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American Committee to Keep BIAFRA Alive

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Identifier: 35/14

American Hospital Supply Corporation Catalogs and Publications

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Identifier: 55/28/1
Abstract Foster G. McGaw, founder of the American Hospital Supply Corporation, was an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose generosity to Northwestern University enhanced both the Evanston and Chicago campuses. His close relationship with the university resulted from the proximity of his corporate headquarters in Evanston to Northwestern. The American Hospital Supply Corporation was for decades the major supplier of health care products in the United States. Filling twenty-one boxes, this series...
Dates: 1928-1986

American Hospital Supply Corporation Financial Records

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Identifier: 55/28/2
Abstract

This collection is comprised of 11 boxes and 14 volumes of financial records of the American Hospital Supply Corporation and its subsidiary companies, spaning the period 1923-1963. Included are journals, cash distribution records, cash receipt records, general ledgers, financial statements, check registers and a transfer ledger.

Dates: 1923 - 1963

American Hospital Supply Corporation Records

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Identifier: 55/28/3
Abstract

The American Hospital Supply Corporation was founded in 1922 by Foster G. McGaw and partners. (McGaw was an important donor to Northwestern University, and to many other institutions.) The Corporation's records fill twenty-two boxes, and date from 1920 to 1986. Records include the following principal categories: advertising; marketing; corporate correspondence; divisional records for acquisitions and subsidiaries; mergers; scrapbooks; stocks and securities; legal records.

Dates: 1920-1986

Records of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Identifier: 55/42
Abstract

Included in this series is a small and scattered collection of early administrative records of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. The records date between 1909 and 1934. The types of records found here may be discerned by reviewing the container list below.

Dates: 1909-1934, and undated

American Music Edition records

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Identifier: AME
Scope and Contents

Manuscript scores, business records, and correspondence that reflects AME’s repertoire of new American music by Green, Carl Ruggles, Halsey Stevens, and others, as well as the interactions Green had with many key figures in twentieth-century music, including John Cage, Henry Cowell, Charles Ives, Gunther Schuller, William Grant Still, Virgil Thomson, and many others.

Dates: 1920 - 1997; Other: Majority of material found within 1951 - 1991; Other: Acquired November 30, 2005
Found in: Music Library

Hans Christian Andersen Awards

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Identifier: MS121
Abstract

Since 1956, the International Board on Books for Young People has presented the Hans Christian Andersen Award to a living author or (since 1966) illustrator who has made a lasting contribution to children's literature. The McCormick Library’s collection of materials for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards consists of the biennial informational dossiers submitted by candidates for 1992-2006, clippings, reviews, and dust jackets by some of the authors or illustrators.

Dates: 1992-2014; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1995

Ira D. Anderson (1907-1993) Papers

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Identifier: 12/1/2
Abstract

Ira D. Anderson joined the faculty of Northwestern University in the School of Commerce in 1937, and together with Delbert Duncan, established the Graduate Internship program in Retailing and Advertising. Anderson's papers fill one and a half boxes and include mostly teaching files from the period prior to his administrative work in the School of Business.

Dates: 1936 - 1993

Vernon Anderson Papers

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Identifier: 003
Abstract The papers in this collection were generated by Rev. Vernon Anderson, a Presbyterian missionary. They include personal correspondence, correspondence and reports which Rev. Anderson received while serving on the Commission pour la protection des indigènes, ethnographic notes on the Baluba, field notes taken during meetings with informants in Baluba villages, detailed genealogical clan lists, typescript and photocopies of scholarly papers and articles, newspaper clippings, and notecard...
Dates: 1921-1980

Frank Andrews photograph collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ghsl-30
Abstract

Collection of photographs, postcards, and ephemera primarily from the Frank Andrews family, including an assemblage of portrait photoraphs of the first faculty of the Medical Department of Lind University from the 1859-60 academic year.

