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Charles Black Hutchinson Papers, 1935-1944 (bulk) 1885-1951 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 4 items
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The Charles Black Hutchinson Papers primarily include Charles Hutchinson's correspondence and schoolwork from the period 1935 to 1944, when Hutchinson was a student at the Lawrenceville School (1935 to 1939), at Princeton University (1939 to 1943), and serving in the Army's 681st Glider Battalion (beginning in 1943).

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

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Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes and 4 linear feet
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Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

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Theodor Kallifatides Papers, 1970-1990 (inclusive)

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0.8 linear feet and 2 boxes
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Consists of correspondence with Kallifatides's parents in Greece; family correspondence; autograph manuscripts and typescripts of his work; and some printed material and documents.

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Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 64 pictorial postcards written by Samuel Woodfill, mostly addressed to Lorena "Blossom" Wiltshire. Written during Woodfill's time serving in the U. S. Army, the postcards feature images of San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Laredo, and Mexico and its inhabitants. Woodfill writes of camp life, daily activities, weather, training, and conflicts on the Texas-Mexican border.

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Words Press Records, 1970-2018 (inclusive)

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4.2 linear feet and 5 boxes
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Words Press is a British publishing imprint specializing in poetry that has been operated by Julian Nangle (1947- ) since the 1970s. The collection includes extensive correspondence with authors, publishers, and booksellers, submission and proof copies and other publishing materials related to serials produced by the press, author files, prospectuses and ephemera related to other small publishers, and administrative records.

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Ulli Steltzer Papers, 1957-2008 (inclusive)

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44 boxes
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Contact sheets, negatives, prints, notebooks, research files, manuscripts, and correspondence of Ulli Steltzer, a German-born photographer residing in the United States and Canada since 1953. Materials relate to a number of published and unpublished photography projects spanning Steltzer's career from 1957 until 2008, including her portraits of prominent Princeton intellectuals and her wide-ranging documentary work, featuring American Indian artists of the Pacific Northwest, black communities in the American South, social conditions for migrant laborers and immigrants throughout the United States, and many other rural and tribal communities throughout the Americas and Asia.

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Preston Beyer Collection of John Steinbeck, 1970-1990 (bulk) 1939-1995 (inclusive)

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19 boxes
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Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera by and relating to John Steinbeck collected by Preston Beyer, cofounder of the John Steinbeck Society of America. Included is a large amount of correspondence (circa 1939-1993) of Beyer with bibliographers, critics, collectors, biographers, universities, friends, and relatives concerned with the life and works of John Steinbeck.

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1917-1947 (bulk) 1827-1970 (inclusive)

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93 boxes
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.

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Guy Warszawski Correspondence, Postcards, and Ephemera Related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, 1950-2019 (inclusive) 1970-2019 (bulk)

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0.8 linear feet and 2 boxes
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This collection comprises correspondence, postcards, and ephemera related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, collected by Guy Warzawski, a Polish-Belgian professor. The Collège de 'Pataphysique was founded in Paris in 1948 and is dedicated to the furtherment of pataphysics, a parodistic "science of imaginary solutions" invented by French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry.

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Christian Gauss Papers, 1863-1952 (inclusive) 1900-1951 (bulk)

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94 boxes
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Christian Gauss was one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors, the first Class of 1900 Professor of Modern Languages, and the third Dean of the College. The Christian Gauss papers include personal and professional writings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and assorted ephemera and printed matter, as well as numerous documents related to the Gauss family.

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Kimon Friar Papers, 1926-1993 (inclusive)

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158 boxes and 66.6 linear feet
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The collection consists of personal papers of Kimon Friar, one of the first and most prolific translators of modern Greek poetry into English. His work helped bring modern Greek literature to the attention of the international public.

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George Segal Papers, 1970-1999 (bulk) 1936-2010 (inclusive)

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126 boxes
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Business files, correspondence, photographs, artwork, writings, and clippings of George Segal (1924-2000), 20th-century American sculptor, artist, and photographer active from the late 1950s until 1999. The papers contain photographs taken by and of the artist, correspondence and all business files relating to exhibitions, records of the production of public commissions, writings by and about Segal, audio and visual media, and exhibition catalogs.

