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Tamara K. Hareven papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0564
Abstract
American scholar Tamara K. Hareven helped to establish the field of family history in the 1970s. Her work focused on ordinary people, with research on New England mill towns and the Japanese silk weaving industry.
Dates:
1964-2003
Alan Kaufman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract
The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates:
circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007
Asao Shimura correspondence with Gilbert Beale regarding Japanese papermaking
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0946
Abstract
Asao Shimura (born 1950) is a papermaker and authority on papermaking techniques and historical papermaking processes. He has published over twenty-five miniature handmade books documenting the history of papermaking and natural dyeing processes. Shimura exchanged letters and various paper samples with English printer Gilbert A. Beale between 1978 and 1980.
Dates:
1978-1980, 1999
Ships’ bills of health
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0817
Abstract
This collection consists of bills of health from ships traveling from ports in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean between 1894 and 1932.
Dates:
1894-1932 and undated