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Jelal A. Azal Papers, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of letters by Jelal A. Azal, an Iranian Bayani scholar in Cyprus, to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago.

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Marquis James Collection on Alfred I. DuPont, 1901-1941 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists of the manuscript and assorted materials written and assembled by the American journalist and author Marquis James (1891-1955) for his biography Alfred I. DuPont, The Family Rebel (1941).

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James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
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Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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Antoine Guerry Duclaud Papers, 1771-1775 (bulk) 1759-1794 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of Antoine Guerry Duclaud, a French officer employed by the Dutch West India Company who deserted and settled in the Dutch colony of Surinam (now the independent Republic of Suriname) in 1771. The papers document Guerry Duclaud's move to Surinam with the intention of starting a plantation, his business renting the labor of enslaved Africans he brought from Guinea, and his return to Europe in 1775 after failing to make a profit. This collection offers insights into Dutch trade, economic conditions, the institution of slavery, and resistance to slavery by maroon communities in Surinam in the 1770s.

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Daniel Webster Collection, 1824-1852 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of and about Daniel Webster, the nineteenth-century American attorney, congressman, and secretary of state.

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George Lynde Catlin Diaries, 1835-1836 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of nine travel diaries used by New York attorney George Catlin during his travels through France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Scotland between 1835 and 1836.

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William Churchill Houston Papers, 1731-1807 (inclusive) 1782-1793 (bulk)

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6 boxes and 4.42 linear feet
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William Churchill Houston was a professor at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), a lawyer, and a statesman. He was a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Convention and the Continental Congress. The collection documents his legal career and his tenure as receiver for Continental taxes in New Jersey.

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Victor Gollancz Publishing Files, 1926-2018 (inclusive)

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100 linear feet (105 containers), 26 digital files, and 0.01 gb
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Consists of author and administrative files of Victor Gollancz Publishing company, including correspondence, publication agreements, and ephemera (e.g. clippings, tearsheets, dust jackets). Some records include those associated with the Left Book Club's operations and Joyce Carol Oates' publications, among others.

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General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

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120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
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Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

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George Cruikshank Collection, 1782-1894 (inclusive) 1825-1878 (bulk)

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35 boxes, 192 items, and 19.5 linear feet
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The collection integrates numerous accessions of English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank material, including large amounts of correspondence as well as original drawings and sketches.

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Charles Hodge Papers, 1773-1930 (inclusive) 1811-1886 (bulk)

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27 boxes and 13.5 linear feet
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Consists primarily of the personal papers of Hodge, including lectures, speeches, articles, books an correspondence dealing with questions of Presbyterian theology in the mid and latter nineteenth century. The papers reflect Hodge's lifelong association with the Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS).

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Office of the Provost Records, 1953-2020 (inclusive) 1967-2015 (bulk)

Extent:
396 boxes, 1 folder, and 1 websites
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The Office of the Provost record group contains the records created and compiled by the Princeton University Office of the Provost since its establishment in 1966. As of 2018, this collection includes the files of the second provost, William G. Bowen GS '58, through the tenth provost, Amy Gutmann, whose tenure ended in 2004. The files consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, speeches, publications, and other assorted material.

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Charles Ruas Papers, 1974-1990 (bulk) 1860-2020 (inclusive)

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25 boxes, 21 linear feet, 9.8 gb, and 293 digital files
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Charles Ruas is an American author, interviewer, editor, literary and art critic, and French translator, who served as the Director of the Drama and Literature Department for New York's Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM in the late 1970s and interviewed writers for radio broadcast and print, including Toni Morrison, Michel Foucault, Carlos Fuentes, Eudora Welty, Susan Sontag, Truman Capote, Buckminster Fuller, Andy Warhol, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others. Included are photographs and documents on Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, the St. Marks poetry project, and avant-garde artists and performers. The papers include transcripts and audiocassette tapes of Ruas's interviews with authors and artists, as well as typescripts and galleys of work by writers Ruas edited, including Marguerite Young, and some related photographs, notes, recordings, and correspondence. There are also some translations and other writings by Charles Ruas, as well as a collection of family photographs and papers...(see more)

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G. P. R. James Collection, 1825-1858 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.50 linear feet
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George Payne Rainsford James was an extremely prolific English novelist and historian in the nineteenth century. His collection contains some of his correspondence with various editors and colleagues, along with some miscellaneous prose and poetry, unfinished letters, and James's autographs.

