preliminary inventory
rms/feb. '80

Gerald Carson Papers

Box No. Contents

1-4	Research material, notes, and bibliography for "Men, Beasts, and Gods".

5-5f	Research Material, notes, and bibliography for "The Social History of 	Bourbon".

6,7	Research material for "The Golden Egg: The Personal Income Tax; Where It 	came From, How it Grew".

8	Research Material for history of the U.S. Post Office; "They Stooped to 	Conquer"; and pet cemeteries.

9	Letters and research Material relating to "The Old Country Store"; patent 	medicine; bizarre election bets; and the Fuller Brush Co.

9a, 9b} 
Card file boxes	Notes for "The Old Country Store." Notes on patent medicines.

10	Research material on Henry Ford Archives; Sturbridge (may be for "The Old 	Country Store"); Mystic Seaport; Smiths Clove; Samuel Jay Crumbine (for 	D.A.B. entry); vegetarianism; Food & Drug Admin.; beards and hair; article 	& notes on François Pompon; article & research material for "From Peddler 	to Drummer to Salesman".

11	Research material for "The Polite Americans".

12	Research material for "Cornflake Crusade".

13	Research material on the founding of the American Bar Assoc.; "They Knew 	What They Liked"; Charles Ogle's Gold Spoon speech; "Dance of Death"; 	Beachew; biographical notes on John H. Patterson; entries for the D.A.B. 	for Clara Littledale, Will Kellogg, John Brinkley; letters & research 	material on the Smith Bros.; research notes on Grand Rapids furniture; 	letters & research material about E.P. Watson and pedestrianism; letters 	and background material about the Parkman Award; research material on the 	piano; and colonial Williamsburg.

14 	Research material on the U.S. Customs Service; "Birds and Beasts that Never 	Were"; typescript and research material for speech; typescript of Boobbed 	Wire and the Winning of the West"; 11 letters and research material; 	letters and research material for bio. entry on Irita Van Doren for 	"Notable American Women"; notes on evolution of methods of food 	distribution; and Shelburne (Vt.) Museum.

15	Miscellany

PIZZA BOX	Advertising clips, c.1920-c.1940.

Volume	The Jackson Health Resort, compiled by William D. Conklin.

***** In addition to the Papers there are two items filed separately in Typescripts, Nos. 445, "Men Beasts, and Gods", typescript with editorial corrections, 359p., and 467, "The Golden Egg".

Addenda

16	Typescript, Correspondence, & research notes re: History of Barbed Wire and The Glorious Bird;Typescript of "Portrait of a People"; correspondence, research notes, and printed material re: "The Great Enumeration"; photos re: The Polite Americans"; and miscellaneous photos for articles.

16 a-f	Card file boxes Bourbon 1-5, bibliography.

17	Typescript of The Golden Egg by GC (transferred from Typescript Coll.)

18	Typescript of Men, Beasts and Gods (transferred from Typescript Coll.)

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION 
ACCESSION SHEET

Accession # 84 M 54	Location	ANNEX

Title Gerald Carson. Additional papers.

Approximate inclusive dates Oct. 1983 - May 1984

Date of receipt July 3, 1984	Received from Gerald Carson

Volume on arrival 1 folder

Number of boxes (after reboxing) 1 folder (32 items)

Condition Good

Restrictions None

Description Correspondence (Oct.1983-May 1984) of Gerald Carson as chairman of the Frances Parkman Award Committee with other members of the committee (Kenneth T. Jackson, Oliver Jensen, and Gordon S. Wood) relative to the selection of the winner of the Parkman Prize awarded for excellence of historical writing, and the dinner of the Society of American Historians at which the award was made.

Box 13. Francis Parkman Award Committee (84 M 54)

Special Formats - Photographs - Maps - Audio Tapes - Films - Graphics - Artifacts - Machine-readable records - Other (list)

Temporary catalog card added entries