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Kenneth McKenzie Fable 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:
C0494
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 2 boxes
  • 0.8 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Kenneth McKenzie Fable Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1898-1949 (inclusive)
Creator:
McKenzie, Kenneth, 1870-1949
Form:
Articles., Correspondence., and Notes.
Abstract:
Consists of papers of Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949), a former professor of Romance languages at Princeton, relating to fables.

McKenzie, Kenneth, 1870-1949

Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949) was a professor of Romance languages at Princeton University.

The collection consists of articles, correspondence, and printed matter of McKenzie, professor of Romance languages at Princeton, relating to fables. The collection contains an article on Italian fables and an article on McKenzie's fable collection which appeared in the June, 1944, issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle. Also included are notes and research material on bestiaries, fables of Italy, England, the United States, and France, and Hebrew fables, as well as specific references to the fables of Aesop and La Fontaine. The printed matter includes offprints of McKenzie's articles and clippings from book catalogues regarding fables. Researchers should be aware that this collection does not contain any fables, only research and notes about fables and McKenzie's fable collection.

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

Kenneth McKenzie, "Some Remarks on a Fable Collection" in the Princeton University Library Chronicle V, 4 (June, 1944) pp. 137-149. Mr. McKenzie's article relates a brief history of the fable, and in doing so reveals information about specific contents of the collection of over 700 volumes of fables he donated to the Special Collections.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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

Manuscript of Vecchiezza, by A. Pucci, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Used in preparing edition published in Speculum: photostat by Kenneth McKenzie.

Physical Description

1 folder

Scrapbook of Clippings from Book Catalogs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Italian Manuscripts of Fables: Notes and Materials Collected, undated. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Bestiaries, Encyclopedias, Fiore di virtù: Notes and Material Collected, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

General Notes on Fables, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fables, Oriental and Classical: Notes and Materials Collected, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Some Remarks on a Fable Collection," by Kenneth McKenzie, and correspondence relating to article, 1944-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs and Engravings relating to Fables, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Italian Fables of the 18th Century": Typescript, Partly Unpublished, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fables in England and U.S.A.: Notes and Materials Collected, 1897-1913. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Codice Chigi, Photostats, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Additional Notes on Fables and Bestiaries, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Additional Notes, 1844-1948. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Correspondence of Kenneth McKenzie concerning Fables and Bestiaries, 1898-1944. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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