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Markos Veremēs Papers
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Markos Veremēs was born in Zeugolatio of Arkadia in Peloponnesus (Greece) in January 1895. In 1912 he immigrated to the United States. From 1914 to 1919 he attended the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago and received his diploma as engineer. The same year he was assigned to active duty with S.A.T.C. Armour Institute of Technology and also became an American citizen. From 1919 to 1931 he worked as an engineer in Alaska and Chile. He left for Greece in 1931 where he established his own business in Athens. He got married in 1939. During the World War II he served in the Greek army. The financial crisis of this period had a bad impact on his business; he closed his office in Athens and in 1946 he returned to the States for further business training. In the meantime, 1947-1950 he tried to reestablish and equip his factory "Neon Hellas" in Athens and since 1950 and for many years he run the General Electrical Company successfully. His last trip to the United States took place in 1951; since then he lived permanently in Greece where he died. During his life he traveled extensively in many places in the world. He has two sons, Chrēstos and Thanos.
The collection consists of personal papers of Markos Veremēs, a Greek engineer who lived and worked in the United States, Chile, and Alaska for many years before he moved to Greece where he established his own business in Athens. Included in the collection are eight photograph and postcard albums of his personal or professional travels in Greece, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey, and Romania ranging from the years 1908 to 1969. There are also twenty-five lantern slides and six glass-plate negatives of Alaska dated 1921, professional and personal correspondence, typed manuscripts of Veremēs's memoirs, an essay, speeches, official documents, printed matter, 1 bound volume, and a medal.
The papers are a gift of Thanos Veremēs to the Program in Hellenic Studies for the Princeton University Library in 2010 (AM2011-6).
This collection was processed by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2011. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in the spring of 2011.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
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Collection is open for research use.
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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.
Collection Inventory
This series consists of eight photograph and postcard albums of Veremēs's professional or personal travels in Greece, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey, and Romania. Included are black-and-white photographs of Veremēs's college years in Chicago, his close family members, his friends, or colleagues, portaits, views of modern cities or historic sites, scenes of everyday life as well as several postcards of monuments and artworks. There are also 2 loose photographs and one leaf of an album.
This series has been organized chronologically.
Physical Description2 boxes
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This album contains mostly postcards of monuments and artworks.
Physical Description1 folder
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This series consists of twenty-five lantern slides and six glass-plate negatives of Alaska.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
This series consists of professional and personal correspondence.
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
Physical Description1 box
Includes correspondence from Veremēs's close family members.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
This series consists of writings by Markos Veremēs. Included are typed manuscripts of his memoirs, an essay, speeches that he delivered on several social occasions, and a few photocopies of clippngs of articles he published in Greek newspapers. There are also some printed note cards.
This series has been arranged by type of material.
Physical Description1 box
Includes an original typescript draft (pp. 300) of Veremēs's memoirs with handwritten emendations. It was published after his death by his son, Thanos, under the title Hē peripeteia tēs zōēs mou. Athens: I. Siderēs, 2008.
Physical Description2 folders
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Includes typed manuscripts of a biographical note on Veremēs both in English and in Greek as well as a photocopy of the National Guard [Ethnikē Politophylakē] of Athens dated 23.12.44.
Physical Description1 folder
This series has been arranged by type of material.
This series consists of Veremēs's official documents during his stay in the United States. Included also a bound volume and a few newspaper clippings in Greek.
Physical Description1 box
Includes official documents from the United States War Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor (Certificate of Naturalization), the United States Army, and the Armour Institute of Technology. There are also a few documents of close family members.
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Includes a brochure of modern Chile; a clipping of a Greek newspaper regarding the inauguration of a building belonging to Markos Veremēs; and photocopies of two more clippings. There is also a circular bronze commemorative medal of the Château-Thierry battle (1917-1918) during the World War I. The medal was transferred to the Princeton University Numismatic Collection (Medal ID number: 7802).
Physical Description1 folder