HIGHLIGHTS OF APPRAISALS
PREPARED BY ALLAN STYPECK
Prior to 1996 Appraisals
Hirshorn Museum, Estate of Cornelius Roosevelt relating to works of M.C. Escher
Howard University School of Divinity, Andre Tweed, Jr. Collection, Ethiopian artifacts and manuscripts
International Piano Archive, University of Maryland, William Kappell, American pianist
National Forest Service, Estate of Sally and Gifford Pinchot and the Estate of Mary Moody Northern
Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor in the United States (Wyoming)
Sarah McClendon, White House journalist, archives
Senator Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon, personal property
State Senator Bob Coffin, Nevada, Union Pacific archives
William S. Paley, President of CBS, library and archives
1996 Appraisals
American History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, material from the laboratory of Dr. Stanley Cohen, discoverer of recombinant DNA
Dibdin Library, Smithsonian Institution, special collection of book on horology
Library of Congress and The Historical Society of the District of Columbia, papers of Herman Hollorith, founder of IBM
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, papers relating to the Air and Space Industry
Supreme Court, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger’s archives and personal estate, over 1.5 million items
The Honorable Helen Bentley, U.S. Congresswoman of Maryland, personal property
Vice President Al Gore, personal property
1997 Appraisals
Florida State University, Dr. Paul Dirac, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, personal and professional papers
Georgetown University, Larry Collins, archives and research material for his eight novels
Mutual of New York, complete historical and corporate archives of the country’s oldest insurance company
Naismith Basketball Foundation, Dr. Naismith’s original rules for basketball
National Park Service, complete inventory of Ford’s Theater and Museum
Sir Alan Walters, Economist, personal library
1998 Appraisals
American Institute of Physics, complete archives and library
American Psychiatric Association, library, archives, artifacts and associated material
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Joseph and Olga Hirschorn’s personal library
Dr. Julius Richmond, Surgeon General of the United States, archives and papers
Florida State University, Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Criminologist, archives
General Andrew Goodpaster, Chief of Staff, Eisenhower Administration, Supreme Commander NATO, Commandant USMA, papers and archives
General George Patton, Jr., World War I diaries and archives
Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt, Chief of Protocol Reagan Administration, personal papers and archives
Walter Reed Medical Museum, Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin mold and miscellaneous medical instruments
1999 Appraisals
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, archives of the Fendrick Gallery, Wash., D.C.
Bruce Crockett, collection of Oz material
Carrie Nation, Kansas Historical Society, personal property
Chuck Rosenak, American Folk Art archives
D.C. Council Member, Jim Grahm, papers and archives as director of the Whitman Walker Clinic, pertaining to AIDS and HIV
Dr. Alex Saliba, archival collection relating to the Order of St. John
Dr. C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General of the United States, memorabilia and citations
Dr. Christian Anfinsen, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1972, papers and archives
Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Biochemistry for the decoding of DNA, papers and archives
Dr. Robert Kempner, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Trials, papers and archives
Estate of Clark M. Clifford, Presidential Advisor, books, papers and archives
Guy Sainty, document collection relating to the Knights of Malta
Guy Sainty, document collection relating to the Knights of Malta
2000 Appraisals
A.Doak Barnett, noted authority on China, library and archives
Abbot Handerson Thayer, American artist, archives
Charlie Byrd, noted guitarist and composer, music archives and manuscripts
Dr. Sidney Mintz, renowned expert on the Caribbean, library and archives
Frederick Douglass’ Bible
Frederick Douglass’ Bible
Huntington Library, California, original drawings of Harrison B. Brown
Inventors’ Hall of Fame, Ohio, collection of patents
Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, library
U. S. Patent Office, paintings, including one by Gilbert Stuart, and other material
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, archives
2001 Appraisals
Bernard Corbett et al – City of Alexandria, VA real estate titles from 1700s-1900s
College Park Aviation Museum, archives of Major General Foulois, first member of the US Air Corps
Dr. Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner of Education, archives
Dr. Mary C. Rodgers archives of the American Open University
Martin L. Millspaugh archives of the concept and development of Baltimore’s Charles Center and Inner Harbor projects
Paul G. Dembling, Chief Consul for NASA and GAO, archives
Paul G. Dembling, Chief Consul for NASA and GAO, archives
Smithsonian Institution American Art Library, Jean Jepson Page American Art Reference Collection representing over 14,000 artists
Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American Art, Col. Merle Moore art history archives
The Charles and Jennifer Monaghan Collection of Historic Textbooks
Thomas Kane, library and archives relating to Ethiopian language and related subjects
U.S. Congressman Bud Shuster, 9th District of Pennsylvania, archives and memorabilia
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, photos by Charles Alexander of the War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg
University of Maryland, Gordon W. Prange Collection, comprehensive archive of Japanese printed material dating 1945-1949
2002 Appraisals
Adler Enterprises, appraise Smithsonian Jazz Series
Carmelitana Collection, 11,000 books on the history of the Carmelite Order
Charlton E. Meyer Collection of holocaust and related numismatics
Dr. Albert Schatz, discoverer of streptomycin, samples of Streptmyces griseus and streptomycin
Estate of Col. Henry Tufts, archives relating to U.S. Army CID 1968-1972
Estate of Karl Peter Stuckl, official photographs relating to the Nazi Party’s Ministry of Information
Georgetown University Library, collection of American Communist Party and related material
Howard Serwer, archives pertaining to music
Jay Miller Collection of Aviation and Space material, Butler Aviation Museum
Jose de Creeft notebooks and diaries of noted 20th century sculptor
Leopold Godowsky, original manuscripts and sheet music
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA, Rare Book Library
Murray Drabkin, archives pertaining to the development of bankruptcy laws during the 20th century
National Arboretum, books on botany
National Institute of Health Library of Medicine, archives of Dr. James F. Bosma pertaining to dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
Neil Armstrong Space Suit
Patrick T. Ryan collection of theater and literary criticism
Production material used for the documentary The Warren Commission
Robert Hall Lewis, music archives of pianist and composer
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, John O’Keefe’s tektites and aerospace archives
The Charles Carroll House, Carroll was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archive of Lt. Benjamin Gerow relating to the Nuremberg tribunals
U.S. State Department, entire rare book collection, including vault
U.S. State Department, entire rare book collection, including vault
Washington National Cathedral, catalog and appraise library
2003 Appraisals
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, library and archives
Animal Rights Network, world’s largest collection of material pertaining to animal rights
Arthur Anderson Co., historical artifacts
Carl Barks, noted Disney artist and creator of Uncle Scrooge, personal correspondence
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, archives of oldest existing bank in America, 1800-2003
