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

Archibald MacLeish Collection, 1925-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of American poet/dramatist and Pulitzer Prize winner Archibald MacLeish.

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

Bayard Taylor Putnam Family Papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Bayard Taylor Putnam (1854-1886) was geological surveyor in the Division of Mining Geology for the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) from the founding of the agency in 1879 to the early 1880s. This collection consists of Putnam's professional papers, including correspondence and field notes, which document his work with the U.S.G.S, specifically his surveys of iron-ore and coal mines for the Tenth U.S. Census. His papers also relate to a patented combined protractor and chart holder that Putnam invented. Other Putnam family members, particularly his wife, Grace Haven Putnam (1855-1900), are also represented.

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

Charles William White Papers, 1934-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a historical fiction writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including correspondence with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein.

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

Rensselaer W. Lee Papers, 1960-1980 (bulk) 1930-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 45 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the papers of Princeton art historian Rensselaer W. Lee, including correspondence, lectures, and manuscripts and notes for two published works.

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

Herbert Cecil Potter Papers, 1893-1919 (bulk) 1892-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Potter was a lifelong British military officer who attained the rank of brigadier-general. He served in Ireland (1898), South Africa (1901-1902), Egypt and Sudan (1903-1913), and World War I (1914-1918); he retired in 1927. Consists primarily of Potter's lengthy correspondence with his mother and future wife while stationed abroad, often during significant British military operations, including censor-stamped envelopes.

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

Doubleday & Company File of Louis Kronenberger Correspondence, 1970s (bulk) 1959-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters from critic, novelist, and biographer Louis Kronenberger to his editors at Doubleday & Company.

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

Edith Wharton Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Austin, 1903-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters (1903-1927) sent by the American novelist Edith Wharton to her English friends Alfred and Hester Austin. During that period Wharton lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and several places in France.

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

Malcolm Cowley Collection Related to The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1949-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of related correspondence, typescripts, editorial notes, and galley proofs for The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Selection of 28 Stores, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1951, which American author and critic Malcolm Cowley edited and introduced.

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

Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

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

Oliver Stromberg Collection of William Beebe Book Collecting Files, 1912-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Materials collected by book collector Oliver Stromberg in preparation to write a book on American naturalist and explorer, William Beebe. Collection primarily consists of orders, invoices, book catalogs, and correspondence from booksellers.

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

Donald Goodchild Collection, 1918-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Donald Goodchild, who was secretary of the American Council of Learned Societies in Washington, D.C.

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

Carter Godwin Woodson Correspondence with Charles H. Wesley, 1925-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, primarily, of a life-long series of correspondence between Carter Godwin Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and Charles H. Wesley, African-American historian and college president.

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

Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., Files of Hemingway and Pound, 1932-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected files from the offices of Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York City publishers.

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

Fredric Warburg Publishing Files, 1945-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a small archive of files from English publisher and author Fredric Warburg (of Secker & Warburg).

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

Winthrop M. Daniels Correspondence, 1911-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains selected correspondence of economics professor Winthrop M. Daniels (Princeton Class of 1888).

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

Wesley Halliburton Correspondence, 1939-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of four small groups of correspondence between Wesley Halliburton and others after the death of his famous son Richard in 1939. Richard Halliburton was a celebrated adventurer and author known, among other things, for having swum the length of the Panama Canal.

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

Donald L. Gordon Papers, 1929-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and columns related to Donald L. Gordon's role as editor of the American News of Books and contributor to the Saturday Evening Post.

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

Groff Conklin Files for The Smart Set Anthology, 1929-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents American science fiction anthologist and author Groff Conklin compiled during the creation of The Smart Set Anthology (1934).

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

Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains approximately 175 letters by Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections.

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

Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (inclusive) 1963-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of journalist Levering Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive.

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

Princeton University Collection of Willa Cather Materials, 1933-1944 (bulk) 1933-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, a typed manuscript, and printed material related to Willa Cather, one of the most respected American women novelists of the early twentieth century.

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

William Targ Postcards from Samuel Beckett, 1972-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 47 postcards from Irish author Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) to American book editor and publisher William Targ (1907-1999).

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

Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

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

W. S. Merwin Collection, 1964-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and galler proofs of W. S. Merwin, one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century.

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

D. Hugh Peniston, Class of 1941, Papers, 1936-1944 (bulk) 1936-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: D. Hugh Peniston graduated from Princeton University in 1941. This collection includes his course notes and coursework along with his letters home during his undergraduate years.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Walter Kauzmann Papers, 1940-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Walter Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University.

