Selected Papers of George Seferis

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Call Number:

C0816

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

2 boxes
4 items

Language:

Italian

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Selected Papers of George Seferis, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1935-1993 (inclusive) and 1940-1970 (bulk)

Creator:

Seferis, George, 1900-1971.

Form:

Correspondence., Manuscripts., and Phonograph records.

Abstract:

George Seferis was a Greek diplomat, ambassador, poet and translator. He held various posts with the Royal Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was ambassador to the United Nations, 1956-1957, and to Great Britain, 1957-1962. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963, and was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1965.

Seferis, George, 1900-1971.

George Seferis was a Greek poet and the 1963 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

This collection consists of selected papers of Seferis. Included are three manuscripts by Seferis--"Diary Kept at Princeton, 1968," his "Declaration of March 28, 1969," against the Greek junta, and "Letter to Rex Warner" (published 1972)--and correspondence and collected papers of Lawrence Durrell, T. S. Eliot, and Henry Miller. Present are 42 letters (1939-1978) by Henry Miller to George and Maro Seferis, Miller's original 1939 manuscript journal, First Impressions of Greece (Santa Barbara : Capra Press, 1973), a typescript of "When Do Angels Cease to Resemble Themselves? A Study of Rimbaud" (Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, 1946), two extracts from The Colossus of Maroussi (San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941), and correspondence and printed matter related to Henry Miller.

There are 17 letters (1935-1963) by T. S. Eliot to Seferis, with some related correspondence and printed matter, and several letters, three poetry translations (in English), and a phonograph recording by Lawrence Durrell. There is a miscellaneous correspondence with Sophia Antzaka, Cevat Capan, Kyriakos Chrysostomidis, Edmund Keeley, Maro Seferis, and others, as well as correspondence with Princeton University (1965) and about trips to the United States in 1968. Also present are manuscripts by Odysseas Elytes, Nikos Gkatsos, "Amorgos," and Angelos Sikelianos, "Akritika, 1941-1942."

Purchased and partially gifted from the author. Papers of Henry Miller purchased from Daphne Krinos. 3 manuscripts, Seferis correspondence, and Nikos Gkatsos manuscript, as well as Lawrence Durrell are a gift of Anna Krinou-Londou.

This collection was processed in 2005. Finding aid written in 2005.

No appraisal information is available.

People

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

Subject

Publisher: Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date: 2005
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

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1 box

1 ALS (in Greek), 1 TMs (in Greek), 1974. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 TLS (in Italian), misc. notes, 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 note, copy of book inscription, 1965. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 TLS (in Greek), 1982. 1 folder.

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1 ACS, 10 ALs(S), 6 TLsS, 1 Telegram to Seferis, 1941-1969. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 ALS by Seferis, 1969. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 TL (copy) by Durrell to "Robin", undated. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 TL (copy) by "Marie" to Durrell, 1955. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 TLS by Alan G. Thomas to Seferis, 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

TMs(carbon), in English, "Letter to Seferis the Greek, A Poem by Lawrence Durrell 1941" with annotations in Greek, 1941. 1 folder.

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1 folder

TMs(carbon), in English, "The Death-Feast of the Greeks" by Angelos Sikelianos, translated by Durrell, 1945. 1 folder.

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1 folder

TMs(carbon), in English, "Strati Thallassinos Among the Agapanthi" by George Seferis, [translated by Durrell?], dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

TMs (carbon), "Agraphon" (by Angelos Sikelianos) in English, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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"New Directions Books" with AMs notes of recommendations by Durrell, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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"Lawrence Durrell Greek Poems," Poets Reading no. 6, Jupiter Recordings, Ltd., recordings made from tapes recorded in Montpellier, France, 45 rpm, 1962. 1 folder.

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1 folder

notes on printed material, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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(transferred to Rare Books Div.)

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1 folder

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1 box

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17 letters, by T.S. and/or Valerie Eliot, wedding announcement, 8 letters to Eliot, 1935-1963. 1 folder.

