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Johan Kugelberg collection of Sun Ra material, 1957-2021 (inclusive) 1960-1990 (bulk)

Extent:
2.6 linear feet (one legal size document box and two 20 x 24 flat boxes. several poster size prints in a flat file drawer.)
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Le Sony'r Ra (1914-1993), known as Sun Ra, was a jazz musician and composer, band leader, and poet known for his avant-garde approach to music, association with Afrofuturism, esoteric beliefs, and the theatrical performances with his band, The Arkestra. This collection contains examples of artwork used for about two dozen of his albums, a series of photographs that offer a good representation of different periods of his life and work, and a set of promotional fliers, poetry, philosophical writings, and ephemera.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Madison Smartt Bell Papers, 1940s-2021 (inclusive) 1986-2003 (bulk)

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85 boxes and 60 linear feet
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Madison Smartt Bell (1957-) is an American novelist best known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, published between 1995 and 2004. His papers consist of writings, personal and professional correspondence, family documents, memorandum books, printed materials, and subject files, including drafts, galleys, and proofs for his novels, short stories, and other writings.

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

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Lloyd E. Cotsen Papers, 1949-2021 (inclusive)

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71 boxes and 109.85 linear feet
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The Lloyd E. Cotsen Papers consist of papers and personal items of Lloyd Cotsen's related to his time as an executive at Neutrogena Corporation, his art and book collection practices, his philanthropic contributions, his archaeological interests, and photographs shot by Cotsen. Items related to the production of Cotsen Occasional Press publications are also included. Material dates from 1949 to 2021.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Cotsen Children's Library [Contact Us]

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Fisher-Brinton family papers, 1846-2020 (bulk) 1764-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.5 linear ft. (11 boxes plus photographs)
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The Fisher-Brinton collection contains the papers of an Irish-American and Pennsylvania family with roots in the earliest years of the Society of Friends. It includes correspondence, diaries, memoirs, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that reflect family and Quaker concerns, and, in particular, the Conservative branch of the Society of Friends. Abraham Fisher (1823-1909) was a member of a prominent Quaker family of Youghal County, Ireland. In 1871, he assumed a position as book-keeper for the Alexandra Colony, an English settlement on the San Javier River in rural Argentina. Unaware of the increasing violence in the region, his wife and children joined him in early 1872. In 1874 the family moved to Dymond City, North Carolina, and eventually, to Southeastern Pennsylvania. The family had a deep appreciation for their family history and Irish roots, continuing through the twentieth century; Abraham's great-granddaughter, Margaret E. Brinton, attended a small Irish...(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Friends Historical Library subject reference files, 1900-2020 (bulk)

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16 linear ft. (2 file cabinets)
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PG6 Subject Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by topic.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Friends Historical Library Quaker organizations reference files, 1900-2020 (bulk)

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30 linear ft.
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PG3 Quaker Organizations Reference Files consists primarily of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by organization. Most of the organizations were established by Quakers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Friends Historical Library Quaker meeting reference files, 1900-2020 (bulk)

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60 linear ft.
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PG6 Quaker meeting reference files consists primarily of publications by and about Quaker meetings and committees, including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other materials (mostly secondary source), collected at various times from various sources, and organized by meeting. It also includes directories (including lists of Quaker member organizations and individual Quakers) and epistles (letters exchanged between Quaker organizations, especially from one yearly meeting to another; often used to articulate Quaker doctrine and discipline). Some almanacs are stored with the collection, but are cataloged separately.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Charles and Priscilla Townsend Family Papers, 1811-1858 (bulk) 1793-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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Members of the Charles and Priscilla Townsend family were active in the Society of Friends in Philadelphia and in Quaker concerns, especially penal reform, abolition, and the natural sciences. The collection includes journals, correspondence, and writings in addition to transcripts and reference material on family members. Much of the material is available in published form.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Ann Wright Papers, 2003-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
20.8 linear ft. (50 boxes, after processing was completed)
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Col. Ann Wright served in the U.S. military an as an ambassador before resigning her post in 2003 in protest over the war on Iraq. She since has traveled extensively, written a book and many articles, and had many speaking engagements as a peace activist.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Unami Monthly Meeting Records, 1972-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.75 linear ft. (4 volumes, 2 document box, 1 half-width document box) and .11 gb
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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Class of 1970 records, 1994-2020 (inclusive)

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0.02 linear ft. (2 folders)
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The collection contains class letters to the Haverford College Class of 1970, which includes reunion planning surveys. It also contains a timeline of the Class of 1970 created by class member Mick O'Leary in 2020.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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James G. Spady papers, 1920-2020 (inclusive) 1980-2020 (bulk)