Dr. Debra Pincus, art reference library and slide collection
Dr. Jules Davids, archives pertaining to his ghostwriting of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage
Dr. Murray Bowen, family counseling archives
Dr. William L. Pierce, archive and library relating to adoption and child development
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Albert Ritzenberg Tennis Collection
Jack Richardson Aeronautics Collection, original photos, some signed, of Lindbergh, Hughes, Trippe, Haizlip, Sikorsky among other pioneers in aviation, along with early aircraft, including the Hindenburg
Leonard Bernstein, manuscript copy of original string quartet composition, his earliest known work
Library of Congress, Katherine and Lawrence Karr collection of movie memorabilia
Louis Sullivan, original architectural drawings and letters
Mary Ann Sures, Ayn Rand’s secretary and close friend, collection of Rand books and materials
Mary Barelli Gallagher and Providencia Paredes, personal secretary and personal attendant to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, personal artifacts and memorabilia
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, material relating to Viennese cabaret and theater before 1938
Motts Museum of Columbus Ohio, Hugh Alexander Collection of holocaust material
National Empowerment Television, videotapes
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, manuscript archive collection
National Medical Museum Walter Reed Hospital, Dr. M.I. Sensemen Collection of Homeopathic Medicine and Library
NIH Library of Medicine, Dr. Evelyn K. Tomes collection of videotapes pertaining to Black American nurses
Paul Weiss, library and personal property of noted 20th century philosopher
Rev. Paul Weyrich, papers of Free Congress Foundation
Riggs National Bank, archives 1809-Present, including National Bank of Washington and Farmer’s and Mechanics Bank
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Reagan’s personal college yearbook
Senator Robert Packwood, diaries
Smithsonian Institution American History Museum, IBM Deep Blue Chess Computer System
U.S. Department of Agriculture and various institutions, Nancy and Charles Leidenfrost archives
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Moritz Henschel Cultural Archive, relating to Terezin concentration camp
United States Postal Service, rare item vault, including original proof sheets and art- work of U.S. stamps
University of Maryland Library of American Broadcasting
University of Puerto Rico, Dr. Cicely D. Williams archival collection of her life and medical career in Maternal and Child Health
2004 Appraisals
Animal Welfare Institute archive for North Carolina State University
Center for Naval Analysis Corp. Knowledge Center library and archives
Charles L. Seitz, MD diaries of Polar explorations, 1901-05
Deena Clark, archive of Emmy award winning TV talk show host
Dr. Harvey Harlow Nininger Collection of Meteorites, Gems and Minerals
Ed Rabel, audio and video archive of Emmy award winning broadcast journalist
Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr., archive of author and past president and CEO of the American Association of Community Junior Colleges
Esther Handler Archive of Kenneth Rexroth letters and related material
FDR Presidential Library, Martin Conboy Archive containing the following cases: Prosecuted Ulysses appeal to Second Circuit (sought exclusion of book from United States claiming obscenity); Prosecuted Arthur Flegenheimer (Dutch Schultz) for in
Georgetown University Law School Library, the library of Samuel Dash
Hugo Knepler, archives including manuscript score by Johann Strauss
Marshall Field’s and Dayton Hudson Corporation archives, objects and artifacts, including original Norman Rockwell painting
Martin Millspaugh, Architect of the Baltimore Inner Harbor and Sydney, Australia’s Darling Harbour, library and archives
National Museum of Health and Medicine Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, anatomical and related artifacts
Nicholas Carosi III, land transfer files pertaining to Alexandria, VA over the past three centuries
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Adam Plummer diary, only known diary written by a slave
Thomas S. McFee, Continental Army Order signed by George Washington
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, James Grover McDonald diary and archive
University of Maryland, historic document and manuscript archives
University of Maryland, Music Library Association Archives
University of Maryland, National Trust Library, books and archives
2005 Appraisals
Barbara Krupski and Donna Reiter, memorial volumes dedicated to Sgt. Lawrence Russell Kelly, first American soldier to enter liberated Paris who was shot by a French resistance fighter
Bruce Bartlett, library and archival material pertaining to economics
College of Wooster, Special Collections
Denison College, Special Collections
Dr. Clark T. Sawin, archives relating to the history of medicine with emphasis on endocrinology and hyperthyroidism
Estate of Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist and prolific author on radiation fallout
Estate of Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist and prolific author on radiation fallout
Estate of Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist and prolific author on radiation fallout
Estate of Jeff L. Ethell, photographic aviation archive and related material
Estate of Murray Teigh Bloom, archives of noted American freelance writer
Florida State University, George Judy Collection of books, magazines and scores relating to the theater
Harry S. Truman Library, Ambassador Emmett O’Neal’s collection of accounts of Filipino life under Japanese occupation during World War II
John F. Kennedy, large collection of news footage of the November 1963 Dallas trip and assassination, appraisal requested by private owner for sale or donation
Jonathan M. Foltz, first Surgeon General of the United States Navy and first White House Physician, correspondence from James Buchanan
Kenyon College, Special Collections and Kenyon Review Archives
Library of Congress, the Samuel Dash archives, including his tenure as Chief Counsel and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities during the Watergate investigation
National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine, Julius Axelrod, recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals, archival papers and library
Newspaper Association of American, Journalism Library
Oklahoma State Historical Society and Omniplex Museum, Oklahoma City, Col. Jerauld Gentry USAF, Chief Pilot for USAF/NASA LOADING BODY Program, Archival Collection, including books, flight logs, films and artifacts
Ruth and Robert Kempner, World War II archives, including material from international tribunal at Nuremberg, Catholic victims of Nazi aggression, personal reparations and material relating to the trial and conviction of Adolph Eichmann
Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Elmerina and Paul Parkman Archives pertaining to studio glass and other craft media
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Tito Puente’s Archival Artifacts, including instruments and memorabilia
Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, original artwork by Bauhaus artist Werner Drewes
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Archives, Robert S. Sanford Collection, including his WWI 139th Aero Squadron insignia
State of Pennsylvania, over 50,000 journals, reports and periodicals pertaining to Pennsylvania law
Teresa Clawson collection of 19th- and 20-century children’s books
U. of Maryland Hornbake Library, Fuegi Brecht & Company Archival Papers
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Eva Skrenta’s collection of Jerzy Kajetanski’s original artwork depicting the Holocaust
University of Arkansas, archives of Diane D. Blair, noted political scientist specializing in Arkansas government and women in politics
University of Maryland Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, James Taylor’s Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive
