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William Dodge Horne collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1928-2012 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

William Horne and Ernest Hemingway were lifelong friends. Horne met Hemingway while a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Red Cross during World War I. They were stationed in Schio, Italy, and drove together on the same ambulance. After Hemingway's failed engagement to Agnes von Kurowsky, they shared an apartment in Chicago during the fall of 1920. When Hemingway married Hadley Richardson in September 1921, Horne was in the wedding party. When the writer died in 1961, Horne was an honorary pallbearer. Contains eight Horne-Hemingway items: a copy of a photograph of Frances Horne [Bunny] and Hemingway in Wyoming in 1928; an autograph signed letter by Ernest Hemingway (with postcript by wife Pauline) to "Dearest Bunny and Horney" [Frances and William Horne], dated 9 September [1929], 2 pp., with envelope; an autograph signed letter by Hemingway to "Dear 'Orny" [Horne], dated 1 June [1930], 2 pp., with 5 pp. of fishing gear advertisements with holograph annotations, with...(see more)

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

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Jean Clarence Lambert Collection of Octavio Paz, 1951-1992 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of 122 letters (1952-1992) by Mexican poet Octavio Paz to French critic and translator Jean Clarence Lambert; approx. a dozen photographs; and "Carnet Bleu" (French, "vers" 1951), Lambert's blue notebook containing his French translations of Paz's "Libertad Bajo Palabra," bearing some holograph annotations by Paz.

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

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Steven Runciman Letters to Jeffrey Schaire, 1983-1991 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of letters by British medieval historian and Byzantine art scholar Stephen Runciman to his friend Jeffrey Schaire, editor of Arts and Antiques magazine.

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

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Mary Jane and Daniel Woodward Collection of M. F. K. Fisher Letters, 1946-1988 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected letters by M. F. K. Fisher, a prolific writer of books dealing with food and the culture of cuisine.

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

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P. Voorhoeve Collection of Batak Manuscript Translations, 1953-1985 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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The P. Voorhoeve Collection of Batak Manuscript Translations consists primarily of English translations of Batak manuscripts by Petrus Voorhooeve. Also includes some related articles (drafts) and catalogue descriptions.

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

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Louis O. Coxe Letters to William Meredith, 1939-1984 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of approximately 110 letters by Louis O. Coxe (Princeton Class of 1940) to his former classmate, fellow poet, and friend William Meredith, primarily during the 1940s and 1970s.

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Kit and Ilse Barker Collection of Elizabeth Bishop, 1952-1984 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists primarily of over 250 letters and postcards (1952-1979) written by American poet Elizabeth Bishop to her English friends Ilse and Kit Barker, and includes many photographs of Bishop's home in Brazil.

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

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Wendell Wilcox Letters to Frank Sandiford, 1965-1981 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Wendell Wilcox was an American novelist and storywriter. Consists of 85 autograph and typed letters written by Wilcox from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to his friends Frank and Frances Sandiford in various towns in New York. Also present are 6 letters (1968-1969) by Esther Wilcox to the Sandifords.

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

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Ashley Brown collection of Caroline Gordon, 1956-1980 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of selected manuscripts and letters of American novelist and literary critic Caroline Gordon, collected by Ashley Brown, a friend and fellow author.

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

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Caroline Gordon Letters to Morris Gordon, 1963-1977 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of 45 letters by American novelist Caroline Gordon to her brother, Morris Meriwether Gordon, and his wife, Polly.

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