Online Content: Has Online Content / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1955">1955</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1959">1959</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

François Wahl Collection on Severo Sarduy, circa 1939-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 boxes and 8.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains edited typescripts and copies of Cuban writer Severo Sarduy's poems, essays, and translations, along with writings about Sarduy, interviews, notes, clippings, photographs, and other printed materials. Correspondence includes a group of postcards sent to Severo Sarduy and his partner François Wahl in the 1960s and 1970s from various European and Latin American writers and philosophers, including Roland Barthes, Alain Badiou, Reinaldo Arenas, Octavio Paz, and Jacques Lacan, and additional correspondence of French editor and structuralist François Wahl.

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

Ricardo Piglia Papers, 1954-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 73 boxes
Abstract:: Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author and professor emeritus of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University. His papers contain handwritten and typewritten drafts of his writings, diaries and journals, notebooks, loose handwritten research notes, teaching files, correspondence, personal photographs, and born-digital materials.

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

Augusto Monterroso Papers, 1921-2003 (inclusive) 1972-1996 (bulk)

Extent:: 53 boxes and 24.6 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains the manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and other papers of twentieth-century Guatemalan author Augusto Monterroso, who spent most of his life as a writer in Mexico.

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

Joseph Frank Correspondence, 1950-1987 (bulk) 1930-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 boxes and 8.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Joseph Frank (1918-2013) was an American literary scholar best known for his five-volume biography of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which he began in the early 1970s and completed in 2002. The collection consists of his personal and professional correspondence, including with Elizabeth Bishop, Yves Bonnefoy, Pierre Bourdieu, Ralph Ellison, Carlos Fuentes, Irving Howe, James Laughlin, Richard W. B. Lewis, Mary McCarthy, Allen Tate, and other writers, artists, and academics, as well as some family correspondence, writings, personal documents, and printed materials.

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

Willard Thorp and Margaret Farrand Thorp Papers, 1886-1981 (inclusive) 1930-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 33 boxes and 14.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material which reflects the long careers of American educators, authors, and literary critics Willard and Margaret Thorp. Willard's papers (1923-1981) include correspondence, writings, class lecture notes, documents, journals and diaries, printed matter, photographs, and papers of others during his writing and teaching years at Princeton University. Margaret's papers (1917-1960) include writings, correspondence, journals, notebooks, and family sketchbooks and photographs.

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

Helenē Vakalo Papers, 1933-2000 (inclusive) 1954-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 22 boxes, 12 items, and 12.3 linear feet
Abstract:: The Helenē Vakalo Papers consists of papers by and relating to the Greek art critic and poet Helenē Vakalo (1921-2001). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts of Vakalo's poetry, lectures, articles, and essays, as well as her correspondence, notebooks, loose notes, and memorabilia. There are also official documents, photographs, awards, printed material, and several works by prominent Greek writers and artists. Of particular importance are the unpublished works and early manuscripts, as well as Vakalo's correspondence with her husband, painter, stage designer, art critic, and writer Giōrgos Vakalo, and with numerous distinguished artists and literary figures.

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

Charles Ruas Papers, 1974-1990 (bulk) 1860-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes, 21 linear feet, 9.8 gb, and 293 digital files
Abstract:: Charles Ruas is an American author, interviewer, editor, literary and art critic, and French translator, who served as the Director of the Drama and Literature Department for New York's Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM in the late 1970s and interviewed writers for radio broadcast and print, including Toni Morrison, Michel Foucault, Carlos Fuentes, Eudora Welty, Susan Sontag, Truman Capote, Buckminster Fuller, Andy Warhol, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others. Included are photographs and documents on Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, the St. Marks poetry project, and avant-garde artists and performers. The papers include transcripts and audiocassette tapes of Ruas's interviews with authors and artists, as well as typescripts and galleys of work by writers Ruas edited, including Marguerite Young, and some related photographs, notes, recordings, and correspondence. There are also some translations and other writings by Charles Ruas, as well as a collection of family photographs and papers...(see more)

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

Victor Gollancz Publishing Files, 1926-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 100 linear feet (105 containers), 26 digital files, and 0.01 gb
Abstract:: Consists of author and administrative files of Victor Gollancz Publishing company, including correspondence, publication agreements, and ephemera (e.g. clippings, tearsheets, dust jackets). Some records include those associated with the Left Book Club's operations and Joyce Carol Oates' publications, among others.

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

Sylvia Beach Papers, 1872-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 180 boxes, 1 item, and 78.3 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection documents the life and activities of Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American author, publisher, and owner of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Company, the Paris bookshop that was a meeting-point for French, English, Irish and American writers during the 1920's and 1930's. The collection consists largely of files relating to Shakespeare & Company; Beach's writings and translations, in particular her memoir Shakespeare & Company ; and files relating to the circle of artists and writers surrounding her throughout her life. Included are family, personal, and business correspondence; business records of Shakespeare & Company; personal and family records; manuscripts and artwork by members of her circle; photographs; and memorabilia.

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]

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