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Brandt & Brandt Contract Files, 1907-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 51 boxes, 2 items, and 22.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

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

Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers, 1930s-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes
Abstract:: Ellen McCarter Doubleday was the wife of Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), president of the publishing firm Doubleday & Company, and daughter of Thomas N. McCarter (Princeton Class of 1888), president of the Public Service Co. of New Jersey and a Princeton University benefactor. After her husband's death, she served on the board of directors of Doubleday until she moved to Hawaii in 1965. Papers consist of personal and business correspondence of Ellen McCarter Doubleday.

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

J. Bryan Papers, 1935-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Joseph Bryan was an author and editor who worked with many prominent magazines and published several novels in the first half of the twentieth century. This collection contains letters to Bryan from his friends H. Allen Smith (about 160 letters, 1954-1976), Frank Sullivan (about 100 letters, 1938-1975), and Finis Farr (about 500 letters, 1935-1981). It also contains page proofs from Merry Gentlemen and a typescript of "Man of Letters: Finis Farr, 1904-1982."

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

Borgese Family Collection, 1937-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and clippings of Elizabeth Mann Borgese, her husband, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, and her mother, Katia Mann.

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

Friends of the Princeton University Library: Whitney Darrow Collection, 1931-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Friends of the Library Dinners given for several special occasions in the 1930s, collected by Whitney Darrow, secretary of the Friends.

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

Madison Smartt Bell Papers, 1940s-2021 (inclusive) 1986-2003 (bulk)

Extent:: 85 boxes and 60 linear feet
Abstract:: Madison Smartt Bell (1957-) is an American novelist best known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, published between 1995 and 2004. His papers consist of writings, personal and professional correspondence, family documents, memorandum books, printed materials, and subject files, including drafts, galleys, and proofs for his novels, short stories, and other writings.

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

Renée Weiss Papers, 1939-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence, travel diaries and related ephemera, notebooks, writings, and files relating to the Quarterly Review of Literature (QRL) of editor and writer Renée Karol Weiss (1923-2021). Some materials relate specifically to Renée's husband, poet and professor Theodore Weiss (1916-2003).

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

John Bartlow Martin Papers on Adlai Stevenson, 1966-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: The John Bartlow Martin Papers contain research materials compiled in preparation for the writing of Martin's two-volume biography Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (1976) and Adlai Stevenson and the World: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (1977). The collection illuminates Stevenson's personal life, law practice, and political and diplomatic career.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Saxe Commins Papers, 1930-1973 (inclusive) 1945-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 6.05 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the papers of Saxe Commins, concentrating primarily while he was chief editor at Random House (1933-1958). Commins worked with many major writers of the literary world, such as Eugene O'Neill and William Faulkner, as well as Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Commins also compiled several collections of others' works, such as "The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt" and "Major Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson."

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

Edmund Wilson Letters to Margaret Rullman, 1950-1971 (bulk) circa 1900-1977 1950-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over thirty letters and cards from American literary critic Edmund Wilson (Princeton Class of 1916) to Margaret Rullman, a childhood friend.

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

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