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Greek Historical Documents, 1821-1873 (inclusive) 1821-1849 (bulk)

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0.4 linear feet and 1 box

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This collection consists of over 82 Greek historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution of 1821, ranging from 1821 to 1873.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Kōstas Zēmerēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.7 linear feet

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Kostas Zēmerēs was born in 1886 in Katēchōri Pelion. He studied at the Commercial School of Volos, where he took his first lessons from the painter Iōannēs Poulakas. In 1904 he went to the United States where he worked in photo labs collaborating with painters and photographers. There he had the opportunity to study at the Art Institute of Saint Louis. He returned to Greece in 1912 where he was recruited during the Balkan Wars. Later, after the World War I, he remained in Athens working with great photographers, such as George Bouka and Nelly's. Finally he returned to Volos where he worked as a professional photographer and painter. He participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as in Calais (France) in 1925 and Liverpoool (England) in 1926. He received the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Thessalonikē (Greece) in 1932 and 1936. Zēmerēs gave us the unique photographs of the painter Theophilos Chatzēmichaēl. He died at the age of 96. Consists of an open...(see more)

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Kostas and Linda S. Myrsiades Papers, 1942-2017 (inclusive)

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4.0 linear feet and 7 boxes

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This collection consists of personal papers of Kostas and Linda S. Myrsiades, including correspondence, autograph manuscripts and typescripts, photographs, printed and audio material.

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Demetrios Zoios Family Papers, 1890-1925 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of over one hundred twenty-four Greek letters, documents, and other family papers of Greek high-school teacher Demetrios Zoios.

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Princeton University Library Collection of C. & G. Zangaki Photographs, circa 1870-1875 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.75 linear feet

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Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Greek photographers C. & G. Zangaki.

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Byzantine and post-Byzantine Inscriptions Collection, 1885-1910 (inclusive)

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5 boxes

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Consists of manuscript copies of Greek inscriptions from Orthodox churches, monasteries, and icons in Greece, Asia Minor, the Greek islands, and Serbia that were compiled in the late 19th and early 20th century by the Greek epigrapher Giorgios Lampakes (Gēorgios Lampakēs).

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Kōnstantinos Stamatēs Letters to Panagiōtēs Kodrikas, 1788-1794 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Kōnstantinos Stamatēs (1764-1817) was a Greek patriot and secret agent working for the French government and for Michael Soutzo, the Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia, during the French Revolution. The collection consists of one hundred and ninety-eight letters from Stamatēs to Panagiōtēs Kodrikas (1762-1827), then secretary to Soutzo. Letters are primarily in Greek and are addressed from Paris (November 25, 1788 - 11 September 1793), Rouen (September 17, 1793), Le Havre-de-Grâce (September 30, 1793), Hamburg (October 15, 1793 - February 22, 1794), and Altona (March 1 - December 27, 1794).

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Cretan Revolution and Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Collection, 1897 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of a collection of 205 documents from the papers of former Greek prime minister Dēmētrios Rallēs, concerning the Cretan Revolution and the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Nikolaos, Prince of Greece, 1872-1936 Materials, 1890

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0.4 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of correspondence (ALS) with Prince Nikolaos's parents and sister while his was in Petroupoli and several other places; an autograph diary book; and a notebook containing a handwritten text titled "To taxeidi mou eis tēn Rōssian to 1916" (My trip in Russia in 1916).

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Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Printed Ephemera Relating to Cyprus, 1967-2016 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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