Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Photographs, Original. Year 1983

Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding Records, 1971-2017 (inclusive) 1984-1999 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 1 websites
Abstract:: Established in the late 1970s, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding (called the Third World Center until 2002) celebrates, acknowledges, and promotes diversity on the Princeton University campus. The collection documents the Carl A. Fields Center's programs and administration over a period of thirty years.

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

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Records, 1958-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 988 digital files
Abstract:: The U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a Collaborative National Center for plasma and fusion science. Its primary mission is to develop the scientific understanding and the key innovations which will lead to a new fusion energy source. The PPPL Records include digitized historical negatives and publications from the PPPL Communications Office, documenting the people, projects, events, activities and physical grounds of the laboratory through a span of 49 years.

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

Association on American Indian Affairs Records, 1851-2016 (inclusive) 1922-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 569 boxes
Abstract:: The Records of the Association on American Indian Affairs document the corporate life of an influential and resilient player in the history of twentieth-century Native American advocacy. From its formation by non-Indians in New York in 1922 to its re-establishment in South Dakota in 1995 under a wholly Indian administration, the AAIA has defended the rights and promoted the welfare of Native Americans and, in this process, has shaped the views of their fellow citizens. The AAIA has waged innumerable battles over the years, touching on the material and spiritual well-being of Indians in every state of the Union: from the right of Native Americans to control their resources to their right to worship freely; from their right to federal trusteeship to their right to self-determination. The evolving nature of this struggle, in terms of conception and execution; the environment in which it was waged, both within and without the AAIA; the parade of men and women who figured in it; and the...(see more)

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

J. G. Cobo Borda Papers, 1951-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 24.21 linear feet ((44 containers))
Abstract:: Consists of personal and working papers of Cobo Borda, a Colombian poet, essayist, journalist, and diplomat, primarily manuscript poems and essays as well as correspondence, spanning the period from 1970 to 2017. There are also manuscripts of speeches and interviews, nonfiction works, documents, photographs, a few papers of others, scrapbooks, and a small amount of printed material.

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

William F. Shellman Papers, 1930s-1980s (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 boxes
Abstract:: William F. Shellman was a member of the Dept. of Architecture faculty at Princeton University faculty forty years (1946-1986). He taught introductory courses in architecture and the visual arts and courses designed to heighten architectural students' visual sensitivity. His collection consists of his papers, primarily lectures and notes for his classes, but including matted illustrations and photographs of sample forms of architecture, cassette tapes of lectures, slides, architectural drawings, and watercolors.

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

Peggy Liss Collection on Carlos Fuentes, circa 1970s-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: The Peggy Liss Collection on Carlos Fuentes consists of photographs, public relations materials, newspaper clippings, reviews, articles, publications, and program outlines pertaining to the collaboration between Peggy K. Liss and Carlos Fuentes on the television documentary series, The Buried Mirror.

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

Helmut Meyer Papers, 1938-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16 boxes and 16.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Helmut Meyer was a German-born American citizen who fought for the United States in World War II and founded the Helmut Meyer Literary Agency in New York City. The collection contains files from the Helmut Meyer Literary Agency, propaganda from both the Allies and the Axis from World War II, manuscripts of Meyer's own work, and correspondence from friends and clients.

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

Georges Florovsky Papers, 1950-1969 (bulk) 1892-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 88 boxes and 42.6 linear feet
Abstract:: The Georges Florovsky Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia of clergyman, teacher and author, Georges Florovsky.

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

Richard Schechner Papers and The Drama Review Collection, 1960-2007 (bulk) 1943-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 360 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: The material in this collection pertains not only to an individual, Richard Schechner, but also to TDR, The Drama Review, a scholarly journal concerned with the broad range of performance in society and in the arts. Schechner, a renowned scholar, director, writer, and educator, edited The Drama Review from 1962-1969 and again from 1986 to the present date. Particularly in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s, both Schechner and TDR challenged traditional, prevailing ideas about theater-what it is, how it should be presented, and the ritual and ideals behind it. Schechner argued for thinking of "performance" as an all-encompassing genre with "theater" as one of its sub-categories. He is widely recognized as the founder of "performance studies" as an academic discipline. In the process of working out what performance studies is, Schechner and his colleagues at New York University created new ideas and new ways of thinking that still affect today's world of performance, theater, dance,...(see more)

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

Charles Thomson Letters, 1783-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and miscellanea of the educator, merchant, and first secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson (1729-1824).

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

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