Philadelphia Area Archives

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Addenda to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Records, 1919-2000 (inclusive) 1973-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 130.0 linear feet (226 boxes)
Abstract:: Organizational records of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which mainly cover the period from 1973 to 1995.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

James G. Spady papers, 1920-2020 (inclusive) 1980-2020 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.5 linear feet (21 boxes and 10 3.5 inch floppy disks, 3 dvds, 54 compact disks.) and 2.0 gigabytes
Abstract:: James Garland Spady (1944-2020) was a writer, activist, journalist, and historian, and is credited for being one of the first scholars to document and study the evolution of Hip Hop. Broadly speaking, this collection reflects Spady's expansive interest in Black history and culture, particularly music, and is comprised of both his own writing and material that he collected on these topics. The collection contains notepads and notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, books, a large variety of articles and essays, interview transcripts, periodicals, audio compact discs, digital media, and ephemera. The collection primarily documents his professional and intellectual work from roughly 1980 until the end of his life, but very little is revealing of his personal life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Department of Politics Records, 1921-2017 (inclusive) 1921-1978 (bulk)

Extent:: 39 boxes, 4 items, and 1 websites
Abstract:: The Department of Politics at Princeton University is one of the University's largest academic departments, offering undergraduate and graduate courses touching on nearly every aspect of the discipline of political science. The Department of Politics records document the activities of the Department of Politics and its faculty from the time of its founding in 1924 until the mid-1960s, and contain correspondence, course syllabi and notes, examinations, and subject files.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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.

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

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.

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

Ursula Sternberg-Hertz papers, 1923-2014 (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 23 linear feet (39 boxes)
Abstract:: Ursula Sternberg-Hertz (1925-2000) was a Philadelphia based artist who lived in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Canada before immigrating to the United States in 1971 with her husband, conductor Jonathan Sternberg. The collection documents her artistic career, with artwork ranging from rough sketches to finished pieces, using acrylics, charcoal, markers, pen-and-ink, stamps, watercolor, and other experimental mediums. She produced artwork on paper, metal, fabric, and leather; in sketchbooks; and on objects such as lampshades and boxes. In addition to her artwork, there is also family and personal material; correspondence; diaries, including an extraordinary run of her "visual diaries" from the early 1940s and from the 1970s until her death; and material related to her exhibits.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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