West Virginia Wesleyan College, general rare book collection and West Virginia special collection
William and Mary College, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger’s artifacts and memorabilia
2006 Appraisals
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, William Joseph “Pete” Knight artifacts and memorabilia, U.S. politician, combat pilot and test pilot who holds the world’s speed record for winged, powered aircraft
Allen R. Haberman, collection of aviation philatelic covers, autographs and related items
Archival papers of Betty T. Bennett, noted Mary W. Shelley scholar
Art Directives, Phila, PA, large collection of original ledgers, rosters, books and pamphlets on firefighting, insurance and related fields from the late 1700’s-1960
Center for Norbertine Studies, St. Norbert College, William M. Klimon Collection of the editions of St. Augustine’s Confessions
Civil War Diary of surgeon Lt. James Gheislin
Collection of archival material including original letters relating to Isaac Babel
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny, archives of noted gay rights pioneer and activist
Estate of Richard Malone, collection of rare stocks, bonds and autographs
George Mason University, Virginia Reports, Vols. 1-263, 1798-2002, reports from Virginia’s appellate court
George Washington U. Gelman Library, Melvin P. Lader collection of art books
George Washington University Gelman Library, the Lois Schwoerer collection of books and documents primarily pertaining to Renaissance, Tudor and 17th-century history.
Gerald Ford Library, Gerald Ford’s original speech accepting the Republican Party nomination for President in 1976
John Adams’ Family Bible inscribed to his granddaughter Abigail Smith Adams
Lawrence Seidman Collection of children’s mechanical and moveable pop-up books and related material
Library of American Broadcasting, U. of MD, archival papers and library of John Michael Kittross, professor and author of works on broadcasting law and related areas.
Library of Congress American Folklife Center, material from the estate of noted folklore archivist and author Isabel Gordon Carter
Library of Congress, archival paper of Hedrick Smith, noted journalist, writer and producer of PBS Television specials
Library of Congress, archives of Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense under Pres. Reagan, and under Pres. Nixon, served as Director of Office Management and Budget and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Library of Congress, Collection of art bindings created by Lage Carlson
Library of Congress, archival papers of United States Senator and historian Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927)
Library of Congress, archives and original scores of Louis Gesensway, American composer and violinist
Library of Congress, archives of Williard B. Prince, WWI map maker and later the originator of the Heisman Trophy
Martin Gold, collection of books related to China, 1700 to the present
Matrix College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 112 audio-cassette tape recordings from the South Africa Forum
Mexican-American War Ship Journal of Rapheal Semmes, later Commander of the CSA Alabama
NAACP Crisis Magazine, large collection, including original editions
National Defense University, personal papers and archives of General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and the Commander-in-Chief of the United States European Command
National Defense, University, Wash., D.C., World War II editions of the Stars and Strips newspaper and related documents
National Gallery of Art, Collection of photographic negatives of outdoor statues and monuments in the Wash., D.C. metropolitan area belonging to James M. Goode, noted architectural historian
PNC Bank, archival papers and related items of Riggs Bank, Wash., D.C.
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington D.C., a detailed five-piece scale model replica installation titled “The Mountain of the Lord Exhibit”
Saunders Kramer, creator of first U.S. Space Station, archives
Smithsonian Institution American History Archives, collection of letters relating to John and Abigail Adams
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, Archival papers,books and related items pertaining to the career of Dr. Charles Moore (1855-1941) chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts and author of books and articles on architectu
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art,archival papers and business files of the Richard York Gallery, New York, NY
Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum, collection of aviation philatelic covers and related items
Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, artwork and archives of superrealist painter Honore Sharrer
Target Corporation, scrapbooks pertaining to The Dayton Company Department Store
Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss), large collection of correspondence, many with original art
Texas Tech University, Susan Albers collection of books and magazines relating to the Holocaust
Truman Presidential Library, John S. Steelman, personal assistant to President Truman
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival papers of Fela and Chaim Perelman
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archive of Herbert Fierst, a leading member of the American Jewish community
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, earliest known official document acknowledging the creation of the Provisional Government of Israel by the United Nations Mandate, signed by Pres. Truman and Sec. of State Marshall
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, earliest known official document acknowledging the creation of the Provisional Government of Israel by the United Nations Mandate, signed by Pres. Truman and Sec. of State Marshall
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II artifacts once belonging to Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger, senior SS commander
U.S. Naval Observatory, Joseph Spigai Collection of books and reports relating to oceanography University of Maryland Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, the Carl A. Rosenthal Collection of 20th-century Sheet Music
University of Maryland Library of American Broadcasting, papers and videotapes of Jeffrey Levine, one of the original CNN broadcasters
University of Maryland Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, the Carl A. Rosenthal Collection of 20th-century Sheet Music
University of Notre Dame, collection of audiotapes relating to Yves R. Simon, noted 20th-century philosopher
University of Pittsburgh, archive of Donald Goldstein, noted military historian and expert on World War II
University of the District of Columbia, the Lawrence Marshall Family Collection of Jazz Records
University of Washington, Dr. Paul R. Brass archive of Indian Political and Social History
2007 Appraisals
American U., mathematics library of Karen D. Michalowicz
American University Library, Wash, D.C. archival papers and related items of Charles W. Corddry, reporter for United Press International, The Baltimore Sun and a panelist on Washington Week in Review
Catholic University of America, Philosophy library of Dr. Antonio Cua
City of Frederick, MD, six documents relating to a ransom demanded on the city of Frederick, Maryland by General Jubal Early CSA on July 9,1864
College Park Aviation Museum, memorabilia and artifacts from Walter Boyne, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum, 1983-86
Drury U., Springfield, MO, Roland L. Comstock Collection of 20th-century books and periodicals pertaining to literature and literary criticism
Eisenhower Presidential Library, archival papers of Abbott Washburn, special assistant to President Eisenhower
George Mason U., collection of books on the works of artist William Hogarth
George Washington U., Jim Graham’s archives of material relating to AIDS awareness
George Washington U., maps and cartographic material pertaining to the Holy Lands
George Washington University, Archival papers and related material of Jack Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author.
