Master list is in two parts A to LM
to Z
Master List of Finding Aids in Manuscript and like Collections in the Princeton
University Library
M
MacColl, E. Kimbark, 1910-
The Supreme Court and Public Opinion: A Study
of the Court Fight of 1937 by E. Kimbark MacColl
Consists of notes, outlines, correspondence, and chapter drafts for
MacColl's thesis, The Supreme Court and Public Opinion:A Study of the
Court Fight of 1937 (1953), which used public opinion polls as a basis
of information in discussing Franklin D. Roosevelt and his "court-packing
bill."
Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947
Gekle Collection of Arthur Machen
Consists primarily of correspondence of William F. Gekle, an American
businessman, concerning his collecting of Arthur Machen books and manuscripts.
Included are letters by James Branch Cabell, August Derleth, Arthur Machen
(four letters), Charles Parsons, Paul Seybolt, Vincent Starrett, Edwin
Steffe, and Joseph Kelly Vodrey, as well as a separate section of Vodrey's
correspondence. Also present are a few photographs of Machen, bibliographies
of his works, material on the Arthur Machen Society, reviews and publicity
matter for Gekle's work Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy (1949),
and a pamphlet entitled "A Machen Miscellany" (1957) by Gekle.
Vodrey
Collection of Arthur Machen
Consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Machen and an equal amount
of manuscripts and correspondence of Machen admirers and collectors, particularly
the members of the Machen Society, founded in 1948 after Machen's death.
Included are Machen's The Secret Glory (1922, page proofs), Ornaments
in Jade (1924, signed autograph manuscript), The children of the
Pool and Other Stories (1936, autograph and typed manuscript), The
Cosy Room and Other Stories (1936, typed manuscript), various short
works, such as introductions and prefaces, address books, and photographs
of his residences, 1863-1930.
MacInnes, Helen, 1907-1985
Helen
MacInnes Papers
Contains the original manuscripts of twenty-two published novels, miscellaneous
articles and speeches, and a play. Each of MacInnes' novels is generally
represented by the original pencil manuscript as well as various versions
in typescript edited in the author's hand; for many of the novels there
are galley and page proofs as well. The collection is organized so that
correspondence, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter
pertaining to each novel are included with the manuscript, allowing one
both to study the production of MacInnes' novels from the handwritten notes
through to the final printer's copy and to follow their public reception
through fan mail and comments by critics.
Maclay, Arthur Collins, 1853-1930
Arthur Collins Maclay Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, financial records, photographs (including
tintypes), a map, and printed matter of Maclay. The collection contains
an autograph and typed manuscript of his novel A Budget of Letters from
Japan (1886), the autograph manuscript of an unpublished novel, The
Kingdom of New York, and two autograph manuscripts of articles, "The
Anti-Suffrage Case" and "A Few Leaves from a Globe Trotter's Diary" (1878).
There is also correspondence between Maclay and his brother, Robert Hall
Maclay, a merchant in Tientsin, China, in which Robert describes his life
in Tientsin. Also included are manuscripts of travel lectures on China
and Japan delivered by Maclay with accompanying photographs used to illustrate
the lectures and flyers to publicize them. In addition, there are statements
of account of the Maclay brothers' estates.
Maclean, John, 1771-1814
John
Maclean (1771-1814) Collection
Contains nine letters by Maclean, Princeton professor of chemistry
and natural history (1795-1812), as well as a manuscript containing biographical
details of Maclean's life and an extract of a letter of introduction by
Dr. Miller of Glasgow to Dr. Caspar Wistar of Philadelphia on Maclean's
behalf. Recipients of the letters are Benjamin Silliman (6), the first
lecturer at Yale in chemistry for whom Maclean served as mentor in the
teaching of chemistry, Samuel Stanhope Smith (1), Ashbel Green (1), the
seventh and eighth presidents of Princeton, and Major Benjamin Walker (1).
The letter to Ashbel Green concerns the student rebellion and suspensions
in 1807. Also present is correspondence between John Grier Hibben and Mrs.
