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Monique Fong Wust Collection of Octavio Paz, 1961-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The collection includes correspondence to and from Mexican poet and Nobel Prize Laureate Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and French translator and friend Monique Fong Wust. Other correspondents include Robert Lebel, Marie-Jo Paz, and Juan García de Oteyza. Also included are original English typescripts of Paz's essay, "The Centurions of Santiago" with corrections and additions from Paz and Fong Wust, an annotated and corrected printed copy of Paz's Apariencia desnuda. La obra de Marcel Duchamp for French translation, and various ephemera about related Paz events.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Arthur M. Greene Collection, 1902-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, and memorabilia of Princeton School of Engineering dean Arthur M. Greene, as well as papers of others about him.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Louis O. Coxe Collection, 1941-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Louis O. Coxe (Princeton Class of 1940) was a noted twentieth-century poet, playwright, and critic. The collection contains autograph and typescript versions of Coxe's poetry and sixteen of Coxe's notebooks. Also included are materials for the play Billy Budd, such as notes, drafts, worksheets, galley proofs, and production notes.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection, 1868-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of general photographs of Ottoman Empire sites. Currently, there are more than 39 19th-century photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the surrounding area.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

George R. Beach Travel Journals, 1956-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 items, 2 volumes, and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of bound, typed transcripts of journals kept by George R. Beach (Princeton Class of 1926) on his travels around the world with family and friends, spanning the years from 1956 to 1988.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Blanckley Family Papers, 1813-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family correspondence and documents of the Blanckley family, centering on Henry Stanyford Blanckley (1752-1820), British consul in Algeria and the Balearic Islands, and his children and grandchildren. Materials also document the Tonna, Philippides Cammenos, Androutsos, and Rogers families in Great Britain, Malta, the Balearic Islands, France, and Greece.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Elphinston Papers Relating to the Russo-Turkish War, 1769-1850 (inclusive) 1769-1771 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: The John Elphinston Papers Relating to the Russo-Turkish War consists of log books, letter books, letters, and documents.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Louis Olivier Collection, circa 1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of handwritten notes and manuscripts on the ancient history of Egypt and the Middle East, particularly Greece (and Athens), written by Louis Olivier, founder and director of the Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées [ General Review of Sciences Pure and Applied].

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Newton T. Hartshorn Collection, 1861-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of thirty-six letters written by Captain Newton T. Hartshorn, U.S. Army, to his brother during the Civil War.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

George Lynde Catlin Diaries, 1835-1836 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of nine travel diaries used by New York attorney George Catlin during his travels through France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Scotland between 1835 and 1836.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Kees Verheul Letters from Nadezhda Mandelstam, 1968-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 14 handwritten letters from Russian writer Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980) to Dutch author and translator, Kees Verheul.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Princeton University Library Collection of Patrick Henry Materials, 1743-1796 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscript material by and about American attorney, politician, and planter Patrick Henry (1736-1799).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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Jelal A. Azal Papers, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters by Jelal A. Azal, an Iranian Bayani scholar in Cyprus, to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Bunkley Research on Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, 1940s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of thirteen notebooks compiled by American biographer Allison Williams Bunkley while in South America doing research for his book The Life of Sarmiento (1952).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Edwin Plimpton Adams Papers, 1900-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, notebooks, and printed matter of Princeton physicist Edwin Plimpton Adams relating to Meteor Crater (formerly Coon Mountain) in Arizona and the Elliptic Function Formula.

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Ruskin Materials, 1840s-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and miscellanea of the nineteenth-century English art critic, social reformer, and educator John Ruskin.

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Alexander Family Collection, 1815-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family, many of whom lived and worked in Princeton, N.J.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Conrad Richter Papers, 1801-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 102 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of material relating to the American author Conrad Richter, including manuscripts, writing notebooks, notes, and galley proofs for several of his novels and other writings. Includes a substantial amount of personal and professional correspondence, as well as photographs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

James Alexander Papers, 1688-1756 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes
Abstract:: James Alexander was a lawyer in New Jersey and New York during the eighteenth century. This collection consists of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts of James Alexander, the bulk of which relate to the allocation and ownership of land, primarily in New Jersey and New York.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Richard K. Korn Papers, 1937-1981 (inclusive) 1959-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.20 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard K. Korn was a clarinetist, conductor, and founder of the Orchestra of America. He was also involved in the American Council for Judaism. His papers include correspondence with composers, photographs, and correspondence with other members of the American Council for Judaism.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Augusto Monterroso Papers, 1921-2003 (inclusive) 1972-1996 (bulk)

Extent:: 53 boxes and 24.6 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains the manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and other papers of twentieth-century Guatemalan author Augusto Monterroso, who spent most of his life as a writer in Mexico.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Laurence Hutton Photograph Albums, 1800s (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: The Laurence Hutton Photograph Albums consists of several hundred photographs and numerous portraits of prominent 19th-century artists and literary, political, and historical figures, compiled by editor and essayist Laurence Hutton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Throop and Martin Family Papers, 1693-1951 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Contains manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and photographs concerning the Throop and Throop Martin families of New Jersey. In addition to the family correspondence, there is an autograph collection and other miscellaneous items.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Brandt & Brandt Contract Files, 1907-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 51 boxes, 2 items, and 22.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Milton Halsey Thomas Papers, 1796-1977 (inclusive) 1930-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 47 boxes, 2 items, and 20.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous research material of librarian/archivist Milton Halsey Thomas, including research material for several of his historical publications.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Archives of George Braziller, Inc, 1960s-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 59 boxes and 24.6 linear feet
Abstract:: George Braziller, Inc., is an independent publishing firm founded by George Braziller in 1955. This collection consists of the firm's records, including press releases, reviews, correspondence and business files.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

François Wahl Collection on Severo Sarduy, circa 1939-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 boxes and 8.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains edited typescripts and copies of Cuban writer Severo Sarduy's poems, essays, and translations, along with writings about Sarduy, interviews, notes, clippings, photographs, and other printed materials. Correspondence includes a group of postcards sent to Severo Sarduy and his partner François Wahl in the 1960s and 1970s from various European and Latin American writers and philosophers, including Roland Barthes, Alain Badiou, Reinaldo Arenas, Octavio Paz, and Jacques Lacan, and additional correspondence of French editor and structuralist François Wahl.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Victor Gollancz Publishing Files, 1926-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 100 linear feet (105 containers), 26 digital files, and 0.01 gb
Abstract:: Consists of author and administrative files of Victor Gollancz Publishing company, including correspondence, publication agreements, and ephemera (e.g. clippings, tearsheets, dust jackets). Some records include those associated with the Left Book Club's operations and Joyce Carol Oates' publications, among others.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Willard Thorp and Margaret Farrand Thorp Papers, 1886-1981 (inclusive) 1930-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 33 boxes and 14.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material which reflects the long careers of American educators, authors, and literary critics Willard and Margaret Thorp. Willard's papers (1923-1981) include correspondence, writings, class lecture notes, documents, journals and diaries, printed matter, photographs, and papers of others during his writing and teaching years at Princeton University. Margaret's papers (1917-1960) include writings, correspondence, journals, notebooks, and family sketchbooks and photographs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Helenē Vakalo Papers, 1933-2000 (inclusive) 1954-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 22 boxes, 12 items, and 12.3 linear feet
Abstract:: The Helenē Vakalo Papers consists of papers by and relating to the Greek art critic and poet Helenē Vakalo (1921-2001). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts of Vakalo's poetry, lectures, articles, and essays, as well as her correspondence, notebooks, loose notes, and memorabilia. There are also official documents, photographs, awards, printed material, and several works by prominent Greek writers and artists. Of particular importance are the unpublished works and early manuscripts, as well as Vakalo's correspondence with her husband, painter, stage designer, art critic, and writer Giōrgos Vakalo, and with numerous distinguished artists and literary figures.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Sergio Pitol Papers, 1951-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the personal and literary papers of Mexican writer, translator, and diplomat Sergio Pitol.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

