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Elias Boudinot Collection, 1773-1950 (inclusive) 1777-1820 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and Revolutionary statesman, serving as member of the Continental Congress (president, 1782), secretary of foreign affairs (1783-84), New Jersey congressman (1789-95), and director of the U.S. Mint (1795-1805). The collection consists of miscellaneous letters and documents of Boudinot, many of which concern his land dealings.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Lawrance Thompson Materials, 1938-1964 (bulk) 1894-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 2.6 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of Lawrance Thompson, including manuscripts for his books on Robert Frost and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lecture typescripts, and a small amount of correspondence (1936-1942) from the time he was Princeton University Library's Curator of Manuscripts and editor of the Princeton University Library Chronicle.

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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
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Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.

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Anton Tedesko Collection, 1936-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Anton Tedesko was a German-born structural engineer who pioneered the development of thin-shell concrete roofs. Consists of four small groups of papers of Anton Tedesko.

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Selected Papers of Ulric Dahlgren, 1864-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, and subject files of Ulric Dahlgren (Princeton Class of 1894), a professor in Princeton's Department of Biology.

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Christopher Morley Collection, 1923-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Christopher Morley, noted American author and editor of the Saturday Review of Literature.

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Princeton University Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials, 1811-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 2 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous professional and personal papers created by various members of the Delafield, Livingston, and other related families, including Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Livingston (1740-1810), and Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), among others. Materials about family members are also included.

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Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

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Theatrical Autographs Collection, 1870-1935 (bulk) 1798-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists of a collection of letters and autographs of over 120 English, American, and a few European actors, actresses, playwrights, theatrical managers, directors, critics, and others connected with the theater from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Robert Mountsier Collection, 1908-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Robert Mountsier, secretary (ca. 1910) of the Student Lecture Bureau at the University of Michigan and, later, an editor at The Evening Sun.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Martha Gellhorn Materials, 1936-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of letters and memorabilia of American war correspondent, journalist, and novelist Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998), assembled from various sources. Contents include approximately fifty letters (1968-1974) to her adopted son George "Sandy" Gellhorn and fourteen letters (1941-1946) to George Brown, who was Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway's personal trainer, tennis partner, and friend, as well as badges from Gellhorn's time as a war correspondent and a portrait drawing of her.

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James Mark Baldwin Collection, 1868-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed material relating to the professional career and personal life of American psychologist James Mark Baldwin (Princeton Class of 1884).

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German Authors Collection, 1772-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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Cnsists of autograph letters and occasional manuscripts of various, primarily 19th-century, German writers, including Hermann Bahr, Richard Dehmel, Marie Ebner-Eschenbach, Carl Hauptmann, Arno Holz, Heinrich Laube, Max Mell, and Arthur Schnitzler.

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James M. Ludlow Manuscripts, 1886-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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The James M. Ludlow Manuscripts consist of assorted manuscripts and a small selection of miscellaneous material of the American Presbyterian clergyman, author, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1861), James Meeker Ludlow (1841-1932).

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Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

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W. B. Yeats Collection, 1888-1937 (bulk) 1888-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material by and about the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, including correspondence, a poetry manuscript, photographs, family items, and Cuala Press ephemera.

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Stephen French Whitman Collection, 1880-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists primarily of manuscripts of Stephen French Whitman (Princeton Class of 1901), as well as correspondence and documents concerning their publication and the career of the author.

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Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin Collection, 1918-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers in Russian and English of Russian playwright, novelist, and storywriter Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin, primarily after 1931, when he emigrated to Paris, France. Included are autograph and typed manuscripts, articles, and letters.

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Thomas Mann Collection, 1881-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
13 boxes and 6.1 linear feet
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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.

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Saxe Commins Papers, 1930-1973 (inclusive) 1945-1960 (bulk)

Extent:
17 boxes and 6.05 linear feet
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Consists of the papers of Saxe Commins, concentrating primarily while he was chief editor at Random House (1933-1958). Commins worked with many major writers of the literary world, such as Eugene O'Neill and William Faulkner, as well as Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Commins also compiled several collections of others' works, such as "The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt" and "Major Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson."

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John Butler Yeats Collection, 1909-1978 (inclusive) 1911-1922 (bulk)

Extent:
22 boxes, 8 items, and 9.31 linear feet
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Consists of original manuscripts, drawings, correspondence, miscellaneous materials, photographs and portraits, articles, clippings, and other printed material by and related to the Irish portrait painter John Butler Yeats.

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Adolf Hitler Collection, 1912-1946 (inclusive) 1933-1940 (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes
Abstract:
Consists mostly of correspondence among members of the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistiche Deutsches Arbiterspartei) and with Hitler's adjutants Wiedemann and Brückner. Original material from Hitler himself is limited and of no real contextual importance (birthday wishes, New Year's wishes, thanks for wishes made unto him, etc.). There are a few letters concerning Nazi "Judenpolitik" (Jewish policy), some regarding arrests and camp conditions, others concerning scandalous associations with Jews. Military concerns are few and interspersed throughout. The majority of the material, mostly directed to Hitler, consists of wishes of health, happy birthdays, thank you's. Most of the Nazi officers present at the Nuremburg Trials are featured in the collection.

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Archives of Derrydale Press, 1926-1960 (inclusive) 1928-1942 (bulk)

Extent:
111 boxes and 69.60 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and business papers of the Derrydale Press, from its foundation in 1926 by Eugene V. Connett III (Princeton Class of 1912) through its liquidation in 1942. There is also a great deal of correspondence by Connett and his staff concerning the acquisition and editing of manuscripts, sales, and distribution, and promotion of the books.

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New Jersey Miscellaneous Collection, 1671-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of a collection of miscellaneous legal and financial documents, correspondence, and other manuscript materials, assembled from various sources, that relate to New Jersey history or inhabitants of New Jersey from the late 17th century through the mid 20th century.

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Miscellaneous Dance Files Collection, 1940-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
14 boxes and 4.8 linear feet
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The Miscellaneous Dance Files Collection contains printed programs, souvenir programs, clippings, and reviews of various ballet companies and choreographers.

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American Minstrel Show Collection, 1854-1943 (inclusive) 1850s-1920s (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes, 26 items, and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The bulk of the American Minstrel Show Collection consists of advertisement material promoting minstrel performances from the 1850s through the 1920s. The collection includes broadsheets, posters, newspaper clippings and programs, as well as pictures and photographs of minstrel show performers. In addition, a small portion of the collection contains sheet music and song and joke books.

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Performing Arts Serials Collection, 1869-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
28 boxes and 15.4 linear feet
Abstract:
The Performing Arts Serials Collection consists of serial printed material concerning the performing arts, including circus, dance, film, opera, radio, speech, television, theater, and vaudeville. For the most part, publications are represented by a sample or two issues.

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Theater People Subject Files, 1850s-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
26 boxes and 16 linear feet
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Consists of files (clippings, programs, books, caricatures, etc.) on people involved in theater, from the mid-19th century through the late 1980s, including actors, dramatists, directors, scholars, and designers.

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Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection, 1911-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.5 linear feet
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The Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection contains 10 wanted posters for horse theft, larceny, counterfeiting, and murder from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Radio Scripts Collection, 1938-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
36 boxes and 15.40 linear feet
Abstract:
The Radio Scripts Collection consists of typescripts of scripts for various radio programs such as "The Cavalcade of America" (represented by the most scripts), "The Eternal Light," "Books and Authors," "What's New in Books," "Pepper Young's Family," "The Goldbergs," and others.

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Miscellaneous Screenplays, 1930-1980s (inclusive)

Extent:
132 boxes, 210 items, and 52.8 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous screenplays and related materials, such as continuity, superimposed versions (i.e. script translations), release dialogue scripts, and revisions/drafts. There are also a few information packets--these include interviews with and/or biographies of stars, synopses, and various and sundry other materials meant for release.

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