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Guide to the Robert L. Benney Research Collection
1933-1978, undated (bulk, 1942-1944)
 PR 250

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Collection processed by Kelly McAnnaney

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on January 18, 2023
Description is in English.

Container List

Series II: Personal Papers

Scope and Contents note

Series II. Personal Papers contains biographical information, lists and inventories of artwork, handwritten notes, and ephemera. Of note are two diaries: Benney's datebook from 1944, mainly recording addresses, lists and travel expenses and a diary of military doctor Col. Elliot Colby, dated May 28 through November 5, [1944], recording events in Saipan. Other material includes Benney's vaccination record, his blood donor card, invitations and an Overseas Edition for Armed Forces of The New Yorker, from July 22, 1944.

Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 10 Miscellaneous
1943-1954, undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 11 Artwork - Locations, Inventories, Notes
1947, undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 12 Biographical Information
1953-1977, undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 13 Elliot Colby Diary
[1944]
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 14 Ephemera
1942-1944, undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 15 Interview with Benney - Transcription
undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 16 Notes
undated
Offsite-Box: 1 Folder : 17 Teaching Material
1971-1972

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