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

Kathleen Tankersley Young Correspondence, 1928-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of American author and editor Kathleen Tankersley Young with the New York book designer and printer Lew Ney and his wife, Ruth Widen.

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

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1917-1947 (bulk) 1827-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 93 boxes
Abstract:: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Raymond Mortimer Materials, 1905-1990 (inclusive) 1925-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, notebooks, drafts and proofs of articles and reviews, photographs, documents, printed ephemera, and other papers of the English literary critic and editor Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980).

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

Jan Valtin Papers, 1930s-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of "Jan Valtin," the literary pseudonym of Richard Julius Herman Krebs.

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

Robert H. Davis Collection, 1907-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of American writer and editor Robert H. Davis with his friend, lawyer Thomas Baskerville, who was amassing a collection of autographs of famous individuals.

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

Selected Papers of William B. Bamford, 1900-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of civil engineer William B. Bamford, a member of the Princeton University Class of 1900.

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

Lawrence Crane Woods Collection, 1888-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and student account books of Lawrence Crane Woods, a member of the Princeton Class of 1891 and vice president and assistant manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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

Henry Markinfield Addey Papers, 1873-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and .4 linear feet
Abstract:: Henry Markinfield Addey was a London publisher who is known for publishing Gustave Doré in England and for publishing the first English edition of Edgar Allan Poe's complete poems. Consists of family correspondence, memoir drafts, and one scrapbook.

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

NEUK Collection, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, plates, proofs, drawings, promotional material, paste-ups, photographic negatives, and subscription information for seven issues of NEUK, a Princeton student literary magazine, thought to have been published nine times between 1967 and January 1972.

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

Theodore Weiss Publishing Correspondence, 1966-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence between American poet and editor Theodore Weiss and his editors at Macmillan Publishing, Arthur Gregor and Ray Roberts. Also included are a few clippings, advertisements, event programs concerning Theodore Weiss' work, and a printed interview with the poet.

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

William Griffith Collection, 1914-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters to William Friffith, an American author and editor, from various authors, poets, and editors.

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

William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 167 letters by American poet William Meredith to his intimate friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London, Conn., and other places.

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

Louis Kronenberger Correspondence Concerning The Cutting Edge, 1969-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of twenty one letters from American author and critic Louis Kronenberger, mostly regarding his publication The Cutting Edge: A Collection of Witty Insults and Wicked Retorts, of Polished Snubs and Homicidal Repartee. Also included is manuscript material of The Cutting Edge, and biographical notes.

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

Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas, 1969-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas contains a small collection of letters and correspondence with Reinaldo Arenas and others, as well as typewritten drafts of Arenas' articles and essays, some of which are dedicated to Cortés, a personal friend. Also present are typewritten drafts of Cortés' own work on his friendship with Arenas.

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

F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1930-1957 (bulk) 1880-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.

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

Angling Papers of George M. L. La Branche, 1911-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous papers of George M. L. La Branche relating to angling.

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

Eirlys Roberts Collection, 1935-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous material of Eirlys Roberts primarily relating to her United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation work in Italy and Albania during World War II and at the Consumers' Association, a consumer rights organization in the United Kingdom.

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

H. L. Mencken Correspondence with Dent Smith, 1938-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 108 letters by Mencken to Dent Smith between the years 1938 and 1945, with Smith's side of the correspondence present in carbon copies.

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

Henry De Wolf Smyth Papers, 1898-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth, the American physicist and diplomat who figured prominently in the development of atomic energy, the Manhattan Project, and the production of the atomic bomb.

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

Ezra Pound Collection, 1908-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of and about Ezra Pound, who was one of the most ambitious, influential, and innovative American poets of the modernist period.

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

Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.

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

Horton Davies Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This is a collection of correspondence and selected writings of Horton Marlais Davies, a Princeton University professor of religion and author of many books on church history.

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

Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Bliss Perry, an American scholar and editor especially noted for his work in American literature.

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

John Ennis Papers, 1935-2016 (inclusive) 1967-2016 (bulk)

Extent:: 79 boxes and 31.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of writings, editorial files, correspondence, teaching materials, and other professional working files of Irish poet John Ennis (1944- ), including drafts of his published poetry and unpublished work from the late 1960s through 2016, editorial files related to anthologies of Irish and Canadian poetry he edited between 2002 and 2009, and materials documenting the activities of the Irish arts organization Poetry Ireland and its journal Poetry Ireland Review from its inception in 1978 through the 1990s.

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

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