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Julian P. Boyd Papers, 1935-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
73 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, notes, photographs, and printed matter of Julian Boyd, Princeton University Librarian (1940-1952) and professor of history, and the founding editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson publishing project.

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

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Gertrude Claytor Collection, 1941-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, photographs, and printed material of the American poet Gertrude Claytor, some of which is related to the author Edgar Lee Masters.

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

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Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
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Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.

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

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Pablo Le Riverend Correspondence, 1971-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters to Cuban-American poet Pablo Le Riverend from Cuban émigré poets Lucas Lamadrid y Moya (1919-1987) and Matías Montes Huidobro (1931- ) and from Spanish poet Miguel Luesma Castán.

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

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Miguel Angel Asturias Papers, 1963-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of Guatemalan author Miguel Angel Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias's works and their publication in the United States and abroad.

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

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Charles Gillispie Wartime Letters, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of thirteen letters from Charles Gillispie (1918-2015) home to his parents, Raymond Livingston Gillispie and Virginia Coulston, while he was stationed with the United States Army in France, Germany, and Austria during the final months of World War II in Europe. His letters, which span from March 9th to August 25th, 1945, are addressed from France, Germany, Austria, Bavaria, and Camp Shelby in Mississippi, and describe the conditions for American soldiers and prisoners of war in Europe, the state of the people and infrastructure in the German and French countryside, and other topics.

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

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Juan Abreu Papers, 1974-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts of A la Sombra del Mar and Libro de los Exhortaciones al Amor, notes, and one letter from Abreu to Reinaldo Arenas.

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

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Alice B. Toklas Collection, 1950-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters (1952-1965) Alice B. Toklas wrote to her friends Lloyd Frankenberg and his wife, the painter Loren MacIver. Toklas is best known as the life partner of writer Gertude Stein.

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

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Caleb Frank Gates Papers, 1919-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Caleb Frank Gates dating from part of his tenure as president of Robert College, Istanbul, including the years on leave (1922-1923) that he served as adviser to the United States high commissioner at the peace conference on Near Eastern affairs in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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

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Matthew Phipps Shiel Collection, 1892-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of Matthew Phipps Sheil, a prolific British writer of fantasy fiction, with editors, literary agents, publishers, and other authors.

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

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Charles Mason Remey Papers, 1921-1957 (inclusive) 1940-1950 (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes, 20 volumes, and 3.4 linear feet
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Consists of 74 volumes of diaries, letters, reports, reminiscences, and other writings in typescript form, accompanied by clippings, photographs, designs, and memorabilia relating to Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) and the Remey and Mason families.

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

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James L. Stanton Correspondence, 1883-1886 (bulk) 1879-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and a few related writings documenting the work of attorney James L. Stanton as Chief Pardon Clerk (1882-1884) and General Agent (1884-1885) under Attorney General Benjamin Harris Brewster in the United States Department of Justice during the administration of President Chester A. Arthur. Among the many cases and events the letters document are those surrounding the Star Routes scandal, which involved fraud by United States postal officials. Frequent correspondents include Benjamin Harris Brewster, Brewster Cameron, and William Haight.

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

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Charles W. Millard Correspondence, 1946-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes
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Consists of select correspondence, dating from 1946 to 2011, of art historian Charles W. Millard (1932-2017) with artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Carl Chiarenza, Mark Hewitt, Nick George, Jules Olitski, and others.

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Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers, 1835-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.

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

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Garland Publishing, Inc., Records, 1969-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
38 boxes
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence of various Garland Publishing, Inc. staff members with authors, editors, and others, concerning permissions, copyrights, and production and editorial matters relating to their publication of facsimile and reprint editions of works by established writers. Also present are company catalogs and brochures arranged in two series, chronologically (1987-1996) and by subject.

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

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Robert Mountsier Collection, 1908-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Robert Mountsier, secretary (ca. 1910) of the Student Lecture Bureau at the University of Michigan and, later, an editor at The Evening Sun.

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

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Virginia Card Papers, 1893-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
17 boxes and 7.1 linear feet
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Virginia Card is a Native American of Delaware and Creek descent. Consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and audio-visual material. The collection is especially noteworthy for Virginia Card's extensive documentation of the activities of Native American communities in California.

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

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Margaretta K. Mitchell Working Files on Ruth Bernhard, 1983-2000 (bulk) 1952-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
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Consists of photographer Margaretta K. Mitchell's working files on the life and work of Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), a German-born American photographer known for her black-and-white still lifes and female nudes. The working files contain research materials, drafts, and recordings and transcripts of interviews for Mitchell's biography of Bernhard, Ruth Bernhard: Between Art and Life (2000); drafts of Mitchell's essays that appeared in Ruth Bernhard's book The Eternal Body (1986); as well as correspondence, proofs, financial documents, and publicity materials related to both projects.

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

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Saint-John Perse Pléiade Edition Collection, 1966-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and .8 linear feet
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Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger, was a major French poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Consists of working editorial files and author letters for the Pléiade edition of Leger's complete works, published by the French publisher Gallimard in 1972.

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

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Hereward Carrington Papers, 1899-1973 (inclusive) 1908-1932 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Hereward Carrington, a British spiritualist and investigator of psychic phenomena, including correspondence with other notable figures in his field, photographs of mediums and psychic phenomena, several manuscripts, and two diaries.