Dates: 1859-1921

Records of the Anthropology Department

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Identifier: 11/3/2/4
Abstract

The Records of the Anthropology Department, filling five boxes, span the years 1964 to 1973. No records exist for the 1965-66 academic year. The bulk of the records fall between 1964 and 1969 and include, but are not limited to, annual reports, applications for graduate study or employment, budgets, correspondence, curriculum, department memos, faculty curriculum vitae, and materials relating to fellowships, the Program of African Studies, research proposals, and summer sessions.

Dates: 1964 - 1973; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1969

Anti-Vietnam-War Strike Materials

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Identifier: 31/6/88
Abstract

The Anti-Vietnam War Strike Materials Collection comprises a diverse assortment of documents and other materials relating to the University-wide strike that took place over a seven day period in May of 1970. The collection of newspaper clippings, press releases, flyers, and memos records the events of the strike and its aftermath through the summer and fall of 1970.

Dates: May 6 - 12, 1970

Records of A&O Productions

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Identifier: 31/6/75
Abstract The records of A&O Productions fill 39 boxes and 1 oversized folder, spanning the years 1970-2012. The bulk of the records consist of production records for the events organized during those years. A&O (Activities and Organizations) Productions is Northwestern University’s major student-run programming board. On the A&O website (March 14, 2003), the group defines itself as “a non-profit undergraduate student group at Northwestern University. …[The] mission is to enrich the lives...
Dates: 1968 - 2012

Architectural Drawings: Elevations, Floor Plans, and Details

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Identifier: 7/1/18
Abstract

This collection of architectural drawings of Northwestern University buildings, dating between 1932 and 1965 contains elevations, floor plans, alternate drawings, and measurement & detail alterations. The drawings represent most of the buildings present on the Northwestern campus around the mid 1950s, including houses.

Dates: 1932-1965

Archival Collections - U.S. Civil War Era

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Identifier: MS62 MS86
Abstract

The McCormick Library has several collections that contain correspondence, diaries, and other materials related to the Civil War era. Some materials describe the experiences of soldiers during the war, or who served in the territories; others document the “home front” trials and anxieties, and some provide reflections or analysis after the war.

Dates: 1837-1907

Armory Show, 1912-1915

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Identifier: MS95
Abstract

The Association of American Painters and Sculptors held their First International Exhibition at the 69th Infantry N.G.N.Y. Armory from February 15 - March 15, 1913. It was the largest exhibition of international modern art ever held, showing more than 1200 pieces.

Dates: 1912-1915

Records of the Art History Department

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Identifier: 11/3/4/1
Abstract The Department of Art History records chiefly contain letters, inter-office memos, vitae and bibliographic material relating to faculty, a few students, and visiting artists and lecturers. There is considerable biographical material on several specialists in African art, Rene Bravmann, Zdenka Volavka and Phillip Dark, as well as files concerned with art of the American Indian, Joel Bernstein's lecture in 1972 (Box 1 Folder 4) and records on an Indian Art Exhibition in 1974 (the T.W. Van...
Dates: c. 1920s-2000

Records of the Arts Alliance

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Identifier: 31/6/25
Abstract

The Arts Alliance is Northwestern University's student organization for the performing arts. The records of the Arts Alliance fill two boxes and include materials documenting five of its component organizations: Garden Party Productions, Orgy of the Arts, the Dolphin Show, the Gilbert and Sullivan Guild, and the Northwestern Dance Company. The records span the years from 1967 to 1983, with the bulk clustered between 1976 and 1979.

Dates: 1950-2002

Records of the Asian American Studies Program, Northwestern University

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Identifier: 11/3/30/1
Abstract

The records of the Asian American Studies Program at Northwestern University, for the years 1993-2012.

Dates: 1993-2012; Other: Date acquired: 09/08/2013

Records of The Associate Dean of The School of Business, Ira D. Anderson

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Identifier: 12/1/11
Abstract

Correspondence, notes and records related to departments of Northwestern University's School of Business during the tenure of Ira D. Anderson; University program and curriculum restructuring; and a grant proposal to the Ford Foundation. The materials cover the years 1852 to 1963

Dates: 1953-1963

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