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, archives of General Donald S. Dawson, President Truman’s Administrative Assistant
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Original telegram from Secretary of War Stimson to President Truman informing him of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Harvard University Law Library, collection of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter’s letters and signed books
Howard U., the archives and related material of Wash., D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington
Library and archives of Peter P. Lejins, noted criminologist
Library of Congress, archival papers of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger
Library of Congress, archival papers of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, Nobel Prize winner and Secretary of State
Library of Congress, archival papers, video and audiotapes of Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent
Library of Congress, archive of Daniel Boorstin, historian and former Librarian of Congress
Library of Congress, letters of American film producer and screenwriter Val Lewton, Sr.
Library of Congress, Archival papers and related material of Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer prize winner for his book An American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Archival papers and related material of Jack J. Valenti, Special Assistant to President Johnson.
Marshall U., Huntington, WV, Papers of Marvin L. Stone, former Editor-in-Chief of US News & World Report and Deputy Director of USIA
Maryland State Law Archives, Audubon Birds of America Havell edition engravings, John Dabour oil painting, and entire audio, video and print archives
Maryland State Law Archives, books, archival papers, special collections, journals, reports and photographs
Mississippi State U., library of Dr. Robert P. Wilson, fish nutritionist
Monty Newborn, archival and artifactual collection of material relating to the creation and growth of computer chess programs (1945-2007)
Morris Morgenstern Foundation, 1790 letter by Pres. George Washington to the sextant of Touro Synagogue
National Defense University, archival papers, artifacts and related items of U.S. Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Commander of Nato
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, archives of Evart Loomis, pioneer of holistic medicine
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, RI, audio taped interviews conducted by journalist G. Wayne Miller with leading members of Newport society.
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, A collection of Watergate memorabilia donated by Congressman Alan Steelman.
Richard McDonald, video production of original presidential and political campaign ads
Samuel Eliot Morison, Archival papers, books, memorabilia and artifacts of noted Naval historian.
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival papers of Morton Beyer
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Gardens, papers relating to the Garden Club of America's Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens
Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, material relating to the aviation career of Fred Noonan and Pan American Airlines
Sport and Entertainment Publications, The Ring Magazine and Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine photographic archives.
Tulane University: The Taxco art collection of Penny Morrill including original drawings and photographs by William Spratling.
U. of MD Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House, poetry library of Rod Jellema
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, audiotapes of Sid Davis, White House correspondent for Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp.
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, original 16mm television footage and scripts
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, archives and related material of Clara Rockmore, the world’s greatest virtuosa of the theremin
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, correspondence of broadcaster, writer, teacher and radio personality Robert Sherman
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, photo archive of Washington, D.C. area theater and performing arts by freelance photographer Stanford Barouh
U. of Nebraska, Barton L. and Sally C. Hacker collection of books on women’s studies
U. of Oklahoma, library of Daniel Boorstin, historian and former Librarian of Congress
U. of Pittsburgh, archival collection of Dick Thornburgh, Attorney General of the U.S. and Governor of Pennsylvania
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Artwork of Adam Herszaft
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Moos family archives
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Wash., D.C., archival records pertaining to the President's Commission on the Holocaust and the establishment of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Weilheimer family archives
Union College, Schenectady, NY, Library of Charles Snell, National Park Service Historian
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Audio and videotapes, scripts and related material from "Days of Remembrance 1984: An Evening of Commemoration through the Performing Arts"
University of Delaware, the Dr. Norman Kelvin collection of research materials, correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs related to The Collection Letters of William Morris
University of Maryland’s International Piano Archives, Henry Z. Steinway Collection of letters written to the Steinway Piano Company, 1863-1972, and related photos
University of Pittsburgh, European Union archives and library holdings
Unpublished autograph manuscript by “Anne of Green Gables” author L. M. Montgomery
Villanova University, archival papers and related items pertaining to the career of Lawrence O’Rourke, distinguished journalist, attorney and national political correspondent
Virginia Historical Society, material pertaining to LaSalle Corbell Pickett and other Pickett family members
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Newton, Isaac. Opticks or a Treatise of Light, 3rd Edition, London, 1721
2008 Appraisals
ABE Books Prize Winner, books pertaining to the Declaration of Independence
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base CA, artifacts and memorabilia from the Estate of William J. “Pete” Knight, U.S. politician, combat pilot and test pilot who holds the world’s speed record for winged
Air Zoo Aviation Museum, original films of the Strategic Air Command, 1950’s-60’s
Amelia Earhart’s goggles along with TLS signed by Earhart and ALS by Earhart’s mother; and TMS of America the Beautiful signed by composer Katherine Lee Bates
American College of Gynecology and Obstetrics, books, videotapes and audiotapes
American Heritage Magazine, archival and editorial papers and library
American U. Library, first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses
American U., archives of the Washington, D.C. area real estate firm Shannon and Luchs
American U., collection of classical music CDs and related books
