Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Language: French / 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

Gilbert Chinard Collection of French Historical Material, 1494-1905 (inclusive) 1761-1885 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains historical and literary manuscripts collected by Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), a Franco-American scholar who was associated with the Institut Français de Washington from 1928 and was Pyne Professor of French at Princeton University, 1937-50. His published work was on French literature and the history of Franco-American relations.

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Miscellaneous European Documents Collection, 1500-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous documents and manuscripts from European and North African countries about politlcal, religious, or colonial matters between the 16th and 19th century. The countries include England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and Poland.

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Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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Cameron Family Papers, 1850-1945 (bulk) 1805-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 83 boxes and 56 linear feet
Abstract:: The Cameron Family Papers consist primarily of the correspondence and writings of former Princeton University professors Henry Clay Cameron (1827-1906) and his son, A. Guyot Cameron (1864-1947), with some correspondence relating to Henry C. Cameron's wife, Wilhelmina "Mina" Louise Cécile Chollet (1832-1908). There is also a significant amount of Cameron family photographs as well as some documents, printed matter, and ephemera relating to Princeton University. Famed Swiss-American geologist, geographer, and Princeton professor Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884), a relative of the Cameron family through marriage, is also represented in the collection through classroom maps, correspondence, a journal, and printed articles and lectures by and about Guyot. Most of the materials in the collection are professional in nature.

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J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (inclusive) 1880s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:: 7 boxes, 32 folios, 9 items, and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.

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Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.93 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

Extent:: 381 boxes and 60 items
Abstract:: The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.

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Moe Berg Papers, 1943-1958 (bulk) 1866-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes and 19 linear feet
Abstract:: Morris "Moe" Berg (1902-1972) was a Major League Baseball player, linguist, and lawyer who became a spy in World War II. The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous and printed materials covering all aspects of his life and work, but relating primarily to Berg's work with multiple government agencies.

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Francis Vielé-Griffin Collection, 1875-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains manuscripts and miscellany, but the bulk of the collection consists of family and literary correspondence of the American-born French poet Francis Vielé-Griffin.

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Harold Nicolson Papers, 1884-1962 (inclusive) 1925-1961 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 6 items, and 0.83 linear feet
Abstract:: The Harold Nicolson Papers consists of papers of the English diplomat, journalist, and biographer Harold Nicolson (1886-1968). These papers primarily contain correspondence received by Nicolson, but there is also a large series of letters written by Nicolson to Richard Rumbold, as well as a few to others. Also included in the collection are manuscripts and/or working notes for four of Nicolson's published works. Furthermore, there is a small amount of papers of others, chiefly correspondence by and to Nicolson's wife, "Vita" (Victoria) Sackville-West.

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Tēlemachos Alaveras Papers and Nea Poreia Archives, 1889-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 97 boxes, 2 items, and 39.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Tēlemachos Alaveras, a prolific Modern Greek writer and editor of the literary magazine Nea Poreia for more than fifty years. He was also the president of the Literary Society of Thessalonikē and member of boards of many other organizations. Included also are the archives of Nea Poreia, as well as the personal papers of Alaveras's father, Chrēstos Alaveras.

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Fraga and Peña Collection of the Ocampo Family, 1890s-1979 (inclusive) 1930-1979 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Author Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was founder (1931) and editor of the magazine SUR, an important literary magazine published in Buenos Aires. The collection consists primarily of Ocampo family correspondence, particularly that of the sisters Victoria and Angelica Ocampo.

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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.

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Archivo de Idea Vilariño, 1893-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:: La colección consiste de borradores y pruebas de la poesía de Idea Vilariño; correspondencia con sus hermanas/os Numen, Poema, Azul y Alma; fotografías personales de la familia; cuadernos de investigación; material impreso sobre Vilariño y una colección anotada de libros sobre crítica literaria y otros temas, como Shakespeare, Homero, Rubén Darío y Octavio Paz, entre otros.

