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Box 1

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

William E. Rittenberg (attorney) business card, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: undated

Life World Library advertisement, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: undated

Letter from Alex Haley to Dr. Willard C. Goley, 1973 April 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note

Haley writes seeking Goley's assistance in identifying Murrays connected to his maternal grandmother's family.

Dates: 1973 April 26

Letter from Haley to Goley, 1974 August 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note

Haley updates Goley on his recent writing and film work on Roots. He also thanks Goley for his assistance in seeing the old Murray place.

Dates: 1974 August 29

Brief article, In His Roots Search Alex Haley Feels His Link from an unidentified source, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note

The article summarizes Haley's meeting Goley and Goley's assistance in Haley's research.

Dates: undated

Working Report: Before This Anger by Alex Haley, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses an undated manuscript of Alex Haley's Working Report: Before This Anger. This item features an account of some of Haley's travels in West Africa (with photographs) and Haley's genealogy. Also included are two biographical sketches describing Haley and a personal memoir and description of Haley's intent for this work.

Dates: undated

Biographical information, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses an undated manuscript of Alex Haley's Working Report: Before This Anger. This item features an account of some of Haley's travels in West Africa (with photographs) and Haley's genealogy. Also included are two biographical sketches describing Haley and a personal memoir and description of Haley's intent for this work.

Dates: undated

Memoir, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note

Discusses Haley's expectations for the project that eventually became Roots.

Dates: undated

Sewing Models by Mary Annie Landry, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

The collection contains a bound volume of sewing samples and notes by Mary Annie Landry. The binding is stamped University of Tennessee. Most of the pages have various sewing samples. The final four pages consist of a section titled "Physical Tests for Adulteration" with notes on different fabrics (cotton, wool, silk, and linen). Several of the fabric samples are missing.

Dates: undated

Letter from Aaron V. Brown to Peter Vroom, 1842 August 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a letter from Aaron V. Brown to Peter Vroom written August 24, 1842, while Brown was serving his second term in the House of Representatives. In the letter, Brown discusses the current political situation in Washington before Congress breaks for summer recess. Brown writes of pending legislation, prospective Democratic candidates in various areas, and active political figures of his time. He finishes his letter with the declaration that "the election news...
Dates: 1842 August 24

Stifel & Pfeiffer Brewery Letter, 1873 January 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

The collection contains a single letter written to [Johan] Graf from the Stifel & Pfeiffer Brewery in Nashville, Tennessee, dated January 15, 1873. The letter appears on the brewery's letterhead and is written in German. The contents concern a (potential?) business deal and the price of selling beer to and in Knoxville.

Dates: 1873 January 15

Record Louis C. Blau's deposit in Alex Haley account, 1969 January 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 1
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1969 January 2

Statement from the law offices of Loeb and Loeb to the Kinte Corporation, 1974 December 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 2
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1974 December 31

Statement from the law offices of Loeb and Loeb to the Kinte Corporation, 1975 January 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1975 January 31

Handwritten note, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: undated

Justice Douglas Not Retiring Yet in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,, 1963 June 14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 1
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1963 June 14

Mayor Proposes Ellis Island Park,, 1963 October 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 2
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1963 October 30

Variety,, 1969 March 12-1981 February 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 3
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note

Stan Margulies sent this item to Haley with a note dated February 5, 1981.

Dates: 1969 March 12-1981 February 5

David L. Wolper 25th Anniversary Film Retrospective Programs, 1974 September 9-13

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: 1974 September 9-13

Envelope with four handwritten notes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses financial statements, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes documenting Alex Haley's work between 1963 and 1975. Among these items are statements regarding Haley's Kinte Corporation and a brief article on an intended work between Haley and Warren Beatty in Variety.

Dates: undated