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Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico), 1562-1903 (inclusive) 1720-1830s (bulk)

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11 boxes and 4.20 linear feet
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The Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico) consists of papers pertaining to the Convento de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, as well as miscellaneous papers that document matrimonial and criminal legal cases, land transactions in Tlalpujahua and Toluca, and genealogical information compiled by Austacio Rulfo. Additional papers to the collection include documents, accounts, religious petitions, assorted documents, and correspondence, many pertaining to the Benavides family.

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H. L. Mencken Collection, 1908-1956 (inclusive) 1924-1942 (bulk)

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21 boxes, 38 items (reels), and 12.5 linear feet
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Consists primarily of microfilm and transcripts of letters by American essayist and journalist H. L. Mencken, compiled by Princeton University historian and librarian Julian Boyd for his proposed book of Mencken's letters.

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Zelda Fitzgerald Papers, 1919-1997 (inclusive) 1920-1948 (bulk)

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9 boxes and 8.5 linear feet
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The Zelda Fitzgerald Papers consists of manuscripts, correspondence, miscellaneous notes and related material, documents, pictures, clippings, and photographs of American author Zelda Fitzgerald.

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American Architectural Drawings, 1900-1930 (bulk) 1880-1988 (inclusive)

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115 boxes
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Consists of approximately 5000 early 20th-century American architectural drawings (blueprint and trace drawings), primarily by C. Grant La Farge and various firms with which he was associated, including Heins & La Farge, La Farge, Clark & Creighton, La Farge, Warren & Clark, La Farge & Morris, and La Farge & Son. There are also groups of drawings by the architects Wilson Eyre, Pennington Satterthwaite (Princeton Class of 1893), Robert Gibson, and a few miscellaneous firms.

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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-1989 (inclusive)

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13 boxes and 4 items
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Alexander D. Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939) was an avid bookman and collector. He had a lengthy career at the Princeton University Library, serving as assistant university librarian for collection development and as curator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists. His collection consists of of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, playwright, and storywriter.

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Frank Jewett Mather Papers, 1906-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 28 items
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Consists primarily of correspondence of the American educator, art critic, and museum director Frank Jewett Mather (1868-1953).

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Struthers Burt Papers, 1911-1954 (bulk) 1845-1957 (inclusive)

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33 boxes and 19.42 linear feet
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Struthers Burt was a noted poet, prose writer and rancher in the first half of the twentieth century. The collection includes various copies of some of Burt's own works, correspondence with family and friends from his days at Princeton University, and assorted materials about his family and genealogy.

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Peter C. Bunnell Papers, 1960-2018 (bulk) 1857-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:
105 boxes
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This collection consists of the papers of photography historian, professor, author, and curator Peter C. Bunnell, spanning his student and professional career from the 1950s to 2018. Materials include subject files, correspondence, photographs, publications and drafts of publications, among other items.

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Edward Steese Papers, 1878-1984 (inclusive)

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40 boxes and 19.5 linear feet
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Consists of papers of American architect and poet Edward Steese, including diaries, manuscripts, and architectural drawings.

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Diamela Eltit Papers, 1943-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes
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A collection of manuscript and typescript drafts of and notebooks related to Eltit's works, personal and work-related correspondence mostly from the mid-1980s to 1990s, and other miscellaneous personal and work-related papers.

