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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 01_10_05a.jpg 01_10_05b.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hunter College Art Galleries Collection, 1975-2009 Box 1, Folder 10 Title A name given to the resource Siete Mundos, Ceramica Veracruzana Description An account of the resource Seven Worlds, Veracruz Ceramics Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 17-September 2, 2004 ceramics Thomas HunterGallery https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/e797780770c101e611aef2969e9f1016.pdf 2430094bc288b3aaf3b32e4f37f4e732 PDF Text Text The Kate Simon Papers 1959-1989 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 3 4 5 6-7 8 - 16 2 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Location: Provenance: Restrictions: Archivist: Assistants: 96-01 6.3321 cu. ft. Range 5 Section 8 Shelves 46 - 48 Kate Simon None. Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Ms. Gretchen Opie Ms. Nicole Thomas June 1999 November 2014 Date: Revised: 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Kate Simon was born Kaila Grubschmeidt in Warsaw, Poland on December 5, 1912. At the age of four, with her mother and younger brother, she immigrated to the United States where they joined her father who had already been there for more than two years. In 1917 the family settled in a Jewish immigrant neighborhood in the Bronx. Simon was raised in a traditional Jewish family with a father she has described as “tyrannical.” Her mother, unlike other women in the neighborhood, had once owned her own shop in Poland, and encouraged her daughter to get an education and to be financially independent before she married. After a difficult childhood, Simon left home at fifteen and supported herself with a variety of jobs. Eventually she was able to work her way through college, and in 1937 she graduated from Hunter College with a BA in English. Simon married twice. Her first husband, Dr. Stanley Goldman, died in 1942, and a marriage to publisher Bob Simon ended in divorce in 1960. Her only child, Alexandra, died in 1954 at the age of twenty. Simon began her writing career doing book reviews for several publications including The New Republic and The Nation. She began writing books after a publisher friend suggested she write a travel guide to New York City. The publisher’s idea had been to highlight the most chic and exclusive places in the city, but instead Simon wrote New York Places and Pleasures: An Uncommon Guidebook. Published in 1959 by Harper and Row, it vividly describes lesser known and unusual aspects of New York City from the intimate perspective of someone who had lived there nearly all her life. The book became a bestselling paperback, has been revised four times, and is now considered a classic among New York guidebooks. After the success of her first book, Simon was able to continue writing travel guides, living at her publisher’s expense for months or years at a time in the area she was exploring. Her successful and popular guides include Mexico: Places and Pleasures (1963), London: Places and Pleasures (1968), Kate Simon: Paris Places and Pleasures (1971), Rome: Places and Pleasures (1972), England’s Green and Pleasant Land (1974), Fifth Avenue: A Very Special History (1978), and Italy: The Places in Between (1984). Using the same vivid, descriptive prose she is known for, Simon also published three volumes of memoirs: Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood (1982), A Wider World: Portraits in Adolescence (1987), and Etchings in an Hourglass (1990). Simon has received several awards for her work. She won the National Book Critics Circle Nomination in 1982 and was named a Books-Across-The-Sea Ambassador of Honor in 1983. Her name was added to the Hunter Hall of Fame in 1983, and in 1989 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hunter College. On February 5, 1990, when she was 77 years old, Kate Simon died from stomach cancer in her home in Manhattan. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Kate Simon was a popular and prolific writer, known for her humor, her honesty and her vivid descriptions of the places and people around her. She was a world traveler who related her varied experiences to her readers in her many guidebooks. Her writings about New York, including her memoirs, have established her as an expert on the city, and she continues to be cited as an authority. The Kate Simon Papers consists of documents dating from 1959 (the year Simon’s first book was published) to 1989 (the year she was diagnosed with stomach cancer). There are personal documents, notes and drafts of Simon’s writing, clippings of articles, reviews of her work, teaching materials, photographs from her travels, and slides that she used during her lectures. The bulk of the collection contains materials relating to Simon’s writings. There are travel logs, journals and handwritten notes which record her initial impressions of the places, people and events she would later write about. Similarly, the photographs in the collection capture the appearance of places described in her guidebooks. The most extensive part of the collection contains typed drafts of Simon’s well-known books and other writings. Simon generally gave the drafts working titles which don’t always correspond to the names of published chapters or section headings. In some cases there is nothing else to identify the pieces, and it can be difficult for the researcher to determine which drafts later became parts of books, which were preparatory writings, and which may have been published as separate articles or essays. It is clear, however, that the drafts included in the collection are fairly comprehensive. There are parts of Etchings in an Hourglass and A Wider View, a musical version of Bronx Primitive, and sections from her various travel guides. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua is particularly well represented with two extensive drafts. In several cases there are multiple drafts revealing Simon’s successive revisions. The collection as a whole thoroughly documents the various stages of Simon’s writing process, from her initial ideas to the published piece. The papers are as unique and idiosyncratic as Kate Simon herself, and provide researchers with a unique opportunity to better understand Simon’s life and work. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Information Series I consists of articles about Kate Simon, awards she received, her marriage certificate, financial documents, royalty records, and handwritten travel logs. In addition, there are articles about Simon receiving an honorary doctorate from Hunter College. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Series II – Correspondence Series II consists of incoming and outgoing letters which are arranged chronologically from 1959 to 1989. Series III – Writings Subseries 3.1 Drafts Subseries 3.2 Research Notes Subseries 3.3 Articles Written by Kate Simon Subseries 3.4 Articles Written by Kate Simon Undated Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books Subseries 3.1 consist of drafts of articles, essays, and book chapters. Many of the drafts contain corrections, inserts, deletions, and comments. Subseries 3.2 consists of handwritten research notes that Simon referred to while preparing several of her publications. Subseries 3.3 consists of articles written by Kate Simon which appeared in various newspapers and magazines. The articles are arranged by date of publication. Subseries 3.4 consists of articles written by Kate that are undated. The articles are arranged alphabetically by title. Subseries 3.5 includes a brochure on the Cooper Union Museum and an essay on writing. Subseries 3.6 consists of miscellaneous materials and Subseries 3.7 consists of publisher announcements of Bronx Primitive Portraits in a Childhood (1982), Italy The Places In Between (1971), and New York Places & Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook (1959). Series IV – Reviews of Kate Simon’s Works Series IV consists of reviews of Simon’s works that appeared in The Cooper Union Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Magazine, Herald Tribune, Newsday, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, and Vogue Magazine. Reviews are arranged alphabetically by title of each work. Series V – Teaching Materials Series V consists of instructional materials that Simon used in the classes and seminars she taught. There are also documents relating to speeches, lectures and readings she participated in. 6 �Series VI – Photographs Series VI consists of black-and-white and color photographs and slides. Included are publicity shots of Simon as well as prints and slides of her numerous travel destinations. Many of the photographs are untitled. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I – BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL INFORMATION Box 1 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 10 11 1 Contents Articles, 1951 - 1989 Awards, 1982 - 1983, 1986, 1989 Biographical Materials Clippings, n.d. Financial Documents, 1986 - 1988 Marriage Certificate, November 27, 1946 Medical Documents, 1980 Royalty Statements, 1973 - 1978, 1980 - 1981, 1983, 1988 Tenant Association Papers, 1985 - 1989 Travel Logs, n.d. Honorary Doctorate from Hunter College including the Ceremonial Shawl, 1989 2 SERIES II – CORRESPONDENCE 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Incoming 1949, 1956, 1958 - 1962 1963 - 1964, 1970 - 1971, 1973 - 1980, 1982 - 1985 1986 - 1989 n.d. Outgoing 1959 - 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1983 - 1986, 1989 n.d. SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts 4 1 2 3 Addresses Abigal Adams Smith, n.d. 42nd Street Library “5th Avenue,” n.d. Address delivered at (Hunter College) Commencement, Times Square, April 1989 8 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 4 Folder 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Contents Alberti, Leon Batista (1404 - 1472) Albi and Monte Carlo, n.d. Aldo, n.d.* And Music, n.d. And Once Again, Hospital, n.d. Aristo, n.d. Bandello, n.d. Barcelona, 1979 Bazar Sabado, n.d. Betty and Golf Pro, n.d. Bill, n.d. Bob Simon, n.d. Box Material, n.d. Brinton, n.d. (The first 22 pages are missing) Brooklyn College, n.d. Bronx Primitive (a musical), n.d. Castiglione, n.d. Children, n.d. The City Dwellers, n.d. Cuidad Trujillo and Haiti, n.d. Collections, n.d. Culture Encounters (Caribbean), n.d. Culture Shock, n.d. Culture Shock/India, n.d. Culture Shock Overwhelming India, n.d. Dalmation Montage, n.d. Death My Friend & Companion, n.d. Eastward Ho, n.d. Eating, n.d. Encounters—Ruth, n.d. End, n.d. Enna, n.d. Episodes in the Life of a Step-Parent, n.d. Essays – Literature, n.d. Est ce que vous ete Juive?, n.d. Estes, n.d. 5 *(Different drafts of this work are titled Aldo, Aldo the Gold, Aldo the Shoe Shine Boy, Aldo with Italy, Italy Aldo, My Italian Life Aldo?, and My Life in Italy??? Aldo?) 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 5 Folder 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Contents Etchings in an Hourglass, n.d. Ethel—Ruth, n.d. Fifth Avenue Christmas, n.d. Five –Spot Café, n.d. Following Separation, n.d. Forward, n.d. Girl, n.d. Golden Man—Cordoba, n.d. The Gonzaga Lords of Mantua, Selwyn Brinton, 1927 Greek Island, n.d. Greg and Laura, n.d. The Greenbelt, n.d. Haiti Revisited, March 18, 1975 Harvard, n.d. History, n.d. History—Europe and Italy, n.d. Hold for “Machismo”, n.d. Hollywood Romance, n.d. Hospital, n.d. Illness, Analysis, n.d. India, n.d. Introduction to New York Observed, n.d. Isabella, n.d. Ischia, n.d. Israel, n.d. Italy, n.d. Jaffa, n.d. Jerome, n.d. Jerry, n.d. Jerusalem, n.d. Jerusalem Byways, n.d. Jugoslavia, n.d. Julius II - Michelangelo Buonarotti, n.d. Layering Views of New York City, n.d. Lessons, n.d. Letter, n.d. Letter to My Nieces, n.d. Lexie Illness, n.d. The Little Virtues, n.d. 10 6 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 6 Folder 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15-19 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Contents Machiavelli, n.d. Machiavelli and Castiglione, n.d. Machiavelli’s “Prince,” n.d. Magics and Sciences, n.d. Mantegna, n.d. Mantua, n.d. Marriage, n.d. Marthe and Del, n.d. The Meeting, n.d. Melteme, n.d. Memoires of a Renaissance Pope, n.d. Mexico I: Places and Pleasures, n.d. Mexico II, n.d. Mexico Paris 7, n.d. Mexico-Tom, n.d. Minor Deities—Esther, n.d. Monreale, n.d. Mysteries ñ Puzzles Conundrums (Edgar Wind Pagan Mysteries), n.d. Ned, n.d. Not Quite Chance Encounters, n.d. Opening, n.d. Oxaxca, n.d. Painter, n.d. Pandora’s Box Dora and Erwin Panofsky, n.d. Pantheon Books, 1956 Paris, n.d. Paris II, n.d. Parks Renaissance, n.d. Pavanne for a Dead Princess, n.d. Peter and Norma, n.d. Plague, n.d. Poetry, n.d. Preface, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 1 - 100 p. 82 - 129 p. 101 – 200 11 7 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 8 Folder 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Contents A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 130 - 200 p. 201 - 255 p. 201 - 300 p. 261 - 295 p. 301 – 381 Untitled Chapters Inserts Roads Not Taken, n.d. Rubens, n.d. Russian Lessons, n.d. Siena et al (Information), n.d. Simon for November, n.d. Small Loves, n.d. Small Renaissance Court, n.d. Songs without Words, n.d. The Smith from Lichterfeld, n.d. Spanish Civil War, n.d. Speech: 158th Commencement Address at Hunter College Splendor of Israel, n.d. Stella and Fanny, n.d. The Storekeeper, n.d. Sylvia, n.d. Theatre, n.d. Third Autobiography, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Mantegna, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Vittorino Ramboldini, n.d. Travel and Leisure Possibilities, n.d. Triangles, n.d. Triptych, n.d. Two Bronx Girls, n.d. Two Men, Two Women, A Phantom, n.d. Untitled Drafts, n.d. Vignettes, n.d. Visits to Israel, 1953 Who and Where Am I, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits in An Adolescence, n.d. Women, n.d. Words and Thought, n.d. 12 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 9 Folder 32 Contents The Zocalo: The Immortal Place, n.d. Subseries 3.2 Research Notes 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Autobiography III Gonzaga Jerusalem Mexico Miscellaneous I Miscellaneous II New York Park Renaissance Smithsonian Institute Travel and Leisure Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon 11 1 Simon, Kate. “The New York Shopper A To Z: An Alphabet of Oddities.” Harper’s Bazzar (May 1959): 134 - 135, 154. ---. “The Three Harlems and What is Happening to Them.” Harper’s Magazine (March 1960): 62 - 65. ---. “Hongos Magicos/Mexico’s Hallucinogenic Mushrooms.” Cavalier (September 26, 1963): 26, 62-65. 