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J. Duncan Spaeth 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.

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Spaeth, J. Duncan

J. Duncan Spaeth was a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton. He served as the president of the University of Kansas City (Mo.) from 1935 to 1938.

The collection consists of Spaeth's works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter. His works--notes, outlines and lectures for English courses at Princeton, addresses on educational, literary, and scholarly topics, and poetry--comprise the great bulk of the collection, but it also includes professional and personal correspondence as well as several diaries and copybooks (1938-1952) containing notes on summer reading, thoughts on his trip to Germany (1938), and comments on the international situation prior to World War II. In addition, there are photographs, including one of John Ruskin, scrapbooks, offprints of articles written by Spaeth, other printed material, souvenir programs, and newspaper clippings.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.

Gift of Mrs. John de Martelly

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

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

Notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Books, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Articles published by Spaeth and others, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Spaeth's poetry, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Article drafts, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lectures, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Published article, "The Happy Scholar" (University Review, Winter 1936), dates not examined. 1 box.
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Notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Published articles by Spaeth, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Speeches and lectures, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Notes for lectures and speeches, Princeton and elsewhere, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lectures and course outlines, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Student essays, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture notes, Princeton and elsewhere, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Article notes and drafts, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Notebooks, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Scrapbook of clippings, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Religious articles and obituaries, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Documents, circa 1948. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous publications, pamphlets, articles, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture notes - University extension course, 1906. 1 box.
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1 box

Photos, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Clippings, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Scrapbooks, 1931-1938. 1 box.
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1 box

Print, Suggest