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Anna de Noailles Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 2819
Abstract
Collection of various items by and about the early twentieth century French poet Anna de Noailles, consisting largely of autograph letters from Noailles to various correspondents, and reviews and criticism of Noailles' work in various early twentieth century publications. A number of images and photographs of Noailles are also included, some of which carry inscriptions in her hand.
Dates:
1901 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1933
Gene Tunney Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 2013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers of boxer Gene Tunney. Materials cover his boxing career in the 1920s until his retirement in 1928, his marriage and honeymoon in 1928-29, and his charity work with youth groups in the 1930s and 1940s, especially the American Youth Group, of which he was chairman in 1940. The collection includes both personal and business correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks of his career, personal account books and calendars, and various boxing-related...
Dates:
1858 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1945
National Ideal Benefit Society (NIBS) Records
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10024
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the National Ideal Benefit Society (NIBS), an African American insurance cooperative headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. It also contains related papers of NIBS founder A.W. Holmes. The correspondence in the collection is mostly written by African Americans, from NIBS policy holders to leaders of the African American community. There is also correspondence between A.W. Holmes and various local churches and benefit societies, national charitable and...
Dates:
1912 - 1964
Patrick McCabe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 2717
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the professional career of Irish writer Patrick McCabe. The majority of the collection consists of rough drafts of his drama, prose, and poetry, including some of his most popular works in film and literature, Breakfast on Pluto and The Butcher Boy. The collection also contains various ephemera and promotional materials for his published works. Also included are newspaper and magazine interviews, works of other writers, and...
Dates:
1946-2013; Majority of material found in 1980-2010
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- Letters (correspondence) 3
- Pamphlets 3
- Appointment books 2
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- 33 1/3 RPM record 1
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- African American fraternal organizations -- Virginia -- Richmond 1
- African Americans -- Charities 1
- American Youth Day 1
- Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
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- Boxers (Sports) -- Biography 1 ∧ less
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- English 3
- French 1
- Italian 1
- Spanish; Castilian 1
- Names
- Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923 1
- Benjamin, René, 1885-1948 1
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
- Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 1
- Gimbel, Bernard F., 1885-1966 1
- Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., 1908-1993 1
- Holmes, A.W. (Alexander Watson), 1861- 1
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
- Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948 1
- McCabe, Patrick, 1955- 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- National Ideal Benefit Society 1
- Noailles, Anna de, 1876-1933 1
- Perry, Catherine, 1952- 1
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 1
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 1
- Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974 1
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 1
- Tunney, Gene, 1897-1978 1 ∧ less
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