Henry Fairfield Osborn about the collection. (C0787)
John
Maclean (1771-1814) Letters and Papers at Mudd Library
The Letters are arranged chronologically, and in some cases predate
John Maclean's life. They are located in Boxes 1-7 of the Maclean Papers.
The Papers portion of the collection consists of materials other than letters
to/from the Maclean family, and are arranged by type of material or subject.
For a more detailed listing of the Papers portion, please consult the Jacob
Beam index to the Maclean Papers found in the reference room, Seeley G.
Mudd Manuscript Library.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Archibald MacLeish Collection
Contains the typed manuscript, first and page proofs, working dummy,
and author's proof of MacLeish's verse play Nobodaddy (1926) and
typed manuscripts--drafts and final versions--for two of MacLeish's shorter
historical dramatizations: Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honors
(1961), a script for television tracing the Jefferson legacy through narration
with dialogue from original sources and focusing on July 4, 1826, the day
on which both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died; and The American
Bell (1962), a script for a sound-and-light spectacular presented at
Philadelphia's Independence Hall and concerned with the Liberty Bell and
events leading up to the Declaration of Independence.
MacLeod, Norman, 1906-1985
Generation of Anger by Norman Macleod
Consists of the typed final draft with holograph corrections of Macleod's
unpublished autobiography, Generation of Anger.
Macloskie, George, 1834-1920
George Macloskie Papers
Consists of notebooks, scrapbooks, printed material, and a commonplace
book (1906) of Macloskie, Princeton professor of biology (1875-1906) and
an ordained Presbyterian minister and lawyer. The bulk of the collection
is comprised of notebooks, many used as the basis for class lectures and
papers in biology and related subjects, such as zoology, comparative anatomy,
botany, and physiology, as well as in law and theology. There are also
notebooks on Esperanto, of which Macloskie was an enthusiast, the flora
of Patagonia, and a scrapbook of leaves and flowers of Great Britain (1870).
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
William
Charles Macready Collection
Consists of selected correspondence of Macready, letters written by
members of his family, and some letters, articles, and miscellaneous documents
about him. A significant number of letters (45) are from Macready's
friend William Frederick Pollock.
Consists predominantly of correspondence between members of the MacMartin
family of New York and New Jersey. The collection contains correspondence
between Peter W. MacMartin and his wife Harriet, letters by James and Archibald
MacMartin to their brother Peter, correspondence between Peter and his
sons Archibald M. (Class of 1865) and Malcolm (Class of 1867) covering
in part their years at Princeton during the Civil War, and correspondence
among other family members. In addition there are photographs, one of Malcolm
and one of Archibald M., and several miscellaneous financial papers relating
to the brothers.
MacMurray, John V. A. (John Van Antwerp), 1881-1960
John V. A. MacMurray Papers
Consists of public and personal papers of MacMurray (Class of 1902)
and his father, Junius Wilson MacMurray (1844-1898), but the collection
primarily relates to MacMurray's diplomatic career as assistant secretary
of state (1924-1925), minister to China (1925-1929) and Turkey (1936-1942),
chairman (1937-1938) of the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs,
and chairman (1933-1938) of the International Wheat Advisory Committee.
Included are MacMurray's correspondence and related papers concerning State
Dept. activities and foreign affairs in general: accounts and ledgers (1931-1960),
diaries (1889-1958), articles, speeches, lectures, manuscripts for his
report Treaties and Agreements With and Concerning China, 1894-1919
(1921), printed materials, photographs of family, friends, and state officials,
and supplementary papers (1905-1922) relating to China, Japan, and East
Asian affairs. Family records contain a few items from the 1715 to 1860
period, Junius MacMurray's military reports and correspondence during and
after the Civil War, diaries (1863-1884), and articles (1883-1898); there
are also genealogies, photographs, and other family memorabilia of Missouri
and New York.
Macomb, J. de Navarre (John de Navarre), 1913-
J. de Navarre Macomb Sheet Music Collection
Contains sheet music of popular songs as well as songs from musical
comedies, but also includes songbooks of older, more traditional songs--all
collected by Macomb.