Boston University Medical School Library, archival papers and books from the estate of Dr. Chester Scott Keffer, former Dean of the Boston U. Medical School
Confucius Institute at Maryland, University of Maryland, Dr. Chun-Tu Hsueh’s library on Chinese studies
Confucius Institute of Maryland at U. of MD, large collection of Chinese calligraphy and paintings
DeSales U., the school’s rare book collection
Documents and letters of Isaac Henry, surgeon aboard the 19th-century warship U.S.S. Constellation
Duke U., archival collection spanning 30 years of 20th-century advertising and marketing
EAA Air Venture Museum, painting and wind tunnel model of the Bugatti 100 airplane
Estate of Irvin Hurwitz, large library of 19th- and 20th-century books and journals, including classical Latin, Greek and French poetry and drama, music composition, art, drama, mathematics, literature and linguistics
Estate of Johanna Grimes, inventory of the Old Hickory Bookstore specializing in medicine and medical history
Estate of John Ralph Willis, collection of books pertaining to Africa and the history of Islam in Africa
Estate of Vicki K. Heilig, books, prints, photographs and relics relating to the Civil War
Folger Shakespeare Library, Japanese edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare
George Mason U., collection of 20th-century books pertaining to American History
George Washington U., archival papers and related items of E. Ethelbert Miller, Wash, DC based poet
Georgetown U. Lauinger Library, collection of antiquarian and economic books
Georgetown U., antiquarian collection of French literature and history
Georgetown U., collection of 20th-century Spanish and Latin American literature
Georgetown U., Woodstock Theological Center Library, one of the world’s largest libraries of Jesuit studies
Harry S. Truman Library, archival material from the estate of Emmet O’Neal, U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an Ambassador to the Philippines
Indiana State Archives, 1822 Indiana Marion County voting records
Indiana State Archives, 1822 Indiana voting records
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, large scrapbook of Washingtoniana, 1870's-1950's, including Presidential material and a 1930's Washington retail ledger book
Johns Hopkins U., archives of malariologist Dr. Paul Farr Russell
Johns Hopkins U., the A. Doak Barnett library pertaining to China and related subjects
Library of Congress, archival papers of Edward Lorenz, creator of the Chaos Theory
Library of Congress, archival papers of U.S. diplomat Norman Davis, President Wilson’s Assistant Secretary of Treasury and later Undersecretary of State
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, audiocassette and document collection of White House correspondent Sid Davis
Mount St. Mary's Seminary, library of theology and related subjects
Museum of Valor, Fresno, CA, George Skypeck's painting "War was the Character of my Valor"
National Archives, Priscilla McMillan archival papers relating to “Marina and Lee”
National Cathedral Library, medieval manuscript leaves, including a 1440 Book of Hours, from the Wilhelmina F. Jashemski Trust
National Library of Medicine, Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz’s archival papers and related items pertaining to the first heart transplant
National Library of Medicine, library and archival papers of Nobel prize winner Dr. Joshua Lederberg
National Museum of the Pacific War, books pertaining to World War II
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, collection pertaining to Operation SUN-RUN and the pilot and aircraft that set transcontinental speed records
Newseum, Wash., D.C., archival material relating to journalist Felix Belair, Jr. Documents and letters of Isaac Henry, surgeon aboard the 19th-century warship U.S.S. Constellation
Nicholas Marcella, Amelia Earhart’s goggles along with TLS signed by Earhart and ALS by Earhart’s mother; and TMS of America the Beautiful signed by composer Katherine Lee Bates
PNC Bank, banking artifacts, graphics and memorabilia
PNC Financial Services Group, archaeological artifacts from site at Three PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA
Portland State U., Portland, OR, specimen of D'Orbigny meteorite
Scrapbook relating to the Don Cossack Choir
Sixth Floor Museum, last recording of John F. Kennedy giving a Breakfast Speech at Hotel Texas, Ft. Worth, Nov. 22, 1963
Smith College, Estate of Susanne S. Patch library, including a collection relating to gemology and jewelry
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival papers and uniform of WWI pilot Kenneth P. Grubb
Smithsonian Institution Library, collection of 18th- and 19th-century books pertaining to horticulture
Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History, original Cat Woman costume worn by Julie Newmar on the Batman television show
Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, archives of Richard E. Schreder, developer of the American sailplane
St. Norbert College, St. Augustine’s Confessions, 1589-2004 editions
St. Paul’s College, scholarly library pertaining to American History
The Washington Post, The Washington Star newspaper photo archive
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 1824 autograph letter signed by Jefferson and an 1806 document signed by Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, books published by Running Press and related archival papers
U. of California, Berkeley, large collection of feature films from 1930-1963
U. of Delaware, Estate of Marion Flook miniature book collection
U. of Maryland, Horace Mann collection of theater records and playbills
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, archives of Sandra Michael, creator of the radio drama "Against the Storm"
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, collection of audio-and videotaped interviews pertaining to the theater
U. of Pittsburgh, archival papers and library of Dr. Nicolas Rescher, Professor of Philosophy at the U. of Pittsburgh and current chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science
U. of Pittsburgh, John Woodruff’s Gold Medal for first place in the 800-meter race at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin
U.S. Air Force Academy, collection of slides pertaining to the Air Force Academy and the Vietnam War
U.S. Air Force Academy, collection of slides pertaining to the Air Force Academy and the Vietnam War
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, three volumes of Chaim Kaplan’s diary
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival material and artwork pertaining to the life of Jerzy Kajetanski
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, photographs and archival papers pertaining to the Brunner and Lieben families
University of Maryland, large collection of Persian language books relating to Persian history, culture and literature
University of the District of Columbia, large collection of vintage jazz recordings
University of Virginia Law Library, archives of labor lawyer Earle K. Shawe and videotaped oral history
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival papers relating to the Mlodinoff family and their flight from Nazi Germany on the SS St. Louis.
