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Noël Riley Fitch Papers, 1858-2018 (inclusive) 1965-1995 (bulk)

Extent:
41 boxes, 2 items, and 19.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of the writings, correspondence, interviews, printed works, and other additional papers of the American educator and author Noël Riley Fitch (1937- ). Also included are a selection of Sylvia Beach papers that Fitch consulted for her book Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties (1983).

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.

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Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

Extent:
381 boxes and 60 items
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The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.

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General Manuscripts Collection, 1870-2003 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk)

Extent:
17.83 linear feet ((23 containers))
Abstract:
The General Manuscripts Collection is largely composed of materials related to United States politics and government, including personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, pamphlets, and reports. The collection includes the papers of many individuals, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and other United States presidents, government officials, authors and journalists, bankers and businessmen, and Princeton University alumni.

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

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Leonard L. Milberg '53 Collection of Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1762-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 3.4 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of manuscript material related to print collections of Leonard L. Milberg (Princeton Class of 1953): Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry, Leonard L. Milberg Irish Theater Collection, and the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Jewish-American Writers.

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María Rosa Oliver Papers, circa 1899-1997 (inclusive) 1930-1975 (bulk)

Extent:
9 boxes, 54 items, and 4.5 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, documents, drawings, photographs, papers of others, and printed material of María Rosa Oliver (1898-1977), Argentine essayist, short story writer, literary critic, and translator.

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Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (inclusive) 1930-1975 (bulk)

Extent:
173 boxes
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John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.

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William M. Armstrong Collection on E.L. Godkin, 1833-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:
14 boxes and 6.5 linear feet
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This collection consists of American historian William M. Armstrong's works and research material on Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1831-1902), a founder and editor of The Nation (1865-1881) and editor of the New York Evening Post (1883-1900). The collection contains typed manuscripts of Armstrong's biography on Godkin along with other writings, as well as photocopies, microfilms, and typescripts of correspondence.

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Melvin A. Hall Papers, 1895-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
18 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:
Melvin A. Hall's renaissance career as adventurer, aviator, soldier, agent, financial administrator and author spanned four and a half decades, and is well represented in this collection. The materials include: diaries; personal and business correspondence; official documents, reports and correspondence from his tenure with the American Financial Mission in Persia; copies of his published writings, including drafts of his books Journey to the End of an Era and Bird of Time; articles, reviews, speeches and military intelligence reports; copies of unpublished writings; subject files containing background and research notes; information on his medals, awards and commendations; diaries and correspondence from Hall's father, William Augustus Hall, Hall's wife Josephine Johnson Hall, a World War I field nurse; and photographs and scrapbooks.

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Frank N. Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday Collection, 1734-1966 (inclusive) 1890s-1940s (bulk)

Extent:
33 boxes, 1 item, and 14 linear feet
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Consists primarily of papers of Frank Nelson Doubleday and his son, Nelson, relating to their personal and business relationships with prominent authors and artists published under the Doubleday imprint, such as Joseph Conrad, A. B. Frost, Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence, and W. Someset Maugham.

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Henry Van Dyke Family Papers, 1694-1963 (inclusive) 1840-1950s (bulk)

Extent:
179 boxes and 75.9 linear feet
Abstract:
The Henry Van Dyke Family Papers consists of papers of three generations of the prominent Van Dyke family of New York and Princeton, beginning with Henry Jackson Van Dyke (1822-1891) and his wife, Henrietta [Ashmead] Van Dyke (1820-1893), followed by their children, Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) and Paul Van Dyke (1859-1933), and ending with Henry van Dyke's son Tertius Van Dyke (1886-1958).

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Edward S. Corwin Papers, circa 1860-1961 (inclusive) 1920-1958 (bulk)

Extent:
24 boxes
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This collection contains correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, writings, and photographs of Edward S. Corwin, a noted constitutional scholar who taught at Princeton University for much of his academic career. Nationally-known and widely published, Corwin consulted with many other academics as well as politicians involved with constitutional issues, most notably when he publicly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization ("court packing") plan.

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Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280s-1958 (inclusive) 1800s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:
51 boxes, 229 items, and 13 volumes
Abstract:
The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists of over 4,000 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department of the Princeton University Library.

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Edward Mead Earle Papers, 1894-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
39 boxes and 2 items
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The Papers of Edward Mead Earle (1894-1954) document the career of Earle, a specialist in the role of the military in foreign relations. He was a university lecturer, author, and consultant to various departments of the U.S. government. The papers reflect Earle's work as a professor at the School of Economics and Politics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. The collection emphasizes Earle's major work of establishing a seminar designed to research issues associated with military and foreign policies of the United States during World War II. It also highlights a number of other professional activities during his time at the Institute.

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Allan Marquand Papers, 1858-1951 (inclusive) 1878-1950 (bulk)

Extent:
54 boxes and 27.2 linear feet
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Consists of the papers of Allan Marquand, Princeton art professor, founder of the University's Department of Art and Archaeology, and first director of its Art Museum.

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Sutton and Cunliffe-Owen Collection, 1843-1947 (inclusive) 1890-1927 (bulk)

Extent:
23 boxes and 15 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of E. F. H. Sutton (Princeton Class of 1895) and his collection of papers of his longtime friends, the former Countess Marguerite (de Godart) Cunliffe-Owen and her husband, Frederick Cunliffe-Owen.

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H. F. B. Brett-Smith Papers, 1896-1942 (inclusive) 1921-1925 (bulk)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet
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The collection consists of papers of Herbert Francis Brett-Smith reflecting his position as literary editor (1920-1928) of the Shakespeare Head Press, which was founded in 1904 at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, by A. H. Bullen (1857-1920). Much of the collection is correspondence as well as notices of board meetings, profit and loss account statements, balance sheets, statements on policy and location of the Shakespeare Head Press, a few clippings, and printed lists of publications and Shakespeare Head Press brochures.

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Mixsell Collection of Autographs of Musicians, 1825-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
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Consists of letters and/or autograph manuscripts of several bars of music (some signed and inscribed) by such composers as Beethoven, Brahms, Cui, Puccini, Ravel, and Strauss. Materials were collected by American physician and composer Raymond B. Mixsell (Princeton Class of 1903).

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Navajo Mission Collection, circa 1895-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous manuscripts and 143 photographs documenting the Navajo mission in San Juan County, New Mexico, that was started in 1891 by Mary L. Eldridge and M. E. Raymond.

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William Michael Rossetti Collection, 1868-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
The William Michael Rossetti Collection consists of manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, and miscellanea of the English art critic and essayist William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919).

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Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Documents, 1380-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 boxes and 23 items
Abstract:
The Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Documents consists of medieval and renaissance documents and manuscripts collected by Ernest Cushing Richardson, an American librarian and author. Of principal interest are some 350 documents (deeds, bonds, contracts, investitures, wills, and other legal documents), chiefly dating from 1380 to 1550 and written in Milan, Alessandria, Brescia, Cremona, Lodi, and other northern Italian cities.

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

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