2 ---. “Did the Italians Invent Opera – Or Vice Versa?” The New York Times, February 8, 1970, n.p. ---. “Encounter on a Train.” Travel & Leisure (February 1976): 14, 19 - 20. ---. “ Double Takes.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 6, 8. 3 ---. “A Modest Proposal.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 58. ---. “A Modern Canterbury Tale.” Travel & Leisure (January 1977): 68. ---. “The Spanish Girl.” Travel & Leisure (July 1977): 74. 13 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon Box 11 Folder 4 Contents Simon, Kate. “Monumental Mexico.” Travel & Leisure (May 1978): 22 - 25. ---. “Serendipitous Discoveries.” Travel & Leisure (July 1978): 78. ---. “The Magic Market.” Travel & Leisure (November 1978): 156 5 ---. “Mr. Lincoln’s Land.” Travel & Leisure (September 1978): n.p. ---. “Barcelona.” Travel & Leisure (December 1978): n.p. ---. “Sienna in the Sun.” Travel & Leisure (June 1979): 82 - 88. 6 ---. “Private Eye on New York.” Vogue Magazine (July 1980): 110, 120, 122. ---. “Saluting the Statue of Liberty.” Travel & Leisure (July 1984): 73 - 84. ---. “The Tower of London.” Travel & Leisure (June 1985): 123 - 126, 160. 7 ---. “Jerusalem.” Travel & Leisure (January 1986): 95 - 136. ---. “A Contempt for Danger.” The New York Times, November 16, 1986, n.p. ---.“Bringing New Life to the Parks.” The New York Times Magazine, April 26, 1987, pp. 22-25, 39. 8 ---. “The Cloisters: New Treasures and Pleasures.” The New York Times, May, 15, 1988: Section 2: 1, 45. ---. “Two Girls from the Bronx.” Newsday, December 12, 1988, 62. Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated 11 9 Simon, Kate. “Central Park, Recycled.” Travel & Leisure, n.d. ---. “Cozumel.” (n.d.): 188. ---. “London For Sale.” (n.d.): 91-96. 10 ---. “Love Letter from Mexico.” Travel & Leisure, (n.d.): 88. 14 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated Box 11 Folder 10 11 Contents Simon, Kate. “No Place Like Home: A Traveler Returns to New York.” New York Magazine (n.d.): 108 - 113 ---. “The Tourist As Writer.” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 118 ---. “They Who Guard the Treasures” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 122 ---. “Typical New Yorker?” Herald Tribune (n.d.): n.p. ---. “What About America? The New York Times, (n.d.) 12 ---. Published Excerpts (n.d.) Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Written By Kate Simon 11 13 Simon, Kate. “The Cooper Union Museum as seen by Kate Simon” in New York Places & Pleasures, Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Simon, Kate. “Jimmy and Death.” from Bronx Primitive in The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, New York: St. Martin’s Press, p. 18 - 23. Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials 11 14 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books 11 15 Bronx Primitive, 1982 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 15 �SERIES IV – REVIEWS OF KATE SIMON’S WORKS Box 12 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Contents Bestsellers List Bronx Primitive, 1982 Bulletins, 1963 - 1964, 1974, 1982, 1988 - 1989 England’s Green and Pleasant Land, 1975 Fifth Avenue: a Very Social History, 1978 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 London: Places and Pleasures, 1968 Mexico: Places and Pleasures, 1963 New York, 1963 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 Paris: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua, 1988 Rome: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits In An Adolescence, 1986 13 SERIES V – TEACHING MATERIALS 13 4 5 6 Class Materials Instructional Materials Lectures, Speeches and Readings SERIES VI – PHOTOGRAPHS 13 7 8 Candid and Portrait Photographs of Kate Simon, 1963 General Photographs Arts in New York, 1983 Literary Lions, 1989 The New York Times Book Review, 1986 Slides The New York Public Library, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue Byron Book, James Book, Library Torch, Crystal Palace and the Frick Collection Lecture: Slides from Abigail Adams Smith Unlabeled Transparencies of Countryside Unlabeled Photographs and Negatives 16 14 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Simon, Kate (1959--1989) Description An account of the resource Simon is a Hunter alumna and member of the Hunter Hall of Fame. Simon was a writer who wrote about her travels to Europe and Latin America. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, book reviews, and photographs. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/71c3a9ed08ca57ce6625d4e81866b511.pdf 2430094bc288b3aaf3b32e4f37f4e732 PDF Text Text The Kate Simon Papers 1959-1989 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 3 4 5 6-7 8 - 16 2 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Location: Provenance: Restrictions: Archivist: Assistants: 96-01 6.3321 cu. ft. Range 5 Section 8 Shelves 46 - 48 Kate Simon None. Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Ms. Gretchen Opie Ms. Nicole Thomas June 1999 November 2014 Date: Revised: 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Kate Simon was born Kaila Grubschmeidt in Warsaw, Poland on December 5, 1912. At the age of four, with her mother and younger brother, she immigrated to the United States where they joined her father who had already been there for more than two years. In 1917 the family settled in a Jewish immigrant neighborhood in the Bronx. Simon was raised in a traditional Jewish family with a father she has described as “tyrannical.” Her mother, unlike other women in the neighborhood, had once owned her own shop in Poland, and encouraged her daughter to get an education and to be financially independent before she married. After a difficult childhood, Simon left home at fifteen and supported herself with a variety of jobs. Eventually she was able to work her way through college, and in 1937 she graduated from Hunter College with a BA in English. Simon married twice. Her first husband, Dr. Stanley Goldman, died in 1942, and a marriage to publisher Bob Simon ended in divorce in 1960. Her only child, Alexandra, died in 1954 at the age of twenty. Simon began her writing career doing book reviews for several publications including The New Republic and The Nation. She began writing books after a publisher friend suggested she write a travel guide to New York City. The publisher’s idea had been to highlight the most chic and exclusive places in the city, but instead Simon wrote New York Places and Pleasures: An Uncommon Guidebook. Published in 1959 by Harper and Row, it vividly describes lesser known and unusual aspects of New York City from the intimate perspective of someone who had lived there nearly all her life. The book became a bestselling paperback, has been revised four times, and is now considered a classic among New York guidebooks. After the success of her first book, Simon was able to continue writing travel guides, living at her publisher’s expense for months or years at a time in the area she was exploring. Her successful and popular guides include Mexico: Places and Pleasures (1963), London: Places and Pleasures (1968), Kate Simon: Paris Places and Pleasures (1971), Rome: Places and Pleasures (1972), England’s Green and Pleasant Land (1974), Fifth Avenue: A Very Special History (1978), and Italy: The Places in Between (1984). Using the same vivid, descriptive prose she is known for, Simon also published three volumes of memoirs: Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood (1982), A Wider World: Portraits in Adolescence (1987), and Etchings in an Hourglass (1990). Simon has received several awards for her work. She won the National Book Critics Circle Nomination in 1982 and was named a Books-Across-The-Sea Ambassador of Honor in 1983. Her name was added to the Hunter Hall of Fame in 1983, and in 1989 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hunter College. On February 5, 1990, when she was 77 years old, Kate Simon died from stomach cancer in her home in Manhattan. