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Collection Title: Irving Adler Papers

Collection Number: DG0006

Accession Number: unknown

Inclusive Dates: 1955-1980; no date

Volume: 6.6 cubic ft.

Given By : Irving Adler

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Mathematics and Mental Growth by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1968.

Index
Duplicate typescript
Copied typescript
Copy of quoted material
Duplicate copy of reading list

Integers: Positive and Negative by Irving Adler, illustrated by Laurie Jo Lambie; John Day Co., 1972.

Captions and notes
Notes for illustrations
Edited typescript
Original typescript
Book jacket
Edited typescript, photocopied
Master set galley [with caption copy]
Author set galley [with correspondence]

Atomic Energy by Irving Adler, illustrated by Ellen Viereck; J. Day Co., 1971.

Dummy
Typescript

Tools of Science: From Yardstick to Cyclotron by Irving Adler; J. Day Co., 1958.

Assorted galleys

Air by Irving Adler and Ruth Adler; John Day Co., 1962.

Original illustrations

Heat by Irving Adler and Ruth Adler; John Day Co., 1964.

Original illustrations

Your Eyes by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1962.

Original illustrations

The New Mathematics by Irving Adler; J. Day Co., 1958.

Torn apart book with revisions inserted
Galleys/master proofs
Galleys, author's set
Reseat pages
Illustrations

Communication by Irving Adler and Ruth Adler; J. Day Co., 1967.

Copy of typescript

Probability and Statistics for Everyman: How to Understand and Use the Laws of Chance by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1963.

Typescript, photocopied
Sketches

Thinking Machines: A Layman's Introduction to Logic, Boolean Algebra, and Computers by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1961.

Notes for revision
Correspondence
Galley
Copy with illustrations
Typescript with revisions
Author's original typescript for revision
Notes and correspondence
Illustrations

How Life Began by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1977.

Galley proofs
Revised pages
Incomplete set of corrected galleys
Galleys used for index
Revised pages, photocopied
Captions
Correspondence
Notes
Index
Book jacket

Hot and Cold by Irving Adler, illustrated by Peggy Adler; J. Day Co., 1959.

Page proofs
Revised pages, photocopied
Notes for revisions
Galley proofs, author's set
Galley proofs, printer's set
Galley proofs, master set
Unbound copy of book
Correspondence

Time In Your Life by Irving Adler; J. Day Co., 1955.

Original book revised
Book jacket with perpetual calendar
Assorted galley pages (reproduced)
Notes for revision
Correspondence
Marked set of readers proof galley, assorted pages
Charts and caption dummy

The Sun and It's Family by Irving Adler; J. Day & Co., 1958.

Dummy
Marked set of reader proof galleys -- assorted pages
Reproduction assorted pages I
Reproduction assorted pages II
Assorted galley
Revision and index

Sets and Numbers for the Very Young by Irving Adler and Ruth Adler, illustrated by Peggy Adler; J. Day Co., 1969.

Second version typescript [with layout]
Second version typescript [with layout], photocopied
First version of manuscript [handwritten]
Correspondence with illustrator
Blues
Reproductions
Typescript [reproduced]

Food by Irving Adler, illustrated by Peggy Adler; John Day Co., 1977.

Original copy-edited typescript
First original typescript with changes
Galley proofs
Typescript, photocopied
Galley
Notes for illustrations
Notes
Page proofs
Correspondence

The Calendar by Irving Adler and Ruth Adler; John Day Co., 1967.

Galley
Typescript, photocopied
Negative plate
Galley reproductions

Groups in the New Mathematics: An Elementary Introduction to Mathematical Groups Through Familiar Examples by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1967.

Illustrations
Notes and specifications
Proofs
Charts
Correspondence
Sketches
Galleys
Reproductions
Manuscript (2)

The Environment by Irving Adler, illustrated by Peggy Adler; John Day Co., 1976.

Original typescript
Master set galley

A New Look At Geometry by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1966.

Typescript, photocopied

The First Golden Key To Mathematics: A Workbook with Self-Teaching Text and Learning Exercises by Irving Adler; Golden Press, 1962.

Original vol 6 [to the parents; you will learn the table of contents]
Original vol 6 [manuscript]
Original manuscript vol 5 [to the parents and teachers; table of contents]
Original manuscript vol 5
Correspondence and notes
Copy of "Guide to Golden Key Mathematics, vol 1-6"
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 1
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 2
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 3
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 4
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 5
Corrected copy of workbook, grade 6
Author layouts of volume 6
Author layout of volume 4
Author layout of volume 5

Language and Man by Irving Adler and Joyce Adler; illustrated by Laurie Jo Lambie; J. Day Co., 1970.

Typescript copy
Dummy
Correspondence

The Stars: Steppingstones Into Space by Irving Adler, illustrated by Ruth Adler; New American Library, 1980.

Copy of page Proofs
Caption galley proofs
Page proofs
Page proof 1st pass [missing pages 10, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 51, 53, 55, 57, 64, 76, 84, 88, 91, 95, 110, 115, 118]
Page proof 2nd pass [missing pages 1, 10, 50, 52, 76, 90, 92, 100, 115, 119]
Index with captions
Revised copy of typescript [missing pages 32-34, 37, 39, 41, 43-48, 50, 55-69, 71-78, 82-89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 99, 106, 107, 109, 111, 121, 123-158]
Original typescript for chapters and 6 revised [pages 1-34]
Copy of chapter 5 and 6 [pages 1-31]

Energy by Irving Adler; John Day Co., 1970.

Typescript copy
Dummy

"Mathematics Workbooks" by Irving Adler [publication information undetermined]

Manuscript (3)

 


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