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
William
Charles Macready Collection
Consists of selected correspondence of Macready, letters written by
members of his family, and some letters, articles, and miscellaneous documents
about him. A significant number of letters (45) are from Macready's friend,
William Frederick Pollock.
MacVeagh, Lincoln, 1890-1972
Lincoln
MacVeagh Papers
Consists of papers of MacVeagh relating to his diplomatic career as
minister to Greece (1933-1942), ambassador to the exiled Greek and Yugoslav
governments in Cairo (1943-1944), and returning ambassador to Greece (1944-1947).
Included are typed transcripts of portions of diaries covering much of
this diplomatic period (1939-1945); dispatches and telegrams to the State
Department (1933-1940) concerning primarily political and diplomatic events
in Greece, such as General John Metaxas's dictatorship, and Yugoslavia;
and copies of his correspondence with President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
from the National Archives and the Roosevelt Library.
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Crane
Collection of James and Dolley Madison
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and other related
material of both James (Class of 1771) and Dolley Madison, collected by
Jasper E. Crane (Class of 1901). Included are the original congressional
report on the Battle of Bladensburg (1814), with tables and descriptions;
a signed, autograph copy of Dolley Madison's poem "Lafayette"; and a two-page
manuscript entitled "Canons of Etiquette to be Observed by the Executive
by President Jefferson." Correspondence covers the period 1783 to 1848
and includes letters to John Quincy Adams, Francis Preston Blair, Aaron
Burr, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Rush, Samuel Stanhope Smith,
and Samuel Southard. Documents, dated 1801 to 1817, consist mainly of ship's
papers and land grants signed by James Madison.
James
Madison Collection
Consists of seventeen letters by Madison (Class of 1771), as well as
documents, miscellany, and one manuscript. The four-page manuscript consists
essentially of autobiographical notes in which Madison discusses his ancestors,
his education, and some of his writings. Robert Livingston and Jedidiah
Morse are among the addressees of the letters, many of which appear to
be first drafts. Among the documents are an Ohio land grant, a passport,
ship's papers, and a Pittsburgh deed--the latter two are counter-signed
by James Monroe.
Magie, David, 1877-1960
David Magie Papers
Consists of papers of Magie (Class of 1897, professor of classics)
relating primarily to his activities as a member of the staff of the American
Commission to Negotiate Peace in 1919, including a transcript of his interview
with Woodrow Wilson on May 22, 1919. Also present are background notes
and memoranda by Magie, William Yale, and others on Syria, Lebanon, Armenia,
Greece, and other Near East countries, his report "The Kurds of the Ottoman
Empire," and his notes taken as a student of the classics in Germany (1901-1904).
Magie, Gertrude, 1862-
Selected Papers of Gertrude Magie
Consists of 1 checkbook, 1 address book, and 5 diaries covering the
period 1917-1938. Included in the diaries are letters (1 letter, dated
1873, is addressed to "Mrs. Magie"--Gertrude's mother?), postcards, invoices,
receipts, and photographs. There are 2 letters by John Butler Yeats.
Magnuson, James, 1941-
James Magnuson Plays
Consists of copies of typescripts of five plays by Magnuson, a Hodder
Fellow and playwright-in-residence at Wilson College of Princeton University,
1970-1974.
Maitland, Glen, 1916-
Glen Maitland Novels
Consists of the autograph and typed manuscripts of three unpublished
novels by Maitland (Class of 1938): The Couple in the Station Wagon,
The
Dream Is Always There, and The Philadelphia Affaire.
Malliol, William, 1932-1991
William
Malliol Papers
Consists of diaries, notes, literary manuscripts, photographs, and
artwork of Malliol (pseudonym of William T. McInenly). Included are holograph
and typed manuscripts for Malliol's two published novels, A Sense of
Dark (1968) and Slave (1986), and for several works in progress;
over 30 diaries spanning the years from 1965 to 1986; photographs, including
one of Robert Frost with Malliol's friends; memorabilia; correspondence,
including letters from the MacDowell Colony, a writer's retreat in New
Hampshire; and various sketches and sketchbooks.
