Claudia de Lys Papers

An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Lys, Claudia de.
Title:	Claudia de Lys Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1920-1960
Quantity:	23 linear ft.
Abstract:	American anthropologist, author. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, drafts and manuscripts for publication, photographs, news releases, printed material. Writings and research material on customs, folklore, palmistry, and superstition.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu

Biographical History

Claudia de Lys (dates unknown) is an American anthropologist and author of numerous books on customs, folklore, palmistry, and superstition.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Claudia de Lys Papers consist of three accessions which have not yet been integrated. The collection has received minimal processing, and the inventory which follows is a simple box listing.

The original accession contains correspondence, galley proofs, typescripts and clippings. Most of it is newspaper and magazine clippings with typescript copies of same.

The 1990 addition contains correspondence, photographs, writings, and memorabilia.

The 1992 addition contains correspondence, writings, and memorabilia.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The collection has received minimal processing and by and large remains in original order. Because the three accessions have not been integrated, note that the box numbering restarts with "Box 1" for each. Please specify accession and box number when requesting material.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on this material.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

More than one hundred artifacts and pieces of art were transferred to the Syracuse University Art Collection in 1985. These include 27 original cartoons by Ton Smits; 30 drawings, 47 prints and three print blocks by Gus Bundy; a bas-relief bust of de Lys by Edgardo Simone; a charcoal portrait of de Lys by Paul Swan; and an oil painting of the Hagia Sophia in Turkey, circa 1930. For more information about these items please contact the SU Art Galleries at http://suart.syr.edu.

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Subject Headings

Persons

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Genres and Forms

Occupations

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Claudia de Lys Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library

Acquisition Information

Unspecified, 1990, 1992.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: DCA
Date: Sep 1985
Revision history: 17 Jun 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)

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Inventory

	Original accession
Box 1		Correspondence 1920s-1960s - incoming and outgoing; contains some print material
Box 2		Graphic material - copies of print cartoons by Ton Smits; drawings and block prints by Gus Bundy. Originals transferred to SU Art Galleries.
Box 3		Graphic material - photographs
Box 4		Printed material - galley proofs of A Treasury of Parenthood
Box 5		Printed material - galley proofs of A Treasury of American Superstition and To Be or Not To Be a Virgin; also typescript of the latter
Box 6		Printed material - unbound signatures of A Treasury of American Superstition
Box 6		Typescripts - ideas for advertiseres; radio program; dictionary of French sayings
Box 7		Printed material - superstitions; typescript copies; news releases; clippings
Box 8		Printed material - typescript list of sayings
		Printed material - clippings of sayings
Box 9			Air and breathing
Box 9			Breasts
Box 9			Breastfeeding
Box 10			Hands, fingers
Box 10			Handwritings
Box 10			Lefthandedness
Box 10			Palmistry
Box 11			Hands, symbols
Box 11			Mouth - diseases
Box 11			Mouth - falsehoods
Box 11			Mouth - Kinsey Dept.
Box 11			Mouth - kissing
Box 12			Mouth - kissing
Box 13			Mouth - kissing
Box 14			Miscellaneous clippings
Box 15		Printed material - superstition clippings
Box 16		Printed material - superstition clippings
Box 17		Printed material - superstition clippings
Box 18		Printed material - superstition clippings
Package		Printed material - scrapbook of clippings
		Artifacts - prints, drawings, bas-relief
			Transferred to SU Art Galleries.
		Phonodiscs - interviews with CDL, performances dedicated to her
			Transferred to Belfer Audio Archives.

	Correspondence-subject files (1990)
		Adamo, Hunter and Alice
		Batchelor, C.D. and Julie Forsyth - includes original artwork
		Battey, Terence Louise
		Bundy, Gus - includes original artwork
		Cloud, Virginia
		Cole, Madelaine
		Darragh, Kathleen
		Debruille, Paulette
		Evans, Henry S.
		Evans, Isabelle and Philip
		Garmisa, Ilyana
		Grayson, Anka and James
		Grolier, Inc.
		Hamilton, Marjorie J.
		Harcourt, Brace and Company
		Kamin, Claude and Martin
		Kendrick, Eleanore (agent)
		Kilbourn, Lucy
		Kline, Harry Byrd
		Lopatecki, Yvonne de
		Murphy, J.E. - includes original artwork
		Oldfield, Barney
		Oman, Annie and Sheridan - includes original artwork
		Orner, Faustina
		Plantiff, Ellen
		Poterbaugh, Edward and Celene
		Russell, George B. and Edith
		Serebrykoff, Lynn Christensen
		Short, Marcia
		Silvermine Publishers
		Speller, Robert (publisher?)
		Sugar, Paul
		Tomiuk, Yolande / Tania Shamy
		Traver, Marion Gray - includes original artwork
		Wadler, Leonard
		White, Mary Lee

	Photographs (1990)
		Miscellaneous

	Writings (1990)
		"The Cat is Out of the Bag" - manuscript draft
		Superstitious? Here's Why
		A Treasury of American Superstition
		A Treasury of Parenthood and Its Folklore
		Your Cat: Fact and Superstition
		Your Cat: A Treasury of Fact and Superstition

	Memorabilia (1990)
		Clippings
		Essays
		Phonodiscs - 2 LPs
		Syndicate sheets
		Miscellaneous

	Correspondence-subject files (1992)
Box 1		General
		Personal
Box 1			MacNiel, Stanley S.
Box 1			Mayfield, John - 3 folders
Box 1			Philosophical Library, Inc.
Box 1			Syracuse University
		Subject files
Box 1			Boy
Box 1			Bundling
Box 1			Chaperons
Box 1			Circumcision
Box 1			Sex determination - 2 folders

	Writings (1992)
		Books
Box 1			A Century of Cats
		Essays
Box 1			"As I recall…en route on my life's journey" - manuscript draft
Box 2			"As I recall…en route on my life's journey" - manuscript draft
Box 2			"The cat's out of the bag" (working title: The Cat's Nine Lives Plus) - correspondence, research material, photographs, manuscript drafts
Box 2			"Lena's Odd Odyssey" - research material, manuscripts, 4 folders
Box 2			"Savage wife excels as husband's partner," New York World-Telegram, 10 Jan 1935
Box 2			"Working island cats" Pet Digest Winter 1964
Box 2			"Your cat: a treasury of fact and superstition - manuscript draft, 2 folders

	Memorabilia (1992)
		Printed material
Box 2			Clippings about
Box 2			Clippings, general
Box 2			Miscellaneous
Box 2		Miscellaneous

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