The R. Buckminster Fuller Collection documents the life and work of this 20th century polymath, and contains his personal archive, correspondence, manuscripts, drawings and audio-visual materials relating to his career as an architect, mathematician, inventor and social critic.
The controversial nude wrestling scene in the 1969 film Women in Love was passed for release only as the result of a secret pact between the then British Board of Film Censors and director Ken Russell, it has been revealed in archive correspondence released by the BBFC.
10 - #7, 35 E. 76th St., folder 1, archives: correspondence, orders, estimates, invoices.
4 - #24B, Page Corresp., Shoreham Hotel, folder 2, archives: correspondence, pencil drawings, invoices, pamphlet, telegram.
7 - #7, 151 E. 80th St., folder 1, archives: correspondence and invoices from the following: Paul Scholze (wood work), Eileen McNamara (upholstery), Jensen-Lewis Co. (awning - sample of material included), Howard Schaffer Inc. (fabrics), H. Carmichael Smith (carpets), Bellmann Construction Co., among others.
It's titled "La memoria de la literatura latinoamericana" and highlights Firestone Library's extensive collection of archives, correspondence, manuscripts and other materials by Latin American and Caribbean authors and intellectuals.
Practically daring your eyes not to cross, Wallace deals language like a mad, drunk croupier, mixing the book's hyper-detailed narratives with film script dialogue, lists, stream-of-consciousness, archived correspondence, and large portions of pure information whose closest relatives are found in product manuals and data reports.
The analysis draws upon participant observation, ethnography, and an archive of correspondence to unpack the building of the dashboard and the emergent politics of data and design.
As well as his missives to three US presidents - Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower - the archive holds correspondence with Charles De Gaulle, Gandhi, Nehru and writers, painters and actors including HG Wells, Walter Sickert and Olivier.
Dr. Hessler leaned heavily on Schöner's personal archive of correspondence and manuscripts, books and maps, including corrections and comments in the margins.
He also "left several nearly completed books and a vast archive of correspondence, manuscripts, and journals" behind him when he died, she added.