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Kate Simon was a popular and prolific writer, known for her humor, her honesty and her vivid descriptions of the places and people around her. She was a world traveler who related her varied experiences to her readers in her many guidebooks. Her writings about New York, including her memoirs, have established her as an expert on the city, and she continues to be cited as an authority. The Kate Simon Papers consists of documents dating from 1959 (the year Simon’s first book was published) to 1989 (the year she was diagnosed with stomach cancer). There are personal documents, notes and drafts of Simon’s writing, clippings of articles, reviews of her work, teaching materials, photographs from her travels, and slides that she used during her lectures. The bulk of the collection contains materials relating to Simon’s writings. There are travel logs, journals and handwritten notes which record her initial impressions of the places, people and events she would later write about. Similarly, the photographs in the collection capture the appearance of places described in her guidebooks. The most extensive part of the collection contains typed drafts of Simon’s well-known books and other writings. Simon generally gave the drafts working titles which don’t always correspond to the names of published chapters or section headings. In some cases there is nothing else to identify the pieces, and it can be difficult for the researcher to determine which drafts later became parts of books, which were preparatory writings, and which may have been published as separate articles or essays. It is clear, however, that the drafts included in the collection are fairly comprehensive. There are parts of Etchings in an Hourglass and A Wider View, a musical version of Bronx Primitive, and sections from her various travel guides. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua is particularly well represented with two extensive drafts. In several cases there are multiple drafts revealing Simon’s successive revisions. The collection as a whole thoroughly documents the various stages of Simon’s writing process, from her initial ideas to the published piece. The papers are as unique and idiosyncratic as Kate Simon herself, and provide researchers with a unique opportunity to better understand Simon’s life and work. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Information Series I consists of articles about Kate Simon, awards she received, her marriage certificate, financial documents, royalty records, and handwritten travel logs. In addition, there are articles about Simon receiving an honorary doctorate from Hunter College. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Series II – Correspondence Series II consists of incoming and outgoing letters which are arranged chronologically from 1959 to 1989. Series III – Writings Subseries 3.1 Drafts Subseries 3.2 Research Notes Subseries 3.3 Articles Written by Kate Simon Subseries 3.4 Articles Written by Kate Simon Undated Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books Subseries 3.1 consist of drafts of articles, essays, and book chapters. Many of the drafts contain corrections, inserts, deletions, and comments. Subseries 3.2 consists of handwritten research notes that Simon referred to while preparing several of her publications. Subseries 3.3 consists of articles written by Kate Simon which appeared in various newspapers and magazines. The articles are arranged by date of publication. Subseries 3.4 consists of articles written by Kate that are undated. The articles are arranged alphabetically by title. Subseries 3.5 includes a brochure on the Cooper Union Museum and an essay on writing. Subseries 3.6 consists of miscellaneous materials and Subseries 3.7 consists of publisher announcements of Bronx Primitive Portraits in a Childhood (1982), Italy The Places In Between (1971), and New York Places & Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook (1959). Series IV – Reviews of Kate Simon’s Works Series IV consists of reviews of Simon’s works that appeared in The Cooper Union Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Magazine, Herald Tribune, Newsday, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, and Vogue Magazine. Reviews are arranged alphabetically by title of each work. Series V – Teaching Materials Series V consists of instructional materials that Simon used in the classes and seminars she taught. There are also documents relating to speeches, lectures and readings she participated in. 6 �Series VI – Photographs Series VI consists of black-and-white and color photographs and slides. Included are publicity shots of Simon as well as prints and slides of her numerous travel destinations. Many of the photographs are untitled. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I – BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL INFORMATION Box 1 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 10 11 1 Contents Articles, 1951 - 1989 Awards, 1982 - 1983, 1986, 1989 Biographical Materials Clippings, n.d. Financial Documents, 1986 - 1988 Marriage Certificate, November 27, 1946 Medical Documents, 1980 Royalty Statements, 1973 - 1978, 1980 - 1981, 1983, 1988 Tenant Association Papers, 1985 - 1989 Travel Logs, n.d. Honorary Doctorate from Hunter College including the Ceremonial Shawl, 1989 2 SERIES II – CORRESPONDENCE 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Incoming 1949, 1956, 1958 - 1962 1963 - 1964, 1970 - 1971, 1973 - 1980, 1982 - 1985 1986 - 1989 n.d. Outgoing 1959 - 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1983 - 1986, 1989 n.d. SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts 4 1 2 3 Addresses Abigal Adams Smith, n.d. 42nd Street Library “5th Avenue,” n.d. Address delivered at (Hunter College) Commencement, Times Square, April 1989 8 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 4 Folder 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Contents Alberti, Leon Batista (1404 - 1472) Albi and Monte Carlo, n.d. Aldo, n.d.