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

Wright Family Papers, 1899-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: The Wright Family Papers consist of correspondence received at Princeton University by Harry H. Wright, class of 1903, and his son Richard R. Wright, class of 1935, during their undergraduate years, as well as printed postcards and class directories, a songbook and Daily Princetonian style book. The Wright family owned a farm in Allentown, New Jersey, and the correspondence reflects family news, domestic and farm life at the turn of the twentieth century and again during the 1930s.

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

Ricardo Piglia Papers, 1954-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 73 boxes
Abstract:: Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author and professor emeritus of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University. His papers contain handwritten and typewritten drafts of his writings, diaries and journals, notebooks, loose handwritten research notes, teaching files, correspondence, personal photographs, and born-digital materials.

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

Robert Fagles Papers, 1951-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes and 27.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Robert Fagles (1933-2008) was an American professor, poet, and academic, best known for his contemporary translations of ancient Greek and Latin classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer. The papers consist of professional and publishing correspondence, along with manuscript and typescript drafts, corrected proofs and galleys, notes, revisions, and other files regarding his English translations of ancient Greek and Latin texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Aeschylus's Oresteia, Sophocles's Three Theban Plays, as well as poems by Bacchylides and Pindar.

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

Archives of John Day Company, 1926-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 570 boxes and 239.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of editorial correspondence and some business material of the American publisher.

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

Sylvia Beach Papers, 1872-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 180 boxes, 1 item, and 78.3 linear feet
Abstract:: 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]

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

Extent:: 272 boxes
Abstract:: 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]

Howard C. Rice Correspondence with Alexander D. Wainwright, 1950-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence between Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Alexander D. Wainwright, dating mainly during the time that Rice was working at the Collège de L'Europe Libre, in Strasbourg, France. Rice was an associate professor at Princeton University and Assistant Librarian for the Special Collections. Wainwright was a librarian at Princeton University Library for many years, serving as currator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists and as Assistant University Librarian for Acquisitions.

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

W. Howard Adams Collection, 1962-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection consists of miscellaneous material relating to Black Mountain College and the Penland School of Arts and Crafts, collected by Adams, during his tenure as associate director of The Arts Council of America.

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

A.C. McClurg & Co. Letters from F. G. Browne to C. F. Cazenove, 1905-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 47 letters from F. G. Browne on behalf of the Publishing Department at Chicago-based American publisher A.C. McClurg & Co. to the firm's London literary agent C. F. Cazenove, regarding the sale of American titles in England, financial transactions, and other business matters related to publishing.

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

Margarita Aguirre Correspondence, 1958-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence between Chilean author Margarita Aguirre and novelist and fellow countryman José Donoso.

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

Frederick Hudson Collection, 1967-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of selected correspondence between musicologists Frederick Hudson and J. Merrill Knapp regarding George Frideric Handel and other composers.

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

Douglas Goldring Collection, 1926-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of Douglas Goldring, English writer and journalist.

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

Dag Hammarskjöld Collection, 1958-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected copies of correspondence and manuscripts of Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-1961) and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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

Flannery O'Connor Letters to Ashley Brown, 1958-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of thirty-eight letters written by the Southern author Flannery O'Connor to her friend Ashley Brown.

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

James Holly Hanford Correspondence, 1912-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters to American scholar and educator James Holly Hanford, most of them concerning his studies of John Milton.

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

Atlantic Monthly Press Author Files of Stanley Kunitz, 1965-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Atlantic Monthly Press author files (1965-1983) of American poet Stanley Kunitz.

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

Valentine Bargmann Papers, 1908-1988 (inclusive) 1937-1979 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.88 linear feet
Abstract:: The Valentine Bargmann Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, awards, medals, lectures notes, drafts and published writings, and documents pertaining to the Einstein Papers Project. Valentine Bargmann was an assistant to Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study and later became a Princeton University professor of mathematical physics.

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

Ernest Theodore DeWald Papers, 1916-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Ernest Theodore DeWald (Princeton Class of 1916), professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology specializing in medieval Italian art and director (1946-1960) of the Princeton Art Museum.

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

Erich Kahler Papers, 1900-1989 (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 15 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, and printed matter of the Jewish scholar, author, and lecturer Erich Kahler, including some magazines and newspaper articles collected for his research purposes. There is also material and correspondence assembled after his death by his wife, Alice Loewy Kahler.

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

Conrad Richter Papers, 1801-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 102 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of material relating to the American author Conrad Richter, including manuscripts, writing notebooks, notes, and galley proofs for several of his novels and other writings. Includes a substantial amount of personal and professional correspondence, as well as photographs.

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

Ernest Hemingway Collection, 1918-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about the American author and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway.

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

Walter D. Edmonds Correspondence with Harold Ober Associates, 1931-1968 (bulk) 1924-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and financial statements received by Walter D. Edmonds from his New York City literary agency, Harold Ober Associates.

