Kassoy, Bernard Papers, 1928-2009
Collection Number: 6385
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Bernard Kassoy Papers, 1928-2009
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6385
Creator:
Kassoy, Bernard
Quanitities:
5.67 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Bernard (Bernie) Kassoy (1914-2008) graduated from the City College of New York and
Cooper Union Art School and worked in a wide range of media as a painter, printmaker,
photographer, sculptor and cinematographer. As a young artist, Kassoy began his career
in the WPA New York City Federal Art Project in 1936 and was arrested under the name
"Michelangelo Buonarotti" at the first sit-down strike against the WPA by the Artists
Union. He was also a US delegate to the 1983 International Association of Artists
conference in Finland.
In 1939 Kassoy was hired as a New York City high school fine arts teacher where he
taught until he retired in 1972. He also taught adult education classes on cinematography
at the High School of Music and Art. As a member of the American Federation of Teachers
Local 5, he created cartoons for their publication "The New York Teacher News," directed
the Teachers Union art gallery, and made stage sets for theatrical productions.
Bernie Kassoy's 136 editorial cartoons preserved by the Kheel Center were largely
created in the 1950s at a time when many US policy makers were enthralled by the search
for Communist Party members and sympathizers. In pithy cartoons he portrayed the struggles
of New York City students and teachers, as well as the Teachers Union's response to
these hardships. He accused school, city, and state officials of turning their attention
away from funding shortfalls, classroom overcrowding, outdated texts, dilapidated
buildings, teacher turnover, increasing teacher workloads, and stagnant wages, to
focus on the question of whether any teachers appeared to be advocating Communism.
Though Kassoy repeatedly criticized these manifestations of McCarthyism, he was never
blacklisted. His work can also be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern
Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Fennimore House
Museum.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Bernard Kassoy Papers #6385. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1939-1949 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1950-1959 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1960-1964 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1965-1970 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1970-1973 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1974-1976 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1977-1979 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1980 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1981-1982 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1983 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1984 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1985 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1986 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1987-1988 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1989 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1990 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Woodcut Show
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1991 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1991-1992 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1993-1996 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1996-1998 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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1999-2000 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Exhibit Notices
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2001-2008 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Posthumous Exhibit
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2008-2009 | |
Box 1 |
Bernard and Hortense Lehman College
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1985-2003 | |
Box 1 |
Press Releases
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1971-1990 | |
Box 1 |
Exhibition Leaflets and Flyers
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1962-2005 | |
Box 1 |
Clippings
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Box 2 |
ALA News
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1945-1946 | |
Box 2 |
Abel Meeropol Article
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1998 | |
Box 2 |
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
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1979-1980 | |
Box 2 |
American Artists Congress
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1935-1937 | |
Box 2 |
American Printmakers
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1974 | |
Box 2 |
American Society of Contemporary Artists
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Box 2 |
Art Appreciation Course
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Box 2 |
Art: USA: 58
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1958 | |
Box 2 |
Artists for Nuclear Disarmament
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1987 | |
Box 2 |
Artists Union Membership Card
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Box 2 |
Associated Councils on the Arts
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1975 | |
Box 2 |
Award for Gladstone Cooper
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Box 2 |
Biographical Material
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1936-1999 | |
Box 2 |
Biographies and List of Framed Works
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Box 2 |
Black on White: The Woodcut Poster
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1991 | |
Box 2 |
Botanical Garden Project
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1975 | |
Box 2 |
Bronx High School of Science
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1956 | |
Box 2 |
Bronx Museum of the Arts
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Box 2 |
Caravan House Show
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Box 2 |
Certificates of Appreciation
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2003-2007 | |
Box 2 |
Certificate of Authenticity
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1975-2002 | |
Box 2 |
Cinema Course
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1937 | |
Box 2 |
City College Alumni
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1982-1984 | |
Box 2 |
City College 50th Reunion
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1985 | |
Box 2 |
College Transcripts
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1939-1966 | |
Box 2 |
Contemporary Artists Guild
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1974-2003 | |
Box 2 |