2009 Appraisals
American Hellenic Institute, books pertaining to Greece and Greek culture
American University, archives of Jeremy Stone, including historical correspondence with Andrei Sakharov
Archival material and related items of T.V. Powderly, labor leader, Commissioner of Immigration and Mayor of Scranton, PA
Archival papers and diaries of General John Floyd, General Charles R. Floyd and William G. McAdoo
Archival papers of Dr. Oswald A. Holzer pertaining to Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
Artwork of 20th-century painter Honore Sharrer
Berklee College of Music, archival papers and related material of Laurdin Kenneth “Pat” Patrick Jr., jazz musician, composer, arranger and educator
Collection of vintage autographs of pioneer aviators belonging to Grey Dutton
Duke University Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History, archival papers and related material of the C & U Poster Advertising Company
Estate of Richard Wilson, celebrity and political memorabilia from the company Norma’s Jeans
Estate of Richard Wilson, celebrity and political memorabilia from the company Norma’s Jeans
Florida State U., Harrison S. Sayre Collection of Circus Material
Fort Delaware Historical Society, Civil War POW Diary of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and related material
General Douglas MacArthur Foundation, library pertaining to 20th-century military history
George Mason U., library of American historian Roy Rosenzweig
George Washington U., Archival papers pertaining to Kenyan land distribution in 1960-63 during Kenya’s move to independence
George Washington U., Neil Proto's archival papers relating to George Washington U. and Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures
George Washington U., Riggs family archival material
Georgetown U. Lauinger Library, books from the shorthand collection of Dr. Alexander L. Sheff
Georgetown U. Law School, library, archives, art and manuscript collections
Georgetown U., collection of early imprints relating Catholicism with emphasis on early American titles
Georgetown U., comprehensive collection of books, periodicals, serials and translations pertaining to the nation of Turkey and Turkish curlture
Grace Lutheran Church, large collection of 19th- and 20th-century sacred and classical organ sheet music
Hampton Roads Naval Museum, 16mm films relating to United Stated Naval vessels, operations and general U.S. Navy life circa 1940’s-1960’s
Historical Society of Frederick County, MD, Civil War letters and diary of Capt. George Tyler during the Hayden Expedition to Yellowstone
Historical Society of Washington D.C., books, maps photographs and official records pertaining to the District of Columbia
John F. Kennedy Library, archival papers and library of journalist and author Bernard B. Fall
Jung Society of Washington, Carl Jung lecture notes from 1930's
Library of Congress, archival material of C.B. Fillebrown, single tax movement advocate
Library of Congress, archival material of Dr. Charles Stevenson, one of the first United States doctors to engage Japanese patients in Nagasaki after the dropping of the atomic bomb on that city
Library of Congress, archival papers, journals and related material pertaining to Qatar
Library of Congress, archives and scrapbooks of Paul Weyrich
Library of Congress, author’s copy of A. M. Brown’s 1851 book The Gold Region and Scenes by the Way.
Library of Congress, collection archival papers and related material of NBC News correspondent and author Irving R. Levine
Longwood U., library and archival papers of Dr. Raymond Cormier pertaining to classical and medieval studies
Massachusetts Historical Society, archival papers of the Coolidge and Dame family 1800-2004 and related artifacts
Mid-Atlantic Tennis and Education Foundation, collection of tennis related periodicals
Museum of the Great Plains, engineering plans drawn by Wyatt Hendrick and pertaining to water development in southwest Oklahoma
National Gallery of Art, photographs for James Goode’s book Washington Sculpture
National Library of Medicine, archival papers and publications of Dr. Rashid Bashshur pertaining to telemedicine and related subjects
National Library of Medicine, medical diplomas from the Mancusi-Ungaro family dating from the 17th-century to the present
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, books, periodicals and catalogues pertaining to African art and related subjects
Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, archival material from the Walter Wellman Polar Expedition Part II
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, advertising material created by Lucian Bernhard
St. Johns College, 1st edition of Hobbes' Leviathan and early edition of Machiavelli's The Prince
Stanford U. Hoover Institute, archival material of Dr. Robert Standish Norris, author of “Racing for the Bomb”
Storage America, NASA space memorabilia and books relating to space exploration
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, documents pertaining to the American Progressive Party
U. of Maryland Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, archival material of broadcaster, writer and teacher Robert Sherman
U. of Maryland Libraries, Dr. Theodore McNelly archival papers and library of East Asian Studies
U. of Maryland Library, Morris Freedman collection of 20th-century playbills
U. of Maryland Library, Robert H. and Clarice Smith collection of art books
U. of Maryland, archives of the Feminist Studies journal
U. of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey Institute, photo album of Life Magazine artist’s proofs
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival papers and books of Rabbi Hans Kronheim of Biedefeld, Germany
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archives pertaining to Col. Howard Fairfield Bresee, Commanding Officer of the Dachau Detachment of the 7708 War Crimes Group in Augsberg, Germany
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archives pertaining to the Freiman, Grunberger and Guttmann families 1920- 1972
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, collection of photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Croatian propaganda posters and periodicals
U.S. Naval Institute Press, photographic and oral history archive
United States Naval Institute, medals, citations and archival material from the Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill archival papers and related items pertaining to the lives and careers of Olive Dame Campbell, noted folklorist and her husband John C. Campbell
Utah State Historical Society, collection of photographs compiled by George Morgan Bacon, the Utah State Engineer from 1925-1932
Virginia Tech U., Civil War library and related material from the Estate of Vicki Heilig
2010 Appraisals
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, register log book from Bettis Field from 1926-1930 containing the signatures of many notable aviators
American University, archives of Sally Liberman Smith, American educator and founder of the Lab School of Washington
American University, library of Betty Bennett, noted scholar on Mary Shelley
Appalachian State University, audio-tapes pertaining to NASCAR racing and Men and Speed
Blair Corcoran Library pertaining to the history and artists of the glass art movement
Corcoran Museum of Art, art books and catalogs with emphasis on Kirchner and other 20th-century artists
Denison U., a collection of books pertaining to Burma
Duke U., archives of Charles E. Roos, economist and co-founder of the Econometric Institute
Estate of Daniel Wayne Martin, Books X to Z, an online business dealing primarily with scholarly titles
Estate of Robert Ludlum, manuscript drafts of novels
George Mason U./Library of Congress, archival papers and related material pertaining to Clay T. Whitehead, Special Assistant to President Nixon and creator of The Open Skies Policy in telecommunications
George Washington U. Society of Presidential Pollsters, political polls conducted and prepared by Mark Penn for President Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton and the British Labor Party
Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, photographs and related material pertaining to Charles Baron
Library of Congress, archival papers and library of Secretary of HUD, Congressman and Presidential candidate Jack Kemp
Library of Congress, archives and library of William Safire, noted columnist and author
Library of Congress, archives of Ronald Ziegler, Press Secretary for President Nixon
Library of Congress, archives of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
Library of Congress, archives of sociologist, Dr. Amitai Etzioni
Library of Congress, collection of books pertaining to film
Library of Melville Bell Grosvenor, past president of the National Geographic Society and editor of National Geographic Magazine.
