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John Steinbeck collection, 1902-1979 8.5 Linear Feet

Steinbeck, John
The collection is primarily letters and documents written by Steinbeck to family, friends and business associates. Also included are letters written to Steinbeck and letters written about him. Includes manuscripts and typescripts of works by Steinbeck, proofs of books, tearsheets, and photocopies of published works by him. Reviews of Steinbeck's work, articles about him, press coverage of his travels, memorabilia, photographs, and artwork complete the collection.
  1. Stanford University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

Kojima family papers, c. 1931-1960 4 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 2 flat boxes)

Kojima, Minoru

The materials include loose photographs, a photograph album, letters, ephemera such as Toshiko's school records, a "Memorial Chimes" boxed funeral album regarding Kenji Kojima, and other materials relating to the Kojima family and their struggle to re-establish their lives after World War II. Including over 120 letters, circa 1948-1960, most with their original mailing envelopes sent to Toshiko Kojima in New York City from her brother Minoru in Pasadena and other locations in California as well as when he was in the military, and letters from her mother Ichi Kojima in Pasadena.

  1. Stanford University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

Mary McCornack Thompson Diaries, 1887-1962 2.4 Linear Feet 96 Items

Thompson, Mary McCornack
Mary McCornack Thompson was an American Presbyterian missionary who spent over forty years (1889-1932) traveling and teaching in South Africa and Rhodesia. The collection contains diaries, and a few letters. Main subjects are missionary life and travel in Africa. Materials range in date between 1887-1962.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Northern Arizona University (formerly Northern Arizona Normal School, formerly Northern Arizona State Teachers College, formerly Arizona State College Flagstaff), 1901-1977 71 item(s)

Located in Flagstaff, Arizona. Founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School. Changed to Northern Arizona State Teachers College in 1925. Became Arizona State Teachers College in 1928 and Arizona State College of Flagstaff in 1945. In 1966 renamed Northern Arizona University.
  1. Stanford University Libraries. Cubberley Education Library

Ruth Ellis papers, 1910-2000, bulk 1997-2000 2.5 linear feet 3.6 GB

Ellis, Ruth, 1899-2000
Ruth Ellis of Detroit, Michigan was well known in the Gay community as the oldest known African American Lesbian. She was a business woman, owned a printing company, and held social gatherings at her home at a time when there were few opportunities for Gay African Americans to gather. During the last twenty years of her life she was active in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community and in the Senior Citizens movement. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and publications.
  1. University of Michigan. Bentley Historical Library

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