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Marshall Berman papers, 1940-2013

47.5 linear feet

The collection includes drafts of his work, professional and personal correspondence, emails (both digital and in hard copy), notebooks, dream journals, heavily annotated books, lecture notes, teaching materials, photographs and ephemera. Several RBML collections already contain correspondence with Berman. For scholars, this collection will provide important new insights into the thought and work of a leading late-20th-century New York City intellectual. An important segment of the Marshall Berman papers consists of digital materials connected with his more recent work as a writer, scholar, and teacher. The files are currently stored on his home computer.

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Poli Sci 317x: "The First World City: Politics and Culture in New York", 1998 Box 20, Folder 35

materials, copy of Berman's article, "The Lonely Crowd: New York After the War," for Ric Burns, ed. New York

Proposal for interdisciplinary course at CCNY, syllabi, printed copies of readings, course materials, copy of Berman's article, "The Lonely Crowd: New York After the War," for Ric Burns, ed. New York: An Illustrated History (Knopf, 2003)

  1. Marshall Berman Papers
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Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001

32.62 linear feet
The collection consists of materials used by Frederick Fried in his research and writing about folk art and material culture, especially related to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. A significant portion of the collection consists of the personal archive of William F. Mangels, which was purchased by Fried in 1955. Mangels was a designer and manufacturer of amusement rides and founder of the American Museum of Public Recreation at Coney Island. Subjects include amusement parks, amusement rides, architecture, bathing pavilions, beaches, beauty contests, carousels, carousel animals, Brooklyn, coin-operated machines, Coney Island, exhibitions, games of chance and skill, hotels, mechanical rides, mechanization, parades, pleasure railways, recreation, roller coasters, sideshows, transportation, and other subjects related to American material culture and popular amusement.
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