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1 folder

14 Christmas cards, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

5 letters, correspondence between Maro & George Seferis and Valerie Eliot, 1960-1965. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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Tambimuttu, T. (Editions Poetry London), 1948. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Kaysen, Carl (Instit. for Advanced Study) with a copy of a poem about Eliot and a Xerox of a letter (1947) by Eliot, 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

Misc. clippings, includes Nov. 7, 1968 issue of "The Times Literary Supplement" on Eliot's The Waste Land, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 TMs (in Greek) verse, clippings, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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14 letters (correspondence), 1968-1970. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 TLS (in French), vitae, 1965. 1 folder.

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1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.

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1 AMS (in Greek) verse ["Amorgos"], 1943. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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8 letters, clippings & misc, 1968. 1 folder.

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6 letters, 1 AMs (in Greek), 1967-1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 Bd TMs (in French & Greek), "Le mouvement du corps humain dans la poésie de Séféris", after 1986. 1 folder.

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printed matter, 1968-1969. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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5 letters, printed matter, 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 ACS, clipping photo, 1971. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Keeley, Edmund, dates not examined. 1 item.

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(See: Princeton University)

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1 ACS, 1961. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 ANS, clippings, 1968-1971. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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2 boxes

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The Colossus of Maroussi - extract, TMs (carbon) with autograph corrections, pages 81-86, "I think that the great hordes who made the long trek to Epidauros....," sent to Seferis with his letter of May 31, 1940, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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The Colossus of Maroussi - extract, TMsS, entitled "(Boogie Woogie Passacaglia)" pages 139-149, inscribed to Seferis, 1940 August 21 sent to Seferis with his letter of Aug. 21, 1940, 1940 August 21. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Photocopies of inscription to Seferis, 1939 November. 1 folder.

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1 folder

When Do Angels Cease to Resemble Themselves? A Study of Rimbaud - TMs (carbon), "Carbon I" in manilla envelope addressed to Lawrence Durrell, 1940s. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

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37 ALs, TLsS & postcards by Miller, 2 drafts to Miller, 1939-1971. 2 folders.

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2 folders

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5 ALsS by Miller, 4 ALsS to Miller, 1972-1978. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 TCS to Miller, 1939. 1 folder.

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1 TLS to HM, 1940. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

1 TLS by [Alfred Perles?], 1940. 1 folder.

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1 folder

2 ACsS, by "AR" [Abe Rattner?], 1940. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 TCS, by "Carlo", 1940. 1 folder.

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1 folder

1 TLS, undated. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

Laughlin, James, 1939. 1 folder.

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1 folder

T'ien Hsia Monthly, 1940. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Opus Press (Denys Val Baker), 1944. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Porter, Bern, 1944. 1 folder.

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1 folder

The Chimera, 1944. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Hornus, Jean-Michel, 1955. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Varda, Jean, 1957. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Vivier, Guillaume, 1993. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Notes by George Seferis on Henry Miller, AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

bust of Miller sculpted by Radmila Djoukic of Belgrade, inscribed on verso, "to Seferiades from Henry Miller, Athens, ", 1939 October 11. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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brochure, "Cendrars ou le Torrent Enracine," with autograph note initialed "HM", dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

extract, page 145 from ? "Brooklyn and Queens," with autograph notes by HM?, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

article "Reflections on Writing" by Henry Miller, Creative Writing Vol. II, No. 1, 1939 November-December. 1 folder.

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1 folder

book review of Walter Lowrie's A Short Life of Kierkegaard by Henry Miller, The New Republic, 1943 May 10. 1 folder.

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1 folder

page extract with article "Another Open Letter" by Henry Miller, The New Republic, 1943 December 6. 1 item.

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offprint, "The Hour of Man" by Henry Miller, Chicago Review, dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

loose pages, "An Autobiographical Note" by Henry Miller, extracted from his Cosmological Eye, Athene, 1941 November. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 box

Various clippings, reviews, promotional material, etc., includes "Life in Big Sur" by Valentine Miller (daughter of HM at age 9), dates not examined. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 ALS (copy of inscription in book), 1965. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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5 letters, printed matter, 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 ALS, 2 ACsS (in Greek), 1965-1970. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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1 ALS, clippings, 1970. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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11 letters, correspondence with Edmund Keeley and others, 1963-1968. 1 folder.