Contemporary Graphic Artists Vol. 2
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1987 | |
Box 2 |
Co-op Voices
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1992-1995 | |
Box 2 |
Cooper Union
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Box 2 |
Curriculum Vita
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Box 2 |
Diary of Spain and Pietrasanta
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Box 2 |
ESTA: Elders Share The Arts
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1996-1999 | |
Box 2 |
80th Birthday
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1994 | |
Box 2 |
Exhibition Entry Fees
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Box 2 |
Expenses
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1993-1998 | |
Box 2 |
50th Wedding Anniversary
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1996 | |
Box 2 |
Film Class Materials
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1959-1971 | |
Box 2 |
Film Editing: GSMP 52
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Box 2 |
Film Series
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Box 2 |
For Julia Winston
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1978-2000 | |
Box 2 |
Finland
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1983 | |
Box 2 |
For "Palette Scrapings"
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Box 2 |
George Gilbert
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Box 2 |
Graphic Artists Guild
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1977 | |
Box 2 |
Hadassah Tour to Israel
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1971 | |
Box 2 |
Harriet FeBland
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1973-1978 | |
Box 2 |
Harry Jackson
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Box 2 |
Henry A. Wallace
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1946-1947 | |
Box 2 |
High School of Music and Art
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1959-1971 | |
Box 2 |
High School of Music and Arts Letterhead Designed by B. Kassoy
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Box 2 |
IAA Member Organizations and Other Artists Groups
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1987-1988 | |
Box 2 |
If You Want Anything At Night, Call Eddie
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Box 2 |
Illustrations for Book by Sonya Samberg
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Box 2 |
Kheel Center Collection
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1999-2008 | |
Box 2 |
League of Present Day Artists
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1967-1973 | |
Box 2 |
Lithography Lesson Plans
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1967 | |
Box 2 |
Lou Bunin
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Box 2 |
Master's Term Paper
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1936 | |
Box 2 |
Master's Term Paper (Handwritten)
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1936 | |
Box 2 |
Material for Bronx Institute
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1987 | |
Box 2 |
Memorial for Peretz Kaminsky
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Box 2 |
Mentioned in Various Publications
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Box 2 |
Michael's Menagerie
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1956 | |
Box 2 |
Military Records
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1996 | |
Box 3 |
New York Public Library
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1993-2000 | |
Box 3 |
New York State Historical Association
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1979-2001 | |
Box 3 |
New York City WPA Art
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1977 | |
Box 3 |
Notes on Lithography
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Box 3 |
Pastel Society of America
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1981-2002 | |
Box 3 |
Personal
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1971-2008 | |
Box 3 |
Philip Reisman: A Life Remembered
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1992 | |
Box 3 |
Photography Notes
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Box 3 |
Print Consortium
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1990-2000 | |
Box 3 |
Prints, Mexican, in Studio
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1984-2002 | |
Box 3 |
Reflect, Relate, Reveal
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1974 | |
Box 3 |
Rosenfeld Fine Arts
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1987 | |
Box 3 |
Saga of the Tour #703
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Box 3 |
Sales
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Box 3 |
Salon
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1979-1980 | |
Box 3 |
Scenarios and Shooting Records
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1959-1981 | |
Box 3 |
Show and Party
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1975 | |
Box 3 |
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery Show
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2009 | |
Box 3 |
Society for Humanistic Judaism
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1998 | |
Box 3 |
Sophie-Louise Ullman Red Scare Film
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2000 | |
Box 3 |
Studio Exhibits and 53rd Wedding Anniversary Sale
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Box 3 |
Studio Painting, Richard Rodriguez
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2008 | |
Box 3 |
Talk to Brush and Palette Society
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1980 | |
Box 3 |
Teacher College
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1951-1959 | |
Box 3 |
Teacher News Drawings Photocopies
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Box 3 |
Teachers Union Local 5 "Dreamers and Fighters"
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1996 | |
Box 3 |
Teaching License Citations
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1937-1962 | |
Box 3 |
They Were Here
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1986 | |
Box 3 |
USSR Trip
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1967 | |
Box 3 |
Veteran's Administration Disability
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Box 3 |
Veteran's Administration G. I. Bill
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Box 3 |
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships
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1988-1992 | |
Box 3 |
Vladeck Hall Gallery
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1948 | |
Box 3 |
WPA Show
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1977 | |
Box 3 |
West Indies Cruise
