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Richard K. Korn Papers, 1937-1981 (inclusive) 1959-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.20 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard K. Korn was a clarinetist, conductor, and founder of the Orchestra of America. He was also involved in the American Council for Judaism. His papers include correspondence with composers, photographs, and correspondence with other members of the American Council for Judaism.

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

Nelson R. Burr Papers, 1917-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 boxes
Abstract:: The Nelson R. Burr Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, juvenilia, and printed matter of American historian, Nelson R. Burr (Princeton Class of 1927). The collection contains materials from his book Education in New Jersey, 1630-1871 (1942), as well as notes, essays and personal correspondence from his undergraduate and graduate school years at Princeton.

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

Gabriel Iturri, Letters to His Mother, 1876-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Gabriel Iturri (1860-1905), an Argentine from the Tucumán province, was secretary and companion to the French aristocrat, poet, and dandy Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) during the latter part of the 19th century. A colorful figure in Paris of the Belle Époque, Iturri inspired a poem by Paul Verlaine, and was a character study for Marcel Proust. These letters, written to his mother over a quarter-century, document his exceptional life abroad and his place in the history of literature.

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

Lorenz and Zehring family papers, 1880-2018 (inclusive) 1920s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:: 10.25 linear feet (16 boxes)
Abstract:: Rev. Dr. Edmund Simon Lorenz was an American pastor, hymnist and composer who founded the Lorenz Publishing Company in 1890. The Lorenz and Zehring family papers documents the descendants and history of these families. Materials comprise: photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, music, printed materials, some audiovisual, poems, plays, report cards, minutes, clippings, diaries, certificates, genealogy research and family histories.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Everett C. Long letters to Dorothy Newcomb, 1925-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Everett Carlton Long graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's dental school in 1929. His correspondence to his wife, Dorothy Newcomb, comprises over six hundred letters detailing his experiences as a dental school student at Penn during the 1920s, his personal life, as well as his professional, and scholarly career.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

John Dixon Hunt material on Gordon Bottomley, 1894-1986 (bulk)

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: The John Dixon Hunt material on Gordon Bottomley measures .2 linear feet, dates from 1894 to 1986, and is composed of articles about Bottomley, correspondence from Bottomley and to Hunt, and writings by Bottomley and Hunt. Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948) was an English poet and John Dixon Hunt (b. 1936) is a professor of landscape architecture and design from the University of Pennsylvania.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Wistar, Pennock, Lukens, Miller, and Davis family papers, 1686-1967 (inclusive) 1740-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The Wistar Family papers measure 1.5 linear feet, date from 1686-1967, and are comprised of correspondence; family and estate documents; genealogical research; and other family material. The collection documents the personal and family lives of Dr. Caspar Wistar II (1740-1811), Mary "Polly" Franklin Wistar (1735-1804), Mary Pearsall Franklin (1703-1786), Sarah Wistar Pennock (1770-1845), Caspar Wistar Pennock (1799-1867), Sarah "Sallie" Wistar Pennock Miller (1840-1909), Virginia Preston Weaver Miller (1868-1951) and Virginia Weaver Miller.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection, 1842-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection consists of manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and correspondence relating to research by the American historian and Princeton professor Jeter A. (Jeter Allen) Isely (1913-1954) and his wife, Elizabeth ["Lisette"] Riggs Isely (1914-1957).

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

Selected Papers of Edward L. Howe, 1763-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, and memorabilia of the American banker and Princeton graduate (Class of 1891) Edward Leavitt Howe (1870-1952).

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

Thomas H. Johnson Papers, 1919-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes, 1 folder, and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: The Thomas H. Johnson Papers consists of correspondence, subject files, notes, printed matter, diplomas, and other miscellanea of the American educator and editor Thomas H. Johnson (1902-1985).

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

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