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F.V. Raspail: Sa Vie: Opuscules divers, 1822-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume and 13 published pamphlets, 1 manuscript note, 1 poem, and 6 newspaper clippings
Abstract:: François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) was a French scientist and politician known for his opposition to the French monarchy and for his scientific work in the fields of histochemistry, cellular theory and the microbial theory of disease. This volume of Opuscules divers, dating from 1822 to 1880, consists of twenty-one items, including pamphlets, notes, and newspaper clippings about François-Vincent Raspail.

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

Ashley Bryan papers, 1823-2019 (inclusive) 1928-2019 (bulk)

Extent:: 85 linear feet (146 boxes)
Abstract:: Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) was an artist and storyteller best known for his award-winning children's book illustrations with particular emphasis on African folktales and African-American spirituals. Bryan authored, illustrated, published, and distributed his first book in Kindergarten, later graduating from Cooper Union and Columbia University, being awarded a Fulbright to study at the University of Freiburg, before becoming a professor at Dartmouth College. The collection documents his lifelong devotion to the arts including sketchbooks, artwork, and especially materials relating to the publication process of over sixty book projects. There is also material relating to his professional engagements; certificates, awards, diplomas, and plaques relating to his many achievements; and personal and family materials, notebooks, photographs, greeting cards and postcards, school children thank you cards and artwork, and research files and ephemera. Also included are foundational...(see more)

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

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.

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

Marquis Du Bouzet, Letters to his Mother, 1826-1831 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 62 ALsS by Marquis du Bouzet to his mother, written while on service in the French Navy in the Mediterranean. The letters range in date from 1826 to 1831.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Thémis en goguettes, 1832-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A collection of 76 humorous courtroom scenes.

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

Honoré de Balzac Collection, 1832-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of photostats of correspondence between nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac and his mother, Madame Surville, and the editor Hippolyte Souverain.

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

Critta Meers commonplace book, 1834-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This commonplace book, written by Critta Meers between 1834 and 1850, likely in Kent, England contains excerpts from poetry and prose, mostly related to love and friendships, in addition to numerous sketches. There are several poems by Meers herself.

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

Frédéric Gaillardet Manuscripts, 1836-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several manuscripts, some of which are unpublished, by French lawyer, politician, and writer, Frédéric Gaillardet (1808-1882), including a partial manuscript draft of L'Aristocratie en Amérique (Paris, 1883) and several other manuscripts, notes, documents, and clippings, primarily relating to Gaillardet's time and travels in the United States, Canada, and Cuba from 1837 to 1848, particularly his time in Louisiana, Mississippi, and other southern states. Also included are manuscript drafts of unpublished plays and other writings.

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

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