Extent:
12.5 linear feet (21 boxes and 10 3.5 inch floppy disks, 3 dvds, 54 compact disks.) and 2.0 gigabytes
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James Garland Spady (1944-2020) was a writer, activist, journalist, and historian, and is credited for being one of the first scholars to document and study the evolution of Hip Hop. Broadly speaking, this collection reflects Spady's expansive interest in Black history and culture, particularly music, and is comprised of both his own writing and material that he collected on these topics. The collection contains notepads and notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, books, a large variety of articles and essays, interview transcripts, periodicals, audio compact discs, digital media, and ephemera. The collection primarily documents his professional and intellectual work from roughly 1980 until the end of his life, but very little is revealing of his personal life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Student Correspondence and Writings Collection, 1768-2020 (inclusive)

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19 boxes and 4 digital files
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The Student Correspondence and Writings Collection contains original materials from the university archives that document aspects of student life as experienced by students at Princeton University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Joseph O'Connor Papers, 1981-2020 (inclusive) 1989-2020 (bulk)

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23.2 linear feet, 18 boxes, 25.4 gb, and 762 digital files
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Joseph O'Connor is an Irish novelist, screenwriter, playwright, journalist, broadcaster, poet, and professor of creative writing. The collection consists of drafts, research, publicity, and recordings related to O'Connor's books and plays for radio, screen, and stage; as well as notebooks and diaries, correspondence, business and publicity files, and photographs.

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

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Archivo de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, circa 1970s-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
14.37 linear feet
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La colección consiste de borradores, incluyendo prosa, poesía, y guiones; ensayos y crónicas; poesía visual; material de investigación; diarios; cuadernos; material impreso con entrevistas y textos de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez; recortes; fotografías; correspondencia; archivos digitales; y otros documentos.

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

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Andrea Allen Collection, 2020

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
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Letter of correspondence, photograph, and memorial service program collected by Andrea Allen, the daughter of American chemist and Perkin-Elmer Corporation employee Thomas J. Porro.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Friends Peace Teams records, 1993-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
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Friends Peace Teams (FPT) is an international non-profit charitable organization founded by North American Quaker Yearly Meetings in 1993. This collection includes records of Friends Peace Teams Council, the governing body of the group, as well as subject files.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Karl Klare Papers, 1977-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear feet
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Karl Klare is a legal theorist prominent in the field of Critical Legal Studies (CLS). The Karl Klare Papers document Klare's work in the CLS movement. The papers include correspondence and planning materials for CLS conferences, publications and readings assembled for CLS conferences, as well as class readings and syllabi.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Marcia J. Frost research collection relating to Gujarat, 1933-2020 (inclusive) 1975-2020 (bulk)

Extent:
1.21 linear feet (2 boxes) and 4.3 megabytes
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This research collection primarily contains Gujarat village records collected from the mamlatdar record offices in the mid-1970s by economics professor Marcia J. Frost, whose research focused on the economic history of Gujarat territories. Village officials prepared kalambandhis (annual talati accounts) and moje jarif (village registers from the revenue survey) during the first decade of British rule in western India. These cover a wide range of topics including population and animal censuses, village revenue and expenditures, land tenures and use, village history and customs. Frost collected these records for her dissertation study of the economic history of the Gujarat territories under the East India Company administration in the early 19th century.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Black Lives Matter street art photography, 2020

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (1 box)
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Photographs documenting street art related to the Black Lives Matter movement taken in 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection, 1910s-1980s (bulk) 1685-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear ft. (4 boxes and 10 folders)
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Melanie Atherton Updegraff (1886-1973) was a 1908 graduate of Bryn Mawr who went on to do missionary work for the Presbyterian Mission Board alongside her husband, Reverend David Benjamin Updegraff. The two were primarily stationed in Kolhapur and later Nipani, in West India. The collection includes correspondence between Updegraff and her sisters, children, and sister-in-law, among other family members, photographs of the Atherton and Updegraff families, an autograph collection, and brochures, pamphlets, and official documentation pertaining to Updegraff's missionary work. Updegraff's four sisters and three daughters all went to Bryn Mawr, and we hear about entrance exams, musical productions, and other campus activities in their letters.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Signe Wilkinson Papers, 1997-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 folders
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The collection contains typescripts of lectures written by Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson. Most are autobiographical and reflect her Quaker beliefs as well as activism through art. The papers are annotated and often include doodles and sketches.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Arthur M. Larrabee ministry papers, 1991-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.5 linear ft. (18 boxes)
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This collection consists of materials from Arthur M. Larrabee's workshops and presentations on Quaker decision-making and leadership, given to a number of Quaker meetings and schools between 1992 and 2020.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Bethesda Monthly Meeting Records, 1971-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.75 linear ft. and 0.1 gb
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Records of Bethesda Monthly Meeting, 1971-2020. Includes minutes 1971-2001/2005-08 and digital minutes 2016-2020, plus some membership records and a run of newsletters.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Charlottesville Monthly Meeting Records, 1966-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.3 linear ft. (2.5 document cases) and 0.1 gb
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Records of Charlottesville Monthly Meeting, 1966-2019, with gaps. Primarily minutes and newsletters, including digital.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Westbury Monthly Meeting Records, 1660-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
18 linear ft.
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Records of Westbury Monthly Meeting, 1660-. Includes minutes 1697-2018; vital records 1660-1995; deeds, 1685-1745; financial records 1723-1931; Ministers and Elders, 1819-1973; and miscellaneous materials, 1696-1995. In 1828 the Hicksite Separation divided the meeting and the Orthodox branch (which was active 1828-1938) records are described separately, following the arrangement maintained by New York Yearly Meeting's Haviland Records Room, from where the records were transfered in 1997.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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North Pacific Yearly Meeting Records, 1945-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. and 1.5 gb (861 files in 63 folders)
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North Pacific Yearly Meeting is made of of members of the Society of Friends in the northwestern United States. Some of the Yearly Meeting's records are stored at the Oregon Historical Society Library, Portland, Oregon, but copies of the Proceedings and Steering Committee minutes are also deposited in the Friends Historical Library, although FHL is not the formal depository.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Christie's auction catalogs, 1967-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
38 linear feet (39 boxes)
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Founded in 1766 Christie's is one of the world's largest auction houses. It has played an increasingly central role in the sale of rare books and manuscripts over the course of the 20th century. This finding aid serves as a guide to the more than 500 Christie's catalogs held in Print Coll. 43 as well as Christie's catalogs post-1977 which are not present in Print Coll. 43 but are held elsewhere in the Penn Libraries. Those catalogs with box and folder numbers present are in Print Coll. 43, those with library call numbers listed can be found in the Penn Libraries catalog, those listed as being in Print Coll. 28 are located in the Lawrence J. Schoenberg collection of catalogs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Sue Neff collection of materials relating to Friedrich Fröbel, kindergarten and paper folding, 1891-2020 (inclusive) 1988-2020 (bulk)

