Form: Correspondence -- 20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.

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

Pablo Le Riverend Correspondence, 1971-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters to Cuban-American poet Pablo Le Riverend from Cuban émigré poets Lucas Lamadrid y Moya (1919-1987) and Matías Montes Huidobro (1931- ) and from Spanish poet Miguel Luesma Castán.

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

Jonathan Williams Collection, 1980-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters by Jonathan Williams (or under the name of his poet's press, Jargon Society) to author and philanthropist Barnabas McHenry.

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

Alice B. Toklas Collection, 1950-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters (1952-1965) Alice B. Toklas wrote to her friends Lloyd Frankenberg and his wife, the painter Loren MacIver. Toklas is best known as the life partner of writer Gertude Stein.

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

Violet Hunt Collection, 1890-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of Violet Hunt, the British author and biographer.

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

Miguel Angel Asturias Papers, 1963-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Guatemalan author Miguel Angel Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias's works and their publication in the United States and abroad.

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

Charles Gillispie Wartime Letters, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of thirteen letters from Charles Gillispie (1918-2015) home to his parents, Raymond Livingston Gillispie and Virginia Coulston, while he was stationed with the United States Army in France, Germany, and Austria during the final months of World War II in Europe. His letters, which span from March 9th to August 25th, 1945, are addressed from France, Germany, Austria, Bavaria, and Camp Shelby in Mississippi, and describe the conditions for American soldiers and prisoners of war in Europe, the state of the people and infrastructure in the German and French countryside, and other topics.

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

Virginia Card Papers, 1893-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 7.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Virginia Card is a Native American of Delaware and Creek descent. Consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and audio-visual material. The collection is especially noteworthy for Virginia Card's extensive documentation of the activities of Native American communities in California.

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

Alyse Gregory Correspondence, 1944-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of the American suffragette Alyse Gregory with her friend A. H. Degenhardt.

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

J. J. Jusserand Collection, 1905-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and a typescript of J. J. Jusserand, French author and ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925.

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

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