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The Library of Jacques Derrida, Studio Series, 1686-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:

327 boxes, 1 folder, and 6 items

Abstract:

Consists of the personal library of French philosopher Jacques Derrida and members of his household.

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

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Ed Sanders Papers, 1960-2020 (bulk) 1939-2021 (inclusive)

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447.71 linear feet (395 boxes), 22 digital files, and 0.11 gb

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Consists of drafts, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, artwork, and other related materials of American musician, poet, writer, artist, and activist Ed Sanders.

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

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John Butler Yeats Collection, 1909-1978 (inclusive) 1911-1922 (bulk)

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22 boxes, 8 items, and 9.31 linear feet

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Consists of original manuscripts, drawings, correspondence, miscellaneous materials, photographs and portraits, articles, clippings, and other printed material by and related to the Irish portrait painter John Butler Yeats.

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

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Julian P. Boyd Papers, 1935-1980 (inclusive)

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73 boxes

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Consists of works, correspondence, documents, notes, photographs, and printed matter of Julian Boyd, Princeton University Librarian (1940-1952) and professor of history, and the founding editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson publishing project.

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

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Richard Halliburton Papers, 1900-1973 (inclusive) 1903-1940 (bulk)

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61 boxes and 29.2 linear feet

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Richard Halliburton traveled extensively in the first part of twentieth century after graduating from Princeton University in 1921. The collection contains autograph and typescript drafts of seven of Halliburton's books, short stories, essays, school notes, and other travel memorabilia, as well as Halliburton's correspondence with his parents and others, research materials about Rupert Brooke, and a significant group of photographs documenting his travels throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

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

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Leonard L. Milberg '53 Collection of Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1762-2001 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 3.4 linear feet

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Consists of an open collection of manuscript material related to print collections of Leonard L. Milberg (Princeton Class of 1953): Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry, Leonard L. Milberg Irish Theater Collection, and the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Jewish-American Writers.

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

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Saint-John Perse Pléiade Edition Collection, 1966-1971 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and .8 linear feet

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Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger, was a major French poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Consists of working editorial files and author letters for the Pléiade edition of Leger's complete works, published by the French publisher Gallimard in 1972.

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

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Alvaro Yunque Correspondence, 1921-1981 (inclusive) 1924-1979 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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The Alvaro Yunque Correspondence consists of letters, manuscripts of poems, essays and other printed and miscellaneous material by Alvaro Yunque and others.

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

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Ernest Gordon Papers, 1950-1979 (inclusive)

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11 boxes and 6.5 linear feet

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Consists of manuscripts (and related correspondence) of works by Princeton chaplain Ernest Gordon that chronicle his World War II Japanese prisoner-of-war experience and his chaplaincy at Princeton University.

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

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John Biggs Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald Estate Papers, 1936-1978 (inclusive) 1940-1949 (bulk)

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9 boxes and 3.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of the correspondence and legal documents of John Biggs (Princeton Class of 1918) accumulated as executor and trustee of the estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Princeton Class of 1917).

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