* And Music, n.d. And Once Again, Hospital, n.d. Aristo, n.d. Bandello, n.d. Barcelona, 1979 Bazar Sabado, n.d. Betty and Golf Pro, n.d. Bill, n.d. Bob Simon, n.d. Box Material, n.d. Brinton, n.d. (The first 22 pages are missing) Brooklyn College, n.d. Bronx Primitive (a musical), n.d. Castiglione, n.d. Children, n.d. The City Dwellers, n.d. Cuidad Trujillo and Haiti, n.d. Collections, n.d. Culture Encounters (Caribbean), n.d. Culture Shock, n.d. Culture Shock/India, n.d. Culture Shock Overwhelming India, n.d. Dalmation Montage, n.d. Death My Friend & Companion, n.d. Eastward Ho, n.d. Eating, n.d. Encounters—Ruth, n.d. End, n.d. Enna, n.d. Episodes in the Life of a Step-Parent, n.d. Essays – Literature, n.d. Est ce que vous ete Juive?, n.d. Estes, n.d. 5 *(Different drafts of this work are titled Aldo, Aldo the Gold, Aldo the Shoe Shine Boy, Aldo with Italy, Italy Aldo, My Italian Life Aldo?, and My Life in Italy??? Aldo?) 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 5 Folder 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Contents Etchings in an Hourglass, n.d. Ethel—Ruth, n.d. Fifth Avenue Christmas, n.d. Five –Spot Café, n.d. Following Separation, n.d. Forward, n.d. Girl, n.d. Golden Man—Cordoba, n.d. The Gonzaga Lords of Mantua, Selwyn Brinton, 1927 Greek Island, n.d. Greg and Laura, n.d. The Greenbelt, n.d. Haiti Revisited, March 18, 1975 Harvard, n.d. History, n.d. History—Europe and Italy, n.d. Hold for “Machismo”, n.d. Hollywood Romance, n.d. Hospital, n.d. Illness, Analysis, n.d. India, n.d. Introduction to New York Observed, n.d. Isabella, n.d. Ischia, n.d. Israel, n.d. Italy, n.d. Jaffa, n.d. Jerome, n.d. Jerry, n.d. Jerusalem, n.d. Jerusalem Byways, n.d. Jugoslavia, n.d. Julius II - Michelangelo Buonarotti, n.d. Layering Views of New York City, n.d. Lessons, n.d. Letter, n.d. Letter to My Nieces, n.d. Lexie Illness, n.d. The Little Virtues, n.d. 10 6 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 6 Folder 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15-19 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Contents Machiavelli, n.d. Machiavelli and Castiglione, n.d. Machiavelli’s “Prince,” n.d. Magics and Sciences, n.d. Mantegna, n.d. Mantua, n.d. Marriage, n.d. Marthe and Del, n.d. The Meeting, n.d. Melteme, n.d. Memoires of a Renaissance Pope, n.d. Mexico I: Places and Pleasures, n.d. Mexico II, n.d. Mexico Paris 7, n.d. Mexico-Tom, n.d. Minor Deities—Esther, n.d. Monreale, n.d. Mysteries ñ Puzzles Conundrums (Edgar Wind Pagan Mysteries), n.d. Ned, n.d. Not Quite Chance Encounters, n.d. Opening, n.d. Oxaxca, n.d. Painter, n.d. Pandora’s Box Dora and Erwin Panofsky, n.d. Pantheon Books, 1956 Paris, n.d. Paris II, n.d. Parks Renaissance, n.d. Pavanne for a Dead Princess, n.d. Peter and Norma, n.d. Plague, n.d. Poetry, n.d. Preface, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 1 - 100 p. 82 - 129 p. 101 – 200 11 7 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 8 Folder 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Contents A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 130 - 200 p. 201 - 255 p. 201 - 300 p. 261 - 295 p. 301 – 381 Untitled Chapters Inserts Roads Not Taken, n.d. Rubens, n.d. Russian Lessons, n.d. Siena et al (Information), n.d. Simon for November, n.d. Small Loves, n.d. Small Renaissance Court, n.d. Songs without Words, n.d. The Smith from Lichterfeld, n.d. Spanish Civil War, n.d. Speech: 158th Commencement Address at Hunter College Splendor of Israel, n.d. Stella and Fanny, n.d. The Storekeeper, n.d. Sylvia, n.d. Theatre, n.d. Third Autobiography, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Mantegna, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Vittorino Ramboldini, n.d. Travel and Leisure Possibilities, n.d. Triangles, n.d. Triptych, n.d. Two Bronx Girls, n.d. Two Men, Two Women, A Phantom, n.d. Untitled Drafts, n.d. Vignettes, n.d. Visits to Israel, 1953 Who and Where Am I, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits in An Adolescence, n.d. Women, n.d. Words and Thought, n.d. 12 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 9 Folder 32 Contents The Zocalo: The Immortal Place, n.d. Subseries 3.2 Research Notes 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Autobiography III Gonzaga Jerusalem Mexico Miscellaneous I Miscellaneous II New York Park Renaissance Smithsonian Institute Travel and Leisure Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon 11 1 Simon, Kate. “The New York Shopper A To Z: An Alphabet of Oddities.” Harper’s Bazzar (May 1959): 134 - 135, 154. ---. “The Three Harlems and What is Happening to Them.” Harper’s Magazine (March 1960): 62 - 65. ---. “Hongos Magicos/Mexico’s Hallucinogenic Mushrooms.” Cavalier (September 26, 1963): 26, 62-65. 2 ---. “Did the Italians Invent Opera – Or Vice Versa?” The New York Times, February 8, 1970, n.p. ---. “Encounter on a Train.” Travel & Leisure (February 1976): 14, 19 - 20. ---. “ Double Takes.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 6, 8. 3 ---. “A Modest Proposal.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 58. ---. “A Modern Canterbury Tale.” Travel & Leisure (January 1977): 68. ---. “The Spanish Girl.” Travel & Leisure (July 1977): 74. 13 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon Box 11 Folder 4 Contents Simon, Kate. “Monumental Mexico.” Travel & Leisure (May 1978): 22 - 25. ---. “Serendipitous Discoveries.” Travel & Leisure (July 1978): 78. ---. “The Magic Market.” Travel & Leisure (November 1978): 156 5 ---. “Mr. Lincoln’s Land.” Travel & Leisure (September 1978): n.p. ---. “Barcelona.” Travel & Leisure (December 1978): n.p. ---. “Sienna in the Sun.” Travel & Leisure (June 1979): 82 - 88. 6 ---. “Private Eye on New York.” Vogue Magazine (July 1980): 110, 120, 122. ---. “Saluting the Statue of Liberty.” Travel & Leisure (July 1984): 73 - 84. ---. “The Tower of London.” Travel & Leisure (June 1985): 123 - 126, 160. 7 ---. “Jerusalem.” Travel & Leisure (January 1986): 95 - 136. ---. “A Contempt for Danger.” The New York Times, November 16, 1986, n.p. ---.“Bringing New Life to the Parks.” The New York Times Magazine, April 26, 1987, pp. 22-25, 39. 8 ---. “The Cloisters: New Treasures and Pleasures.” The New York Times, May, 15, 1988: Section 2: 1, 45. ---. “Two Girls from the Bronx.” Newsday, December 12, 1988, 62. Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated 11 9 Simon, Kate. “Central Park, Recycled.” Travel & Leisure, n.d. ---. “Cozumel.” (n.d.): 188. ---. “London For Sale.” (n.d.): 91-96. 10 ---. “Love Letter from Mexico.” Travel & Leisure, (n.d.): 88. 14 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated Box 11 Folder 10 11 Contents Simon, Kate. “No Place Like Home: A Traveler Returns to New York.” New York Magazine (n.d.): 108 - 113 ---. “The Tourist As Writer.” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 118 ---. “They Who Guard the Treasures” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 122 ---. “Typical New Yorker?” Herald Tribune (n.d.): n.p. ---. “What About America? The New York Times, (n.d.) 12 ---. Published Excerpts (n.d.) Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Written By Kate Simon 11 13 Simon, Kate. “The Cooper Union Museum as seen by Kate Simon” in New York Places & Pleasures, Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Simon, Kate. “Jimmy and Death.” from Bronx Primitive in The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, New York: St. Martin’s Press, p. 18 - 23. Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials 11 14 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books 11 15 Bronx Primitive, 1982 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 15 �SERIES IV – REVIEWS OF KATE SIMON’S WORKS Box 12 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Contents Bestsellers List Bronx Primitive, 1982 Bulletins, 1963 - 1964, 1974, 1982, 1988 - 1989 England’s Green and Pleasant Land, 1975 Fifth Avenue: a Very Social History, 1978 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 London: Places and Pleasures, 1968 Mexico: Places and Pleasures, 1963 New York, 1963 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 Paris: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua, 1988 Rome: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits In An Adolescence, 1986 13 SERIES V – TEACHING MATERIALS 13 4 5 6 Class Materials Instructional Materials Lectures, Speeches and Readings SERIES VI – PHOTOGRAPHS 13 7 8 Candid and Portrait Photographs of Kate Simon, 1963 General Photographs Arts in New York, 1983 Literary Lions, 1989 The New York Times Book Review, 1986 Slides The New York Public Library, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue Byron Book, James Book, Library Torch, Crystal Palace and the Frick Collection Lecture: Slides from Abigail Adams Smith Unlabeled Transparencies of Countryside Unlabeled Photographs and Negatives 16 14 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 01_11_48a.jpg 01_11_48b.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hunter College Art Galleries Collection, 1975-2009 Box 1, Folder 11 Title A name given to the resource Somebody Description An account of the resource Hunter College BFA Exhibition Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 21-June 20, 1998 BFA The Bertha and Carl Leubsdorf Art Gallery https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/600fd20f81c08dfeabb75874c4e99f7c.pdf f71748ced5ffdd323b50392458f75e5a PDF Text Text MILDRED SPEISER PAPERS 1946-2013 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 2 3-4 5 6-7 8 - 13 1 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Provenance: Restrictions: Location: Project Archivist: Date: 03-13 ≈4.12 cu. ft. Mildred Speiser None Range 4 Section 5 Shelf 28-29 Yingwen Huang February 2014 2 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Mildred Speiser was born in New York City. As the oldest child of the family, she is five and a half years older than her younger brother, Kenneth Speiser. Her family is of Hungarian origin. Her mother, Bertha Weiss, left Hungary after the First World War and traveled to the United States; she arrived in New York on July 4th, 1921. Her father, Irving Speiser, who studied engineering in Hungary, also left the country after the First World War. He later traveled to Canada and was working in the fur trade. Through a mutual connection in New York, Bertha and Irving met and were later married in 1930. After their marriage, the family lived together in New York while Bertha deemed herself the "house-executive" and Irving founded a fur company. Mildred grew up in a brownstone house on the fourth floor with her family during the depression. As a child, Mildred had always had great interest in both mathematics and rhetoric due to the influence of her father's expertise in mathematics, engineering, and geography. In addition, she has always preferred to participate in intellectual discussions with others rather than adopting the typical feminine role in a traditional household. Her early development was later reflected in her enthusiastic involvement in various organizations. Mildred attended P.S. 166 Elementary School and Joan of Arc Junior High School. While she was attending Hunter College High School, she founded the History Club and actively participated in the General Organization, G.O. Cheering Squad, Campaign Committee, Publicity Committee, Assembly Committee, Constitution Revision Committee, Term Central Project Committee, Math Club, Hunter Forum, etc. She was also the Treasurer and Representative for her class. Her highly outspoken and assertive personality contributed to her zealous involvement in many student activities. As the advertising manager of the Hunter College High School Publications, she received support from advertising companies for the Annals and the Argus. With Mildred’s help, her graduating class was able to produce the most inexpensive yearbook. In January 1949, Mildred graduated from high school. Mildred continued her education at Hunter College. Even though she was working part-time while enrolled in the part-time sessions, she continued to be active in various extracurricular activities. She was a member of the Political Science Club, Nite Lites, House Plan, SING, Upper Sophomore Class Day Show and Dance Committee, Staff-Student Social Committee, Board of Trustees for Graduate Scholarship, and the Treasurer of the Young Democrats. She was also involved in student government matters where she served as the Publicity Chair, Vice President of the Junior Class, and Council Representative of the Class of January 1953. She also participated in the Model Congress where she presented a proposal with her team. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Political Science in January 1953. After Mildred received her Bachelor’s degree, she began her teaching career at P.S. 166 as a daily substitute while she was working towards her Master’s degree. In June 1955, she received her Master’s in Education from Hunter College. In addition, she also did additional graduate work at Cornell University, New York University, University of Montana, and University of Colorado. As a person who prefers the challenge of changing, she later continued her teaching career in various junior high schools teaching art and mathematics; she also lectured in graduate mathematics, business, and teacher training courses at Hunter College and Marymount Manhattan College as well as Adult Education at the Board of Education despite the fact that she had no academic background in the fields she taught in. As an educator, Mildred believed that her duty was to bring diversity together to enhance the students’ academic as well as social experience. 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH However, Mildred was not only an educator. She was also a sales lady at Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, a camp counselor, a group leader at private and girl scout camps, a travel consultant, a wedding planner, an entrepreneur, a cast teacher, an editor, and a writer. As an entrepreneur, she founded Arthur Farms Inc. and manufactured gourmet pickles with customers such as Bloomingdale’s, Altman’s and Zabar’s. In the past, she also worked with Robert Goulet, a famous actor, and she taught Macauley and Kieran Culkin in the cast of the “Home Alone” series. She was also the public relations consultant and a Board Member of the Shadow Box Theatre. The diversity in Mildred's career choices mirrors her impressive character. Moreover, Mildred was the founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. After her graduation from the Hunter College High School, she became highly involved in organizing alumni reunions for her class. She kept in touch with her classmates and held on to all the letters she received from them. She proudly proclaims that she has collected 98% of the information for her class with only 2 people missing. At the 1975 Alumni Association Reunion, Mildred, as one of the first Officers who passed the by-laws, was elected to be the President. She served as the President from 1973 to 1983. In 1983, she was elected to the Hunter College Hall of Fame. She is the President Emerita of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association, a member of the Campus Schools Building Committee, the Search Committee for Campus Schools Director, and the Campus Schools Advisory Committee for the President of Hunter College. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Hunter College Alumni Association and the Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse. She is also a distinguished advisor for students in the Hunter College Public Service Scholars Program. Her hobbies include reading, theater, sports, ping pong, writing poetry and humorous short stories, and traveling. She spent forty years traveling abroad to different countries in each continent; she has been to Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Canada, the Pacific and Caribbean Region, and 48 states in the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii. The most interesting places she has visited were the Easter Islands, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Tasmania. Moreover, she developed her writing in her later years. She edited Math Skills by Objectives (1988) and published Our '76 Founding Sisters (1976). Her poems and short stories were published in Seeds in the Wind - Ethical Workshop Poets 1968, Echo, the Bloomingdale Poets, and Reflections in Poetry & Prose by the United Federation of Teachers (Retired Teacher’s Chapter). Led by her passion in poetry, she founded a poetry club called Poetry in the Park. She is also the Stalwart Block Association collaborator. Mildred also appeared in multiple international documentaries, such as the "LAPIS EXILLIS- Lost Secrets of the Illuminati" (2011) and "Awaking the Latent Energies of the Master Building from New York" by Leonardo O. Amaral (2010). After Mildred’s retirement, she continues to participate in various community activities. She is currently the longest resident in the Master Apartments, a landmark building in New York City, where she has been living for at least 52 years since 1961. She is knowledgeable in all aspects regarding the building and she maintains the archives of the Master Apartments. In addition, she also gave presentations at various events such as the Women's History Month and Leadership Conference at Hunter College. She is also a computer teacher at the Jewish Community Center, a conductor at the Poetry Workshops in New York, lecturer at the Block & Hexter Elderhostel and Kislak Adult Center in Pennsylvania, and a speaker at the Israeli Humanitarian Foundation. Yingwen Huang 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Mildred Speiser Papers, 1946-2013, mainly document her academic life at Hunter College and its High School as well as her involvement as the Founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. The bulk of her papers extend from as early as her high school career at the Hunter College High school to as recent as 2013. Her papers consist of correspondence, class materials, minutes, by-laws, contracts, surveys, contacts, reports, flyers, invitations, news clippings, publications, poems, short stories, speeches, and photographs. The collection has little information about her teaching career whereas the collection consists mostly of records about her contributions to Hunter College and its High School. However, one can inquire to the United Federation of Teachers for detailed information about her teaching career. The most informative sections from her collection that would attract the interest of researchers are Series II and III, Hunter College High School and Hunter College, all of which relates to her critical roles at the high school and the college. Within the Hunter College High School Series, one can find her papers dated from her high school days to the establishment of the HCHS Alumnae/i Association. One of the highlights is the incoming correspondence from her classmates that she kept from as early as her high school days to as recent as 2013. The collection also includes detailed records of Mildred’s graduating class before and after the founding of the Alumnae/i Association. Series III, Hunter College, consists of records related to her activities at the college during her undergraduate years as well as her involvement in various organizations. The Mildred Speiser Papers will be of interest not only to Hunter College alumni and alumni of the Campus Schools, but also educators, writers, and poets, as well as the general population of students and researchers who wish to learn more about the establishment of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. Mildred's collection reveals her endless efforts and devotion that she has contributed to Hunter College. One could say that her greatest contribution to Hunter College was the founding of the HCHS Alumnae/i Association. Yingwen Huang 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Series I consists of Mildred Speiser's curriculum vitae, profiles from various organizations, and articles about Mildred. All papers are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Series II - Hunter College High School Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 Subseries 2.2 - Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Subseries 2.1 consists of materials related to Mildred's high school class (Class of 1949) from 1946 to 2009. Such materials consist of advertising contracts, class materials, contact information, correspondence, examinations, quizzes, minutes, information regarding her extracurricular activities, reunion preparations, surveys, reminiscence materials, and her class yearbook. Incoming correspondence is organized by decade, then by the maiden names of the classmates who she received abundant letters from. Subseries 2.2 is related to the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association from 1949 to 2012. It consists of records kept before the official establishment of the Alumnae/i Association. It includes by-laws, correspondence, memoranda, event flyers, invitations, financial reports, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, and publications after the creation of the Alumnae/i Association. All papers are arranged alphabetically by category and then chronologically within each category. Series III - Hunter College Subseries 3.1 – Class of 1953 Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities Subseries 3.1 consists of assignments, exams, grades, and other papers relevant to Mildred’s extracurricular activities during her undergraduate days at Hunter College. All records are organized alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Subseries 3.2 includes documents related to the Alumni Association and other organizations within Hunter College. The papers include event booklets, flyers, invitations, by-laws, remarks, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, news clippings, publications, reports, and resumes of faculty members. All records are organized alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Series IV - General Files Series IV consists of materials that are not relevant to Hunter College or the Hunter College High School. These include incoming correspondence, newspaper clippings, and materials related to the other organizations she was involved in. They are organized in alphabetical order and then chronologically within each category. 