Narcotics Anonymous, archival papers and library
National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine, collection of books from the esate of Dr. Carlo Foa and original films from the laboratory of Dr. I.P. Pavlov, including the experiments he conducted with dogs and humans
National Library of Agriculture, archives pertaining to market development of food irradiation, functional foods and alternatives to methyl bromide
National Library of Medicine, archival papers and related material of Dr. William C. DeVries, who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implantation
National Library of Medicine, papers and archives of Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Biochemistry for the decoding of DNA
National Portrait Gallery, drawings by Don Bachardy and Adolfo Best-Maugard
New York Public Library, large collection of books pertaining to the game of checkers
New York Public Radio, collection of reel-to-reel tapes pertaining to WQXR and vinyl, glass and aluminum records
Newseum, political memorabilia of Paul Duke, noted journalist and moderator of the PBS weekly news show Washington Week in Review
Optical Society of America, the Journal of the Optical Society of American from 1944-present
Our Lady of Lebanon Seminary, Estate of Joseph Donnelly collection of books on history and related subjects
POACRE Citizens Association, Miocene baleen whale skeleton
Pritkzer Military Library, archival papers and related material pertaining to the books Fiasco and The Gamble
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival material from the Army Air Corp and U.S. Air Force careers of Col. Lewis S. Webster and Lieut. Col. Lewis Frazer Webster
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival material from the Army Air Corp and U.S. Air Force careers of Col. Lewis S. Webster and Lieut. Col. Lewis Frazer Webster
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival papers, photographs and related material of aviation photographer Howard Levy
Smithsonian American Art Museum, material relating to the work of Nam June Paik
Smithsonian Institution, archives of Warren M. Robbins, Founder and past Director of the National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, material relating to Ernst Dutzmann and the V-2 rocket
St. David's Episcopal Church, the Thomas Dixon collection of religion and theology
Stanford U. Hoover Institute, Archival papers and related material of foreign policy author James Mann
The Dalton S. West collection of books pertaining to geo-politics, intelligence and history
The Theater Historical Society, large collection of blueprints relating to Wash., DC area theaters
Tulane University, library holdings, including microforms, digital records, books, archives and ephemeral material destroyed during Hurricane Katrina
U. of Alabama Huntsville, papers of Saunders Kramer, creator of first U.S. Space Station
U. of Arkansas, archival papers and manuscripts of author Donald Harrington
U. of Maryland Center for Persian Studies, the Dr. Habib Ladjevardi collection of books, journals, audio tapes and microfilms pertaining to Iran
U. of Maryland Library of American Broadcasting, archives of noted broadcast journalists William and Shirley Robson
U. of Maryland, Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, Library of Rabbi Hans Kronheim
U. of Michigan, archival papers and related material of Rane Arroyo an American poet, playwright and scholar
U. of New Mexico, Ibarra family archives (Aide de Camp to Simon Bolivar)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, collection of photographs by Hugo Jaeger, Hitler's personal photographer
Wakefield Country Day School, comprehensive juvenile film collection
Wisconsin Historical Society., documentary film collection of Robert F. Rogers, NBC News writer-producer
Yale U., 19th-century North Sumatra Batak divination manuscript book
2011 Appraisals
18th-century American theological pamphlets printed by Andrew Bradford and Benjamin Franklin
George Washington U. Jacob Burns Law Library, books, periodicals, journals and reports pertaining to international law and human rights belonging to Thomas Buergenthal, former judge of the International Court of Justice
George Washington U., archival papers of Marcus Raskin, a prominent American social critic, political activist, author and philosopher
Whittier Historical Museum, Whittier, AK, elements shot and collected for the use in the documentary film "Red White Black and Blue"...$301,122
Alexander Graham Bell's workbooks for the development of tetrahedral kites for application in building a motorized flying machine
American U., archives of Irene Tinker relating to international development and especially the role of women and non-governmental organizations
Archival papers, photographs and related material of
William C. Conover, Indian agent in the Oklahoma Territory
Archives and library of the
Grand Lodge Masonic Temple of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Arizona State U., archival papers and related material of journalist Joel Garreau, author of Radical Evolution
Artifacts from Mike Todd's ill-fated jet
"Lucky Liz" named after his wife Elizabeth Taylor
WNYC, a collection of audio CDs with radio broadcasts of "Antiquity on Tape"
Cause Marketing Forum, archive containing Halo Competition entries
Christendom College, large collection of books pertaining to theology and related subjects
Collection of original plat documents relating to
Washington City 1795-97
Columbia College Center for Black Music Research, The Evelyn Davidson White Collection of choral music by African American Composers
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Robert M. West library of books, journals, papers and images relating to paleontology, geology, evolution and museology
Divine World Missionaries, large collection of anthropology books and journals pertaining to the Philippines
George Mason U., collection of postcards and photographs pertaining to Fairfax, VA
George Mason U., homosexual literature and the history of homosexuality, English literature and Shakespearian studies
George Washington Carver, original 1919 pen and ink drawing entitled "Narcissus Poeticus"
George Washington U., archives of Jerome Barrett pertaining to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