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Stuart Merrill Collection, 1895-1915 (inclusive) 1900-1911 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and a poetry manuscript of the American poet, translator and bohemian Stuart Merrill (1863-1915).

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Kaiē Tsitselē Papers, 1898-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 7.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Kaiē Tsitselē, Greek author and translator, who contributed to the dissemination of the Modern Greek literature outside Greece. The collection consists of manuscripts of some of Tsitselē's novels, short stories, radio scripts, and book reviews along with her English translations of Greek works. Correspondence with her friends and colleagues completes the collection.

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Reynaldo Hahn Letters and Manuscripts, 1898-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters and other materials of the Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn.

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Collection of Military Trade Cards Related to the First Balkan War (1912-1913) and the Greek-Turkish War (1897), 1901-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Peter A. Bien Papers, 1902-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16 archival boxes and 1 oversize box boxes
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Collection of Modern Greek Postcards, 1903-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 folders
Abstract:: Consists of (41) color and black-and-white postcards depicting the Ethnikē Organōsē Neolaias (National Youth Organization); Salonique (by Mario Perilla); Crete (by N. Alikiōtēs); Souvenir d' Orien (by Levy Fils); Souvenir de Smyrne; Macedonian Struggle; and International Occupation. There are also (23) color satirical postcards.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Raymond Mortimer Materials, 1905-1990 (inclusive) 1925-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, notebooks, drafts and proofs of articles and reviews, photographs, documents, printed ephemera, and other papers of the English literary critic and editor Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980).

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Otto H. Kahn Papers, 1908-1934 (inclusive) 1920-1933 (bulk)

Extent:: 469 boxes, 928 items, and 191.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Otto H. Kahn Papers consists primarily of the correspondence of Otto H. Kahn (1867-1934), international banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts and music, but also includes printed copies of addresses, talks, opinions, and speeches that Kahn gave on a variety of political and fiscal topics, as well as press clippings, letterbooks, and some photographs.

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Louis Olivier Collection, circa 1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of handwritten notes and manuscripts on the ancient history of Egypt and the Middle East, particularly Greece (and Athens), written by Louis Olivier, founder and director of the Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées [ General Review of Sciences Pure and Applied].

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Marion Eppley Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume and 1.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of an album of 38 photographs (5" x 7" and 9" x 11") taken during World War I and collected by Marion Eppley (Princeton Class of 1906).

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Simone de Beauvoir Letters to Françoise and Hélène de Beauvoir, 1914-1968 (inclusive) 1918-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: This collection consists of over 400 letters from French writer, philosopher, and feminist theorist Simone de Beauvoir to her mother, Françoise de Beauvoir, and sister, Hélène de Beauvoir (also referred to as Henriette), dating from October 1918 to December 1968.

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L'Ecole Française d'Athènes Correspondence of Gustave Fougères, 1915-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence (1915-1919) of Gustave Fougères with scholars during his directorship at l'École française d'Athénes in Athens, Greece.

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Jean Labatut Papers, 1915-1983 (inclusive) 1920s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:: 102 boxes and 62.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Jean Labatut Papers consists of the professional papers of Jean Labatut (1899-1986), which include correspondence with prominent twentieth-century architects, landscape architects, and designers, the architectural files for his major and minor projects, and the administrative papers and teaching materials that he accumulated while he was the Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture at Princeton University (1928-1967), the position for which he is best remembered. Also included are Labatut's family papers, containing albums of photographs compiled by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, while she helped to operate a convalescence home founded by her husband in France for soldiers in World War I.

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Georges Braive World War I Photographs of the Macedonian Front, 1917-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over 1,000 military and ethnographic photographs of the Macedonian Front of World War I taken by French architect Georges Braive (1884-1963) during his service as a lieutenant commander of the Armée d'Orient's "Section sanitaire automobile 27."