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14 letters, misc, 1965. 1 folder.

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3 photographs, 1965. 1 folder.

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printed matter, 1965. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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20 letters, contracts, royalty statements, 1964-1983. 1 folder.

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1 folder

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"Declaration of March 28, 1969 [against the Greek Junta], 1 TMS (carbon), in Greek, (pub. Athens, 1975), 1969. 1 folder.

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1 folder

"Diary Kept at Princeton, 1968" AMs, in Greek (pub. as "Cheirographo Okt. '68" Athens, 1986), 1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

"Letter to Rex Warner" - 3 AMss, 1 TMsS, in Greek (pub. Athens, 1972 ), 1965-1968. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Manuscript notes removed from his books, 1939-1985. 1 folder.

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1 folder

Mythical Story [Mythistor?ma] - Selections, translated into English by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard, AMs, illustrated, inscribed by Arthur Smith, 1968. 1 folder.

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Printed matter removed from his books, 1964-1988. 1 folder.

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Letters and notes removed from books, 1973-1987. 1 folder.

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"Akritika, 1941-1942" AMs notes & AMsS, illustrated, (pub. N.Y., 1944), 1942. 1 folder.

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Collection Inventory

Antzaka, Sophia Z., 1974. 1 box.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1968. 1 box.

Capan, Cevat, 1965. 1 box.

Chrysostomidis, Kyriakos, 1982. 1 box.

Durrell, Lawrence, 1941-1969. 1 box.

Correspondence, 1941-1969. 1 box.

Poems, 1941-1945. 1 box.

Printed leaflet, dates not examined. 1 box.

Phonograph record, 1962. 1 box.

Eliot, T. S., 1935-1968. 1 box.

Correspondence, 1935-1965. 1 box.

Seferis, George, 1935-1963. 1 box.

Eliot, Valerie, 1960-1965. 1 box.

Letters about Eliot, 1948-1968. 1 box.

Printed Matter about Eliot, dates not examined. 1 box.

Elytes, Odysseas, dates not examined. 1 box.

The Ford Foundation, 1968-1970. 1 box.

Galtier, Lysandro Z. D., 1965. 1 box.

Garcia Terrés, Jaime, dates not examined. 1 box.

Gkatsos, Nikos, 1943. 1 box.

The Harvard Advocate, 1968. 1 box.

Harvard University, 1967-1968. 1 box.

Institut Néohéllenique de la Sorbonne, 1986. 1 box.

Institute for Advanced Study, 1968-1969. 1 box.

International Poetry Forum, 1968. 1 box.

Kaiser, Walter, 1971. 1 box.

Lawrence, Seymour, 1961. 1 box.

McCarthy, Eugene, 1968-1971. 1 box.

Miller, Henry, 1939-1993. 2 boxes.

Works, 1939 November-1949. 1 box.

Correspondence, 1939-1978. 1 box.

Seferis, George, 1939-1971. 1 box.

Seferis, Maro, 1972-1978. 1 box.

Laughlin, James, 1939. 1 box.

New York Public Library (Lydenberg), 1940. 1 box.

unidentified to HM, 1940. 1 box.

Letters about Henry Miller, 1939-1993. 1 box.

Photograph, 1939 October 11. 1 box.

Printed Matter by Henry Miller, 1939 November-1943 December 6. 1 box.

Printed Matter about Henry Miller, dates not examined. 1 box.

Momirovski, Tome, 1965. 1 box.

The Poetry Center, 1968. 1 box.

Polites, Linos, 1965-1970. 1 box.

Pontani, Filippo Maria, 1970. 1 box.

Princeton University, 1963-1968. 1 box.

Princeton University, Honorary Degree, 1965. 1 box.

Princeton University Press, 1964-1983. 1 box.

Seferis, George, 1939-1988. 1 box.

Works, 1939-1988. 1 box.

Seferis, Maro, 1973-1987. 1 box.

Sikelianos, Angelos, 1942. 1 box.

Stephanides, T., dates not examined. 1 box.

United States trips, 1968. 1 box.

Vitti, Mario, dates not examined. 1 box.

Print, Suggest