George Washington University Albert H. Small Museum of Washingtoniana, a substantive collection of material relating to the planning, development and building of the District of Columbia
Georgetown U., Matthew Brady photo of the first Japanese embassy to the U.S. in 1860
H.D.Smyth: Atomic Bombs, A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945, Adjutant General's Office, August 1945. Original pre publicatio
Johns Hopkins U. Peabody Institute, books, music scores and audio tapes from the Estate of William Grossman, a practice pianist, conductor and copyist who worked with many professional musicians, conductors and composers, including Leon Fleish
Johns Hopkins University Medical Archives, class notes of Eugene L. Opie, member of the first graduating class of Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Large collection of 19th-century
flow blue English china belonging to a private collector
Leonard Colodny, archival papers and related material pertaining to
Silent Coup and
40 Years War
Library of Congress, archival papers of Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and internationally renowned expert on foreign policy
Library of Congress, papers of Lawrence Warren, author of books on dancers Anna Sakalaw and Lester Horton
Los Angeles Public Library System, inventory and related information pertaining to the contents of three branches currently located in the city of Santa Clarita, CA
Manassas Battlefield Park, personal shotgun of Col. John S. Mosby CSA
Maryland Historical Society, archival deeds and paper relating to Hermitage II, Montgomery County, MD
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL, collection of American trade catalogs, books, periodicals and related business ephemera
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL, collection of American trade catalogs, books, periodicals and related business ephemera
National Agriculture Library, library of William Saunders, USDA's first botanist and landscape designer
National Agriculture Library, original manuscript watercolor of Titian Peale relating to entomology
National Museum of American History, business and financial papers of Edward Kleinschmidt relating to the invention of the teleprinter
National Park Service, belt buckle worn by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
National Portrait Gallery, Omar Khayyam, 1884 Rubaiyat, folio, one of 100 illustrated by Elihu Vedder
Peabody Conservatory of Music, original tapes and related material by guitar legend Charlie Byrd
R. Finley Hunt's notebooks relating to the development of a steam-engine flying machine for use by the Confederate War Department
Slippery Rock U., archival papers and library of Nien Cheng, author of
Life and Death in Shanghai
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, a collection of correspondence pertaining to engineer Edward Serrell’s attempt to build a flying machine he called a “volomotive” for use by the Union Army during the American Civil War
Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Gardens, archives of Eleanor Weller Reade
Stanford U. Hoover Institute, archival papers of William O. Doub, Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission 1971-74
Syracuse U., collection of 52 Vogue Picture 78 rpm Records from 1946
Talbot County Public Library, Easton, MD, diaries and account books from 1829-1951 containing a continual narrative and documentation of a local, uninterrupted single-family-owned farm
Temple U., archival papers and tapes of Lew Klein, broadcasting executive and executive producer at WFIL
Temple U., archival papers, video tapes and electronic files of Mike Davis of New York Communications and Michael Davis and Company
Thomas Ricks, author of
Fiasco and
The Gamble about the Iraqi War
U. of Connecticut, archives and related material of Senator Christopher Dodd
U. of Maryland Broadcasting Archive, 924 tapes of Washington, DC broadcast journalist Steven Affens
U. of Maryland Michelle Smith Performing Art Library, collection of 20th century dance programs and souvenir books
U. of Maryland Michelle Smith Performing Arts Center, the Milt Stevens classical CD collection
U. of Maryland, research library of Roger Kennedy, Past Director of both the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History and the National Park Service
U. of Michigan, collection of signed, limited Ben Shahn seriographs and pochoir prints
U. of Montevallo, archival papers of John Steelman, special assistant to President Truman, pertaining to undercover work on lynchings while serving on the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
U. of Virginia, the James Goode collection of bookplates
U. of Washington, large collection of taped interviews primarily relating to Indian politics, society and culture
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hoexter family archival papers and related material
U.S. Holocaust Museum, archives of Ruth Rappaport, a relation of Helena Rubenstein, Rappaport was a journalist in Israe's Public Information Office the first two years of statehood and covered the Viet-Nam War as a correspondent (see also
Journalism)
U.S. Holocaust Museum, archives of Ruth Rappaport, a relation of Helena Rubenstein, Rappaport was a journalist in Israel's Public Information Office the first two years of statehood and covered the Viet-Nam War as a correspondent (see also
Judaica)
Wisconsin Historical Society, library of journalist Robert D. Novak containing many signed and inscribed books
2012 Appraisals
Library of Congress Map Division, late 19th-century map depicting the world as flat
U. of Colorado, collection of books, manuscripts and screenplays by Jewish authors
U. of Maryland Michelle Smith Performing Arts Center, collection of 19th- and 29th-century sheet music with emphasis on sacred music
De Kooning Foundation, 2-page handwritten personal letter by Wilhelm de Kooning dated 1961
Franciscus de Platea, O.F.M, Opus Restitutonium Usurarum et Excommunicationum, 1474
Syracuse University, archival papers of Bob Fass, legendary counter culture radio show host at WBAI New York
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 70 photographs relating to the interrogation and Nuremberg trial of Hermann Goering and Nazi Army War Criminals