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Percy H. Williams Autograph Collection, 1852-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of approximately 50 original autographs, including signatures of Washington Irving, Henry van Dyke, and Charles Guiteau (assassin of President James Garfield), and a letter written by Wendell Willkie.

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

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Charles Gillispie Wartime Letters, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of thirteen letters from Charles Gillispie (1918-2015) home to his parents, Raymond Livingston Gillispie and Virginia Coulston, while he was stationed with the United States Army in France, Germany, and Austria during the final months of World War II in Europe. His letters, which span from March 9th to August 25th, 1945, are addressed from France, Germany, Austria, Bavaria, and Camp Shelby in Mississippi, and describe the conditions for American soldiers and prisoners of war in Europe, the state of the people and infrastructure in the German and French countryside, and other topics.

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

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Robert L. Patten Papers, 1961-1996 (inclusive) 1961-1962 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box
Abstract:
A scholar of nineteenth-century British literature, Robert L. Patten earned an M.A. in 1962 and a Ph.D. in 1965 in the the Department of English at Princeton University. These papers are the files he kept on coursework in the English Department, together with his correspondence with Professor E.D.H. (Dudley) Johnson.

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

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James Ward Smith Correspondence, 1934-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
Abstract:
James Ward Smith enrolled at Princeton University in 1934, first graduating with the Class of 1938 before proceeding with graduate studies in Princeton's Department of Philosophy. Following his military service during WWII, Smith returned to Princeton to begin a long career as Professor of Philosophy. The collection is comprised of letters written by Smith to his parents from September, 1934, when Smith entered Princeton, to his discharge from the Navy in 1946.

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

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Evan Melhado collection on the Princeton Graduate Draft Union, 1967-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
Abstract:
Evan Melhado studied History at Princeton as a graduate student, graduating in 1977. This collection consists of one box of documents relating to the student draft, including documents produced by the Princeton Graduate Draft Union and the Draft Information Center, as well as memos from the Graduate School and the University regarding the draft.

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

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F. W. Doolittle Railroad Collection, 1910-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of miscellaneous railroad material collected by railroad consultant F. W. Doolittle (Princeton Class of 1905), including reports on electrification, cost analyses, and operating expenses.

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

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Selected Papers of Francisco Ayala, 1956-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of three carbon copies of corrected typescripts for the novella Muertes de Perro (1958) by Ayala, the exiled author and a visiting professor of romance languages (1956-1958) at Princeton, as well as miscellaneous notes and articles primarily in Spanish.

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

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