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Miguel Angel Asturias Papers, 1963-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of correspondence of Guatemalan author Miguel Angel Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias's works and their publication in the United States and abroad.

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

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H. Wright Johnson Collection on Harley Granville-Barker, 1947-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection consists of letters to H. Wright Johnson (Princeton Class of 1948) regarding Harley Granville-Barker, the subject of Johnson's senior thesis at Princeton. Included is Johnson's thesis, typescripts and correspondence concerning The Prevalence of Witches and Weekending, and correspondence between Johnson and George Bernard Shaw who worked closely with Granville-Barker in the English theater.

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

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American Institute of Electrical Engineers Collection, 1957-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of papers (1957-1961), and accompanying letters, of scholars from both academe and industry dealing with advances in computer technology and sent to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers for presentation at the AIEE's general meetings.

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

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Voula Papaiōannou photographs collection, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:
Papaioannou was born in Lamia and grew up in Athens (Greece). She began working as a photographer during the 1930s, concentrating at first on studies of landscapes, monuments and archaeological exhibits. The outbreak of war in 1940 marked a turning point in her career, as she was intensely affected by the suffering of the civilian population of Athens. Realizing the power of her camera to arouse people's conscience, she documented the troops departing for the front, the preparations for the war effort, and the care received by the first casualties. When the capital was in the grip of starvation, she revealed the horrors of war in her moving photographs of emaciated children. After the liberation, as a member of the photographic unit of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), she toured the ravaged Greek countryside recording the difficult living conditions faced by its inhabitants. She often exceeded her brief, immortalizing the faces and personal stories of...(see more)

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

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Notes of James Lawson Norris on Woodrow Wilson Lectures, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of six notebooks (1897-1899) of James Lawson Norris (Princeton Class of 1899) containing notes on lectures in jurisprudence, constitutional law, and English common law delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.

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

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Edward Robert Hughes Letters, 1883-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of approximately 155 letters by English painter Edward Robert Hughes to his friend and patron Mrs. Sydney Morse.

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

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