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Princeton University Library Collection of Spyros Meletzēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collections of Spyros Meletzēs photographs.

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James Ferguson Letters to James Beresford, 1771-1774 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Included in this collection is a series of six letters written by the Scottish astronomer and instrument maker, James Ferguson, to mathematics teacher, James Beresford. Included in the letters are Fergusons' detailed drawings and explantions of various atronomical and mechanical models of clocks.

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Claude Esteban Letters, 1968-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The collection chiefly consists of 30 letters (1968-1988) received by the French poet, essayist, and translator, Claude Esteban, from the Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat, Octavio Paz, concerning translations projects.

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Mary Jane and Daniel Woodward Collection of M. F. K. Fisher Letters, 1946-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters by M. F. K. Fisher, a prolific writer of books dealing with food and the culture of cuisine.

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Nancy Mitford Collection, 1966-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters by Nancy Mitford, Britsth novelist and biographer, to Elizabeth Forbes, manager of the London bookstore G. Heywood Hill, Ltd.

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Oliver Stromberg Collection of William Beebe Book Collecting Files, 1912-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Materials collected by book collector Oliver Stromberg in preparation to write a book on American naturalist and explorer, William Beebe. Collection primarily consists of orders, invoices, book catalogs, and correspondence from booksellers.

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Donald L. Gordon Papers, 1929-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and columns related to Donald L. Gordon's role as editor of the American News of Books and contributor to the Saturday Evening Post.

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Groff Conklin Files for The Smart Set Anthology, 1929-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents American science fiction anthologist and author Groff Conklin compiled during the creation of The Smart Set Anthology (1934).

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George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1955 (bulk) 1953-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Greek poet and Nobel Prize winner George Seferis.

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Maurice Hewlett Letters to Sir Henry Newbolt, 1903-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters by English poet Maurice Hewlett to his fellow poet Sir Henry Newbolt, spanning the years 1903 or 1904 to 1921, though many letters are undated.

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Emily Ann Brown Daybook and Travel Papers, 1861-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Emily Ann Brown was born in 1841. In 1873-1874, she went on a grand tour of Europe. Consists of one daybook with entries dated 1861-1862, one travel passport dated 1873, one travel diary chronicling her grand tour in 1873 and travels on the Rhine in 1874, and Brown's handwritten translation from the German of "A Forest Fable."

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Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.

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James Agee Letters, 1932-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters by the American author, journalist, and screenwriter James Agee, addressed to his first wife, Olivia Saunders. Several of them date from the period Agee was in Alabama working on what would become Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941).

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Princeton University Collection of Willa Cather Materials, 1933-1944 (bulk) 1933-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, a typed manuscript, and printed material related to Willa Cather, one of the most respected American women novelists of the early twentieth century.

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Fredric Warburg Publishing Files, 1945-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a small archive of files from English publisher and author Fredric Warburg (of Secker & Warburg).

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Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

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Joseph Reade Letters, 1795-1796 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of nineteen autograph letters sent by Joseph Reade to his father, John Reade, while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a member of the Class of 1796.

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W. S. Merwin Collection, 1964-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and galler proofs of W. S. Merwin, one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century.

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Wesley Halliburton Correspondence, 1939-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of four small groups of correspondence between Wesley Halliburton and others after the death of his famous son Richard in 1939. Richard Halliburton was a celebrated adventurer and author known, among other things, for having swum the length of the Panama Canal.

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Elizabeth Bishop Collection, 1965-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop's correspondence with her friend Ashley Brown.

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Archive of the Commission for Refugee Women and Children from Crete, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material relating to the relief of refugees of the Cretan War of Independence.

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Doubleday & Company File of Louis Kronenberger Correspondence, 1970s (bulk) 1959-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters from critic, novelist, and biographer Louis Kronenberger to his editors at Doubleday & Company.

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Joseph François Chalard Translations of Four Novels by Alessandro Verri, 1810-1838 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of Joseph François Chalard's manuscript translations of four novels by the Italian author Alessandro Verri (1741-1816) into French, including "Les aventures de Sapho, poétesse de Mitylène" (Le avventure di Saffo poetessa di Mitilene), "La vie d'Erostrate" (La vita di Erostrato), and parts 1 and 2 of "Les nuits romaines au tombeau des Scipions" (Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni).

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Waterman Thomas Hewett Collection, 1914-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material about the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, during the Civil War collected from source material by Waterman Thomas Hewett, an American educator and editor.

