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George Augustus Sala Correspondence, 1857-1890 (inclusive) 1857-1894 (bulk)

Extent:

4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet

Abstract:

George Augustus Sala was a nineteenth-century English journalist, artist, book illustrator, traveler, humorist, and novelist. The collection contains approximately 300 letters written to Sala by about 200 different people over the course of 40 years. Among the correspondents are prominent authors, journalists, artists, nobility, philanthropists, and other notables.

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

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Paul Hyde Bonner Papers, 1931-1975 (inclusive)

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31 boxes and 13.35 linear feet

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Consists of diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks of American diplomat and novelist Paul Hyde Bonner.

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

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George Simpson Eddy Collection of Benjamin Franklin, 1684-1947 (inclusive)

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23 boxes and 22.5 linear feet

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Consists of material by and about American patriot and founding father Benjamin Franklin collected by George Simpson Eddy in the process of pursuing various projects on and studies of Franklin.

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

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Naumburg Collection of Ford Madox Ford, 1871-1992 (inclusive) 1910-1970 (bulk)

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13 boxes, 2 items, and 5.9 linear feet

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Ford Madox Ford, formerly "Ford Madox Hueffer", founded The English Review, a literary journal, in 1908 and published novels (such as The Good Soldier, 1915) and critical works. The collection consists jointly of letters and works of Ford and letters and works about Ford collected by Edward Naumburg (Princeton Class of 1924).

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Edith Sitwell Papers, 1932-1964 (inclusive) 1959-1962 (bulk)

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3 boxes and 1.5 linear feet

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Consists primarily of correspondence (1959-1962) of English poet Edith Sitwell.

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

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Wainwright Family Collection, 1810-1890 (bulk) 1694-1910 (inclusive)

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4 boxes, 2 volumes, and 1.6 linear feet

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Consists of selected papers of the Wainwright family of New York State dating primarily from the nineteenth century.

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William E. Fredeman Collection of William Bell Scott, the Scott Family, and Alice Boyd, 1820-1895 (bulk) 1733-1897 (inclusive)

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6 boxes

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Manuscripts and corrected page proofs for poetry and prose writings, drawings and engraved illustrations, personal documents, record books of print sales, correspondence, inscribed books, binding dummies, and family papers of William Bell Scott (1811-1890), a Scottish poet, painter, art critic, and engraver, known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelite circle in London, and also personal and family correspondence of Alice Boyd, Scott's long-term companion, from 1859 until his death. The collection consists of materials acquired by the eminent Pre-Raphaelite scholar, William E. Fredeman (1928-1999) from members of the Boyd family, which were once housed at Penkill Castle, the residence of Alice Boyd, where Scott spent much of his later life.

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A. Walton Litz Papers, 1969-1993 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 4.4 linear feet

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A. Walton Litz was a member of the Princeton Class of 1951, and later became the Holmes Professor of English Literature at Princeton, where he taught from 1956-1993 (?). Consists of Litz's English literature course materials and preliminary chapters for the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume 7 (2000), edited by Litz, Louis Menand, and Lawrence Rainey.

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Selected Records of Harper & Brothers, 1909-1960 (inclusive) 1939-1955 (bulk)

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34 boxes, 2 folders, and 5.95 linear feet

Abstract:

The Selected Papers of Harper & Brothers consist primarily of the editorial and business correspondence of Harper & Brothers, a distinguished publishing firm, between 1909 and 1960.

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Bernard M. Dwork Papers, 1950-1992 (inclusive)

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10 boxes

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Consists of a chronological series of 101 mathematical notebooks (1958-1997) of Princeton mathematician Bernard M. Dwork.

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