Increase A. Lapham Papers, 1825-1930

Container Title
M2002-158
Part 2 (M2002-158, Audio 1557A): Additions, 1924-1998
Physical Description: 4.8 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, 1 index card box, and 1 flat box), 44 photographs, and 33 tape recordings 
Scope and Content Note: The additions consist of personal files; school records; correspondence; book contracts; and research conducted for Lyon’s books and articles. This last category includes hand written notes, typed manuscripts, reviews, index cards, photo layouts, and finished works. The photographs are from a published biography of Dwight Eisenhower completed in 1974. Also included are sound recordings consisting of interviews conducted to research various book projects. Previous accession MCHC77-031 has been integrated into this accession.
Personal files
Box   1
Folder   1
Curriculum vitae, awards, and obituaries, 1996
Box   1
Folder   2
Early school records, 1924-1929
Box   7
Folder   1
Early school record, 1932
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Business, 1969-1972
Box   1
Folder   5-11
General, 1959-1998
Box   1
Folder   12-15
Writings, 1956-1977
Box   1
Folder   16-17
Contracts, 1950-1998
Writing and research
Box   1
Folder   18-21
Book reviews of Lyon books, 1949-1970
Box   1
Folder   22
Proposal for compulsive/addictive behaviors book, 1976
Box   1
Folder   23
Woodstock, New York article, 1985
Box   1
Folder   24
Reviews written by Lyon, 1970
Box   1
Folder   25
The Wild, Wild West manuscripts and reviews, 1960-1968, undated
Box   1
Folder   26
McClure book research, 1960-1962
Box   1
Folder   27
Coney Island materials, 1957 and 1964
Box   1
Folder   28-29
American Express typed manuscript, undated
Box   1
Folder   30-33
American Express research, 1973-1975, undated
Box   1
Folder   34-36
Research for proposed book on Stimson, 1984-1987
Box   4
Folder   5
Research notes for book on Stimson, undated
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Unpublished Henry Stimson manuscript, undated
Eisenhower Biography
Box   2
Folder   3-8
Typed manuscript, undated
Box   2
Folder   9-18
Research notes and clippings, 1947-1973
Box   3
Folder   1
Eisenhower files (photocopies and clippings), 1948-1954
Box   3
Folder   2-3
Reviews, 1974-1975
Box   3
Folder   4
Research cards and quotations, undated
Box   3
Folder   5-8
Typed manuscript, undated
Box   4
Folder   1-4
Research notes, undated
Box   5
Folder   1-2
Research notes, undated (continued)
Box   6
Index cards of research notes, undated
Box   3
Folder   9
Eisenhower: Portrait of a Hero, 1974
Box   3
Folder   10
The Wild Wild West, 1969 and The U.N. in Action, , 1963
Box   3
Folder   11
Promises to Pay: The Story of American Express, 1977 and Alcoholism: Its Scope, Cause and Treatment, , 1955
Box   3
Folder   12
The Exurbanites, 1955
Box   7
Folder   2
Lyon articles written for The American Heritage and The Saturday Evening Post, 1957-1968
Box   7
Folder   3
Lyon articles written for Holiday, 1958-1965
PH Box   3
Photographs from Eisenhower: Portrait of a Hero
1557A/1-33
Audio recordings containing information related to Lyon's research for his books on Eisenhower, American Express, and for a proposed book on compulsive and addictive behavior.
Physical Description: 33 cassette tapes