Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1940">1940</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

H. L. Mencken Letters to David Warren Ryder, 1922-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 110 letters by influential magazine editor and critic H. L. Mencken to David Warren Ryder, a San Francisco area journalist, written mainly from Baltimore and New York between the years 1922 and 1947.

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Alba Houghton Warren Papers, 1938-1940 (bulk) 1864-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.

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Walter Magnes Teller Collection on Thomas Hood, 1860-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of background material relating to Walter Magnes Teller's proposed biography of English poet Thomas Hood.

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Philip Wylie Papers, 1920-1984 (inclusive) 1930-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 304 boxes and 162.0 linear feet
Abstract:: A writer of fiction and nonfiction, Philip Gordon Wylie (Princeton Class of 1924), authored hundreds of short stories, articles, serials, syndicated newspaper columns, novels, and works of social criticism. His collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence representing his life work, ranging from Dormitory Ditties, published during his college days (circa 1920), to The End of the Dream, a novel published posthumously in 1972.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional Papers, 1909-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 35 boxes and 6 items
Abstract:: Since 1950, the Princeton University Library has been successful in acquiring additional manuscripts and related materials to complement the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers (C0187). The F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional Papers (C0188) is comprised of Fitzgerald manuscripts (including his published juvenilia), letters, documents, photographs, tape recordings, memorabilia, and other materials donated by the author's family, friends, and publishers.

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Lyman Spitzer Papers, 1936-1997 (inclusive) 1960-1979 (bulk)

Extent:: 72 boxes, 2 items, and 30.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Princeton professor of astronomy (1947-1982), chairman of the Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, and director of the Princeton University Observatory, Lyman Spitzer was also primarily responsible for founding the University's Plasma Physics Laboratory. His papers include design studies, technical plans and programs, various reports, correspondence, notes, and observations relating to his involvement in the development of the study of space astronomy at Princeton.

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The Great Circle by Carlton Beals, 1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the printer's copy of Carlton Beals' travel book The Great Circle (1940), containing descriptions of his travels in Tunisia, Russia, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Germany.

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Alfred C. Boswell Collection, 1912-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of autograph musical compositions, diaries, notebooks, and related material of Boswell, an American composer.

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Bayard Dodge Collection of Photographs of the Middle East, 1940-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs of Middle East scenes collected by Bayard Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, Lebanon.

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George C. Tyler Papers, 1899-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 67 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence between Broadway producer George C. Tyler and many well-known theater people including dramatists Eugene O'Neill and Booth Tarkington.

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