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Saúl Yurkievich Papers, 1960-2005 (inclusive)

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36 boxes and 58 items
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Saúl Yurkievich is an Argentine poet and literary critic. The collection consists of his personal and literary papers. It includes some of Yurkievich's poetic and prose-poetic manuscripts, correspondence with writers, scholars, critics and publishers and extensive subject files.

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Desmond Harmsworth Family Papers, circa 1870-1988 (inclusive)

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9 boxes and 4.3 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of Desmond Harmsworth (1903-1990) and other members of the Harmsworth Family, including manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and business documents between Desmond Harmsworth Limited and The Nonesuch Press.

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Vuelta Editorial Files, 1976-1998 (bulk) 1972-1998 (inclusive)

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17 boxes and 7.0 linear feet
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The Vuelta Editorial Files is comprised of the publishing files of Vuelta (1976-1998), the Mexican journal of literature, politics, art, and cultural commentary. Includes author files, correspondence between editors, writers, translators, scholars, and rights publishing companies, and administrative and project files. Includes original and photocopy typescript and handwritten manuscript submissions of articles, interviews, translations, narrative, and poetry. Related research materials such as press clippings and printed material are also found in the author files and correspondence. Included in the files are documents relating to Encuentro Vuelta - El Siglo XX: La Experiencia de la Libertad, a televised conference series program organized by Vuelta in 1990 about the rise of socialism in Eastern Europe. Series 6 includes various booklets and speech materials from the Nobel Prize ceremony in 1990, the year Octavio Paz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Herbert Cecil Potter Papers, 1893-1919 (bulk) 1892-1955 (inclusive)

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23 boxes and 9.2 linear feet
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Potter was a lifelong British military officer who attained the rank of brigadier-general. He served in Ireland (1898), South Africa (1901-1902), Egypt and Sudan (1903-1913), and World War I (1914-1918); he retired in 1927. Consists primarily of Potter's lengthy correspondence with his mother and future wife while stationed abroad, often during significant British military operations, including censor-stamped envelopes.

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William Jovanovich Papers, 1950-1996 (bulk) 1815-2006 (inclusive)

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61 boxes and 32.8 linear feet
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William Jovanovich (1920-2001) was an American publisher, author, and businessman, who led the publishing firm Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1954 to 1991, as president and later as chief executive officer. The collection consists of Jovanovich's author and publisher files, including an extensive file on Charles A. Lindbergh, along with correspondence, writings, personal and family papers, memorabilia, and other files documenting his career as a major American publisher in the 20th century, his creative pursuits in fiction and nonfiction, and his interest in Yugoslav literature and textbook publishing.

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John Ennis Papers, 1935-2016 (inclusive) 1967-2016 (bulk)

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79 boxes and 31.5 linear feet
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Consists of writings, editorial files, correspondence, teaching materials, and other professional working files of Irish poet John Ennis (1944- ), including drafts of his published poetry and unpublished work from the late 1960s through 2016, editorial files related to anthologies of Irish and Canadian poetry he edited between 2002 and 2009, and materials documenting the activities of the Irish arts organization Poetry Ireland and its journal Poetry Ireland Review from its inception in 1978 through the 1990s.

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Tēlemachos Alaveras Papers and Nea Poreia Archives, 1889-2010 (inclusive)

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97 boxes, 2 items, and 39.3 linear feet
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Consists of personal papers of Tēlemachos Alaveras, a prolific Modern Greek writer and editor of the literary magazine Nea Poreia for more than fifty years. He was also the president of the Literary Society of Thessalonikē and member of boards of many other organizations. Included also are the archives of Nea Poreia, as well as the personal papers of Alaveras's father, Chrēstos Alaveras.

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Marc Gaede Papers, 1971-1999 (bulk) 1910-1999 (inclusive)

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40 boxes and 23.4 linear feet
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Marc Gaede (1946- ) is an American photographer, environmental activist, and teacher based in California. The collection consists of Gaede's black-and-white photographs of the American West and Southwest, correspondence, contracts, and other working files primarily related to his books on photography, archaeology, and conservation, and a large group of working files, which include audiovisual and digital materials, for a biography project Gaede collaborated on with Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux activist Robert Sundance (1927-1993).

