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Wright Family Papers, 1899-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
Abstract:
The Wright Family Papers consist of correspondence received at Princeton University by Harry H. Wright, class of 1903, and his son Richard R. Wright, class of 1935, during their undergraduate years, as well as printed postcards and class directories, a songbook and Daily Princetonian style book. The Wright family owned a farm in Allentown, New Jersey, and the correspondence reflects family news, domestic and farm life at the turn of the twentieth century and again during the 1930s.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Sonya Rudikoff Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 7.0 linear feet
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Sonya Rudikoff (1927-1997) was a writer, literary critic, and independent scholar, active from the 1950s through the 1990s, who wrote primarily on Victorian literature, feminism, and Virginia Woolf. The papers include Rudikoff's professional and personal correspondence, including five decades of extensive correspondence from second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler; typescripts of Rudikoff's unpublished fiction and lectures; notebooks, papers, and diaries from her time at Bennington College in the late 1940s; along with a curriculum vitae and bibliography of her work and some related materials.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Ernest Theodore DeWald Papers, 1916-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Ernest Theodore DeWald (Princeton Class of 1916), professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology specializing in medieval Italian art and director (1946-1960) of the Princeton Art Museum.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Irving Malin Papers, 1955-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes
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Consists primarily of correspondence with authors such as Gordon Lish, James Purdy, Cynthia Ozick, and Paul Bowles, among many others, along with some writings and publisher files of American literary critic and professor of literature Irving Malin (1934-2014).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Liliane Hasson Collection of Latin American Writers, 1963-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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Contains the letters of Reinaldo Arenas and other Latin American authors to the French translator Liliane Hasson. Also includes copies of manuscripts by Arenas and others, photographs, and audio recordings of interviews with Latin American writers.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Thomas Hoving Papers, 1952-1998 (inclusive)

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44 boxes and 45.5 linear feet
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Consists of material relating to the career of Thomas Hoving, who was director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from 1967 to 1977, author, consultant, and the editor-in-chief of Connoisseur magazine from 1981 to 1991.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Ellis Meredith Collection, 1930-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and manuscripts related to the anthology Democracy at the Crossroads (1932), arranged by Ellis Meredith, a suffragist and journalist from Colorado.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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David N. Rowe Correspondence, 1944-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence between David Nelson Rowe, a professor in Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs, and five of his Princeton University students who had joined the U.S. Army, Navy, or the Marines, during World War II.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon, 1979-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture "To End All Wars" (2001) based on Gordon's book "Through the Valley of the Kwai" (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Henri Lemoine Diamond Fraud Collection, 1904-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Henri Lemoine was a French charlatan who, in 1904-1907, defrauded Sir Julius Wernher, a German-born British owner of South African diamond mining companies, out of thousands of pounds in a scheme to produce synthetic diamonds. The collection consists of papers relating to the men's contractual agreements: correspondence, contracts, letters of intent, and other documents.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters by authors and publishers addressed to American reporter and editor Barton Currie and his wife, Florence.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Paul Elmer More Correspondence, 1916-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence between Paul Elmer More and the Princeton University Press, which published several of his books during the period from 1916 to 1936.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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F. Carrington Weems Papers, 1857-1919 (inclusive) 1906-1913 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
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Consists of papers of F. Carrington Weems (Princeton Class of 1907) primarily from his student days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel in World War I.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Howard Crosby Butler Correspondence, 1917 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of Howard Crosby Butler, Princeton professor of the history of architecture, with former students undergoing military training during World War I.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Thomas James Wise Collection, 1894-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas James Wise, the English bibliographer and noted forger of the early 20th century

