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

George Padmore Collection, 1933-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of original letters, essays, and articles of George Padmore (1903-1959), a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. Padmore played a crucial role in developing the Fifth, Pan African Congress, and was also instrumental in organizing black labor movements from the 1930s onwards.

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

Louis O. Coxe Collection, 1941-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Louis O. Coxe (Princeton Class of 1940) was a noted twentieth-century poet, playwright, and critic. The collection contains autograph and typescript versions of Coxe's poetry and sixteen of Coxe's notebooks. Also included are materials for the play Billy Budd, such as notes, drafts, worksheets, galley proofs, and production notes.

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

Erskine Peters Correspondence, 1980-1989 (bulk) 1977-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 170 letters received by American Afro-American studies professor Erskine Peters.

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

Kees Verheul Letters from Nadezhda Mandelstam, 1968-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 14 handwritten letters from Russian writer Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980) to Dutch author and translator, Kees Verheul.

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

John O'Hara Collection, 1945-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of manuscripts and related material for two novels by American novelist John O'Hara: A Rage to Live (1949) and Ten North Frederick (1955).

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

Howard C. Rice Collection on Saint-Mémin, 1951-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of research notes, correspondence, photographs, and drafts for three articles by Howard C. Rice (1904-1980), published in the Princeton University Library Chronicle (autumn 1951, summer 1959, spring 1971), concerning the French engraver, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852)

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

Edgar Lee Masters Collection, 1915-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.21 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of noted American poet Edgar Lee Masters.

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

William Oliver Strunk Collection, 1937-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of W. Oliver Strunk, who was a professor of music at Princeton University (1937-1966).

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

Monique Fong Wust Collection of Octavio Paz, 1961-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The collection includes correspondence to and from Mexican poet and Nobel Prize Laureate Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and French translator and friend Monique Fong Wust. Other correspondents include Robert Lebel, Marie-Jo Paz, and Juan García de Oteyza. Also included are original English typescripts of Paz's essay, "The Centurions of Santiago" with corrections and additions from Paz and Fong Wust, an annotated and corrected printed copy of Paz's Apariencia desnuda. La obra de Marcel Duchamp for French translation, and various ephemera about related Paz events.

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

Arthur M. Greene Collection, 1902-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, and memorabilia of Princeton School of Engineering dean Arthur M. Greene, as well as papers of others about him.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Logan Pearsall Smith Materials, 1897-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers, including manuscripts, research materials, and correspondence, of American-born British essayist and critic Logan Pearsall Smith.

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

Eugene O'Neill Collection, 1913-1993 (inclusive) 1913-1944 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: Eugene O'Neill, the celebrated American playwright, was a director of the Provincetown Players and a founder of the Theatre Guild. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Strange Interlude (1928) and, posthumously, for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). The collection consists of fifteen manuscripts of O'Neill, most of which are first drafts of plays and include preliminary notes.

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

Eileen B. Simpson Papers, 1979-1991 (bulk) 1941-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers primarily related to Eileen Simpson's book, Poets in their Youth: A Memoir, about her married years with poet John Berryman.

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

Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs of former Princeton University comparative literature professor Clarence Brown (1929-2015) relating primarily to his scholarship on Russian writers Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891-1938) and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980). Correspondence with writer and illustrator Guy Davenport as well as with poet W. S. Merwin, Princeton Class of 1948, is also included.

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

Anne Squire Correspondence, 1900-1920 (bulk) 1889-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of primarily of letters to Anne Squire from literary figures and friends.

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

F. Carrington Weems Papers, 1857-1919 (inclusive) 1906-1913 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of F. Carrington Weems (Princeton Class of 1907) primarily from his student days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel in World War I.

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

Marianne Moore Collection, 1935-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists selected correspondence and manuscripts of celebrated American poet Marianne Moore.

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

Gabriela Mora Collection of Elena Garro, 1974-1980 (bulk) circa 1940s-1990s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.63 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection includes correspondence to and from Mexican author Elena Garro and Chilean American critic and scholar Gabriela Mora, a handwritten testament by Elena Garro, and photographs of Gabriela Mora, Elena Garro, and Garro's family, friends, and colleagues. Also includes audio recorded interviews of Elena Garro conducted by Gabriela Mora in 1974 and 1979.

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

John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.

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

Gisèle Freund Correspondence, 1959-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Correspondence of the German-born French photographer and photojournalist Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) with her New York-based literary agents, Marie Rodell, Frances Collin, and Joan Daves, as well as her literary agents' correspondence with others involved in the publishing of Freund's works and some related chapter drafts, publishing agreements, photograph lists, and publicity materials.

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

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