Wall 1, 1842-2005
Contains books shelved on Wall 1, i.e. the wall through which one enters the Studio. It includes a run of Anglophone literature in approximate alphabetical order (running from The Oxford Book of English Verse (1.6.1.1) and Paul Auster (1.6.1.2) to Israel Zangwill (1.6.5.28) and a little beyond to photocopied material on Shakespeare and Coleridge (1.6.6.1).
Wall 2, 1910-2010
Contains books shelved on Wall 2, i.e. the wall to the left when entering the Studio.
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Brigham, Clarence S.: History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1947
Bifolium, 4to; prospectus for this authoritative bibliography by the director of the Society, includes sample page and the terms of subscription. Text in red and black, previous fold.
The printers' Valhalla, 1947
8vo, unpaginated; prospectus catalogue for this series of books, each "devoted to an individual whose career contributed to the development of bookmaking during the five hundred years since the invention of typography". Titles to include "Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press," "Isaiah Thomas of Worcester, Massachusetts," "Gregory Dexter of London and New England," and "Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz". Integral order form addressed to the Chiswick Book Shop, New York, NY.
The printers' Valhalla, 1947
8vo, unpaginated; prospectus catalogue for this series of books, each "devoted to an individual whose career contributed to the development of bookmaking during the five hundred years since the invention of typography". Titles to include "Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press," "Isaiah Thomas of Worcester, Massachusetts," "Gregory Dexter of London and New England," and "Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz". Integral order form.
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Geographical Playbills Collection, 1832-1980 (mostly 1925-1965)
The Geographical Playbills Collection consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.
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Arthur Friedman Collection of Programs and Playbills, 1893-1973
Arthur Friedman is an American collector in music and theater. His collection consists of bound scrapbooks of opera programs and playbills for theater and concert performances covering eighty years of regular attendance by Friedman in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and various legitimate theaters.
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Protestant Churches in Cuba III, 1947-2002
This microfilm contains materials published or distributed by Protestant organizations in Cuba. Many are published or printed by independent evangelical groups but distributed by various Protestant denominations or individual churches.
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Politics in Argentina, II, 1943-2004
This collection consists of flyers, pamphlets, and serials concerning the political process and society in Argentina. The material in the elections sections is comprised primarily of propaganda from the 2001 legislative elections and 2003 presidential elections in Argentina.
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Mary Poppins Business Correspondence, 1943 March 19-1986 July1 (mostly 1950-1975)
Letters to Mary Shepard (Knox), illustrator of the Mary Poppins books, spanning 1943 March 19-1968 September 25. From business correspondents, most notably her agent A. S. Knight.
P. L. Travers Personal Documents, circa 1946-1994 September 16 (mostly 1965-1992)
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Notes by P. L. Travers on fairy tales, myth, and other subjects.
Newspaper Articles by P. L. Travers, 1943-1980 (mostly 1970-1980)
Clippings and photocopies of articles by P. L. Travers. Some are reviews of children's books. Other topics include: childhood, fairy tales, myth and tradition, writing for children, and the relationship between writer and artist.
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Radio Scripts Collection, 1938-1947
The Radio Scripts Collection consists of typescripts of scripts for various radio programs such as "The Cavalcade of America" (represented by the most scripts), "The Eternal Light," "Books and Authors," "What's New in Books," "Pepper Young's Family," "The Goldbergs," and others.
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T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection, 1900-1969 (mostly 1913-1959)
The collection consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering over forty-five years of play-going by T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) but includes some early 20th-century playbills from the London theater as well as foreign playbills from Greece, Turkey, Belgium, China, Japan, Denmark, Holland, and England.
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Harper Books for Boys and Girls, 1929-1962
1929-1930; 1930; 1936; Fall 1945; Fall 1946 (marked in blue crayon by DBF); 1947 (marked in pencil by Coker); 1948; 1949 (marked in pencil by Perkins); 1950 (marked in pencil by Perkins); 1951; 1952; 1953 (marked in pencil by D. Howley); 1954; 1955; Spring 1956; 1956; Spring 1957 (marked in pencil by DWB?); 1957; Spring 1958; 1958 (marked in pen and pencil by Dorothea Howley); Spring 1959 (some prices updated in black pen); 1959; photocopy of pg. 40-44 of Spring 1960 issue; photocopy of pg. 13-33 of Fall 1960 issue; Fall 1961; Spring 1962 (marked in pencil by Mr. Rose).
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American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979
The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. The collection consists of programs of performances of the Ballet Theatre dance company from its first performance in 1940 until 1979.
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Legal and political issues, 1920-2002
Pamphlets, articles, pronouncements, and other miscellaneous items from the following sources:
Agrarian Issues in Peru, III, 1920-2003
This collection contains pamphlets, bulletins, posters, and other miscellaneous items addressing a variety of agrarian issues in Peru, including farming techniques and practices, environmental concerns, land reform, political-economic aspects of agriculture, and the controversy over coca production.
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Mass, Prayers, and Other Rituals, 1932-1994
(see also File 7: History, File 16: Religious Study and Education)
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