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MSS/PERS. Personal papers

 Record Group Term
Identifier: MSS/PERS
Materials created or collected by a single person in the course of their work or life's pursuits.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Phillip H. Fahrenholz papers, M4042

 Collection
Identifier: M4042
Scope and Contents

Includes primarily diplomatic correspondence from Moscow, Madrid and Berlin during the late 1930's, as well as materials concerning his internment in Germany during World War II.

Dates: 1916-1979; Majority of material found within 1934-1946

Joseph Frank McGregory letters, M4044

 Collection
Identifier: M4044
Scope and Contents

This collection provides a look into Professor McGregory’s life before Colgate including letters from his wife, Emma, his mother, friends, and family.

Dates: 1863 - 1883

George Edmands Merrill papers, M4043

 Collection
Identifier: M4043
Scope and Contents

Includes news clippings, obituaries, genealogical research material, addresses, and correspondence related to scholar, pastor, and Colgate University's sixth president (1899-1908) George Edmands Merrill.

Dates: 1872 - 1981

Thomas Ward Osborn papers, M4039

 Collection
Identifier: M4039
Scope and Contents Includes holograph materials used in the following publications: The Fiery Trail: a Union officer’s account of Sherman’s Last Campaign (1986), The Eleventh Corps Artillery at Gettysburg (1991), and No middle ground: Thomas Ward Osborn’s letters from the field (1993). The collection also includes an unpublished autobiography, two unpublished novels, and smaller works on reconstruction in...
Dates: 1861 - 1865

Martin Ransohoff screenplay collection, M4048

 Collection
Identifier: M4048
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of screenplays for television shows and films produced by Ransohoff.

Dates: 1960 - 1995

Kay Rorer collection of LGBTQ materials, M4034

 Collection
Identifier: M4034
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials relating to early LGBTQ initiatives, particularly in Boston, from the 1970s to 1980s. Also includes documents from the 1999 meeting of the Council of Independent Colleges panel on college presidential spouses.

Dates: 1975-1981, 1999