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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]

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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]

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

Extent:
4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
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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]

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

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.63 linear feet
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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]

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John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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]

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Gisèle Freund Correspondence, 1959-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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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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James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
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Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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

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Sonya Rudikoff Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 7.0 linear feet
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Sonya Rudikoff (1927-1997) was a writer, literary critic, and independent scholar, active from the 1950s through the 1990s, who wrote primarily on Victorian literature, feminism, and Virginia Woolf. The papers include Rudikoff's professional and personal correspondence, including five decades of extensive correspondence from second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler; typescripts of Rudikoff's unpublished fiction and lectures; notebooks, papers, and diaries from her time at Bennington College in the late 1940s; along with a curriculum vitae and bibliography of her work and some related materials.

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

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Sergio Pitol Papers, 1951-2011 (inclusive)

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

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

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Rita Guibert Collection of Latin American Authors, 1968-1971 (bulk) 1957-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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Rita Guibert (1916-2007) was an Argentine American author, journalist, editor, and translator. Guibert is best known for Seven Voices Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1973. The collection includes audiocassette tapes containing Guibert's in-depth interviews with Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Manuel Puig, Carlos Fuentes, José Donoso, and others. Other materials include correspondence with authors, photographs, and drafts of articles Guibert wrote for magazines including LIFE en Español, Nuestro, The Paris Review, and Revista Iberoamerica.

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

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Richard Pleasant Papers, 1940-1960 (bulk) 1930-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to Richard Pleasant, a founder of the Ballet Theatre.

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

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Sylvia Beach Papers, 1872-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
180 boxes, 1 item, and 78.3 linear feet
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This collection documents the life and activities of Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American author, publisher, and owner of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Company, the Paris bookshop that was a meeting-point for French, English, Irish and American writers during the 1920's and 1930's. The collection consists largely of files relating to Shakespeare & Company; Beach's writings and translations, in particular her memoir Shakespeare & Company ; and files relating to the circle of artists and writers surrounding her throughout her life. Included are family, personal, and business correspondence; business records of Shakespeare & Company; personal and family records; manuscripts and artwork by members of her circle; photographs; and memorabilia.

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

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Story Magazine and Story Press Records, 1931-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
272 boxes
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Consists of the fairly complete working business files of the original Story and other related publishing ventures of owner-editors Martha Foley and Whit and Hallie Burnett, and the new Story author files of Richard and Lois Rosenthal. Included are editorial and personal correspondence, business and financial records, and artwork.

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

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General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
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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]

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Hudson Review Archives, 1863-2016 (inclusive) 1947-2014 (bulk)

Extent:
542 boxes and 2 items
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Consists of the records of The Hudson Review, one of the most notable and influential American literary quarterlies of the post-World War II era. Reflecting the history of this New York City-based magazine, the bulk of material dates from 1947 to 2014. In addition, there are extensive personal and family papers of founding editor Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), who was also a published poet and translator.

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

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James Gould Cozzens Papers, 1878-1978, 1878-1978 (inclusive) 1940s-1960s (bulk)

Extent:
50 boxes and 22.50 linear feet
Abstract:
The collection illustrates the literary and military careers of James Gould Cozzens in manuscripts, notebooks, diaries (1920-1970), war journals (1911-1945), correspondence (general, family, and business), documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs.

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

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Warren Alfred Stark Papers, 1947-1957 (inclusive) 1950-1952 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear feet and 7 boxes
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Consists of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, and ephemera belonging to missile researcher Warren Alfred Stark that document his time in the United States Army at the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico during the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Warren Stark and Jean Anne Baldwin Stark (1928-1999), his girlfriend and later wife, and other family members and close friends.

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

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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]

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