Form: photographs -- 20th century. / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

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]

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]

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]

Gertrude Claytor Collection, 1941-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, photographs, and printed material of the American poet Gertrude Claytor, some of which is related to the author Edgar Lee Masters.

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

Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.

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

Greek-American Community of New York Photographs, 1940s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs of the Greek-American community of New York in the 1940s.

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

Einstein in Japan Collection, 1920-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 3.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of memorabilia from German physicist Albert Einstein's 1922 trip to Japan.

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

Robert J. Sommers 1928 Alaska Tour Album and Related Materials, 1921-1972 (inclusive) 1928 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.75 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a photograph album, loose photographs, and clippings belonging to Robert J. Sommers (1881-1972), primarily documenting his work as a highway engineer in Alaska in the late 1920s, as well as some materials related to his personal life and career as a civil engineer and businessman involved in construction. Of note is a photograph album documenting a tour of Alaska made in 1928 by Sommers with Governor George A. Parks and Major Malcolm Elliott.

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

Christopher Cardozo Collection of Photographs of Native Americans, circa 1862-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.2 linear feet and 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of a selected group of over sixty photographs of Native American people collected by Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021), an American art collector, dealer, publisher, and photographer. Mostly taken by white photographers in the mid to late 19th century and around the turn of the 20th century, these photographs depict people from the following Indigenous communities (and likely others that are unidentified): Sioux, Dakota, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Winnebago, Duwamish, Paiute, Ute, Yuma, Mojave, Arapaho, Apache, Gila, Maricopa, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Flathead (Salish), and Comanche.

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

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