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

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Henry Simonis Correspondence, 1914-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of three volumes of correspondence of British journalist Henry Simonis concerning his literary, wartime, and charitable activities.

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

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Adolf Hitler Collection, 1912-1946 (inclusive) 1933-1940 (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes
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Consists mostly of correspondence among members of the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistiche Deutsches Arbiterspartei) and with Hitler's adjutants Wiedemann and Brückner. Original material from Hitler himself is limited and of no real contextual importance (birthday wishes, New Year's wishes, thanks for wishes made unto him, etc.). There are a few letters concerning Nazi "Judenpolitik" (Jewish policy), some regarding arrests and camp conditions, others concerning scandalous associations with Jews. Military concerns are few and interspersed throughout. The majority of the material, mostly directed to Hitler, consists of wishes of health, happy birthdays, thank you's. Most of the Nazi officers present at the Nuremburg Trials are featured in the collection.

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Bernard M. Dwork Papers, 1950-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes
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Consists of a chronological series of 101 mathematical notebooks (1958-1997) of Princeton mathematician Bernard M. Dwork.

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

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Rodolfo Alonso Correspondence and Photographs, 1953-2016 (bulk) 1910-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
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Rodolfo Alonso is an Argentine poet, translator, essayist, and editor. The collection includes Alonso's correspondence with various Latin American writers including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Gelman, Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan José Saer, Ernesto Sábato, Lêdo Ivo, Hector Tizón, Edgar Bayley, António Ramos Rosa, Milton de Lima Sousa, and Claudio Magris. In addition, the collection includes photographs of Alonso throughout his career with many Latin American figures as well as a personal collection of his family and travels.

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

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Ernest Gordon Papers, 1950-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 boxes and 6.5 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts (and related correspondence) of works by Princeton chaplain Ernest Gordon that chronicle his World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war experience and his chaplaincy at Princeton University.

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Douglas Kent Hall Papers, 1950s-2011 (inclusive) 1970-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
102 boxes and 1534 digital files
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Douglas Kent Hall was an American writer and photographer active from the 1960s until 2008. This collection contains manuscripts, negatives, contact sheets, prints, transparencies, notes, research files, written reviews of Hall's work, and correspondence relating to a number of published and unpublished writings and photography projects spanning Hall's entire career.

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

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Henry Norris Russell Papers, 1894-1956 (bulk) 1894-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
135 boxes and 6 items
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Consists of personal papers of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell (Princeton Class of 1897), including notes kept by Russell as a student at Princeton (1894-1898), lecture notes when a professor at Princeton, and working notes on scientific and military problems.

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Ruth Bernhard Papers, 1938-2006 (bulk) 1910s-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
79 boxes and 61.7 linear feet
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Correspondence, personal and business files, publicity materials, drafts, photography props, teaching materials, appointment books, and memorabilia of Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), a German-born American photographer and teacher, active in the United States from the late 1920s through the early 2000s, best known for her complex black-and-white still lifes and classical photographs of the female nude. The papers contain professional correspondence and files, personal correspondence with friends and students, a small amount of photographic work and writings, some drafts and proofs for publications, publicity folios, exhibition catalogs and announcements, posters, props used for still life photography and teaching, planners, and a large collection of memorabilia, including snapshots of Bernhard, collected fine art photographs and artwork by others, photograph albums, gifts, personal effects, awards, and some audio and visual materials.

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

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Paul Hyde Bonner Papers, 1931-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
31 boxes and 13.35 linear feet
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Consists of diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks of American diplomat and novelist Paul Hyde Bonner.

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

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Jorge Ibargüengoitia Papers, 1923-2008 (inclusive) 1954-1984 (bulk)

Extent:
30 boxes
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Consists of the writings, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers of the Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright Jorge Ibargüengoitia as well as writings about him by others and adaptations and translations of his work.

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

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Wendell Wilcox Papers, 1930-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:
17 boxes and 6.7 linear feet
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Consists of papers of the American author and novelist Wendell Wilcox (1906-1981), including personal correspondence and photographs of his wife, Esther Willson Wilcox, their relatives, and other writers and friends.

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

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Faber and Faber Author File on Jacob Peter Mayer, 1943-1989 (inclusive) 1943-1960 (bulk)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of an author file kept by the British publishing house Faber and Faber and editor T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) on Jacob Peter Mayer (1903–1992), a German-born scholar of Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber and professor at the University of Reading. There are letters from T. S. Eliot and other Faber and Faber editors to Mayer, as well as related contracts, publication lists, publishers' catalogs, and book proposals.

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

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Jonathan Williams Collection, 1980-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters by Jonathan Williams (or under the name of his poet's press, Jargon Society) to author and philanthropist Barnabas McHenry.

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

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Robert Amsterdam Burt and Class of 1960 Correspondence, 1957-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear feet (1 correspondence box)
Abstract:
Robert Amsterdam Burt, Charles Edward Ruas, James LeBaron Stinnett, and Nicholas Churchill Yost, Class of 1960, were undergraduate roommates at Princeton. The collection consists of letters written between them, primarily letters to Charles Ruas, as well as other members of the Classes of 1960 and 1961.

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

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