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William H. Shehadi Collection of Kahlil Gibran, 1918-1991 (inclusive) 1918-1931 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera by and about the Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet, and artist Kahlil Gibran, who, by fusing elements of Eastern and Western mysticism, achieved lasting fame with such poetic works as The Prophet (1923) and Jesus, the Son of Man (1928). This material was collected by William H. Shehadi.

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Jacques de Lacretelle Collection, 1920-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a collection of literary manuscripts of the twentieth-century French novelist Jacques de Lacretelle.

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Jackson Mathews Collection of Sylvia Beach, 1921-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 2 items, and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and other material related to Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American proprietress of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company, collected by Jackson Mathews (1907?-1978).

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Jorge Ibargüengoitia Papers, 1923-2008 (inclusive) 1954-1984 (bulk)

Extent:: 30 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the writings, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers of the Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright Jorge Ibargüengoitia as well as writings about him by others and adaptations and translations of his work.

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René Char Papers, 1939-1980 (bulk) 1928-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:: 64 boxes and 58 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of the correspondence of 20th-century French poet René Char (1907-1988); a smaller subset includes correspondence and records documenting his involvement with the French Resistance during World War II.

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Claribel Alegría Papers, 1924-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 boxes and 14.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains notebooks and drafts of the Nicaraguan-born Salvadoran writer Claribel Alegría's poetry, articles and essays, novels, short stories, speeches, and translations. Also includes correspondence with publishers, family, and such writers as Mario Benedetti, Julio Cortázar, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Alfonso Quijada Urías, and Sergio Ramírez. Additionally, the collection contains photographs, audiovisual material, and writings of others on Alegría.

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Nanos Valaōritēs Papers, 1928-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 38 boxes and 19.65 linear feet
Abstract:: The Nanos Valaōritēs Papers consists of the writings, notebooks, sketchbooks, correspondence, and printed matter relating to Pali of the Greek poet, novelist, playwright, and editor, Nanos Valaōritēs. There are also wtitings of other people.

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José Bianco Papers, 1928-1985 (inclusive) 1941-1979 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The José Bianco Papers consists of notes and correspondence of the Argentine editor, author, and translator José Bianco, as well as a small selection of writings by others and audio recordings of Cuban poets José Lezama Lima and Nicolás Guillén reading their poetry.

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French Press Photographs, 1930s-1990s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Consists of several hundred print photographs (most are captioned) primarily from various French news outlets and agencies documenting people and events of numerous countries and geographic regions spanning the mid to late 20th century.

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Nikos Pappas and Rita Boumē Papa Papers, 1932-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of the Greek poets and writers, Nikos Pappas and his wife, Rita Boumē Papa, including correspondence, autograph manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished poetry, articles, talks, clippings, and other printed material.

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Françoise Kestsman Durrell Collection of Lawrence Durrell Materials, 1932-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of Françoise Kestsman Durrell's collection of manuscripts, many of them unpublished, by British author Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990).

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Juan García Ponce Papers, 1932-2004 (inclusive) 1965-2001 (bulk)

Extent:: 41 boxes, 24 items, and 18.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains the personal and working papers of Juan García Ponce, a Mexican novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and critic.

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Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature, 1936-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

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Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Offprints Relating to Modern Greek Culture and Politics, 1940-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of offprints relating to Modern Greek literature, poetry, art and archaeology, theater, history, and politics.

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Violette Leduc Manuscripts and Correspondence with Simone de Beauvoir, 1945-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of nearly 300 letters from Simone de Beauvoir to Violette Leduc documenting their literary friendship spanning four decades, along with 23 notebooks containing manuscript drafts of Leduc's autobiography, La Bâtarde (1964).

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Ralph Freedman Correspondence, 1980-2010 (bulk) 1947-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 80 digital files, 3 linear feet (3 boxes), and .1 gb
Abstract:: Consists primarily of professional correspondence of literary scholar, author, and novelist Ralph Freedman (1920-2016).

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