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Maurice Kelley 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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Maurice Kelley (1903-1996) was a member of Princeton Class of 1934 and served as acting librarian of Princeton's Firestone Library from 1951 to 1953.
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter of American educator and librarian, Maurice Kelley (Princeton Class of 1934). Also included are correspondence of Kelley and Hamilton Cottier, with a journal (1935), concerning the Princeton Bibliographical Society; correspondence and newspaper reviews of Kelley's book about John Milton, This Great Argument (1941); general correspondence; a few personal photographs; and newspaper clippings about a bicycle trip taken by Kelley in 1940 to Canada over Benedict Arnold's trail. Includes letters written during World War II from students to Kelley, and material relating to his service as acting librarian of Princeton's Firestone Library (1951-1953). There is also a framed expression of appreciation from the library staff to Kelley upon his return to the English Dept. in 1953.
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
This collection was the gift of Mr. Maurice Kelley (Class of 1934) in 1991 with an additional gift in 1993.
AM 92-33 and AM 1993-151.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '15 in 2013.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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This collection is open for research.
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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.
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Also includes two audio cassettes from the American Audio Prose library of two readings by George Garrett at the University of Cincinnati.
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Also includes a journal from 1935, containing information about members of the Princeton Bibliographical Society.
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Consists of photographs of Maurice Kelley (while acting University Librarian in 1951 or 1952), the War Service Bureau Staff (1943), a reception for the Princeton University Library (1953), and a photograph of the front of Firestone Library at Princeton University.
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Clippings are of several articles pertaining to the bike trip along Benedict Arnold's Trail.
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