physical Environment, 1946
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Jeffrey E. Fuller Papers, 1941-1970
Jeffrey Fuller (1917-1970) worked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1948 to 1966 and also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Fuller's papers document his service in the U.S. military and his work for the ACLU and include his personal and professional correspondence, memoranda, and diaries.
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Jerome Karabel Papers, 1936-1999
Jerome Karabel is an American sociologist known for his research on university admissions policies. Consists of materials compiled by Jerome Karabel while researching for his 2005 book The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The papers contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documents.
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J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (mostly 1880-1939)
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Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.
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Jimmy Stewart Collection, 1930-1979
The Jimmy Stewart Collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about the life and career of American actor, James Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932). Also included in the collection are film stills and other photographs.
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J. Monroe Thorington Collection, 1848-1983 (mostly 1920-1964)
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about mountaineer J. Monroe Thorington (Princeton Class of 1915), as well as some papers of other people.
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John and Stella Burgess Papers, 1884-1971
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Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, a commonplace book, a genealogy, and printed matter of John Burgess (Princeton Class of 1905) and his wife, Stella Fisher Burgess, poet and translator.
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Clippings, 1891-1949
Includes correspondence between John and Stella Burgess, Stella Burgess and her father, and several obituaries of John S. Burgess.
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John Biggs Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald Estate Papers, 1936-1978 (mostly 1940-1949)
Consists of the correspondence and legal documents of John Biggs (Princeton Class of 1918) accumulated as executor and trustee of the estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Princeton Class of 1917).
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John Butler Yeats Collection, 1909-1978 (mostly 1911-1922)
Consists of original manuscripts, drawings, correspondence, miscellaneous materials, photographs and portraits, articles, clippings, and other printed material by and related to the Irish portrait painter John Butler Yeats.
Series 2: Copies, 1901-1978
Consists of the research material compiled by William Murphy, Glenn O'Malley, and Donald Torchiana, primarily typed transcripts and photocopies of the original correspondence by Yeats in the collection, as well as other correspondence by, to, and about Yeats. The majority of the transcripts and photocopies (with the exception of part of the John Quinn material) are housed in individual folders. These folders are arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically as explained in series I. A large portion is dedicated to the correspondence between John Quinn and Yeats, as well as Quinn and others, from the John Quinn Memorial Collection in the New York Public Library. The part of the John Quinn material not organized as above, includes photocopies from microfilm and autographed transcripts grouped separately in large folders. There are also files concerning the relationship between Yeats and Padraic Colum, miscellaneous research material, and microfilm of the Quinn letters.
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John Cleve Green Collection, 1866-1989
John Cleve Green was a Princeton-area businessman and investor who was a notable benefactor of Princeton College primarily during the administration of President James McCosh. The John Cleve Green Collection consists of research materials compiled regarding the life of John Cleve Green and his contributions to Princeton University.
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John Cobb Cooper Papers, 1917-1966
John "Judge" Cobb Cooper (1887-1967) was a Princeton University graduate and a pioneer in the field of Aerospace Law. The collection is composed of correspondence and other materials pertaining to Cooper's activities as Curator of Class Records and as an active member of the Friends of the Library and the Graduate Council.
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John D. Davies Collection on Hobey Baker, 1908-1997 (mostly 1908-1969)
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The John D. Davies Collection on Hobey Baker, located in the University Archives, contains research materials gathered by Davies for the publication, The Legend of Hobey Baker (Little, Brown & Company, 1966). These papers contain correspondence, research notes, manuscript drafts, photographs and printed material pertaining to Hobey A. H. Baker's career as an athlete at St. Paul's Preparatory School, at Princeton University, and as a member of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. Baker died in an airplane crash in 1918.
Series 1: Henry W. H. Baker Files, 1918-1959
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Series 1: the Henry W. H. Baker Files, contains correspondence, including typescripts of Hobey A. H. Baker correspondence and notes collected by Baker in 1959. Baker was a nephew of Hobart A. H. Baker and was interested in the legacy of his uncle.
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John Doar Papers, 1938-2009 (mostly 1960-1974)
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John Doar (1921-2014) was a lawyer who worked for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (1960-1967) and was chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee investigating the Watergate scandal (1973-1974). He also served as president of the New York City Board of Education (1968-1969) and as president of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Development and Services Corporation (1967-1973). The collection primarily documents Doar's tenure with the Civil Rights Division in the form of court records, investigation files, correspondence, and notes, though materials from Doar's time on the Watergate impeachment inquiry committee and on the Board of Education are also present. To a lesser extent, the collection is composed of records from Doar's work for the Bedford-Stuyvesant Corporation and his private law practice.
1971(a) Cases, 1946-1966
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John Ennis Papers, 1935-2016 (mostly 1967-2016)
Consists of writings, editorial files, correspondence, teaching materials, and other professional working files of Irish poet John Ennis (1944- ), including drafts of his published poetry and unpublished work from the late 1960s through 2016, editorial files related to anthologies of Irish and Canadian poetry he edited between 2002 and 2009, and materials documenting the activities of the Irish arts organization Poetry Ireland and its journal Poetry Ireland Review from its inception in 1978 through the 1990s.