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Papers of the New York artist Anne Eisner Putnam, who lived in the former Belgian Congo during the 1940s and 1950s, while she ran Camp Putnam (a ranch-style hotel that served mainly white tourists and researchers), collected African art, ran a hospital open to local people, and created her own artwork.

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Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of the music critic Richard Aldrich (1863-1937), including collected photographs and programs. Also includes collection of letters from Aldrich to Otto Dresel (1826-1890).

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Early records of the American Birth Control League, an organization founded by Margaret Sanger.

Scope and Contents: Sub-series A. Correspondence of Gore Vidal (1. General correspondence), is arranged alphabetically by name and contains letters between Gore Vidal and authors, accountants, lawyers, literary agents, politicians, political organizations, publishers, relatives, scholars, small presses, university libraries, book dealers, and his personal friends. The files may include letters about or relating to the main correspondent or about GV's family members, personal friends, business associates or...

Scope and Contents: Includes papers related to the two campaigns of GV's political career. In 1960, GV ran for Congress in the 29th Congressional district in New York. In 1982, GV ran in the California primary race for Senate. This series also includes papers related to Vidal's involvement with the New Party (U.S.) as well as his research on the United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. The main types of materials included are: correspondence, speeches, publicity and...