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George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet
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George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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Peyton Houston Papers, 1925-1994 (inclusive) 1950-1990 (bulk)

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60 boxes and 2 items
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Peyton Houston (Princeton Class of 1932) worked with the New York investment company Equity Corporation for forty years, while pursuing a career in poetry and freelance writing on the side. His papers include some of his poetry notebooks and drafts and manuscripts of his published works. The collection also contains his correspondence with family and friends, writers and publishers, and photocopied correspondence with Peter Yates. Some drafts of Yates' work and some personal memorabilia of Houston's complete the collection.

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Sergio Pitol Papers, 1951-2011 (inclusive)

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23 boxes and 9.8 linear feet
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Consists of the personal and literary papers of Mexican writer, translator, and diplomat Sergio Pitol.

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Godfrey Winham Writings on Music, 1958-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
14 boxes and 6.7 linear feet
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Consists of Princeton music professor Godfrey Winham's unpublished writings on music, which have been edited, collated, and indexed by Roger Maren.

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Ricardo Piglia Papers, 1954-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
73 boxes
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Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author and professor emeritus of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University. His papers contain handwritten and typewritten drafts of his writings, diaries and journals, notebooks, loose handwritten research notes, teaching files, correspondence, personal photographs, and born-digital materials.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional Papers, 1909-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
35 boxes and 6 items
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Since 1950, the Princeton University Library has been successful in acquiring additional manuscripts and related materials to complement the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers (C0187). The F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional Papers (C0188) is comprised of Fitzgerald manuscripts (including his published juvenilia), letters, documents, photographs, tape recordings, memorabilia, and other materials donated by the author's family, friends, and publishers.

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Archivo de Elena Garro, 1932-1998 (inclusive)

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7.21 linear feet ((15 containers))
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El archivo de Elena Garro contiene manuscritos, correspondencia, cuadernos, diarios, fotografías, material impreso y un diario de la escritora mexicana Elena Garro (1916-1998). También se incluye correspondencia y documentos personales de la hija de Garro, la poeta Helena Paz Garro (1939-2014).

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Andre De Coppet Collection Concerning United States History, 1566-1942 (inclusive) 1770-1865 (bulk)

Extent:
48 boxes and 27 items
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The Andre De Coppet Collection represents the American history-related collecting activities of American broker and collector Andre De Coppet (Princeton Class of 1915). There are numerous manuscripts, personal letters, documents, and printed material from three main periods: the Revolutionary War, the Federal Period, and the Civil War.

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Joanna Southcott Collection, 1793-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
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Southcott, an English domestic servant, began hearing voices at the age of 42 and believed these to be divine communications prophesying the Second Coming of Christ. She dictated her prophecies primarily to her secretaries, Ann Underwood and Jane Townley, and these were often copied by others and then circulated among the believers. Consists of a collection of manuscripts of Southcott and material related to her. Included are 12 notebooks and 63 pamphlets or loose writings containing copies (1793-1814) in various hands of Southcott's divine communications, letters, poems, and prayers.

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Harold Nicolson Papers, 1884-1962 (inclusive) 1925-1961 (bulk)

Extent:
2 boxes, 6 items, and 0.83 linear feet
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The Harold Nicolson Papers consists of papers of the English diplomat, journalist, and biographer Harold Nicolson (1886-1968). These papers primarily contain correspondence received by Nicolson, but there is also a large series of letters written by Nicolson to Richard Rumbold, as well as a few to others. Also included in the collection are manuscripts and/or working notes for four of Nicolson's published works. Furthermore, there is a small amount of papers of others, chiefly correspondence by and to Nicolson's wife, "Vita" (Victoria) Sackville-West.

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Archivo de Jorge Díaz, 1960-2007 (bulk) circa 1910-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:
54 boxes and 2 items
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La colección consiste en manuscritos de las obras literarias de Jorge Díaz (particularmente obras teatrales, pero también incluye narrativa y poesía), guiones de radio y televisión, traducciones, correspondencia, fotografías, archivos digitales, documentos personales, y material impreso relacionado a su trabajo.

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