Extent:
1.83 linear feet (3 boxes)
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This collection of correspondence, newsletters, catalogs, articles, project directions, notes, books and wooden blocks documents elementary art school teacher Sue Neff's interest in Friedrich Fröbel's theory of education through play, including paper folding.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Stephen F. Cohen Papers, 1922-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
20 linear feet ((17 containers))
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Stephen F. Cohen was a historian who wrote extensively on modern Russian history. The Stephen F. Cohen Papers consist primarily of research materials related to Cohen's book projects, along with other correspondence, writings, and materials related to speaking events.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Office of the Provost Records, 1953-2020 (inclusive) 1967-2015 (bulk)

Extent:
396 boxes, 1 folder, and 1 websites
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The Office of the Provost record group contains the records created and compiled by the Princeton University Office of the Provost since its establishment in 1966. As of 2018, this collection includes the files of the second provost, William G. Bowen GS '58, through the tenth provost, Amy Gutmann, whose tenure ended in 2004. The files consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, speeches, publications, and other assorted material.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Triangle Club Records, 1883-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
50 gb, 293 boxes, 3 folders, 4 items, 93681 digital files, 1 websites, and 345.58 linear feet ((312 containers))
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The Triangle Club Records consists of records of the Club and its predecessor, the Princeton College Drama Association, for productions performed by these organizations from 1883 to the present. Materials include correspondence, playbills, scripts, scores, newspaper clippings, posters, scrapbooks, and photographs as well as audio-visual recordings.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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My Princeton Oral History Project Collection, 2020

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0.1 gb
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The My Princeton Oral History Project creates a space for Princeton students, undergraduate and graduate, who feel left out of the dominant Princeton narrative by capturing and sharing their unique experience. This collection contains interviews conducted at any point during a student's tenure at Princeton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Black Lives Matter Demonstration Photographs, 2020

Extent:
1 gb and 203 digital files
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This collection consists of digital photographs documenting Black Lives Matter demonstrations held at Princeton University in June 2020, following the murders and killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbury, and other Black people across the United States in 2020.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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

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25 boxes, 21 linear feet, 9.8 gb, and 293 digital files
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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]

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Saint Joseph'S University Records, 1851-2019

Extent:
815.92 linear feet
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The Saint Joseph’s University Records (formerly Saint Joseph’s College) houses the institutional, and organizational records of Saint Joseph’s University. This collection, which dates from 1851-2019, with bulk dates of 1960-1990, consists of photographs; including negatives and slides, correspondence, documents; including records, minutes, memoranda and reports, ephemera, objects, memorabilia; including audio and video recordings, scrapbooks and yearbooks which document and evidence the history of the administrative and academic units and activities of SJU’s administration, faculty, staff and students. Because of SJU’s association with Old Saint Joseph’s Church and the English and French Jesuits who founded it, this collection not only documents the University’s history and activities but adds to the knowledge of Catholic History in the City of Philadelphia and its surrounding areas. Saint Joseph's University which is currently a Jesuit, Catholic co-educational institution, began...(see more)

Held at: Saint Joseph's University (formerly Saint Joseph’s College) [Contact Us]

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