Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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Exhibitions Collection, 1896-2013 (inclusive) 1951-2013 (bulk)

Extent:: 109 boxes and 46.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material from and about the exhibitions held by the Special Collections in Firestone Library, primarily concerning subjects relating to American and English literature and art.

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General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
Abstract:: 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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P.U.L.C. Jewish American Writers Issue Collection, 1913-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of original poems, stories, and essays that were printed in the special Autumn 2001/Winter 2002 issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle on Jewish American writers.

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Historic, Descriptive and Subject Files Relating to or About the William Seymour Theatre Collection, Covering the Years of Operation as a Separate Library Unit, 1936-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Files include correspondence about the founding of Princeton University Libray's William Seymour Theatre Collection, the gala dinner opening night, efforts to enlarge the collection in the 1940 to 1960s, and descriptive writings about the collection by the various curators.

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Angelos Prokopiou Photographs Collection, 1901-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of photographs by Angelos Prokopiou.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Spyros Meletzēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collections of Spyros Meletzēs photographs.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Early Photographs of Greece, circa 1852-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes, 12.8 linear feet, and 1 oversize folders
Abstract:: The Early Photographs of Greece Collection is an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece. Included are panoramic photographs of the Parthenon, Athens, and Smyrna, along with other photographs of Greece.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Kōstas Zēmerēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Kostas Zēmerēs was born in 1886 in Katēchōri Pelion. He studied at the Commercial School of Volos, where he took his first lessons from the painter Iōannēs Poulakas. In 1904 he went to the United States where he worked in photo labs collaborating with painters and photographers. There he had the opportunity to study at the Art Institute of Saint Louis. He returned to Greece in 1912 where he was recruited during the Balkan Wars. Later, after the World War I, he remained in Athens working with great photographers, such as George Bouka and Nelly's. Finally he returned to Volos where he worked as a professional photographer and painter. He participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as in Calais (France) in 1925 and Liverpoool (England) in 1926. He received the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Thessalonikē (Greece) in 1932 and 1936. Zēmerēs gave us the unique photographs of the painter Theophilos Chatzēmichaēl. He died at the age of 96. Consists of an open...(see more)

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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)

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