6 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series V - Writings Series V consists of a book that she edited, poems, and short stories she published from 1985 to 2012. There are also drafts of the speeches she gave at the Alumni Reunions. They are organized in alphabetical order. Series VI - Photographs Series VI consists of her high school graduation photos in black and white as well as her profile pictures in color from later days, undated. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I - BIOGRAPHICAL Box 1 Folder 1 Contents Biographical Curriculum Vitae Profiles on Mildred Speiser Hunter College Alumni Association Hall of Fame, 1983 Class Reunion Brochure, 1994 Block Association Honors Residents of Long Standing, March 31, 2011 The Red Harlem Readers, February 6, 2011 Block and Hexter Vacation Center, n.d. Leadership Conference, n.d. Hunter College Reunion booklet Addendum, 1953 - 2003 Somerville, Barbara. "History's Women Brought to Light: Schoolteacher Unearths Data Presents It in Capsule Form". Palm Beach Post. 10 April 1977. B1+. Blau, Jon. "Where are you, Ethel?" Queens Chronicle. 7 May 2009. 2 SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 1 2 3 4 Advertising Contracts, 1946 - 1949 Class Materials, circa. 1946 Contact Information, 1949 – 2009 (Oversize List in Box 7, Index Cards in Box 11) Correspondence, Incoming 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s n.d. 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 1 2 8 �SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 Box 2 Folder 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Contents Correspondence, Incoming Corrigan, Lillian Davis, Dorothy Freier, Sybil Gamson, Alice Kanner, Eva La Ferriere, Dolores Marvis, Helene Rosenfeld, Marilyn Eslofsky Schneider, Joan Sturken, Eleanor Weissman, Miriam Beltway Belles, group of classmates who resides in the Metropolitan D.C. area 1940s - 1960s 1980s 1990s n.d. Urbas, Joan, 1952 - 2009 Class of 1951, 1949 - 1950 Correspondence, Outgoing, n.d. Examinations, 1940 - 1948 Extracurricular Activities, 1945 - 1948 Reminiscence Materials, 1947 - 1948 Reunions Anonymous Surveys, 1999 Bills and Receipts, 1950 - 1989 Brochures, 1965 - 2009 Invitations, 1959 - 2009 RSVP Cards, 1959, 1965 (Box 11) Statistical Information Survey, 1955 - 1970 "Things & Stuff" from the Class of C4, 1949 Yearbook Production, 1949 Yearbook in Scrapbook format, 1949 (Box 7) 9 14 15 16 17 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 1 2 �SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.2 - Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Box 4 Folder 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Contents Alumni Dues, 1949 - 1952 Bylaws, circa. 1997 Correspondence, 1952 - 2009 Events, 1922 - 2012 Financial Reports, 1949 - 1977, 1990, 1995 - 1996, 1998 Minutes, 1989, 1990, 1995 - 1997 Miscellaneous, n.d. News Clippings about Hunter College High School/Alumni, 1968 - 2011 (Oversize, Box 7) 2 3 4 5 6 People of HCHS (Newspaper Clippings, profiles, etc.), 1951 - 2011 Poems and Writings by Poetry Group, Authors, & Other Creative Female Alumnae (Organized alphabetically by last name) Policies and Plans, 1986, 1996 - 1998 Publications AlumNotes, 1981 - 2011 Hunter HiLites, March 2005 Observer 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2012 (Box 7) 7 8 9 6 1 1-2 That's What, 1953 - 1959 What's This, April 1949 - December 1951 What's What, 1939 - 1950, 1975, 1990, Oversize issues, 1980, 1985 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2008 (Box 7) Early Identification of the Gifted and Talented: A Community Forum, 31 October 1987. (PowerPoint Presentation) Stone, Elizabeth. The Hunter Campus Schools for the Gifted: The Challenge of Equity and Excellence, March 1992. 5 10 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 3.1 – Class of 1953 Box 6 Folder 3 4 5 Contents Assignments, Exams, and Grades, circa. 1950 Student Activities, 1949 – 1952 Model Congress, 1950 - 1954 Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities 6 6 7 8 9 7 Alumni Activities, 1953-1968 Alumni Association Birthday Celebration Booklets, 1969, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991 - 1993, 1995 - 1996, 2009 By-laws, Organizational Charts and Remarks, 1972 - 1973, 1988, 1998 Class Reunions, 1968, 1997, 2002 - 2003 Oversize Box for various files Series II, Subseries 2.1 Contact Information Oversize List, 1949 – 2009 Yearbook in Oversize Scrapbook format, 1949 Series II, Subseries 2.2 News Clippings about Hunter College High School/Alumni, 1968 - 2011 Publications: Observer, 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2012 What's What, 1980, 1985 - 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2008 8 1 2 3 4 5 Alumni Association Correspondence, 1963 - 1987, 1996 Hall of Fame Booklets, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2009 - 2013 Minutes, circa. 1973 – 1998 Commencements, 1933, 1989, 1997 Correspondence 1952 - 2011 11 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities Correspondence Hunter College Alumni 1949 - 1952 1979 - 1989 1990 - 2010 n.d. DiPerna, Mary Drucker, Terry Kosssoy, Joan Newman, Arlene Sol, Francine Event Invitations, Flyers, and Programs, 1973 – 2011 Friends of Hunter College Art Galleries, 1992 - 2013 Friends of Hunter College Libraries, 1991 - 2002 Hunter College Foundation, 1993 - 2010 Hunter College Public Service Scholar Program, 1987 - 2011 Hunter College Publications Alumnae News, 1957 - 1958 At Hunter, Winter 1996, 2001 Firescapes, 1977 Hunter News, n.d. NewsHunter, 1973 Pneuma, 1978 Renazette, Spring 1982 The Asterisk, 1988 Hunter Arrow, 1949 - 1957 Hunter Envoy, 1976 - 1993 Hunter Student Profile, 1987 - 1992 Hunter Symphony, 1992 - 1993, 2001 - 2002, 2007 - 2008 News Clippings about Hunter College, 1950 - 2009 Normal College Examinations, 1887 - 1894 Resume of Professors, n.d. Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, 1993 - 2011 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 9 10 11 10 1 2 3 12 �SERIES IV - GENERAL FILES 10 4 5 6 American Women's Economic Development, 1985 - 1990 Incoming Correspondence General Correspondence, 1980 - 2006 Joan of Arc Junior High School Alumni, 1992 SERIES V - WRITINGS 10 7 8 9 10 Miscellaneous, 1965 – 1996 Math Skills by Objectives, 1985 Poems and Short Stories from Reflections, by the United Federation of Teachers (Retired Teacher’s Chapter), 2000, 2002 - 2004, 2012 Writings and Speeches, n.d. SERIES VI - PHOTOGRAPHS 10 11 12 Photographs of Mildred Speiser, n.d. Photographs of the Graduates from the HCHS Class of 1949, 1949 Small Card box Series II, Subseries 2.1 Contact Information, 1949 – 2009, Index Cards Reunions RSVP Cards, 1959, 1965 11 13 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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