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Stella Bloch Papers Relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 1890-1985 (inclusive) 1917-1930 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 6.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Stella Bloch Papers Relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy consists of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, photographs, printed material, and postcards of the American dance critic, art historian, and artist Stella Bloch (1898-1999). This collection documents the relationship between Bloch and the Anglo-Indian art historian, philosopher, and author Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) who embodied the roles of mentor, husband, and friend. The papers primarily contain correspondence by Coomaraswamy to Bloch, as well as a small amount of other letters. Writing was a vital form of communication for Coomaraswamy and Bloch, especially during their marriage, since they always resided in different cities; he lived in Boston while she lived in New York. There are also drawings by Coomaraswamy and by Bloch, as well as photographs-some taken by Coomaraswamy-that include portraits and assorted images from their travels to India and Southeast Asia. The articles in both manuscript and printed...(see more)

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

William A. Fleet Papers, 1916-1918 (bulk) 1894-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of William Fleet, the first American Rhodes Scholar.

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

Jessie Wilson Sayre Collection, 1886-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: Jessie Wilson Sayre was the daughter of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and was a political activist. The Jessie Wilson Sayre Collection documents the close relationships amongst the Wilson and Axson families in the early twentieth century and provides details into their lives.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Andrew C. Imbrie Papers, 1895-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The Papers of Andrew C. Imbrie, Class of 1895, (1875-1965) provide information on his undergraduate years, his service as an alumni trustee from 1907 until 1912 (including a period as Financial Secretary of the Princeton University Board of Trustees (1909-1912) during which he had charge of reorganization of the business management of the University leading to the creation of what became the Office of the Controller) and his family's genealogy.

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

Edmund Wilson Letters to Helen Muchnic, 1941-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 197 letters, mostly handwritten, by American literary critic Edmund Wilson to Helen Muchnic.

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

Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

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

Selected Papers of William B. Smith, 1918-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence between childhood friends William B. Smith and Ernest Hemingway, the American author and Nobel Prize winner.

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

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Collection, 1765-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains one or more letters and/or documents of each of thirty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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

Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

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

Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, 1932-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and .2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of letters by German-American art historian Erwin Panofsky to friend and art historian Margaret Scolari Barr.

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

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