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Friends of the Princeton University Library: Whitney Darrow Collection

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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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0161
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Friends of the Princeton University Library: Whitney Darrow Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1931-1935 (inclusive)
Creator:
Darrow, Whitney and Duffield, Edward D. (Edward Dickinson), 1871-1938
Abstract:
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Friends of the Library Dinners given for several special occasions in the 1930s, collected by Whitney Darrow, secretary of the Friends.

Darrow, Whitney

A member of the Princeton Class of 1903, Whitney Darrow (1881-1970) was a founder of Princeton University Press (with Charles Scribner) and an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons.

The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Friends of the Library Dinner given for the Pulitzer Prize winners, May 4, 1933; the Annual Dinner, April 26, 1934; and the Southern Dinner, April 25, 1935. Among the manuscripts are speeches given at the 1933 dinner by James Truslow Adams, Willa Cather, Henry James, and Elmer Rice. Correspondents with Darrow (Princeton Class of 1903), secretary of the Friends, include Edna Ferber, Robert Frost, Zona Gale, Hamlin Garland, Ira Gershwin, Ellen Glasgow, William Lyon Phelps, and Thornton Wilder.

AM12821

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Duffield, Edward D. (Edward Dickinson), 1871-1938. Speeches at the 1933 Dinner, given to Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1933. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

6 typescripts by J. Harlin O'Connell, Willa Cather, James Truslow Adams, Edward D. Duffield, Henry James, and Elmer Rice.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters of acceptance or regret to the 1933 Dinner, 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Original play given at 1934 Annual Dinner, "Alas Dear Yorick" by Hess L Sears '34 and John L. Dunning '34, 1934. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

42 pp. typescript.

Physical Description

1 folder

Papers relating to the Annual Dinner on April 26, 1934, 1934. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Extracts of speech by Harold W. Dodds. Typecript. Printed menu, seating list. Letters to Darrow expressing gratitude or requesting rooms.

Physical Description

1 folder

Papers relating to the Southern Dinner, April 25, 1935, 1935. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Extracts of speech by Douglas Southall Freeman. Typescipt. 4 Ls.S. by Freeman to Darrow, concerning his speech.

Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest