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Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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Alice Raphael Collection of Faust Materials, 1938-1960 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.2 linear feet
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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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Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (inclusive) 1963-1971 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
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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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James Creese Letters to Thomas H. English, 1918-1971 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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Donald Goodchild Collection, 1918-1968 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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Frank Norris Novels, 1948-1956 (inclusive)

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

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Julian Street Papers, 1899-1966 (inclusive) 1910-1947 (bulk)

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89 boxes and 4 items
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Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and notes, both published and unpublished, of American author, journalist, enologist, and gastronome Julian Street, ranging from his early reporter and drama critic days (1900-1910) up to the page of Table Topics he was working on just before his death (1947).

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Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280s-1958 (inclusive) 1800s-1930s (bulk)

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51 boxes, 229 items, and 13 volumes
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The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists of over 4,000 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department of the Princeton University Library.

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Barrows Dunham Manuscripts, 1947-1953 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of the typed manuscripts of two books of philosophy by American professor Barrows Dunham: Man Against Myth and Giant in Chains.

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Walter Kauzmann Papers, 1940-1993 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Walter Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University.

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Lulu Glaser Papers, 1821-1966 (inclusive) 1895-1917 (bulk)

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95 boxes and 56.6 linear feet
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The Lulu Glaser Papers contains various artifacts, letters, photographs, and other items belonging to Lulu Glaser, a popular singer and actress during the early 1900s. Glaser starred in a couple Broadway plays in the 1890s and later opened the Lulu Glaser Opera Company in 1900, where she produced a number of operas before retiring from performing in 1917. Collection includes materials relating to Glaser's many productions as well as offers insights into her personal life before and after retirement.

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Alan S. Downer Collection, 1939-1970 (inclusive)

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46 boxes and 20 linear feet
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Consists of personal papers of Alan S. Downer, Princeton professor of English (1946-1970), including correspondence, articles, lecture notes, and photographs, as well as material relating to various professional organizations to which he belonged, much of it associated with American theater.

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Kernodle Collection of Louis E. Laflin, 1940-1973 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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The collection consists of letters by American educator and playwright Louis Ellsworth Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) to George R. Kernodle (a friend from Yale Drama School), written over thirty-three years. Also included are Laflin's notes and papers on Asian/Indian, Egyptian, and Greek drama, copies of six plays written by him, and copies of two essays on the founding and history of Princeton's Theatre Intime.

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John Koenig Papers, 1931-1955 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings of set designer John Koenig's life.

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Reginald Lawrence Papers, 1939-1967 (inclusive)

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14 boxes and 7.20 linear feet
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The Reginald Lawrence Papers consists primarily of typescripts of plays Lawrence (Princeton Class of 1921) wrote for theater, film, and television, as well as short stories, poetry, outlines and notes for various projects, some letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

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Bretaigne Windust Collection, 1929-1958 (inclusive)

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10 boxes and 6.4 linear feet
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Contains records concerning plays directed by Bretaigne Windust (Princeton Class of 1929), mainly for the University Players, of which he was a co-founder.

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J. Monroe Thorington Collection, 1848-1983 (inclusive) 1920-1964 (bulk)

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43 boxes
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Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about mountaineer J. Monroe Thorington (Princeton Class of 1915), as well as some papers of other people.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Circus Miscellany, 1837-1982 (inclusive)

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17 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
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The Miscellaneous Circus Collection consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations, and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, manuscripts, programs, broadsides, posters, scrapbooks, clippings, and other ephemera.

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Lawrence Crane Woods Collection, 1888-1957 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and student account books of Lawrence Crane Woods, a member of the Princeton Class of 1891 and vice president and assistant manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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Film Stills Collection, 1908-1986 (inclusive)

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176 boxes, 5514 items, and 73.9 linear feet
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The Film Stills Collection consists of stills and publicity portraits of actors and actresses in the American film industry.

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Adamantia Pollis Papers, 1936-1973 (inclusive) 1958-1972 (bulk)

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4 boxes
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This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Adamantia Pollis, professor of political science on the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research in New York. Included are drafts of various articles, papers of her students, personal memorabilia and papers, grant proposals, and correspondence.

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William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of 167 letters by American poet William Meredith to his intimate friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London, Conn., and other places.

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Horton Davies Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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This is a collection of correspondence and selected writings of Horton Marlais Davies, a Princeton University professor of religion and author of many books on church history.

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Eliseo Diego Papers, 1940-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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This collection consists of papers of Diego, Cuban poet, author, and translator. Included are correspondence between Diego, his wife, various friends and other writers.

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Moses A. Lane Papers, 1852-1885 (bulk) 1852-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of Moses A. Lane, a nineteenth-century career serviceman in the U.S. Navy, serving most of his time as a gunner. Much of the material relates to a tour (1852-1855) in the Mediterranean aboard the sloop of war St. Louis.

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John Von Neumann Collection, 1919-1949 (bulk) 1919-1966 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and a manuscript of John Von Neumann, one of the 20th century's preeminent mathematicians, and an early pioneer in fields such as game theory, nuclear deterrence, and modern computing.

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Henry De Wolf Smyth Papers, 1898-1988 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth, the American physicist and diplomat who figured prominently in the development of atomic energy, the Manhattan Project, and the production of the atomic bomb.

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Luiz Forjaz Trigueiros Correspondence, 1935-1995 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of approximately 100 letters and postcards addressed to Trigueiros from seven correspondents: Jorge Amado (1967-1995), António S. Celestino (1973), Manuel Ferriera (1959-1966), Jesué Pinharanda Gomes (1960-1995), António Guedes de Amorim (1947-1971), Afonso Lopes Vieira (1935-1944), and José Rodrigues Júnior (1958-1987).

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William Dodge Horne collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1928-2012 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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William Horne and Ernest Hemingway were lifelong friends. Horne met Hemingway while a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Red Cross during World War I. They were stationed in Schio, Italy, and drove together on the same ambulance. After Hemingway's failed engagement to Agnes von Kurowsky, they shared an apartment in Chicago during the fall of 1920. When Hemingway married Hadley Richardson in September 1921, Horne was in the wedding party. When the writer died in 1961, Horne was an honorary pallbearer. Contains eight Horne-Hemingway items: a copy of a photograph of Frances Horne [Bunny] and Hemingway in Wyoming in 1928; an autograph signed letter by Ernest Hemingway (with postcript by wife Pauline) to "Dearest Bunny and Horney" [Frances and William Horne], dated 9 September [1929], 2 pp., with envelope; an autograph signed letter by Hemingway to "Dear 'Orny" [Horne], dated 1 June [1930], 2 pp., with 5 pp. of fishing gear advertisements with holograph annotations, with...(see more)

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Edward Anthony Papers, 1920s -1950s (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Edward Anthony was a noted writer and publisher in the twentieth century, known primarily for his light verse. His papers include several manuscripts, including an autobiography co-authored with Clyde Beatty about circus animal training and a collection of poems. A few miscellaneous papers, such as letters and a date book from 1928 complete the collection.

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J. Paul Baldeagle Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist.

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