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John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (inclusive) 1800-1850 (bulk)

Extent:

2 boxes, 2 items, and 36 volumes

Abstract:

Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.

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

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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1950-1969 (bulk) 1892-1986 (inclusive)

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88 boxes and 42.6 linear feet

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The Georges Florovsky Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia of clergyman, teacher and author, Georges Florovsky.

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

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Anton Tedesko Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk) 1913-2005 (inclusive)

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44 boxes and 42.0 linear feet

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Anton Tedesko (1903-1994) was a German-born American structural engineer, best known for his extensive work in reinforced thin-shell concrete design, often on significant industrial, institutional, and government construction projects, largely in the United States during World War II and the Cold War. The papers consist of Tedesko's writings, correspondence, calculations, engineering drawings and designs, personal papers, photographs, reference materials and technical journals, along with some film reels and glass lantern slides, including materials from his time at the Dyckerhoff & Widmann and Roberts & Schaefer firms, representing his professional work and activities from the 1920s through the 1990s.

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

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David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck, 1928-1958 (inclusive) 1934-1952 (bulk)

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72 boxes, 1 folder, and 28.8 linear feet

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The David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck Collection consists of correspondence, publication and translation rights, financial records, and other publishing-related material collected by the David Lloyd Agency regarding their client, the American novelist Pearl S. Buck.

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

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Alonzo Church Papers, 1924-1995 (inclusive)

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85 boxes and 35.1 linear feet

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The Alonzo Church Papers consists of the writings, correspondence, notebooks, notes, and subject files of Alonzo Church (1903-1995, Princeton Class of 1924), the renowned mathematical logician who taught at Princeton University from 1929-1967 and the University of California at Los Angeles from 1967 to 1990, and who was editor of the Journal of Symbolic Logic from 1936 to 1979.

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

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Juan Gelman Papers, 1927-2014 (inclusive)

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72 boxes and 3575 digital files

Abstract:

Juan Gelman (1930-2014) was an Argentine poet, translator, journalist, and human rights activist. His papers contain handwritten, typewritten, and printouts of his writings, correspondence, notes, research files, awards and certificates, and personal photographs. A significant portion of the papers feature analog and born-digital investigative files relating to human rights investigations and campaigns Gelman conducted with his spouse, Mara La Madrid, on the forced kidnapping and death of his son and pregnant daughter-in-law, Marcelo Gelman and María Claudia García Irureta Goyena. Also included are files on his search to find his missing granddaughter, Macarena Gelman. Additional materials consist of original drafts and documents related to Juan Gelman's writing; letters; publishing contracts; documents about Juan Gelman's work as a translator; materials related to the campaign to lift the ban on Juan Gelman's entry into Argentina and his return to Buenos Aires; newspaper and...(see more)

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

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Women in Argentina, VII, 1993-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes, 2 items, and 1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection comprises a diversity of pamphlets, flyers, posters, newspapers, and other documents produced by political parties, women's organizations and movements, political and cultural organizations, city and state governments, as well as other publishers from Argentina.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera [Contact Us]

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John H. Scheide Collection on Slavery in North America, 1688-1865 (inclusive) 1766-1865 (bulk)

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1 box and 1.4 linear feet

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Consists of a group of around forty documents, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, that were assembled by collector John H. Scheide on the topic of slavery in North America.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

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Ereunes ston Hellēniko agrotiko chōro, 1976-1977 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 3.2 linear feet

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Consists of bound volumes of completed questionnaire forms relating to research project on Greek rural communities.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

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Vivilakēs Collection of Modern Greek Theater Playbills, 1948-1967 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains playbills mostly from Greece and a few from other countries.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]