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John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (inclusive) 1800-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 2 items, and 36 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.

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

Immanuel Velikovsky Papers, 1930-1979 (bulk) 1920-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 162 boxes
Abstract:: The collection consists of manuscripts, writings, correspondence (both personal and professional), photographs, works of others, microfilm, printed material, and film reels, spanning more than 50 years, concerning Velikovsky's controversial ideas, the books that he wrote, and the history of opposition and criticism from the academic community that he received following the publication of his first book, Worlds in Collision, in 1950. Colleges and universities threatened to boycott the textbook division of the publisher, Macmillan & Co., which led to the transfer of the publishing rights to Doubleday & Co., even though the book had reached the number one spot on the best-sellers list. The book was eventually banned from a number of academic institutions, and several people lost their jobs because of it.

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

Ruth Bernhard Papers, 1938-2006 (bulk) 1910s-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 79 boxes and 61.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Correspondence, personal and business files, publicity materials, drafts, photography props, teaching materials, appointment books, and memorabilia of Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), a German-born American photographer and teacher, active in the United States from the late 1920s through the early 2000s, best known for her complex black-and-white still lifes and classical photographs of the female nude. The papers contain professional correspondence and files, personal correspondence with friends and students, a small amount of photographic work and writings, some drafts and proofs for publications, publicity folios, exhibition catalogs and announcements, posters, props used for still life photography and teaching, planners, and a large collection of memorabilia, including snapshots of Bernhard, collected fine art photographs and artwork by others, photograph albums, gifts, personal effects, awards, and some audio and visual materials.

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

Sergio Ramírez Papers, 1916-2005 (inclusive) 1963-2002 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 items and 107.25 linear feet ((187 containers))
Abstract:: Sergio Ramírez has been a leading Nicaraguan author and politician. In 1977 Ramírez became head of the "Group of Twelve", a group of prominent intellectuals who supported the struggle of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) against the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. With the triumph of the Revolution in 1979, he became part of the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction and in 1984 he was elected vice-president under Daniel Ortega. The collection consists of manuscripts of his writings, source materials, personal, literary and political correspondence, papers and documents related to Ramírez's political career and to Nicaraguan political history, writings of others, photographs, and graphic and printed materials.

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

Anton Tedesko Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk) 1913-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 44 boxes and 42.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Anton Tedesko (1903-1994) was a German-born American structural engineer, best known for his extensive work in reinforced thin-shell concrete design, often on significant industrial, institutional, and government construction projects, largely in the United States during World War II and the Cold War. The papers consist of Tedesko's writings, correspondence, calculations, engineering drawings and designs, personal papers, photographs, reference materials and technical journals, along with some film reels and glass lantern slides, including materials from his time at the Dyckerhoff & Widmann and Roberts & Schaefer firms, representing his professional work and activities from the 1920s through the 1990s.

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

David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck, 1928-1958 (inclusive) 1934-1952 (bulk)

Extent:: 72 boxes, 1 folder, and 28.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck Collection consists of correspondence, publication and translation rights, financial records, and other publishing-related material collected by the David Lloyd Agency regarding their client, the American novelist Pearl S. Buck.

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

Juan Gelman Papers, 1927-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 72 boxes and 3575 digital files
Abstract:: Juan Gelman (1930-2014) was an Argentine poet, translator, journalist, and human rights activist. His papers contain handwritten, typewritten, and printouts of his writings, correspondence, notes, research files, awards and certificates, and personal photographs. A significant portion of the papers feature analog and born-digital investigative files relating to human rights investigations and campaigns Gelman conducted with his spouse, Mara La Madrid, on the forced kidnapping and death of his son and pregnant daughter-in-law, Marcelo Gelman and María Claudia García Irureta Goyena. Also included are files on his search to find his missing granddaughter, Macarena Gelman. Additional materials consist of original drafts and documents related to Juan Gelman's writing; letters; publishing contracts; documents about Juan Gelman's work as a translator; materials related to the campaign to lift the ban on Juan Gelman's entry into Argentina and his return to Buenos Aires; newspaper and...(see more)

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

William Morris Davis and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis Correspondence, 1829-1863 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Quaker abolitionists and husband and wife, William Morris Davis (1815-1891), member of the 37th U.S. Congress, and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis (1817-1904) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, primarily documenting their activities during the antebellum and Civil War periods.

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

DuBois S. Morris and Alice Morris Papers, circa 1882-1997 (inclusive) 1895-1930 (bulk)

Extent:: 11.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, photograph albums, lantern slides, printed material, sermon drafts, and film reels documenting the years DuBois S. Morris (Class of 1893) spent as a Presbyterian missionary in Eastern China during the late 1800s through the 1920s.

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

Muzio Pansa Manuscripts, circa 1586-1630 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.2 linear feet (in two record center cartons and a half-manuscript box.)
Abstract:: Consists of twelve mostly unpublished manuscripts from Renaissance scholar, Muzio Pansa. He was a medical doctor and humanist writer from the Abruzzo region in Italy, though he completed his studies in Rome. The works in this collection range from fragments to tomes, and range in subject matter as well; in addition to the lecture notes from his university days are Pansa's unpublished Latin treatise on pharmacology, his pious Italian tragedy, Il mundo redento (published posthumously), writings on theology, and the De osculo, a significant work in the history of Renaissance Neo-Platonism.

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

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