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Sarah Goodspeed Papers, 1913-1915 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Sarah Goodspeed, a white Christian missionary for the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society (WABHMS), documenting her work on the Crow Indian Reservation in Pryor, Montana, in the 1910s. Materials include a linguistic journal, eighty photographs of Crow and Ojibwa (Ojibwe, Chippewa) people, handwritten poetry and notes, several letters and postcards, and printed and typescript articles and essays.

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Paul Merchant Papers, 1963-2011 (inclusive)

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0.6 linear feet and 2 boxes
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Consists of Merchant's manuscript drafts, correspondence, photographs, inscribed books, and other materials relating to the Greek poet Helenē Vakalo (1921-2001), and his English translation of Genealogia. The collection also contains writings by Giannēs Ritsos, Kimon Friar, and materials of other authors and publishers.

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Panhellenic Liberation Movement (P.A.K.) Papers, 1968 may - 1972 march (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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This collection consists of archives from the time of the establishment of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement (Panellēnio Sosialistiko Kinēma, P.A.K.) against the junta. Included are letters, statutes, press releases, speeches, and articles written in Greek, English, and German dated May 1968 - March 1972.

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Allan H. Stevenson Papers, 1950-1968 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Allan H. Stevenson relating to watermarks, papermaking, and block-books of the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Bayard Taylor Putnam Family Papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
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Bayard Taylor Putnam (1854-1886) was geological surveyor in the Division of Mining Geology for the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) from the founding of the agency in 1879 to the early 1880s. This collection consists of Putnam's professional papers, including correspondence and field notes, which document his work with the U.S.G.S, specifically his surveys of iron-ore and coal mines for the Tenth U.S. Census. His papers also relate to a patented combined protractor and chart holder that Putnam invented. Other Putnam family members, particularly his wife, Grace Haven Putnam (1855-1900), are also represented.

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Charles William White Papers, 1934-1977 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a historical fiction writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including correspondence with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein.

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Chester W. Burton Family Papers, 1850-1910 (bulk) 1809-1956 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 4.0 linear feet
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Consists mostly of correspondence along with some financial records, legal documents, such as deeds and land indentures, ephemera, and photographs dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries that relate to Chester W. Burton, a farmer from Chautauqua County, New York, and his family. Among other topics, the collection documents aspects of the Civil War and early settlement and gold mining in the west.

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Whitney Jennings Oates Correspondence, 1949-1959 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of Whitney Jennings Oates (Princeton Class of 1925) during his tenure as a professor of Classics at Princeton University.

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Wolfgang A. Luchting Correspondence, 1958-1994 (inclusive) 1960-1990 (bulk)

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10 boxes
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Consists primarily of correspondence of Wolfgang Luchting (1927-1999), retired professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Washington State University (Pullman, Washington), with Latin American authors and German publishers. Miscellaneous manuscripts of Luchting, a small amount of papers of others, and printed material are included.

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Walter Houk Collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1946-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, stenographer's notebooks, photographs, and nautical charts associated with Walter and Juanita Houk's years in Havana, Cuba, documenting their friendship with the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Mary.

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Roberto González Echevarría Collection on Severo Sarduy and Other Latin American Writers, 1951-2013 (inclusive)

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11 boxes and 4.5 linear feet
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Roberto González Echevarría is a Cuban-born critic and Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University. This collection contains his correspondence with Severo Sarduy and other writers and critics including among them Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Antonio Benítez Rojo, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Nancy Morejón, Octavio Paz, Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Calvin Trilin, J. Wright, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Rosario Ferré, and José Donoso. Also in the collection are typescripts, audio recordings, photographs, and printed materials particularly relating to González Echevarría's work on Sarduy.

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Giōrgos Vakalo Papers, 1901-1999 (inclusive)

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21 boxes and 11.5 linear feet
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The Giōrgos Vakalo Papers consists primarily of papers by and relating to the Greek painter and stage designer George Vakalo (1902-1991). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts of Vakalo's notes, talks, articles, interviews, TV or radio productions, artwork, as well as his correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter, such as exhibition art catalogs, magazines, and clippings. Of particular importance are the hundreds pieces of his artwork in a variety of media (ink, pencil, watercolor, conté crayon, engravings) and on a variety of supports (paper, carton, and canvas).