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Thomas A. Edison Collection, 1880-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence, both original and photocopies, of Thomas A. Edison, the most influential American inventor of the twentieth century.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Borgese Family Collection, 1937-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and clippings of Elizabeth Mann Borgese, her husband, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, and her mother, Katia Mann.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Robert Fagles Papers, 1951-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
28 boxes and 27.4 linear feet
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Robert Fagles (1933-2008) was an American professor, poet, and academic, best known for his contemporary translations of ancient Greek and Latin classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer. The papers consist of professional and publishing correspondence, along with manuscript and typescript drafts, corrected proofs and galleys, notes, revisions, and other files regarding his English translations of ancient Greek and Latin texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Aeschylus's Oresteia, Sophocles's Three Theban Plays, as well as poems by Bacchylides and Pindar.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Rita Guibert Collection of Latin American Authors, 1968-1971 (bulk) 1957-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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Rita Guibert (1916-2007) was an Argentine American author, journalist, editor, and translator. Guibert is best known for Seven Voices Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1973. The collection includes audiocassette tapes containing Guibert's in-depth interviews with Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Manuel Puig, Carlos Fuentes, José Donoso, and others. Other materials include correspondence with authors, photographs, and drafts of articles Guibert wrote for magazines including LIFE en Español, Nuestro, The Paris Review, and Revista Iberoamerica.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Conrad Richter Papers, 1801-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
102 boxes
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Consists of material relating to the American author Conrad Richter, including manuscripts, writing notebooks, notes, and galley proofs for several of his novels and other writings. Includes a substantial amount of personal and professional correspondence, as well as photographs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Brandt & Brandt Contract Files, 1907-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
51 boxes, 2 items, and 22.2 linear feet
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The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Milton Halsey Thomas Papers, 1796-1977 (inclusive) 1930-1960 (bulk)

Extent:
47 boxes, 2 items, and 20.2 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous research material of librarian/archivist Milton Halsey Thomas, including research material for several of his historical publications.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Nikos Stangos Papers, 1953-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
20 boxes and 7.8 linear feet
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Consists of personal papers of Nikos Stangos, a prolific Modern Greek poet and one of the most influential figures in British art publishing. For more than 30 years he was responsible for some of the most important art books of the late 20th century. As a result, in his modest way, he helped shape the discipline of art history in Britain and the United States.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Dag Hammarskjöld Collection, 1958-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected copies of correspondence and manuscripts of Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-1961) and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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A.C. McClurg & Co. Letters from F. G. Browne to C. F. Cazenove, 1905-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 47 letters from F. G. Browne on behalf of the Publishing Department at Chicago-based American publisher A.C. McClurg & Co. to the firm's London literary agent C. F. Cazenove, regarding the sale of American titles in England, financial transactions, and other business matters related to publishing.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Richard Pleasant Papers, 1940-1960 (bulk) 1930-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to Richard Pleasant, a founder of the Ballet Theatre.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Frederick Hudson Collection, 1967-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of selected correspondence between musicologists Frederick Hudson and J. Merrill Knapp regarding George Frideric Handel and other composers.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Howard C. Rice Correspondence with Alexander D. Wainwright, 1950-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of correspondence between Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Alexander D. Wainwright, dating mainly during the time that Rice was working at the Collège de L'Europe Libre, in Strasbourg, France. Rice was an associate professor at Princeton University and Assistant Librarian for the Special Collections. Wainwright was a librarian at Princeton University Library for many years, serving as currator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists and as Assistant University Librarian for Acquisitions.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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W. Howard Adams Collection, 1962-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Collection consists of miscellaneous material relating to Black Mountain College and the Penland School of Arts and Crafts, collected by Adams, during his tenure as associate director of The Arts Council of America.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Historic, Descriptive and Subject Files Relating to or About the William Seymour Theatre Collection, Covering the Years of Operation as a Separate Library Unit, 1936-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Files include correspondence about the founding of Princeton University Libray's William Seymour Theatre Collection, the gala dinner opening night, efforts to enlarge the collection in the 1940 to 1960s, and descriptive writings about the collection by the various curators.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs of former Princeton University comparative literature professor Clarence Brown (1929-2015) relating primarily to his scholarship on Russian writers Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891-1938) and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980). Correspondence with writer and illustrator Guy Davenport as well as with poet W. S. Merwin, Princeton Class of 1948, is also included.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Samuel Jackson Reid Letters, 1901-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of letters written by Samuel Jackson Reid (Princeton Class of 1906) to his mother, father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton, to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Eugene O'Neill Collection, 1913-1993 (inclusive) 1913-1944 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box and 0.45 linear feet
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Eugene O'Neill, the celebrated American playwright, was a director of the Provincetown Players and a founder of the Theatre Guild. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Strange Interlude (1928) and, posthumously, for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). The collection consists of fifteen manuscripts of O'Neill, most of which are first drafts of plays and include preliminary notes.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
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Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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