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George Law Mackenzie photograph albums, 1901-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and .2 linear feet
Abstract:: George Law MacKenzie was a student at the Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain) as well as an elected member of the Geological Society of London (1902). Consists of three photograph albums containing 148 albumen and gelatin silver snapshots. Two of the albums were compiled by Mackenzie and apparently document a single trip across Europe and the United States with images of cities, mines, and people encountered along the way. Many images have manuscript captions.

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

General John J. Pershing Expedition Photographic Postcard Collection, 1916-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Photographic scenes of military camp life, soldiers, equipment, and battle scenes, including the identification and disposal of Mexican causalities during General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916.

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

Wendell Wilcox Papers, 1930-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 6.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of the American author and novelist Wendell Wilcox (1906-1981), including personal correspondence and photographs of his wife, Esther Willson Wilcox, their relatives, and other writers and friends.

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

Rodolfo Alonso Correspondence and Photographs, 1953-2016 (bulk) 1910-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Rodolfo Alonso is an Argentine poet, translator, essayist, and editor. The collection includes Alonso's correspondence with various Latin American writers including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Gelman, Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan José Saer, Ernesto Sábato, Lêdo Ivo, Hector Tizón, Edgar Bayley, António Ramos Rosa, Milton de Lima Sousa, and Claudio Magris. In addition, the collection includes photographs of Alonso throughout his career with many Latin American figures as well as a personal collection of his family and travels.

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

Hereward Carrington Papers, 1899-1973 (inclusive) 1908-1932 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Hereward Carrington, a British spiritualist and investigator of psychic phenomena, including correspondence with other notable figures in his field, photographs of mediums and psychic phenomena, several manuscripts, and two diaries.

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

Ernest Gordon Papers, 1950-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 boxes and 6.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts (and related correspondence) of works by Princeton chaplain Ernest Gordon that chronicle his World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war experience and his chaplaincy at Princeton University.

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

Adolf Hitler Collection, 1912-1946 (inclusive) 1933-1940 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: Consists mostly of correspondence among members of the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistiche Deutsches Arbiterspartei) and with Hitler's adjutants Wiedemann and Brückner. Original material from Hitler himself is limited and of no real contextual importance (birthday wishes, New Year's wishes, thanks for wishes made unto him, etc.). There are a few letters concerning Nazi "Judenpolitik" (Jewish policy), some regarding arrests and camp conditions, others concerning scandalous associations with Jews. Military concerns are few and interspersed throughout. The majority of the material, mostly directed to Hitler, consists of wishes of health, happy birthdays, thank you's. Most of the Nazi officers present at the Nuremburg Trials are featured in the collection.

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

P.U.L.C. American Poetry Issue Collection, 1991-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the original poems and essays composed for the special spring 1994 issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle on contemporary American poetry.

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

Richard Halliburton Papers, 1900-1973 (inclusive) 1903-1940 (bulk)

Extent:: 61 boxes and 29.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard Halliburton traveled extensively in the first part of twentieth century after graduating from Princeton University in 1921. The collection contains autograph and typescript drafts of seven of Halliburton's books, short stories, essays, school notes, and other travel memorabilia, as well as Halliburton's correspondence with his parents and others, research materials about Rupert Brooke, and a significant group of photographs documenting his travels throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

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

Samuel Chavkin Papers, 1974-1979 (bulk) 1974-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 59 audio recordings and selected correspondence and articles by American journalist Samuel Chavkin, who covered events in Chile for various publications in the 1970s, primarily after the military junta of 1973.

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

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