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Paul Shimada Papers, 1942-1943 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence to Kiyoshi Paul Shimada, a Japanese American farmer from Lodi, California, while he was incarcerated at the Rohwer War Relocation Center along with his family from 1942-1943. There are also photographic prints and negatives, as well as receipts from a store in Arkansas.

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

Screenplays Collection, 1931-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 82 boxes and 31.95 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of screenplays for over 500 films produced by Columbia Studios, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox, and others.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection, 1900-1969 (inclusive) 1913-1959 (bulk)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 5.7 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering over forty-five years of play-going by T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) but includes some early 20th-century playbills from the London theater as well as foreign playbills from Greece, Turkey, Belgium, China, Japan, Denmark, Holland, and England.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Herbert Witherspoon Scrapbooks, 1896-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Herbert Witherspoon Scrapbooks consists of newspaper clippings and programs relating to the musical career of Witherspoon, a Metropolitan Opera basso and performer of songs in recital.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

José Emilio Pacheco Papers, circa 1940s-2010s (inclusive)

Extent:: 58 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the papers (circa 1940s-2010s) of Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer, José Emilio Pacheco. Materials include notebooks, diaries and journals, writings, correspondence, printed materials, and other items.

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

Violette Leduc Manuscripts and Correspondence with Simone de Beauvoir, 1945-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of nearly 300 letters from Simone de Beauvoir to Violette Leduc documenting their literary friendship spanning four decades, along with 23 notebooks containing manuscript drafts of Leduc's autobiography, La Bâtarde (1964).

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

Warren Alfred Stark Papers, 1947-1957 (inclusive) 1950-1952 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 linear feet and 7 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, and ephemera belonging to missile researcher Warren Alfred Stark that document his time in the United States Army at the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico during the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Warren Stark and Jean Anne Baldwin Stark (1928-1999), his girlfriend and later wife, and other family members and close friends.

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

Anne Buchanan Crosby Collection of Galway Kinnell Letters and Manuscripts, circa 1957-2006 (inclusive) 1957-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.63 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters from American poet Galway Kinnell (1927-2014) to English artist Anne Buchanan Crosby (b.1929), together with several annotated poetry typescripts and manuscripts authored by Kinnell.

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

Renée Weiss Papers, 1939-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence, travel diaries and related ephemera, notebooks, writings, and files relating to the Quarterly Review of Literature (QRL) of editor and writer Renée Karol Weiss (1923-2021). Some materials relate specifically to Renée's husband, poet and professor Theodore Weiss (1916-2003).

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

Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, 1906

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a collection of photographs documenting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, taken by various photographers including Willard Elmer Worden, Charles C. Pierce, Frederick Arthur Webster, A. Blumberg, Shaw and Shaw, and others.

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

Booth Tarkington Papers, 1812-1956, 1812-1956 (inclusive) 1899-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 281 boxes and 131.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of extensive writings -- novels, plays, short stories, articles, film scenarios, radio scripts -- and correspondence of "The Gentleman from Indiana" Booth Tarkington, noted American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Amiri Baraka Materials, circa 1963-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box )
Abstract:: An open collection of manuscripts and other papers related to the writings of American author Amiri Baraka (1934-2014).

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

William A. Prickitt Papers Related to Company G of the 25th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, 1864-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a group of military records collected by Captain William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) documenting the daily operations of African American soldiers in Company G of the United States Colored Infantry's 25th Regiment during the final year of the American Civil War.

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

Archivo de Roberto Gottardi, circa 1960-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16.71 linear feet
Abstract:: La colección consiste mayormente en materiales relacionados con los diversos proyectos/obras de Roberto Gottardi y materiales relacionados con sus actividades docentes como profesor de arquitectura. Incluye apuntes, modelos y esquemas, planes de clases y material de estudio, material impreso, correspondencia, material fotográfico, planos arquitectónicos y otros materials.

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

Lewis Thomas Papers, 1941-1992 (inclusive) 1973-1983 (bulk)

Extent:: 160 boxes
Abstract:: The Lewis Thomas papers consist primarily of files from the years (1973-1983) that Thomas (Princeton Class of 1933) spent as president and, later, chancellor, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. These contain general correspondence with doctors, drafts and reprints of his essays and books, files of lectures, presentations, and awards, and files of scientific organizations with which he was involved. There are also drafts and reprints of early scientific papers (which pre-date his years at MSKCC).

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

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

Extent:: 85 boxes and 60 linear feet
Abstract:: 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]

John Hinsdale Scheide Collection, 1007-1873 (inclusive) 1200-1650 (bulk)

Extent:: 253 boxes and 229 items
Abstract:: Consists of 7,935 Western European documents and other manuscript materials collected by William T. Scheide (1847-1907) and his son, American businessman John Hinsdale Scheide (Princeton Class of 1896).

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

Women and Gender Issues in Bolivia, II, 1991-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes, 9 items, and 5.5 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains pamphlets, serials, monographs, and posters concerning the rights and conditions of women in Bolivia. Most of the material was published in Bolivia itself, between the years 1991 and 2003. Topics covered include women's rights, women in politics, domestic violence, women's health, indigenous women, and women in the labor force.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera [Contact Us]

Religion in Brazil, I, 1899-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains ephemera concerning religious issues and events in Brazil, published between 1899 and 2002.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera [Contact Us]

Women in Central America, I, 1960-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains pamphlets, reports, serials, monographs, and posters concerning the rights and conditions of women in Central America.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera [Contact Us]

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