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

Extent:
1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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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]

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

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2 boxes and 1.65 linear feet
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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]

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Eirlys Roberts Collection, 1935-1977 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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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]

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

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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Ezra Pound Collection, 1908-1956 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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Horton Davies Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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

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79 boxes and 31.5 linear feet
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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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Sarah Goodspeed Papers, 1913-1915 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Sarah Goodspeed, a white Christian missionary for the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society (WABHMS), documenting her work on the Crow Indian Reservation in Pryor, Montana, in the 1910s. Materials include a linguistic journal, eighty photographs of Crow and Ojibwa (Ojibwe, Chippewa) people, handwritten poetry and notes, several letters and postcards, and printed and typescript articles and essays.

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

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Paul Merchant Papers, 1963-2011 (inclusive)

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0.6 linear feet and 2 boxes
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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]

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Saúl Yurkievich Papers, 1960-2005 (inclusive)

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36 boxes and 58 items
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Saúl Yurkievich is an Argentine poet and literary critic. The collection consists of his personal and literary papers. It includes some of Yurkievich's poetic and prose-poetic manuscripts, correspondence with writers, scholars, critics and publishers and extensive subject files.

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

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

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97 boxes, 2 items, and 39.3 linear feet
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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]

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

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40 boxes and 23.4 linear feet
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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]

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Words Press Records, 1970-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.2 linear feet and 5 boxes
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Words Press is a British publishing imprint specializing in poetry that has been operated by Julian Nangle (1947- ) since the 1970s. The collection includes extensive correspondence with authors, publishers, and booksellers, submission and proof copies and other publishing materials related to serials produced by the press, author files, prospectuses and ephemera related to other small publishers, and administrative records.

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

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Christian Gauss Papers, 1863-1952 (inclusive) 1900-1951 (bulk)

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94 boxes
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Christian Gauss was one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors, the first Class of 1900 Professor of Modern Languages, and the third Dean of the College. The Christian Gauss papers include personal and professional writings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and assorted ephemera and printed matter, as well as numerous documents related to the Gauss family.

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

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Kimon Friar Papers, 1926-1993 (inclusive)

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158 boxes and 66.6 linear feet
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The collection consists of personal papers of Kimon Friar, one of the first and most prolific translators of modern Greek poetry into English. His work helped bring modern Greek literature to the attention of the international public.

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

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

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126 boxes
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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.

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

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61 boxes and 32.8 linear feet
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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.

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Theodor Kallifatides Papers, 1970-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.8 linear feet and 2 boxes
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Consists of correspondence with Kallifatides's parents in Greece; family correspondence; autograph manuscripts and typescripts of his work; and some printed material and documents.

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

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Panhellenic Liberation Movement (P.A.K.) Papers, 1968 may - 1972 march (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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This collection consists of archives from the time of the establishment of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement (Panellēnio Sosialistiko Kinēma, P.A.K.) against the junta. Included are letters, statutes, press releases, speeches, and articles written in Greek, English, and German dated May 1968 - March 1972.

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

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Guy Warszawski Correspondence, Postcards, and Ephemera Related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, 1950-2019 (inclusive) 1970-2019 (bulk)

Extent:
0.8 linear feet and 2 boxes
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This collection comprises correspondence, postcards, and ephemera related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, collected by Guy Warzawski, a Polish-Belgian professor. The Collège de 'Pataphysique was founded in Paris in 1948 and is dedicated to the furtherment of pataphysics, a parodistic "science of imaginary solutions" invented by French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry.

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

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Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 64 pictorial postcards written by Samuel Woodfill, mostly addressed to Lorena "Blossom" Wiltshire. Written during Woodfill's time serving in the U. S. Army, the postcards feature images of San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Laredo, and Mexico and its inhabitants. Woodfill writes of camp life, daily activities, weather, training, and conflicts on the Texas-Mexican border.

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

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