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

Broom Correspondence of Harold Loeb, 1921-1924 (bulk) 1920-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence files of Harold Loeb (Princeton Class of 1913), one of the founding editors of Broom, An International Magazine of the Arts.

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

Samuel Jackson Reid Letters, 1901-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by Samuel Jackson Reid (Princeton Class of 1906) to his mother, father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton, to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France.

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

William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

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]

Brandt & Brandt Contract Files, 1907-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 51 boxes, 2 items, and 22.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

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

Milton Halsey Thomas Papers, 1796-1977 (inclusive) 1930-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 47 boxes, 2 items, and 20.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous research material of librarian/archivist Milton Halsey Thomas, including research material for several of his historical publications.

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

François Wahl Collection on Severo Sarduy, circa 1939-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 boxes and 8.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains edited typescripts and copies of Cuban writer Severo Sarduy's poems, essays, and translations, along with writings about Sarduy, interviews, notes, clippings, photographs, and other printed materials. Correspondence includes a group of postcards sent to Severo Sarduy and his partner François Wahl in the 1960s and 1970s from various European and Latin American writers and philosophers, including Roland Barthes, Alain Badiou, Reinaldo Arenas, Octavio Paz, and Jacques Lacan, and additional correspondence of French editor and structuralist François Wahl.

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

Joseph Frank Correspondence, 1950-1987 (bulk) 1930-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 boxes and 8.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Joseph Frank (1918-2013) was an American literary scholar best known for his five-volume biography of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which he began in the early 1970s and completed in 2002. The collection consists of his personal and professional correspondence, including with Elizabeth Bishop, Yves Bonnefoy, Pierre Bourdieu, Ralph Ellison, Carlos Fuentes, Irving Howe, James Laughlin, Richard W. B. Lewis, Mary McCarthy, Allen Tate, and other writers, artists, and academics, as well as some family correspondence, writings, personal documents, and printed materials.

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

Nikos Stangos Papers, 1953-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 boxes and 7.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Nikos Stangos, a prolific Modern Greek poet and one of the most influential figures in British art publishing. For more than 30 years he was responsible for some of the most important art books of the late 20th century. As a result, in his modest way, he helped shape the discipline of art history in Britain and the United States.

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

Plural Editorial Files, 1971-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Plural Editorial Files is comprised of the editorial correspondence of Plural (1971-1976), the Mexican journal of literature, politics, art, and cultural commentary. Files include correspondence with Plural editors and personnel Octavio Paz, Kazuya Sakai, Danubio Torres Fierro, José de la Colina, Sonia Levy-Spira, Julio Scherer García, Tomás Segovia, and others. Contributor correspondence include a wide range national and international of writers, publishers, and intellectuals from Latin America, United States, and Europe.

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

Sonya Rudikoff Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 7.0 linear feet
Abstract:: 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]

Arthur Mizener Papers on F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1941-1982 (inclusive) 1947-1951 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material relating to the Fitzgerald biography The Far Side of Paradise (1951) by the literary critic, editor, biographer, author, and educator Arthur Mizener.

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

Rafael Fuentes Papers, 1936-1956 (bulk) 1928-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 3.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal and working papers of Mexican diplomat Rafael Fuentes.

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

Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters by authors and publishers addressed to American reporter and editor Barton Currie and his wife, Florence.

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]

A. J. A. Symons collection, 1910-1929 (bulk) 1910-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of the twentieth-century British biographer and bibliophile A. J. A. Symons.

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

Alice Davis Tibbetts Collection, 1934-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and photographs of authors, poets, and friends collected by Alice Davis Tibbetts, secretary, companion, and romantic partner of Edgar Lee Masters.

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

Harvey Smith Novels, 1941-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction by American novelist Harvey Smith (Princeton Class of 1917).

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

Arthur and Sylvia Mandy Collection of Philip Wylie, 1947-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about Philip Wylie collected by Arthur and Sylvia Mandy during the course of their friendship with the American writer.

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

Winthrop M. Daniels Collection, 1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the manuscript, page proofs, and correspondence (135 letters) related to "The Passing of the Old Economist," an article economist Winthrop M. Daniels published in the Harvard Business Review (April 1934).

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

Enrique Lihn Collection, 1965-2006 (inclusive) 1966 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters written to Nathalie Waag by Enrique Lihn, a Chilean poet.

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

David N. Rowe Correspondence, 1944-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence between David Nelson Rowe, a professor in Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs, and five of his Princeton University students who had joined the U.S. Army, Navy, or the Marines, during World War II.

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

James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.

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

Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon, 1979-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture "To End All Wars" (2001) based on Gordon's book "Through the Valley of the Kwai" (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.

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

Warner Fite Collection, 1906-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection contains the correspondence of Warner Fite ( a philosophy professor at Princeton University) with other writers, philosophers, professors and publishers.

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

Cecil Beaton Papers, 1938-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Cecil Beaton, English fashion and portrait photographer and Academy Award winning stage and constume designer for film and theater, with his author friend Hal Burton.

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

Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature, 1936-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

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]

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