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Russell A. Fraser Papers on R. P. Blackmur, 1920-1982 (inclusive)

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4 boxes
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Consists of papers of Russell A. Fraser concerning his biography of R. P. Blackmur, A Mingled Yarn: The Life of R. P. Blackmur (1981), including correspondence with friends, family, and associates of Blackmur, a few of Blackmur's proofs and drafts, and printed copies or clippings of writings by and about Blackmur.

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New Review Correspondence of Samuel Putnam, 1927-1933 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
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Samuel Putnam (1892-1950) was an American author, translator, and editor. The collection reflects the work of Putnam during the period he lived with his family in France, emphasizing his work as editor of The New Review. Correspondents include Ezra Pound, who served as associate editor for four issues, Richard Aldington, William Aspenwall Bradley, and Ford Madox Ford, as well as over 100 other literary and artistic figures.

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Archives of Form Magazine, 1965-1974 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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Form was an international magazine focused on concrete poetry and kinetic art. Three Cambridge-educated academics, Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, and Stephen Bann, edited the magazine and produced ten issues from 1966 to 1969. The collection includes extensive correspondence between editors, subscribers, and contributors, along with editorial, financial, and administrative files spanning the entire existence of the magazine.

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Thomas McCarthy Papers, 1968-2019 (bulk) 1899-2019 (inclusive)

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51 boxes
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Consists of writings, diaries, correspondence, organizational records, clippings, and other personal papers of Irish poet Thomas McCarthy, including drafts of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works from the 1970s through the 2010s; extensive diaries and notebooks on personal and literary topics; files related to his work with Cork 2005, the Triskel Arts Centre, and other cultural and arts organizations in Ireland; transcriptions and recordings of interviews and events; and teaching materials.

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Jan Valtin Papers, 1930s-1959 (inclusive)

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23 boxes and 9.6 linear feet
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Consists of papers of "Jan Valtin," the literary pseudonym of Richard Julius Herman Krebs.

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Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas, 1969-1994 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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The Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas contains a small collection of letters and correspondence with Reinaldo Arenas and others, as well as typewritten drafts of Arenas' articles and essays, some of which are dedicated to Cortés, a personal friend. Also present are typewritten drafts of Cortés' own work on his friendship with Arenas.

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Henry Markinfield Addey Papers, 1873-1910 (inclusive)

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1 box and .4 linear feet
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Henry Markinfield Addey was a London publisher who is known for publishing Gustave Doré in England and for publishing the first English edition of Edgar Allan Poe's complete poems. Consists of family correspondence, memoir drafts, and one scrapbook.

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Theodore Wratislaw Collection, 1928-1933 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, typescript poems, and corrected proofs of the British poet Theodore Wratislaw. The bulk of his correspondence is with John Gawsworth, pseudonym of British writer and poet Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong.

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Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Bliss Perry, an American scholar and editor especially noted for his work in American literature.

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Robert H. Davis Collection, 1907-1929 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of American writer and editor Robert H. Davis with his friend, lawyer Thomas Baskerville, who was amassing a collection of autographs of famous individuals.

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Horton Davies Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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This is a collection of correspondence and selected writings of Horton Marlais Davies, a Princeton University professor of religion and author of many books on church history.

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Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.

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Louis Kronenberger Correspondence Concerning The Cutting Edge, 1969-1975 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of twenty one letters from American author and critic Louis Kronenberger, mostly regarding his publication The Cutting Edge: A Collection of Witty Insults and Wicked Retorts, of Polished Snubs and Homicidal Repartee. Also included is manuscript material of The Cutting Edge, and biographical notes.

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T. S. Eliot Collection, 1929-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material of Nobel prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot, primarily of correspondence but including several photographs, typescripts of poems, and corrected proofs.

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Liu Binyan Papers, 1988-2006 (inclusive)

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8 boxes
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Consists of papers of Chinese journalist and political dissident Liu Binyan, including manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, reviews, correspondence, audiocassettes of interviews, and other material.

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Antonio Pace Correspondence with Princetonians, 1938-1976 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Antonio Pace (1914-2004), a professor of Romance Languages at Syracuse University and the University of Washington, from Princeton faculty, particularly those in the fields of language and cultural studies, as well as from former Princeton classmates (*43). Other notable scholars are also represented. Some correspondents include: Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), Julian P. Boyd (1903-1980), Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949), Theodore Fred Kuper (1886-1981), and Giuliano Bonfante (1904-2005).

