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Eden Phillpotts Collection, 1906-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:
Eden Phillpotts was a prolific and popular English novelist, playwright, and poet. Papers consist of about 120 letters by Phillpotts to G. Herbert Thring and Denys Killam Roberts of the Society of Authors and Macleod Yearsley regarding the publishing of his works. Additions to the collection include 64 letters, printed matter and newspaper clippings (1921-1960) about Phillpotts and his works.

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

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Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature, 1936-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

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

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Patrick J. Kelleher Papers, circa 1939-1981 (inclusive) 1960-1978 (bulk)

Extent:
6 boxes
Abstract:
Patrick Kelleher was director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1960 to 1972. His papers consist of articles, notes, photographs, and printed matter from Kelleher about the Holy Crown of Hungary. There is a smaller selection of correspondence with artists and colleagues about the direction of the Art Museum.

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

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Cecil Beaton Papers, 1938-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of correspondence of Cecil Beaton, English fashion and portrait photographer and Academy Award winning stage and constume designer for film and theater, with his author friend Hal Burton.

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

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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]

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Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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

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Ann Tashi Slater Collection of Cuban Writings, 1979-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of typescript drafts by Cuban writers collected by American author, translator, and educator Ann Tashi Slater (Princeton Class of 1984) on a trip to Cuba in 1987, with some later additions. Included are drafts of short stories and novels, primarily science fiction, by more than twelve different authors, one audio recording of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, and some letters.

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

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