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Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Library
3390 Park Avenue
New York
NY
10024
USA
collections@lyrasis.org
The Lyrasis Special Collections showcase unique and rare materials curated to support research, education, and the preservation of cultural heritage across member institutions. (DEMO).

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Communist Party of the United States of America Records, 1900-2007, circa 1900-2007-1940 - 1991

1 Linear Feet 525.0 linear feet (approx. 525 records cartons; some flat boxes, possibly)
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Harold Scheffler Papers, 1926 - 1981

6.90 Electronic file (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders) 6.90 linear feet (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders)
The papers of Harold Scheffler, anthropologist and ethnographer, relate to Scheffler's field research on ambilineal descent groups on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands between 1958 and 1961 and to his comparative study of religious revitalization movements, especially the Christian Fellowship Church, conducted on Rendova Island between 1967 and 1968. Scheffler studied social structure, kinship and ethnographic semantics among Varisi language speakers on Choiseul Island (1958-1961), among Baniata language speakers on Rendova Island (1967-1968), and among Simbo islanders (1960). Materials include correspondence with colleagues and students; manuscripts of journal articles and published works; ethnographic data collected in diaries, field notes, genealogies, photographs, and audiorecordings. Also included are grammars, vocabularies and linguistic materials for the Varisi and Baniata languages of the Solomon Islands. Of particular interest are manuscript notes by Bernard Deacon, a British anthropologist, and typescript transcriptions of Deacon's notes by Camilla Wedgewood on Ambryn Island, New Hebrides. The papers span the period from 1926 to 1981 with the bulk of the material generated between 1958 and 1971. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS BY SCHEFFLER, 3) CHOISEUL ISLAND FIELDWORK, 4) RENDOVA ISLAND FIELDWORK, 5) MISCELLANEOUS FIELDWORK, 6) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 7) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 8) AUDIORECORDINGS.
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Harold Scheffler Papers, 1926 - 1981 6.90 Electronic file (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders) 6.90 linear feet (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders)

 
Scheffler, Harold W.
The papers of Harold Scheffler, anthropologist and ethnographer, relate to Scheffler's field research on ambilineal descent groups on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands between 1958 and 1961 and to his comparative study of religious revitalization movements, especially the Christian Fellowship Church, conducted on Rendova Island between 1967 and 1968. Scheffler studied social structure, kinship and ethnographic semantics among Varisi language speakers on Choiseul Island (1958-1961), among Baniata language speakers on Rendova Island (1967-1968), and among Simbo islanders (1960). Materials include correspondence with colleagues and students; manuscripts of journal articles and published works; ethnographic data collected in diaries, field notes, genealogies, photographs, and audiorecordings. Also included are grammars, vocabularies and linguistic materials for the Varisi and Baniata languages of the Solomon Islands. Of particular interest are manuscript notes by Bernard Deacon, a British anthropologist, and typescript transcriptions of Deacon's notes by Camilla Wedgewood on Ambryn Island, New Hebrides. The papers span the period from 1926 to 1981 with the bulk of the material generated between 1958 and 1971. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS BY SCHEFFLER, 3) CHOISEUL ISLAND FIELDWORK, 4) RENDOVA ISLAND FIELDWORK, 5) MISCELLANEOUS FIELDWORK, 6) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 7) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 8) AUDIORECORDINGS.
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Kansas Society of New York ephemera, 1900-1995

.25 Linear Feet 1 document case
Flyers, pamphlets, membership rosters and other items from the Kansas Society of New York, an informal organization for individuals from Kansas residing in or visiting New York City.
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Flyers, 1940-1995 Box 1, Folder 4

 

Changed the physical location of this folder in this box just to see what would happen with bulk updating archival object records.

Kansas Society of New York ephemera, 1900-1995 .25 Linear Feet 1 document case

 
Kansas Society of New York
Flyers, pamphlets, membership rosters and other items from the Kansas Society of New York, an informal organization for individuals from Kansas residing in or visiting New York City.
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The O'Brien Family Papers, 1835-1987

77 Box 38 Maps
The O'Brien Family Papers document the remarkably parallel lives of three generations of the O'Brien men. George, Chenault, and Chilton O'Brien were leaders who improved Southeast Texas by their service in the military, political, business, religious, and organizational life of Beaumont, Texas.
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Wayward Family papers, 1847-1963

2.0 Linear Feet 2 Box 2.0 Linear feet 2 record cartons

Scope and Contents note

The Wayward family papers includes material from several Wayward descedents living in the 19th and 20th centuries, and was collected by variou family members. Document types in the collection include correspondence, diaries, clippings, posters and audio tapes about the Wayward family and their various activities.

See the scope and content note for each series for more details about the collection contents.

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Grover Allen Wayward OFF records, 1941-1942 1.0 Cassettes 1 Electronic file 1.0 Linear feet 1 record carton

 

Scope and Contents note

The materials in this series document the dissemination of information, propaganda, public opinion and concerns for the "post war order" during the years 1941-1942, during which time Grover Wayward served in the government. Many of the memorand are addressed to Archibald MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, who served as Director of the OFF.

Wayward Family papers, 1847-1963 2.0 Linear Feet 2 Box 2.0 Linear feet 2 record cartons

 
Palmer, Russell

Scope and Contents note

The Wayward family papers includes material from several Wayward descedents living in the 19th and 20th centuries, and was collected by variou family members. Document types in the collection include correspondence, diaries, clippings, posters and audio tapes about the Wayward family and their various activities.

See the scope and content note for each series for more details about the collection contents.

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Jedediah Horcrux Congreave fly fishing correspondence and photographs, 1925-1992

1 Electronic file 1 Box 1 Linear Feet 1 record cartons

Content Description

Correspondence and photographs spanning 1925-1992 and documenting Jedediah Horcrux Congreave's interest in fly fishing. Included in the collection are letters to Congreave's father between 1925-1935; correspondence from and to diverse friends, colleagues, and associates sharing Congreave's interest in fly fishing; and photographs of many of Congreave's fishing expeditiions. More detailed descriptions of the materials are provided below.

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Jedediah Horcrux Congreave fly fishing correspondence and photographs, 1925-1992 1 Electronic file 1 Box 1 Linear Feet 1 record cartons

 
Figgie Dog

Content Description

Correspondence and photographs spanning 1925-1992 and documenting Jedediah Horcrux Congreave's interest in fly fishing. Included in the collection are letters to Congreave's father between 1925-1935; correspondence from and to diverse friends, colleagues, and associates sharing Congreave's interest in fly fishing; and photographs of many of Congreave's fishing expeditiions. More detailed descriptions of the materials are provided below.

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Maya Angelou collection, 1940-2012

5 Box

2 boxes of materials containing signed first edition novels, typed letters, handwritten notes, two thumb drives, and photographs of the author

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Maya Angelou collection, 1940-2012 5 Box

 

2 boxes of materials containing signed first edition novels, typed letters, handwritten notes, two thumb drives, and photographs of the author

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Test record with EVERY NOTE EVER (well, almost every note), 1875-1995

2 Linear feet 2 boxes + 2 oversize folders
This is an abstract.
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