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The extensive library of James Collins, Irish book collector, was purchased in 1917. The collection was devoted especially to Irish history and culture and included 139 volumes of bound pamphlets and about 2,500 pieces unbound. In addition, there were whole and part runs of Irish periodicals, 127 volumes of newspaper ...

The extensive library of James Collins, Irish book collector, was purchased in 1917. The collection was devoted especially to Irish history and culture and included 139 volumes of bound pamphlets and about 2,500 pieces unbound. In addition, there were whole and part runs of Irish periodicals, 127 volumes of newspaper ...

One document case.

One of the first American volunteers to reach Spain, most likely in the second group of arrivals. He was also probably the last American volunteer to leave, except for the prisoners still in jail. He was in Spain from January 1937 until February 1939. In the Fall of 1938 his ...

Collection of Gloria Jones Papers related to James Jones, American author of [i]From Here To Eternity[/i], which was published in 1951 and won the National Book Award for fiction that year. The collection includes letters, books, manuscripts, documents, photographs and serials pertaining to his life as a soldier fighting in ...

Collection of Gloria Jones Papers related to James Jones, American author of [i]From Here To Eternity[/i], which was published in 1951 and won the National Book Award for fiction that year. The collection includes letters, books, manuscripts, documents, photographs and serials pertaining to his life as a soldier fighting in ...

James Jones is the American author of From Here to Eternity, the manuscript of which is in the collection. Contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and clippings, as well as books and other personal papers.

Papers of Samuel A. Jones, homeopathic physician and scholar of American Transcendentalism. Includes personal records; diaries; reading logs; records of book acquisitions; documents and correspondence pertaining to his service as a Civil War surgeon; records of homeopathic drug provings; manuscripts of medical lectures; manuscripts and proofs of published works; unpublished ...

Papers of Samuel A. Jones, homeopathic physician and scholar of American Transcendentalism. Includes personal records; diaries; reading logs; records of book acquisitions; documents and correspondence pertaining to his service as a Civil War surgeon; records of homeopathic drug provings; manuscripts of medical lectures; manuscripts and proofs of published works; unpublished ...