Form: photographs -- 20th century. / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1945">1945</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk) 1799-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 2.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

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

Ernest Hemingway Letters to Charles T. Lanham, 1944-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters that American novelist Ernest Hemingway sent to his friend General C. T. Lanham during and after World War II, with related photographs.

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

Whitney Jennings Oates Correspondence, 1949-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Whitney Jennings Oates (Princeton Class of 1925) during his tenure as a professor of Classics at Princeton University.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Modern Greek Materials, 1677-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 4 folders
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection containing miscellaneous source material related to Modern Greek studies, including letters, documents, artwork, and other unbound manuscript items.

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

Giōrgos Vakalo Papers, 1901-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21 boxes and 11.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Giōrgos Vakalo Papers consists primarily of papers by and relating to the Greek painter and stage designer George Vakalo (1902-1991). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts of Vakalo's notes, talks, articles, interviews, TV or radio productions, artwork, as well as his correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter, such as exhibition art catalogs, magazines, and clippings. Of particular importance are the hundreds pieces of his artwork in a variety of media (ink, pencil, watercolor, conté crayon, engravings) and on a variety of supports (paper, carton, and canvas).

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

Christian Gauss Papers, 1863-1952 (inclusive) 1900-1951 (bulk)

Extent:: 94 boxes
Abstract:: Christian Gauss was one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors, the first Class of 1900 Professor of Modern Languages, and the third Dean of the College. The Christian Gauss papers include personal and professional writings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and assorted ephemera and printed matter, as well as numerous documents related to the Gauss family.

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

Rensselaer W. Lee Papers, 1960-1980 (bulk) 1930-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 45 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the papers of Princeton art historian Rensselaer W. Lee, including correspondence, lectures, and manuscripts and notes for two published works.

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

George Segal Papers, 1970-1999 (bulk) 1936-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 126 boxes
Abstract:: Business files, correspondence, photographs, artwork, writings, and clippings of George Segal (1924-2000), 20th-century American sculptor, artist, and photographer active from the late 1950s until 1999. The papers contain photographs taken by and of the artist, correspondence and all business files relating to exhibitions, records of the production of public commissions, writings by and about Segal, audio and visual media, and exhibition catalogs.

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

Norman Gilbertson Photographs of Greece, 1945-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs, with notes, taken by British relief worker Norman Gilbertson of the aftermath of an earthquake on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, mainly at its capital city of Argostolion, in August 1953.

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

Hanna Fantova Collection of Albert Einstein, 1945-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Hanna Fantova's collection of Albert Einstein material, as well as some of her own personal papers.

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

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