G. P. R. James Collection, 1825-1858 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.50 linear feet
Abstract:: George Payne Rainsford James was an extremely prolific English novelist and historian in the nineteenth century. His collection contains some of his correspondence with various editors and colleagues, along with some miscellaneous prose and poetry, unfinished letters, and James's autographs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Charles Ruas Papers, 1974-1990 (bulk) 1860-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes, 21 linear feet, 9.8 gb, and 293 digital files
Abstract:: Charles Ruas is an American author, interviewer, editor, literary and art critic, and French translator, who served as the Director of the Drama and Literature Department for New York's Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM in the late 1970s and interviewed writers for radio broadcast and print, including Toni Morrison, Michel Foucault, Carlos Fuentes, Eudora Welty, Susan Sontag, Truman Capote, Buckminster Fuller, Andy Warhol, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others. Included are photographs and documents on Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, the St. Marks poetry project, and avant-garde artists and performers. The papers include transcripts and audiocassette tapes of Ruas's interviews with authors and artists, as well as typescripts and galleys of work by writers Ruas edited, including Marguerite Young, and some related photographs, notes, recordings, and correspondence. There are also some translations and other writings by Charles Ruas, as well as a collection of family photographs and papers...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Erich Kahler Papers, 1900-1989 (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 15 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, and printed matter of the Jewish scholar, author, and lecturer Erich Kahler, including some magazines and newspaper articles collected for his research purposes. There is also material and correspondence assembled after his death by his wife, Alice Loewy Kahler.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Aubrey Beardsley Collection, 1890-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes
Abstract:: Aubrey Beardsley was an English draughtsman and author. The collection includes some of his Art Nouveau work, book illustrations, borders, chapter headings, title pages, and posters. Also included are various notes for his writing and holograph manuscripts of "Under the Hill" and "The Ivory Piece." Correspondence with friends and colleagues completes the collection.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Frank Harris Papers, 1889-1930 (inclusive) 1915-1925 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 3.67 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of typescript manuscripts, often with holograph corrections, representative of the literary production of American author Frank Harris: books, plays, stories, essays and articles, and biographical portraits. A good amount of the material is about the life and writings of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), the popular and controversial Irish author. Also included are a small amount of correspondence, documents, and printed material.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (inclusive) 1880s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:: 7 boxes, 32 folios, 9 items, and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Joseph Frank Correspondence, 1950-1987 (bulk) 1930-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 boxes and 8.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Joseph Frank (1918-2013) was an American literary scholar best known for his five-volume biography of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which he began in the early 1970s and completed in 2002. The collection consists of his personal and professional correspondence, including with Elizabeth Bishop, Yves Bonnefoy, Pierre Bourdieu, Ralph Ellison, Carlos Fuentes, Irving Howe, James Laughlin, Richard W. B. Lewis, Mary McCarthy, Allen Tate, and other writers, artists, and academics, as well as some family correspondence, writings, personal documents, and printed materials.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Cyril E. Black Papers, 1932-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Cyril E. Black, a Princeton University professor of history.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs of former Princeton University comparative literature professor Clarence Brown (1929-2015) relating primarily to his scholarship on Russian writers Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891-1938) and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980). Correspondence with writer and illustrator Guy Davenport as well as with poet W. S. Merwin, Princeton Class of 1948, is also included.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Princeton University Library Collection of Robert Garrett Materials, 1901-1992 (inclusive) 1920-1945 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:: The Robert Garrett Papers consists of correspondence and documents primarily concerning the Robert Garrett Collection and other collecting interests of Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897.

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Charles Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes, 1872-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Charles Greene Rockwood was a professor of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton Unviersity, and had many interests in seismology and general scientific study. Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed matter compiled by Charles Greene Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Edwin H. Denby Papers, 1823-1942 (inclusive) 1900-1939 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 5.13 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of drawings, correspondence, photographs, documents, a genealogy, financial papers, and printed matter of Edwin H. Denby.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Mirhan Iranyan Photographs Collection, circa 1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.85 linear feet
Abstract:: This is an open collection of photographs by Mirhan Iranyan. Currently, there are 73 photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Insley Blair Family Papers, 1843-1961 (inclusive) 1891-1910 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes, 1 folder, and 12.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of travel diaries, scrapbooks, and photograph albums composed by railroad industrialist John Insley Blair and his family. There is also a small selection of letters of Clinton Ledyard Blair regarding a fight over Woodrow Wilson's reforms at Princeton University and Blair's relationship with the University's Board of Trustees.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Howell Family of New Jersey Papers, 1703-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of various members of the Howell family of Morris County, New Jersey.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

David Graham Phillips Manuscripts, 1902-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, essays, and articles of American journalist and author David Graham Phillips (Princeton Class of 1887).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Princeton University Library Collection of Albert Einstein Materials, 1930-1955 (bulk) 1913-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 3.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a wide range of miscellaneous material by or about the Nobel Prize-winner and world famous physicist Albert Einstein, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, ephemera, medical records, and printed material.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection, 1842-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection consists of manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and correspondence relating to research by the American historian and Princeton professor Jeter A. (Jeter Allen) Isely (1913-1954) and his wife, Elizabeth ["Lisette"] Riggs Isely (1914-1957).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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