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Bovey autograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss040
Abstract

The collection contains signed autographed letters, signed documents, and signed photographs of notable persons from the United States, England, France, Germany, Austria, and Russia.

Dates: 1541-1940

Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps Pearsall Resse papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss025
Abstract

The collection contains several hundred letters to the Countess Resse from friends and others.

Dates: 1880-1924

German Propaganda collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss038
Abstract

The collection includes propaganda leaflets, newspapers, booklets, pamphlets, stickers, and postcards distributed by the various political parties in Germany, prior to the election of 1932 and Nazi period. Included are items from the Nazi, Communist, Socialist, Centrist and Catholic parties.

Dates: 1932-1933, circa 1942

Leonard Lewisohn collection of Robert Bly poetry translation materials

 Collection
Identifier: Mss081C
Abstract

This collection contains audio recordings of a 2002 London reading of Persian poetry in translation by poet and translator Robert Bly, correspondence regarding publishing the recordings, and posters of various Bly readings. In addition, there is a 2008 edition of Shokaran, a literary magazine published in Tehran, Iran, devoted entirely to Bly's poetry.

Dates: 1990-1992, 2002-2003, 2008-2009

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss042
Abstract

Includes manuscripts, account books, ships' journals, travel diaries, government manuscripts, journals, etc. purchased by Library staff and consolidated in one collection.

Dates: 1531-1956; (bulk 1804-1889)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts-II

 Collection
Identifier: Mss048
Abstract The collection comprises five different collections and includes samples of Noyes’ poetry, 2 holograph letters, and the original ms. of "Dead Man’s Morrice"; seven drawings by Wilfrid Huggins; four holograph letters by Ruth Draper; a collection of correspondence (holograph or typewritten) by many authors on a variety of subjects generally from the 19th century; and a second collection of holograph or typewritten correspondence and other items, mainly from the first half of the 20th...
Dates: 1696-1951

Notes of research on life and works of Joseph von Görres

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Identifier: Mss035
Abstract

Collection contains historical extracts, documents, undated letters, indexes, bibliography of Görres works, and an analysis of Görres' letters.

Dates: 1614-1864 (bulk 1796-1827)

Robert Bly papers

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Identifier: Mss081
Abstract

This collection contains the work of poet, writer, translator, activist, performer, literary editor, and publisher, Robert Bly. The materials include manuscripts, correspondence, journals, audiovisual items, photographs, publishers' galley proofs, news clippings, scrapbooks, and school assignments from childhood through Harvard, U.S. Naval service, State University of Iowa, and his career in writing, translating, and publishing poetry, prose, and plays.

Dates: Circa 1900s-2009; Majority of material found within 1946-1999

War in the Palatinate letters and documents

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Identifier: Mss027
Abstract

The collection (from the Balthasard archives) contains letters from Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, and Charles Caspar von der Leyen, Elector of Trier, to Alexandre Hippolyte Balthasard, Duke of Bournonville. Enclosures with the French and German correspondence include copies of military reports from the field and a diplomatic protocol.

Dates: 1656, 1674

World War Materials (Miscellaneous)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss036A
Abstract

Collection contains recruiting and promotional materials, cartoons, pamphlets, and posters from the United States, France, England, and other countries from the two World Wars plus some German identity papers and other miscellaneous items from that time period.

Dates: 1914-1945

World War Poster collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss036
Abstract

Posters are from World Wars I and II and the German election of 1932. War posters are from U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, and Scandinavia. Subjects include recruiting, war bond sales, food conservation, civil defense and many other topics.

Dates: circa 1914-1945