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Whitney M. Young, Jr. papers, 1960-1977
300 boxesCorrespondence, speeches, reports, testimony, press releases, and articles of Young. The files document Young's leadership in many social welfare and civil rights organizations, as well as his activities as a columnist and speaker. Cataloged correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Roy Wilkins, and John W. Gardner.
Donald C. Brace Papers, 1839-1991, bulk 1901-1955
3 linear feetSubseries II.2: Business Files, 1919-1991
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- sales reports on the textbook division and 1949 Survey of the Textbook Publishing Industry, a 1953
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This subseries includes the minutes of incorporation outlining the corporate structure of Harcourt Brace & Howe in 1919 (Howe soon left and the firm was renamed Harcourt, Brace & Co.) as well as minutes of subsequent meetings of the board of directors and stockholders through 1939. The subseries also includes newspaper and magazine clippings about the firm, memoranda, letters of resignation addressed to the board of directors, the 1949 Report of the President to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a 1949 sales reports on the textbook division and 1949 Survey of the Textbook Publishing Industry, a 1953 report on the compensation of textbook salespersons, and the preliminary prospectus of Harcourt Brace's initial public offering in 1960.
George A. Plimpton Papers, 1634-1956
24 linear feetGeorge Arthur Plimpton Papers, 1889-1936
1.25 Linear FeetGeorge Arthur Plimpton collection of Hornbooks, 1600-1900
7 boxesThis collection includes hornbooks, battledores, and facsimiles of hornbooks, a few hornbook-adjacent items, and supporting documents. Hornbooks and battledores were used from the 14th through the 19th centuries for the earliest steps of training in literacy: learning to recognize letterforms, and sometimes to read syllables and/or short texts.