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Alice Raphael Collection of Faust Materials, 1938-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Alice Raphael Collection of Faust Materials contains photographs and epherema relating to the Yale bicentennial of Goethe's Faust , for which Alice Raphael's translation was used, as well as information about other productions of Faust and about Raphael's other work.

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Collection of 18th-Century Notes on Classical Epigraphy and Numismatics, circa 1740-1800 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an anonymous German-speaking scholar's manuscript drafts, research notes, extracts from 17th- and 18th-century printed books (identified by author and title), transcriptions of Roman inscriptions, documents, and other materials pertaining to ancient inscriptions and coins.

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Gülmez Frères Photographs Collection, 1880-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Turkish photographers Gülmez Frères.

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Baroness Hyde de Neuville Collection, 1806-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed matter concerning the Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville.

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Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (inclusive) 1963-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of journalist Levering Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive.

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John Everett Millais Letters to His Daughter Effie, 1874-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of a series of over forty autograph letters by the English artist John Evereet Millais to his daughter Effie.

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Harison Collection of Mark Twain Miscellanea, 1905-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of various items collected by Leonard Harison relating to Mark Twain, including correspondence of Madeline Sinsheimer Block with Clara Gabrilowitsch (Twain's daughter), Harper's souvenir issue (1905) of Twain's 70th birthday, two Twain commemorative calendars (1910-1911), The Bookman's Twain issue of June, 1910, and a copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1904) inscribed by Twain in 1905.

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Edith Wharton Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Austin, 1903-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters (1903-1927) sent by the American novelist Edith Wharton to her English friends Alfred and Hester Austin. During that period Wharton lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and several places in France.

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Fulton McMahon Collection, 1882-1884 (bulk) 1882-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of academic documents of American politician Fulton McMahon while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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William Targ Postcards from Samuel Beckett, 1972-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 47 postcards from Irish author Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) to American book editor and publisher William Targ (1907-1999).

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Malcolm Cowley Collection Related to The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1949-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of related correspondence, typescripts, editorial notes, and galley proofs for The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Selection of 28 Stores, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1951, which American author and critic Malcolm Cowley edited and introduced.

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Charles-Antoine Chancerel Manuscripts on Oidapa, 1888-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of manuscript grammar books and a dictionary documenting an artificial language called Oidapa (Oïdapa, Oīdapa) that was invented by French civil engineer Charles-Antoine Chancerel in the late 19th century.

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Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

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H. L. Mencken Letters to Rev. Dr. Herbert Parrish, 1914-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 108 letters by the influential American editor, author, and critic H. L. Mencken to Rev. Dr. Herbert Parrish, who was the rector of Christ Church in New Brunswick, N.J.

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Hugh Gelston Correspondence, 1823-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteen letters (1823-1824) of Hugh Gelston, an American merchant from Baltimore, Maryland, to his Mexican agent, Thomas J. Shepard, regarding business conditions.

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James Creese Letters to Thomas H. English, 1918-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 175 letters by college president James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918) to his Princeton classmate and friend Thomas H. English, who became a professor of English at Emory University, Georgia.

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J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind, 1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind consists of galley proofs of the book by the American educator, psychologist, and author J. B. (Joseph Banks) Rhine (1895-1980).

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William Yarrell Collection, 1833-1856 (bulk) 1830-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.

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Peter R. Decker Collection, 1830-1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of a nineteenth-century diary of Peter R. Decker, resident of Shawangunk, N.Y.

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Ernest Poole Collection, 1922-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three manuscripts of American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernest Poole, as well as some other papers and correspondence..

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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains approximately 175 letters by Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections.

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Mary Randolph Letters to Penelope Pennington, 1813-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of seventeen letters of English socialite Mary Randolph to her literary friend Penelope Pennington.

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Donald Goodchild Collection, 1918-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Donald Goodchild, who was secretary of the American Council of Learned Societies in Washington, D.C.

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Gertrude Smith Collection, circa 1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material related to Arabella and Araminta Stories, a collection of short children's stories written by Gertrude Smith, an American writer of fiction and children's books, and illustrated by Ethel Reed, an American book illustrator, poster designer, and painter.

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Woodrow Wilson, The Fifteenth Point by David Goldsmith Loth, 1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the printer's copy of journalist David Goldsmith Loth's biography Woodrow Wilson, The Fifteenth Point, dealing with Wilson's role in the writing of the Treaty of Versailles (1919).

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Frank Norris Novels, 1948-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts for two works of fiction by American novelist Frank Norris (Princeton Class of 1929).

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