Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1880">1880</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1884">1884</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

Thomas Mann Collection, 1881-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 6.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials from Nobel Prize winning author Thomas Mann, given by Caroline Newton, and also of those collected by Princeton University Library with funds provided by Caroline Newton.

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

Sir Hall Caine Letters, 1882-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters by British novelist and playwright Sir Hall Caine to Curtis Brown, Sir Martin Conway, Ford Madox Brown, James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, and several others.

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

Miscellaneous Playscripts Collection, 1882-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 85 boxes and 34 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection includes some playscripts stamped or addressed by theater agencies in Chicago, New York City, and Hollywood, while others were used at McCarter Theater or by the Princeton University Players. There are wartime scripts from both world wars, as well as government plays from the Federal Theater Project, the Works Progress Administration, and the Department of Agriculture's War Food Commission.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Selected Papers of Edward Naumburg, 1882-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 3.04 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, files relating to collecting interests, and miscellanea of the American stockbroker and manuscripts collector Edward Naumburg (Princeton Class of 1924).

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

General Princeton Theater Collection, 1883-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: There are several well-known Princeton theatrical groups, but students and faculty have also organized many smaller groups over the decades, both short-term and long-lived. The collection consists of posters, programs, photographs, news clippings, and a very small amount of design and planning materials gathered about campus theatrical groups that are not already represented in dedicated archival collections.

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

Edmund Gosse Collection, 1884-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse.

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

Hale Family Collection, 1884-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected family papers of Princeton resident and historian Henry Ewing Hale.

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

F. Anstey Collection, 1884-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas Anstey Guthrie ("F. Anstey"), a popular British writer of humorous fantasy novels.

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

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