Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Manuscripts. Year 1986

Joseph McGarrity Collection, 1736-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.5 linear feet (15 manuscript boxes, 434 microfilm reels)
Abstract:: The McGarrity Collection consists of materials related to Irish history, literature, folklore, description and travel, music, and Irish - American history.

Held at: Villanova University: Special Collections [Contact Us]

Harold R. Medina papers, 1905-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 332 boxes, 1 folder, and 2 items
Abstract:: Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) was a noted jurist, Princeton alumnus, and creator of a New York State Bar preparation course. This collection includes legal records, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, and teaching materials; in aggregate, they offer a substantial record of Medina's life and work.

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

H. Freeman Matthews Sr. Papers, 1773-1986 (inclusive) 1923-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Harrison Freeman Matthews Sr. (1899-1986) was a U.S. diplomat and career ambassador. This collection consists of correspondence, a draft of his memoirs, photographs, clippings, films and miscellaneous papers. It includes correspondence with Elizabeth Luke Matthews and a diary she kept during a visit to her husband in Vichy, France in 1940-42.

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

Gerald Eades Bentley Papers, 1927-1980s (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Shakespearean scholar Gerald Eades Bentley was a professor of English at Princeton University (1945-1970) and assistant librarian for Special Collections (1971-1973). His papers consists of notes, typescripts, and galleys for three published works, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage (1941-1968), The Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1971), and The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1984), as well as various speeches, articles, and correspondence about his works.

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

Dolores Koch Collection of Reinaldo Arenas, 1974-2005 (inclusive) 1982-1993 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Dolores Koch is a noted translator and reviewer of Latin American literature. The materials in this collection were accumulated during her work with Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban writer living in New York City. Koch translated two of Arenas's books and worked as part of a team handling publication and rights for his work after his death in 1990.

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

Mario Vitti Papers, 1947-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Mario Vitti, an Italian author, translator, and educator specializing in modern Greek literature. Included are letters (1947-1992) from Greek, Turkish, Italian, and other poets and authors, and manuscripts of Greek authors collected by Vitti.

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

Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4 items
Abstract:: Alexander D. Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939) was an avid bookman and collector. He had a lengthy career at the Princeton University Library, serving as assistant university librarian for collection development and as curator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists. His collection consists of of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, playwright, and storywriter.

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

Archivo de Elena Garro, 1932-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.21 linear feet ((15 containers))
Abstract:: El archivo de Elena Garro contiene manuscritos, correspondencia, cuadernos, diarios, fotografías, material impreso y un diario de la escritora mexicana Elena Garro (1916-1998). También se incluye correspondencia y documentos personales de la hija de Garro, la poeta Helena Paz Garro (1939-2014).

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]

Selected Papers of George Seferis, 1935-1993 (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 4 items
Abstract:: George Seferis was a Greek diplomat, ambassador, poet and translator. He held various posts with the Royal Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was ambassador to the United Nations, 1956-1957, and to Great Britain, 1957-1962. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963, and was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1965.

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