Philadelphia Area Archives

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Anne Squire Correspondence, 1900-1920 (bulk) 1889-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of primarily of letters to Anne Squire from literary figures and friends.

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

Agnes Repplier Letters, 1901-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty letters of Agnes Repplier, an American essayist and biographer whose writing career spanned sixty-five years. Most of the letters are addressed to her friend Margaret Farrand (Mrs. WIlson Farrand).

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

Simone de Beauvoir Letters to Françoise and Hélène de Beauvoir, 1914-1968 (inclusive) 1918-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: This collection consists of over 400 letters from French writer, philosopher, and feminist theorist Simone de Beauvoir to her mother, Françoise de Beauvoir, and sister, Hélène de Beauvoir (also referred to as Henriette), dating from October 1918 to December 1968.

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

Violette Leduc Manuscripts and Correspondence with Simone de Beauvoir, 1945-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of nearly 300 letters from Simone de Beauvoir to Violette Leduc documenting their literary friendship spanning four decades, along with 23 notebooks containing manuscript drafts of Leduc's autobiography, La Bâtarde (1964).

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