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Princeton University Library Collection of Spyros Meletzēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1 linear foot

Abstract:

Consists of an open collections of Spyros Meletzēs photographs.

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

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Elizabeth Bishop Collection, 1965-1979 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop's correspondence with her friend Ashley Brown.

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

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Groff Conklin Files for The Smart Set Anthology, 1929-1934 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of correspondence and documents American science fiction anthologist and author Groff Conklin compiled during the creation of The Smart Set Anthology (1934).

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

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George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1955 (bulk) 1953-1971 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Greek poet and Nobel Prize winner George Seferis.

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

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Maurice Hewlett Letters to Sir Henry Newbolt, 1903-1928 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of letters by English poet Maurice Hewlett to his fellow poet Sir Henry Newbolt, spanning the years 1903 or 1904 to 1921, though many letters are undated.

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

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Emily Ann Brown Daybook and Travel Papers, 1861-1874 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Emily Ann Brown was born in 1841. In 1873-1874, she went on a grand tour of Europe. Consists of one daybook with entries dated 1861-1862, one travel passport dated 1873, one travel diary chronicling her grand tour in 1873 and travels on the Rhine in 1874, and Brown's handwritten translation from the German of "A Forest Fable."

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

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Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.

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

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Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:

8 boxes and 4 linear feet

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Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

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Edward LeRoy Rice Papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive) 1916-1935 (bulk)

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9 boxes and 7.2 linear feet

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Edward Le Roy Rice was an American entrepreneur, producer of minstrel shows, and dealer in theatrical memorabilia. His collection consists of correspondence, both business and personal, documents, miscellaneous material, and many newspapers and clippings regarding Rice's interests in radio, film, and theater.

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

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Bretaigne Windust Collection, 1929-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:

10 boxes and 6.4 linear feet

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Contains records concerning plays directed by Bretaigne Windust (Princeton Class of 1929), mainly for the University Players, of which he was a co-founder.

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