Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: "Diplomatic history" Remove constraint "Diplomatic history" Repository Rare Book & Manuscript Library Remove constraint Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Search Results

Carlton J.H. Hayes papers, 1920-1962

14 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope

Manuscripts, notes, lecture materials, and papers of Hayes. There are six boxes of correspondence, notes, and documents relating to the war years, 1942-1945, when Prof. Hayes served as Ambassador to Spain. The collection also includes the notes, drafts, and typescripts of Prof. Hayes' publications including his books Wartime Mission in Spain, 1942-1945 (New York, 1945), History of Europe (New York, 1956), A Political and Cultural History of Modern Europe (New York, 1932-1936), Generation of Materialism (New York, 1941), Christanity and Western Civilization (Stanford, 1954), and Contemporary Europe Since 1970 (New York, 1958). There are also notes and typescripts of an "Autobiography," which is apparently unpublished. Included in the collection are two boxes of catalogued correspondence.

1 result

Kenneth Waltz papers, 1940-2012

11.25 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope
Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013) was a professor and scholar of Political Science and International Relations. Waltz was influential in helping to shape the field of International Relations and published extensively. The collection contains materials related to his scholarship and teaching, including many handwritten notes alongside articles and newspaper clippings on topics within International Relations, as well as a small amount of personal material and correspondence.
1 result

Columbia University Press records, 1893-2000s, bulk 1923-2000s

752 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope

This collection contains the correspondence, editorial files and office files of the Columbia University Press, primarily from its reorganization in 1923 by Frederick Coykendall to the present.

George Vernadsky Papers, circa 1500-1973, bulk circa 1918-1973

100 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope
Papers of George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii, 1887-1973), Yale University professor of Russian history. The collection also includes materials from the Vernadsky/Vernadskii family, especially George Vernadsky's wife, Nina Vernadsky, his parents, Vladimir Vernadskii and Nataliia Vernadskaia, and his sister, Nina Toll'.

Marc Raeff papers, 1941-2008

38.2 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope
Correspondence, research materials, and personal papers of Marc Isaakovich Raeff (1926-2008), a Russian history scholar and Bakhmeteff Professor of Russian Studies at Columbia University.

René Albrecht-Carrié papers, 1934-1978

7.5 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope

These papers include the manuscripts of his fourteen books on European history, his research notes, manuscripts and printed copies of his many articles, lectures, contributions to books, and other notes. There is also some correspondence relating to his writings. In addition there are 16 letters from Albrecht-Carrié to Professor Stephen Koss, discussing University matters and international affairs.

1 result

Annette Baker Fox papers, 9999

5 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope

Essays, drafts, notes, research files, memoranda, teaching materials, etc.

No additional results

Benckendorff Family Papers, 1772-1968

16.32 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope
The bulk of the collection consists of Benckendorff family correspondence with prominent Russian noble families, documents, and photographs. There are also manuscripts, financial statements and drawings.
No additional results

Subbotić-Pereplotchikov Family Papers, 1861-2002

11.5 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope
The papers are comprised of correspondence, documents, writings, diaries, memoirs, photographs, printed material, and ephemera of Yugoslav diplomat Ivan Subbotić (1893-1973); his wife, a prominent scholar Anka Gođevac-Subbotić (1890-1983); their son-in-law Igor Pereplotchikov (1912-2002), and other family members.
No additional results

Group Research Inc. records, 1955-1996

215 linear feet
Abstract Or Scope

Wesley McCune founded Group Research Inc. in 1962 after a successful career as a journalist for such magazines as "Newsweek", "Time", "Life", and "Changing Times. Group Research Inc. was based in Washington DC until ceasing operations in the mid-1990s. The organization collected materials that focus on the right-wing and span four decades. The archive includes information about and by right-wing organizations and activists in the form of publications, correspondence, pamphlets, reports, the newspaper "Congressional Record," and magazine clippings and other ephemera. McCune and his small staff also published an initially bi-monthly but in later years monthly newsletter Group Research Report which kept its subscribers abreast of the latest views and actions of right-wingers.

1 result