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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.

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

Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection, 1880-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection consists entirely of 19th-century photographs of Constantinople and the surrounding area.

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

Jansenism in France Collection, 1728-1780 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Jansenism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the theologian Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638). His doctrines held that human beings cannot achieve goodness without the intervention of God's grace and that a minority of individuals has been predestined by God for salvation. Consists of a collection of papers related to the Jansenist controversy in France in the 18th century.

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]

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.

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

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, Letter Book and Commonplace Book, 1659-1706 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a letter book with unpublished letters and a commonplace book likely compiled by or for Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), granddaughter of James I of England.

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

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.

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

Reinaldo Arenas Papers, 1959-1990 (inclusive) 1980-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 29 boxes and 20 items
Abstract:: The Reinaldo Arenas Papers consists of typescripts and manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays and screenplays, poetry, nonfiction, correspondence, and miscellaneous and printed material.

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

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.

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

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).

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

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