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Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Papers, 1940-1958 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
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Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were a famous twentieth-century aviation couple. The papers consist of manuscripts of Charles's A Letter to Americans and Anne's The Wave of the Future, A Confession of Faith, with related correspondence.

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NEUK Collection, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
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Consists of poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, plates, proofs, drawings, promotional material, paste-ups, photographic negatives, and subscription information for seven issues of NEUK, a Princeton student literary magazine, thought to have been published nine times between 1967 and January 1972.

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F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1930-1957 (bulk) 1880-1973 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.65 linear feet
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Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.

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Ezra Pound Collection, 1908-1956 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of and about Ezra Pound, who was one of the most ambitious, influential, and innovative American poets of the modernist period.

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Herbert Sidney Langfeld Papers, 1906-1958 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1879-1958) was an American professor of psychology and prominent academic. This collection includes his diaries, professional correspondence, drafts of lectures and notes, photographs, and various printed material.

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John Von Neumann Collection, 1919-1949 (bulk) 1919-1966 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and a manuscript of John Von Neumann, one of the 20th century's preeminent mathematicians, and an early pioneer in fields such as game theory, nuclear deterrence, and modern computing.

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William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of 167 letters by American poet William Meredith to his intimate friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London, Conn., and other places.

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Henry De Wolf Smyth Papers, 1898-1988 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth, the American physicist and diplomat who figured prominently in the development of atomic energy, the Manhattan Project, and the production of the atomic bomb.

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George Lianis Papers, 1964-2009 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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The George Lianis Papers consists of papers by and relating to the Greek academic and politician George Lianis (1926-2008). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts, as well as correspondence (personal and professional), loose photographs, one photograph album, slides, and printed material.

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Walter Kauzmann Papers, 1940-1993 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Walter Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University.

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Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (inclusive) 1963-1971 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
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Consists of papers of journalist Levering Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive.

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W. S. Merwin Collection, 1964-1969 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and galler proofs of W. S. Merwin, one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century.

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Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

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

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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Contains approximately 175 letters by Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections.

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

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Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

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

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John Koenig Papers, 1931-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings of set designer John Koenig's life.

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

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Edith Wharton Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Austin, 1903-1927 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of letters (1903-1927) sent by the American novelist Edith Wharton to her English friends Alfred and Hester Austin. During that period Wharton lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and several places in France.

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

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Donald L. Gordon Papers, 1929-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and columns related to Donald L. Gordon's role as editor of the American News of Books and contributor to the Saturday Evening Post.

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

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Donald Goodchild Collection, 1918-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of correspondence of Donald Goodchild, who was secretary of the American Council of Learned Societies in Washington, D.C.

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

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Wesley Halliburton Correspondence, 1939-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of four small groups of correspondence between Wesley Halliburton and others after the death of his famous son Richard in 1939. Richard Halliburton was a celebrated adventurer and author known, among other things, for having swum the length of the Panama Canal.

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

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Lawrence Crane Woods Collection, 1888-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and student account books of Lawrence Crane Woods, a member of the Princeton Class of 1891 and vice president and assistant manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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

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J. Paul Baldeagle Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist.

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

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Theodore Weiss Publishing Correspondence, 1966-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
Abstract:
Consists primarily of correspondence between American poet and editor Theodore Weiss and his editors at Macmillan Publishing, Arthur Gregor and Ray Roberts. Also included are a few clippings, advertisements, event programs concerning Theodore Weiss' work, and a printed interview with the poet.

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

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Dennis E. Puleston Papers, 1961-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
68 boxes and 73.04 linear feet
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Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, a journal (1962), maps, computer tapes, and printed matter of Puleston, a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota.

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

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Charles Ethrige Minton Papers, 1954-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:
19 boxes and 9.10 linear feet
Abstract:
A former lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri, Minton moved to New Mexico to work among the Indians. His subsequent positions include State Supervisor of the Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration, Executive Director of the State Commission on Indian Affairs, and Executive Secretary of the New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs. Consists of correspondence and papers of Minton.

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

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