Mandelshtam, Osip, 1891-1938
Osip
Mandelshtam Papers
Consists of Russian-language works, correspondence, and printed matter
of Mandelshtam. The collection contains holograph and typed manuscripts
of his poems, reviews, articles, and essays, often in draft form representing
different stages of his work, many of which are in the hand of his wife,
Nadezhda, who acted as his amanuensis. Among the works are the following
collections of poetry: Kamen, Tristia, Poems (1928), New Poems,
and Voronezh Notebooks. Prose works include Fourth Prose,
Journey
to Armenia, Conversation about Dante, and The Egyptian Stamp.
A copy of Kamen belonging to S. P. Kablukov and Poems (1928)
inscribed to N. E. Shtempel are also in the collection. In addition, there
are official documents; correspondence as well as notations by Nadezhda
on Mandelshtam's political situation; letters from Mandelshtam to Nadezhda
[Khazina]; and letters from Soviet poet Anna Akhmatova, a letter from Arthur
Miller, letters from Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunskii, and others, some of
which contain references to the Writer's Union.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
Thomas
Mann Collection
Contains works of Mann including lectures, addresses, radio broadcasts
(1942-1943), proofs for Der Erwahlte and a chapter of Lotte in
Weimar, and a facsimile of Die Betrogene, as well as correspondence
between Mann and many German and American intellectuals, such as Charles
Neider, Arthur Hubscher, Hans Hulsen, Erich von Kahler, and Caroline Newton.
In addition, there are memorabilia, photographs of Mann and several friends
(Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, etc.), and printed matter relating to
Mann, as well as articles and essays of which he is the subject.
Marden, Charles Carroll, 1867-1932
Charles
Carroll Marden Collection of Spanish Documents
Consists of 637 Spanish documents, collected by Marden, divided into
two groups: documents originating from the town of Burgos and several towns
around Soria and documents from the town of Alarcon. The first group--170
documents--contains deeds, mortgages, wills, probate documents, and documents
drawn up to establish genealogies, all apparently intended to prove rights
to inherit capellanias; the second group, consisting of 467 documents,
concerns the affairs of the seigneurial town of Alarcon, south of Cuenca.
Most of these documents are legal files and illustrate the governance of
a town which belonged to one of the most powerful grandees of 16th-century
Spain, the Marques de Villena. The wool trade and industry of the area
figures significantly in the documents.
Marlowe, Julia, 1866-1950
Julia
Marlowe Collection
Consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid by Marlowe, a
noted actress who with her husbands, Richard Taber and later E. H. Sothern,
specialized in the Shakespearean repertoire. Also included are photographs
of both Marlowe and Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and
scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
Marmon, Lee, 1925-
Laguna Ha'Ma Ha' Tribal Portraits, Photographs
by Lee Marmon
Consists of a portfolio of twelve black-and-white photographs by Marmon,
a Laguna Indian, of eleven older Indians of the Laguna and Acoma Pueblos
of New Mexico, entitled Laguna Ha'Ma Ha' [once upon a time] Tribal
Portraits. The photographs are each accompanied by a short biographical
sketch by Kathryn Savas and depict men and women Indians who were farmers,
potters, railroad workers, and governors of the Laguna Pueblo, some in
tribal costume.
Marquand, Allan, 1853-1924
Allan Marquand Papers
Contains the personal papers of Marquand--including manuscripts, correspondence,
photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed matter--reflecting his
career in the art world, especially as an expert and cataloguer of the
works of the della Robbia family, 15th and 16th century sculptors and ceramists
of Florence. Included are manuscripts for Decoration of the Ceppo Hospital
at Pistoia, Della Robbias in America, Some Works by Donatello
in America, and Strzygowski and His Theory of Early Christian Art.
There is also material dating from his earlier years as a student when
his interests were in the field of theology and philosophy, specifically,
logic. During his years as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins, Marquand
invented a logic machine, an early computer, which is now on permanent
exhibition in Fine Hall at Princeton.
