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Carl W. Jones Magic Collection, 1870s-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes, 122 items, and 1.85 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three scrapbooks of publicity photographs--compiled by C. A. George Newmann and collected by Carl W. Jones--of some 19th- but mainly 20th-century mentalists, magicians, ventriloquists, and illusionists.

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Mathews Family Papers, 1815-1865 (bulk) 1790-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of the Mathews family, a 19th-century English theatrical family whose members performed and wrote for the stage and achieved fame as gifted mimics and comedians. Much of the correspondence in the collection is between the family members. Also included are manuscripts of autobiographies written by both the father and son, as well as some manuscripts of monologues, songs, roles, and music.

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William Charles Macready Collection, 1810-1866 (inclusive) 1825-1855 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor and theater manager. The collection consists of selected correspondence, letters written by members of his family, and some letters, articles, and miscellaneous documents about him. A significant number of letters (45) are from Macready's friend, William Frederick Pollock.

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Blaney Melodramas, 1896-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of typescripts of melodramas written by American dramatist Charles E. Blaney.

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Julia Marlowe Collection, 1909-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Julia Marlowe (1866-1950), who was also known as Sarah Frances Frost, was an American actress and Shakespearean performer. Her collection consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid. Also included are photographs of both Marlowe and her husband, E. H. Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

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Woody Allen Papers, 1955-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 56 boxes, 10 items, and 26.8 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains writings by filmmaker and author Woody Allen. It includes copies of short stories, essays, articles, and the majority of Allen's films, along with original and various drafts of his prose work, plays and screenplays, some of which are either unpublished or unproduced.

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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.

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Al Hine Novels, 1951-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts for three novels by American novelist and children's writer Al Hine.

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Charles Edward Kloeber Letters to Margaret Emerson Bailey, 1917-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of seventy letters sent by Charles Edward Kloeber to author Margaret Emerson Bailey from different countries where Kloeber was working as a correspondent for the Associated Press of America.

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Voula Papaiōannou photographs collection, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Papaioannou was born in Lamia and grew up in Athens (Greece). She began working as a photographer during the 1930s, concentrating at first on studies of landscapes, monuments and archaeological exhibits. The outbreak of war in 1940 marked a turning point in her career, as she was intensely affected by the suffering of the civilian population of Athens. Realizing the power of her camera to arouse people's conscience, she documented the troops departing for the front, the preparations for the war effort, and the care received by the first casualties. When the capital was in the grip of starvation, she revealed the horrors of war in her moving photographs of emaciated children. After the liberation, as a member of the photographic unit of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), she toured the ravaged Greek countryside recording the difficult living conditions faced by its inhabitants. She often exceeded her brief, immortalizing the faces and personal stories of...(see more)

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