Call Number:

C0119

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walter Livingston Wright Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1928-1947 (inclusive)

Creator:

Wright, Walter L. (Walter Livingston), 1872-1946

Abstract:

Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Walter Livingston Wright (Princeton Class of 1921) relating to his work in Turkey, Princeton, and Washington, D.C., as well as papers of his father, who was president of Lincoln University (Pa.).

A graduate of Princeton in 1921, Walter Livingston Wright became president of the American College for Girls and Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.

The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Wright (Princeton Class of 1921) relating to his work in Turkey, Princeton, and Washington, D.C. There is extensive correspondence with his father (Princeton Class of 1892) while Wright was president of the American College for Girls and Robert College in Istanbul, and the collection includes sketches of the founders of Robert College and papers on the earthquake that took place in Turkey in 1939. In addition, there are some essays, translations, and correspondence of Wright's father who was president of Lincoln University (Pa.), one of the first American universities for blacks.

Series: I. Walter Livingston Wright (1900-1949)--A. Works, B. Correspondence, C. Documents; Series II. Walter Livingston Wright (1872-1946)