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H. N. Swanson Files on F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists primarily of correspondence between F. Scott Fitzgerald's East Coast literary agent, Harold Ober, and his Hollywood agent, H. N. Swanson, from 20 November 1934 through 4 April 1956.

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

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George Black Stewart Papers, 1896-1917 (bulk) 1896-1950 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.8 linear feet

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Consists of photograph albums, diaries, engagement calendars, and documents of George Black Stewart (Princeton Class of 1906) who was treasurer (1906-1950) of the American University of Beirut.

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

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Selected Papers of George Alexander Thompson, 1797-1828 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.21 linear feet

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Consists of corrected proofs, printed ephemera, and autograph letters of nineteenth-century English scholar and author George Alexander Thompson.

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

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Hugh Simm Collection, 1768-1784 (bulk) 1748-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 2 linear feet

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Consists of twenty-two letters and documents of Hugh Simm, a mechanic from Paisley, Scotland, who, after moving to America in 1768, briefly served as Princeton University's first librarian and inspector of rooms.

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

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United Nations Mission to Palestine, 1948-1949 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of a memorandum and typed copies of the "Summaries of the Daily Operations" of the United Nations Mission Mediator to Palestine in 1948-1949, ordered and here compiled by F. P. Henderson, the head of the U.N. operations branch in Haifa, Israel.

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

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Percival W. Petch Papers, circa 1900-1953 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Consists primarily of an unpublished manuscript, dating from 1917 to 1919, along with clippings and a few original photographs documenting the experiences of Percival William Petch (1886-1940), a British army officer who was stationed along the Macedonian Front during World War I.

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

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Samuel Beach Family Collection, 1783-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 2.2 linear feet

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Consists of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1783) Samuel Beach and mostly 19th-century material relating to the Beach and Jones families.

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

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William C. Seitz Notebooks, 1949-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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William Chapin Seitz (1914-1974) was an art historian, painter, and museum curator who received the first PhD in modern art from Princeton University in 1955. The collection consists of ten notebooks Seitz kept for his early courses on ancient art and architecture in Princeton University's Department of Art and Archaeology in 1949 and 1950.

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

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Philip W. Anderson Papers, 1954-2012 (inclusive)

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24 boxes

Abstract:

Philip Anderson was a condensed-matter theorist, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, and Nobel laureate. This collection consists primarily of Anderson's research files, which include his article and book drafts, grant files, notes, memos and correspondence, a bound run of his talks and papers, and his research diaries and notebooks. To a lesser extent, the collection contains Nobel Prize nomination applications, recommendation letters, photographic prints, and ephemera.

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

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Joseph Tucker Papers, 1841-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes

Abstract:

Consists of the ship's papers of Joseph Tucker while he was shipmaster of several Wiscasset, Maine, merchant ships. The materials reflect the trading activities of a thirty-year period (1841-1875) between ports including Charleston (SC), Savannah (GA), Liverpool, England, and Le Havre de Grâce (today, Le Havre), France.

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