Form: Correspondence -- 20th century / 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

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Records, 1917-2012 (inclusive) 1960-2005 (bulk)

Extent:: 403 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the publishing and administrative records of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a British publishing company founded by George Weidenfeld (1919-2016) and Nigel Nicolson (1917-2004), which specialized in literary fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on history, biographies and memoirs, books by world leaders and political figures, glossy illustrated books, travel guides, and reference books. The collection documents the operations of the firm from its establishment in 1948 through its sale in 1991, and also includes some later records from as recent as 2012 related to its continued operation as an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group.

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

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.

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

Charles W. Millard Correspondence, 1946-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of select correspondence, dating from 1946 to 2011, of art historian Charles W. Millard (1932-2017) with artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Carl Chiarenza, Mark Hewitt, Nick George, Jules Olitski, and others.

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

Douglas Kent Hall Papers, 1950s-2011 (inclusive) 1970-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 102 boxes and 1534 digital files
Abstract:: Douglas Kent Hall was an American writer and photographer active from the 1960s until 2008. This collection contains manuscripts, negatives, contact sheets, prints, transparencies, notes, research files, written reviews of Hall's work, and correspondence relating to a number of published and unpublished writings and photography projects spanning Hall's entire career.

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

Sergio Pitol Papers, 1951-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the personal and literary papers of Mexican writer, translator, and diplomat Sergio Pitol.

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

Paul Merchant Papers, 1963-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet and 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of Merchant's manuscript drafts, correspondence, photographs, inscribed books, and other materials relating to the Greek poet Helenē Vakalo (1921-2001), and his English translation of Genealogia. The collection also contains writings by Giannēs Ritsos, Kimon Friar, and materials of other authors and publishers.

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

Robert Fagles Papers, 1951-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes and 27.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Robert Fagles (1933-2008) was an American professor, poet, and academic, best known for his contemporary translations of ancient Greek and Latin classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer. The papers consist of professional and publishing correspondence, along with manuscript and typescript drafts, corrected proofs and galleys, notes, revisions, and other files regarding his English translations of ancient Greek and Latin texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Aeschylus's Oresteia, Sophocles's Three Theban Plays, as well as poems by Bacchylides and Pindar.

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

Walter Houk Collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1946-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, stenographer's notebooks, photographs, and nautical charts associated with Walter and Juanita Houk's years in Havana, Cuba, documenting their friendship with the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Mary.

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

Sir Frank Kermode Papers, 1940-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 45 boxes
Abstract:: The collection represents the entire extant archive of Sir Frank Kermode, a distinguished British literary critic, and includes writings (reviews, essays, lectures, radio broadcasts), correspondence, photographs, and printed material, as well as material relating to public controversy about the funding for Encounter, which Kermode co-edited.

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

George Segal Papers, 1970-1999 (bulk) 1936-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 126 boxes
Abstract:: Business files, correspondence, photographs, artwork, writings, and clippings of George Segal (1924-2000), 20th-century American sculptor, artist, and photographer active from the late 1950s until 1999. The papers contain photographs taken by and of the artist, correspondence and all business files relating to exhibitions, records of the production of public commissions, writings by and about Segal, audio and visual media, and exhibition catalogs.

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

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