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Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:
Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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Claribel Alegría Papers, 1924-2010 (inclusive)

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30 boxes and 14.5 linear feet
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Contains notebooks and drafts of the Nicaraguan-born Salvadoran writer Claribel Alegría's poetry, articles and essays, novels, short stories, speeches, and translations. Also includes correspondence with publishers, family, and such writers as Mario Benedetti, Julio Cortázar, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Alfonso Quijada Urías, and Sergio Ramírez. Additionally, the collection contains photographs, audiovisual material, and writings of others on Alegría.

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Helen MacInnes Papers, 1941-1984 (inclusive) 1941-1966 (bulk)

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65 boxes and 29.70 linear feet
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The Helen MacInnes Papers contain the original manuscripts of twenty-two published novels, miscellaneous articles and speeches, and a play of renown Scottish novelist Helen MacInnes.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers, 1897-1944 (inclusive)

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32.45 linear feet (in 61 containers)
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The F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers (C0187) is a comprehensive literary archive containing the original manuscripts, working drafts, corrected galleys, personal and professional correspondence, autobiographical scrapbooks, photographs, and other original materials of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Princeton Class of 1917.

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Ridgely Torrence Papers, 1833-1952 (inclusive) 1890-1951 (bulk)

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123 boxes, 2 items, and 50 linear feet
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Ridgely Torrence was an American poet, playwright, and editor of The New Republic, and his papers document the literary activity and relationship of a large group of American writers between the years 1890 and 1950. Particularly well-represented are American poets William Vaughn Moody and Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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Alice Cort Holden Papers, 1870-1978 (inclusive) 1870-1919 (bulk)

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0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
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Consists primarily of correspondence and printed material, along with two diaries from 1926, a matted postcard, a photogravure plate, and a piece of hair jewelry. These family papers primarily center on Alice Holden (née Cort), as the correspondence are letters between members of the Cort family, or letters to her from her children. The collection largely documents the relationships of the Holden and Cort families in New York state between the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Roberts Lumber Company Photographs, circa 1900

Extent:
0.4 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a group of 36 photographs documenting the Roberts Lumber Company, which was founded around 1900 outside the Sierra County town of Loyalton, California.

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Joseph R. Brodsky Records Concerning Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris v. State of Alabama, 1931-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet and 1 box
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These records contain the transcript of record for Haywood Patterson v. State of Alabama and the transcript of record for Clarence Norris v. State of Alabama. It also includes the brief for appellants for the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama v. Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris.

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Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 64 pictorial postcards written by Samuel Woodfill, mostly addressed to Lorena "Blossom" Wiltshire. Written during Woodfill's time serving in the U. S. Army, the postcards feature images of San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Laredo, and Mexico and its inhabitants. Woodfill writes of camp life, daily activities, weather, training, and conflicts on the Texas-Mexican border.

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Rowe Family Photographs, 1890-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of over one hundred photographs documenting the Rowe family in Spokane and Edgecomb, Washington, and Lawrence County, Missouri. Photographs depict sawmills, steam engine threshers, store interiors, Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders," and snapshots of the Rowe family who operated engines and owned farms in Washington state, Missouri, and Kansas.

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Caroline Gordon Papers, 1926-1979 (bulk) 1868-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
58 boxes
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Caroline Gordon (1895-1981) was an American author. This collection consists of manuscripts of Gordon's work, including novels, lectures, and poetry. It also includes correspondence with authors and family members, writings of others, and photographs.

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John Q. Stewart Papers, 1907-1970s (inclusive)

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59 boxes and 29.8 linear feet
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The John Q. Stewart Papers consists of articles, correspondence, conference material, printed material, student papers, and other miscellanea of the American astrophysicist and educator John Quincy Stewart (1894-1972).

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Budd Schulberg Papers, 1936-1967 (inclusive)

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34 boxes, 1 item, and 12.9 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, and miscellanea of the American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and biographer Budd Schulberg (1914-2009 ).

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Garret D. Wall Collection, 1807-1850 (bulk) 1699-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes
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The Garret D. Wall Collection, dating from 1609-1909, consists primarily of material from the legal practice of Garret D. Wall (1783-1850). The bulk of the material dates from 1807 to 1850, when Wall was actively practicing law, serving in the United States Senate, and serving as judge of the Court of Appeals of New Jersey.

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Princeton University Collection of George Egerton Correspondence, 1850-1958 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.80 linear feet
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Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (pseudonym George Egerton) was a writer and translator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She was influential in the late-nineteenth century "New Woman" movement as well as the early modernist movement in English-language literature. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between Bright and various friends, family members, and literary and theatrical colleagues. The collection also contains a small number of manuscripts which include prose, poetry, and biographical notes.

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Preston Beyer Collection of John Steinbeck, 1970-1990 (bulk) 1939-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
19 boxes
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Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera by and relating to John Steinbeck collected by Preston Beyer, cofounder of the John Steinbeck Society of America. Included is a large amount of correspondence (circa 1939-1993) of Beyer with bibliographers, critics, collectors, biographers, universities, friends, and relatives concerned with the life and works of John Steinbeck.

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Emily Hale Letters from T. S. Eliot, 1931-1940 (bulk) 1895-1965 (inclusive)

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14 boxes
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Consists mostly of letters from British-American poet T.S. Eliot to Emily Hale (1891-1969), a teacher, actress, and close friend of Eliot's. Also included are copies of typescripts by Eliot, photographs, ephemera, and a brief narrative of the relationship between the two penned by Hale.

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Elmer Adler Papers, 1651-1961 (inclusive) 1925-1955 (bulk)

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464 boxes
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Elmer Adler was a printer, publisher, editor, and author. This collection consists of the personal papers of Adler as well as the business archives of the Pynson Printers and The Colophon.

