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Benedict Thielen Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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An American novelist, Thielen was the author of such works as Deep Streets (1932), Dinosaur Tracks and Other Stories (1937), and Friday at Noon (1947).
The collection contains various drafts and/or corrected typescripts of short stories, articles, and five novels of Thielen (Princeton Class of 1923): Women in the Sun , Deep Streets, Deep Streets, Stevie, The Lost Men, and Friday at Noon. Included also is Thielen's correspondence with Gregory Mason, Ruth Fitch Mason, and Eliot Fitch Bartlett.
Additions to the collection include correspondence of Thielen, 1920s-1960s; manuscripts of early, unpublished novels and a play; part of a journal; drafts of unpublished, and copies of published, stories and articles; issues of Holiday magazine (1957-1966) containing Thielen pieces.
Series: I. Works--novels, short stories, articles; II. Correspondence; III. Unprocessed Additions.
The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.
Publications: Women in the Sun (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1933), Deep Streets (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934), Stevie (New York: Dial Press, 1941), The Lost Men (New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc., 1946), Friday at Noon (Henry Holt and Co., 1947)
The additions were the gift of Eric W. Carlson in 2009.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Corrected autograph outline and notes.
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Corrected autograph outline and notes.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description3 folders
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description3 folders
Corrected autograph outline and notes.
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Draft and revisions in typescript.
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Corrected carbon copy of typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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First draft in typescript.
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Second draft in typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Draft I. Corrected typescript.
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Draft II. Corrected typescript. (First page missing)
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Corrected typescript in two versions.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Carbon Copy of typescript
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Carbon Copy of typescript
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Autograph Manuscript.
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Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Carbon Copy of Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Carbon Copy of Typescript.
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Carbon Copy of Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Draft I and II. Corrected typescript.
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Draft III. Corrected typescript.
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Typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Two drafts in typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Draft I and II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Carbon Copy of Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Draft I. Corrected typescript.
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Draft I. Rewritten Carbon Copy of Typescript.
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Draft II. Corrected typescript.
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Draft II. Final Version Corrected Typescript.
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Draft I and II. Corrected Carbon Copy of Transcript.
Physical Description1 folder
Carbon Copy of Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
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Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft I. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft III. Corrected Carbon Copy of Transcript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
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Drafts I and II. Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
First Version. Corrected Carbon Copy of Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Second Version. Corrected Typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Corrected typescript.
Physical Description1 folder
Articles
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Articles
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Articles
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Articles
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Articles
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Complete issues containing Thielen pieces.
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