Form: Correspondence -- 20th century / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1925">1925</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

J. Paul Baldeagle Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist.

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

William Jovanovich Papers, 1950-1996 (bulk) 1815-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 61 boxes and 32.8 linear feet
Abstract:: William Jovanovich (1920-2001) was an American publisher, author, and businessman, who led the publishing firm Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1954 to 1991, as president and later as chief executive officer. The collection consists of Jovanovich's author and publisher files, including an extensive file on Charles A. Lindbergh, along with correspondence, writings, personal and family papers, memorabilia, and other files documenting his career as a major American publisher in the 20th century, his creative pursuits in fiction and nonfiction, and his interest in Yugoslav literature and textbook publishing.

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

Tēlemachos Alaveras Papers and Nea Poreia Archives, 1889-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 97 boxes, 2 items, and 39.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Tēlemachos Alaveras, a prolific Modern Greek writer and editor of the literary magazine Nea Poreia for more than fifty years. He was also the president of the Literary Society of Thessalonikē and member of boards of many other organizations. Included also are the archives of Nea Poreia, as well as the personal papers of Alaveras's father, Chrēstos Alaveras.

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

Marc Gaede Papers, 1971-1999 (bulk) 1910-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 40 boxes and 23.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Marc Gaede (1946- ) is an American photographer, environmental activist, and teacher based in California. The collection consists of Gaede's black-and-white photographs of the American West and Southwest, correspondence, contracts, and other working files primarily related to his books on photography, archaeology, and conservation, and a large group of working files, which include audiovisual and digital materials, for a biography project Gaede collaborated on with Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux activist Robert Sundance (1927-1993).

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]

Chester W. Burton Family Papers, 1850-1910 (bulk) 1809-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of correspondence along with some financial records, legal documents, such as deeds and land indentures, ephemera, and photographs dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries that relate to Chester W. Burton, a farmer from Chautauqua County, New York, and his family. Among other topics, the collection documents aspects of the Civil War and early settlement and gold mining in the west.

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

Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk) 1799-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 2.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

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

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]

Charles Phelps Smyth Papers, 1918-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16 boxes and 9.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the papers of Princeton chemistry professor Charles Phelps Smyth.

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

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