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Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (inclusive) 1930-1975 (bulk)

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173 boxes
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John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.

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Louis Adamic Papers, 1848-1951 (inclusive) 1921-1951 (bulk)

Extent:
113 boxes, 6 items, and 58.5 linear feet
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Louis Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot." This collection consists of papers of Adamic, including manuscripts of his books, short stories, articles, and lectures, as well as sketches, paste-ups, and proofs of Adamic's own journal T & T. Also included are correspondence, subject files, and works of other writers.

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John Peale Bishop Papers, 1913-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:
26 boxes and 11.6 linear feet
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John Peale Bishop (Princeton Class of 1917) was a noted author, poet, and editor. This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, drawings, printed materials, and memorabilia of Bishop.

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1917-1947 (bulk) 1827-1970 (inclusive)

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93 boxes
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.

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

Extent:
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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Edmund David Osinski Photographs of the Philippines, 1931-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of photographs of landscapes and peoples of the Philippines, particularly the Bontoc/Bontok and other Cordilleran, or Igorot, peoples, photographer Edmund David Osinski (1909-1983) took while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1931-1933.

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Photographs Documenting Logging Crews and Rural Life in Western Washington and Northwest Oregon, circa 1889-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.3 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a collection of twenty-two photographs documenting logging equipment, camps, crews, working conditions, and family life, primarily in Western Washington and Northwest Oregon along the Columbia River during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Vicente Llorens Collection of Blanco White Family Materials, 1713-1930 (inclusive) 1798-1841 (bulk)

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19 boxes, 28 items, and 7.4 linear feet
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The collection contains manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White family, spanning two centuries: including works, diaries, correspondence, documents, accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White, the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts, as well as other genealogical material relating to the Blanco White family.

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Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

Extent:
381 boxes and 60 items
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The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.

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Christian Gauss Papers, 1863-1952 (inclusive) 1900-1951 (bulk)

Extent:
94 boxes
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Christian Gauss was one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors, the first Class of 1900 Professor of Modern Languages, and the third Dean of the College. The Christian Gauss papers include personal and professional writings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and assorted ephemera and printed matter, as well as numerous documents related to the Gauss family.

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Kimon Friar Papers, 1926-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
158 boxes and 66.6 linear feet
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The collection consists of personal papers of Kimon Friar, one of the first and most prolific translators of modern Greek poetry into English. His work helped bring modern Greek literature to the attention of the international public.

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George Segal Papers, 1970-1999 (bulk) 1936-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
126 boxes
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Business files, correspondence, photographs, artwork, writings, and clippings of George Segal (1924-2000), 20th-century American sculptor, artist, and photographer active from the late 1950s until 1999. The papers contain photographs taken by and of the artist, correspondence and all business files relating to exhibitions, records of the production of public commissions, writings by and about Segal, audio and visual media, and exhibition catalogs.

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William H. Tower Philatelic Collection, 1380-1950 (inclusive) 1700s-1940s (bulk)

Extent:
20 boxes and 15.4 linear feet
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Consists of envelopes both used and unused (also known as covers), letters, postcards, documents, postage stamps, and a variety of other philatelic material from around the world as collected and annotated by the Reverend William Hogarth Tower (1871-1950). The collection spans the topics of English Postal History, United States Postal History, War Covers, Philatelic Miscellany, and Franking.

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Frank Lewin Papers, 1951-2007 (bulk) 1938-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
70 boxes, 5804 digital files, and 57.4 linear feet
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This collection contains the musical manuscripts, musical sketches, correspondence, teaching materials, business files, and other personal papers of American composer Frank Lewin (1925-2008), who resided in Princeton from 1951 until his death. Audio and video recordings on optical media and a hard drive include music, films, and interviews; digital materials also include photographs, documents, production information, scores, parts, copyright forms, and contracts.

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Clive Bell Correspondence, 1922-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.21 linear feet
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The Clive Bell Correspondence collection consists of letters received by the English writer and art critic Clive Bell (1881-1964) from Raymond Mortimer, Harold Nicolson, and V. (Victoria) Sackville-West ["Vita"]. Their content reflects both personal and professional matters.

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Miscellaneous European Documents Collection, 1500-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 2 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous documents and manuscripts from European and North African countries about politlcal, religious, or colonial matters between the 16th and 19th century. The countries include England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and Poland.

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Robert Kilburn Root Papers, 1914-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
16 boxes and 7.9 linear feet
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Consists of scholar Robert K. Root's manuscript and notes for his annotated edition of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1926), as well as six diaries he kept between the years 1914 and 1920.

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Walker Bleakney Papers, 1920s-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
27 boxes and 16.30 linear feet
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Walker Bleakney was a renowned physicist who served as a Princeton professor of physics (1932-1969) and chairman of the physics department (1960-1967). This collection consists of Bleakney's papers, including published and unpublished reports, drafts of articles, graphic data and photographs of experiments, and other material concerning Bleakney's defense-related research on shock waves at the Princeton Gas Dynamics Laboratory, as well as lecture notes and correspondence.

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Desmond Harmsworth Family Papers, circa 1870-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes and 4.3 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of Desmond Harmsworth (1903-1990) and other members of the Harmsworth Family, including manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and business documents between Desmond Harmsworth Limited and The Nonesuch Press.

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Dora Marsden Collection, 1907-1961 (inclusive) 1909-1914 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.60 linear feet
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Dora Marsden was an English author, editor, and suffragette. The collection contains correspondence about Marsden's books and periodicals, manuscripts sent to the periodicals, correspondence with other feminists, part of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and correspondence with contemporary literary figures.

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