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Henry Hope Reed papers, 1911-1998

28 document boxes
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Henry Hope Reed (1915-2013) was an American author, architecture critic and advocate of classical architecture. Along with writing and giving New York City walking tours, Reed served curator of Central Park and co-founder of Classical America. This collection contains his writings, correspondence, photographs and extensive research files on classical architecture and the people, parks, buildings, streets and history of New York City.
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New York City History - Research, 1949-1992 Box 33, Folder 20

The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture records

24 document boxes
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The collection documents the events and activities of The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture from the 1980s to the early 2000s. The collection consists of correspondence, board minutes [restricted], administrative and financial records, posters, reports, recordings of lectures and events.
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Meyer Schapiro papers, 1919-2006

400 linear feet
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This collection encompasses the professional, personal, and artistic life of art historian Meyer Schapiro.
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Bureau of Applied Social Research records, 1938-1977

168 Linear Feet
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Project materials, including reports, monographs, books, articles, Masters essays, Doctoral dissertations, foreign publications, administrative records, correspondence, minutes and audio-visual materials.

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Edwin H. Armstrong papers, 1886-1982, bulk 1912-1954

295.7 linear feet
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Professional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. Of his many inventions and developments, the most important are: 1) the regenerative or feedback circuit, 1912, the first amplified radio reception, 2) the superheterodyne circuit, 1918, the basis of modern radio and radar, 3) superregeneration, 1922, a very simple, high-power receiver now used in emergency mobile service, and 4) frequency modulation - FM, 1933, static-free radio reception of high fidelity. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round

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René Albrecht-Carrié papers, 1934-1978

7.5 linear feet
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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.

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Council for Research in the Social Sciences records, 1922-1970, bulk 1925-1968

8 linear feet
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This collection contains the correspondence, minutes and meetings, projects and reports of the Council for Research in the Social Sciences.
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Garrett Mattingly papers, 1940-1962

5 boxes
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Manuscripts and some related correspondence of articles, essays, and lectures of Mattingly, including two unpublished items: "Burckhardt on the Renaissance" and the notes for his 1962 Oxford Lectures, "The Renaissance." Also, a collection of reprints by noted historians inscribed to Mattingly and course material dealing with problems of historical research.

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Clarisse Doris Hellman papers, 1925-1973

30 linear feet
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The correspondence, manuscripts, notes, speeches, documents, and related printed materials of Hellman, reflecting her specialty as an historian of 16th and 17th century astronomers and astronomy as well as ancient, medieval, and Renaissance science. Included in her professional correspondence are numerous letters from George Sarton and Lynn Thorndike. College records, class materials and class notes document the development of her academic career beginning with her undergraduate career at Vassar. Numerous lecture notes, class notes and working papers reflect her teaching, research and lectures at New York University, Cornell, the Columbia University Renaissance Seminar, and her active participation in professional organizations such as the History of Science Society. Of particular interest are eight boxes of notes and related printed materials concerning astronomy, astronomers, and the history of science.

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Adriana R. Kleiman research papers on Frank Freeman, 1900-1985, bulk 1975-1985

3 linear feet
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This collection contains holograph, typescript, and photocopied papers, correspondence, and photographs collected by Adriana Kleiman in the course of her research on the life and work of architect Frank Freeman (1861-1949), as well as many of his clients.

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