Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Language: English / 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

Rose Cecil O'Neill letters to Mr. and Mrs. William Curtis Gibson, 1912-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters by Rose Cecil O'Neill, the American children's book author and illustrator, and inventor of the Kewpie doll, to her friends William Curtis and Fannie Gibson.

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

Arthur Symons Papers, 1883-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, tear sheets, clippings, photographs, watercolors, paintings, and much miscellaneous material of British poet, literary critic, and translator Arthur Symons.

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

Carl Van Doren Papers, 1900-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 48 boxes, 110 items, and 17.85 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection illustrates the literary career of American author and professor Carl Van Doren, including typescripts and research notes for his Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Benjamin Franklin. The collection also contains various documents, including Van Doren's will, souvenirs, memorabilia, photographs, clippings, and printed material, as well as legal papers and correspondence dealing with his participation in several lawsuits involving copyright infringement.

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]

Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano Papers, 1909-1979 (inclusive) 1919-1947 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts of poems, short stories, essays, and criticism, and correspondence by Ortiz de Montellano; correspondence, manuscripts of poetry, and typescript copies of poetry, short stories, and essays by others; and printed material.

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]

Laurence Hutton Papers, 1880-1895 (bulk) 1817-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes
Abstract:: The Laurence Hutton Papers consists of materials of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton. Included are bound volumes, such as letterbooks (1868-1904), clippings of Hutton's contributions to the press, and several volumes of family photographs.

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

Sidney D. Gamble Photographs, 1911-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of eleven photograph albums of Sidney D. Gamble (Princeton Class of 1912). Two contain photographs taken during his senior year at Princeton; the remaining albums are filled with photographs which reflect the life he knew in China as a Y.M.C.A. official (1918-1919, 1924-1927).

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

Carl W. Jones Magic Collection, 1870s-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes, 122 items, and 1.85 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three scrapbooks of publicity photographs--compiled by C. A. George Newmann and collected by Carl W. Jones--of some 19th- but mainly 20th-century mentalists, magicians, ventriloquists, and illusionists.

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

Blaney Melodramas, 1896-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of typescripts of melodramas written by American dramatist Charles E. Blaney.

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

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