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1967 | |
Box 3 |
Westlake Gallery
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1977 | |
Box 3 |
Who's Who and Other Published Biographies
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1970-2007 | |
Box 3 |
Williams Print Collection
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1998-2003 | |
Box 3 |
Wood, Tools and Equipment for Artist-Engravers
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Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1936-1946 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1960-1969 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1970-1979 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1980-1989 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1990-1999 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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2000-2007 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence: Members of Congress and Others
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1964-1987 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
No Date
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Box 3 |
Correspondence: Letters to Merry Kassoy
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1975 | |
Box 3 |
In Memoriam: Bernard Kassoy
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2008 | |
Box 3 |
Obituaries
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2008 | |
Box 3 |
Sympathy Cards
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2008 | |
Box 4 |
Writings: B1
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Box 4 |
Writings: B2
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Box 4 |
Writings: B3
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Box 4 |
Writings: Other
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Scope and Contents
(Loose in B1-3 Binder)
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Box 4 |
Poetry Drafts
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Box 4 |
Poetry Extra Copies
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Box 4 |
Before 1980
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Box 4 |
1980s [Folder 1 of 2]
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1980-1989 | |
Box 4 |
1980s [Folder 2 of 2]
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1980-1989 | |
Box 4 |
1990s
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1990-1999 | |
Box 4 |
Duplicates
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Box 4 |
Old Papers
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1975-2001 | |
Box 4 |
Honey's Birthday and Other Cards by Bernie
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1967-1982 | |
Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Sketch Book
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Box 4 |
Trip Journal: France and Italy
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1960 | |
Box 4 |
Travel Journal: Mediterranean Sea
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1962 | |
Box 4 |
Trip Journal: Cuba
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1982 | |
Box 4 |
Travel Journal: Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
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1982 | |
Box 4 |
Travel Journal: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam
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1985-1991 | |
Box 4 |
Travel Journal: Bodiman, Caribbean Cruise
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1992-1994 | |
Box 4 |
Travel Journal: England, France, and Italy
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Box 4 |
Passports
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1959-1995 | |
Box 4 |
Diaries
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1967-1968 | |
Box 4 |
Diaries
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1970-1972 | |
Box 5 |
Diaries
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1973-1977 | |
Box 5 |
Note Books
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Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1971 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1973 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1976 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1979 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1980 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1981 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1982 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1983 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1984 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1985 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1986 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1987 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1988 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1989 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1990 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1993-1994 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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1999-2000 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
|
2002 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
|
2003 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
|
2004 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
|
2005 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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2006 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
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2007 | |
Box 5 |
Appointment Book
|
2008 | |
Box 5 |
Book of Signatures. Bernard Kassoy's Classmates
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1928 | |
Box 5 |
Address Book and Ledger
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Box 5 |
Postcards: Bernard Kassoy
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Box 5 |
Postcards: France
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Box 5 |
Postcards: Italy
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Box 5 |
Postcards: USSR
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Box 5 |
Postcards: Miscellaneous
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Box 5 |
Miscellaneous Leaflets and Flyers
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1939-1977 | |
Box 5 |
Membership and ID Cards
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1962-2004 | |
Box 5 |
Miscellaneous
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Box 6 |
Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas
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Box 6 |
Award
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1986 | |
Scope and Contents
Box
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Box 6 |
Certificates and Diplomas
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