Marsden, Dora, 1882-
Dora
Marsden Collection
Consists of papers of Marsden, including correspondence relating to
her books, The Definition of the Godhead, The Mysteries of Christianity,
and The Philosophy of the Time, and the three periodicals she edited,
The
Freewoman, The New Freewoman, and The Egoist. Contained
in the collection are manuscripts sent to the periodicals, although the
bulk of this material appeared in The Freewoman. There is also correspondence
between feminists, such as Harriet Shaw Weaver, Mary Gawthorpe, and Grace
Jardine, and an exchange of letters among leading suffragists, including
Emmeline and Cristabel Pankhurst of the Women's Social and Political Union.
Martin, Henry, 1925-
Henry
Martin Collection
Consists of several hundred drawings by Henry Martin (Class of 1948)
for cartoons published by The New Yorker between 1964 and 1990.
Some of the cartoons have also appeared in his collections All Those
in Favor (1969), Yak! Yak! Yak! Blah! Blah! Blah! (1977), and
Good
News/Bad News (1977). Included are also spot drawings on various topics
and approximately 300 letters to him concerning his career as a cartoonist
for The New Yorker. Among the correspondents are other cartoonists
such as Jack Ziegler, Charles Addams, Roz Chast and George Booth, as well
as members of The New Yorker staff. Also included are letters from
Charles Scribner, Jr. and Charles Scribner III, who published two collections
of Henry Martin's cartoons in 1977. The collection spans the artist's entire
career, from his first cartoon which appeared in the
Princeton Tiger
Magazine in 1946, until early 1990s.
Martin, John Bartlow, 1915-1987
see John Bartlow Martin Files on Adali E. Stevenson
under Stevenson, Adlai E.
Martin, Paul, 1862-1956
Paul Martin Papers
Consists of sermons and theological notes, a few letters, a diary (1880-1883),
an autograph album (1882), diplomas, and newspaper clippings of Martin
(Class of 1882).
Martin, Robert Bernard, 1918-
Robert Bernard Martin Papers
Consists of two distinct groups of papers: material relating to Martin's
research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley
and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published books unrelated to Kingsley.
The Kingsley material includes photostats and microfilm of correspondence,
transcripts of correspondence, many with notes and corrections by Martin,
and photographs. In addition, there is correspondence between Martin and
various publishers, dealers, and libraries, as well as research notes,
transcripts, galley proofs, pre-publication and publication copies of Dust
of Combat (1959), a biography of Kingsley, and An Edition of the
Correspondence and Private Papers of Charles Kingsley (1950), Martin's
doctoral dissertation from New College at Oxford.
Martin, Townsend, 1895-1951
Townsend
Martin Collection
Consists of two boxes of typescripts, screenplays, and scene descriptions
by Martin (Class of 1917) as well as one box of similar material by other
authors, such as Willis Goldbeck and Fannie Hurst.
Martínez Sotomayor, José, 1895-1980
José
Martínez Sotomayor Papers
Consists of personal papers of José Martínez Sotomayor,
Mexican lawyer, judge, and writer who published novels, short stories,
and nonfiction. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he was affiliated with the
literary magazines Bandera de provincias, published in Guadalajara
in 1929-1930, and Contemporaneos, published in Mexico City from
1929 to 1931. The founders and editors of the latter magazine were referred
to as "Los Contemporaneos."
Mason, Alpheus Thomas, 1899-1989
Alpheus
Thomas Mason Papers
Consists of the papers of Mason who taught in the Dept. of Politics
at Princeton beginning in 1925 and succeeded Edward Corwin as McCormick
Professor of Jurisprudence in 1947. Included is material relating to Supreme
Court justices Harlan Fiske Stone and Louis Brandeis.
Mason, F. Van Wyck (Francis Van Wyck), 1901-
Stars on the Sea, Novel by F. Van Wyck Mason
Consists of the typescript from which type was set for Mason's novel
Stars
on the Sea.
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1869-1950
Gertrude Claytor Collection of Edgar Lee Masters
Consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Masters and correspondence,
photographs, and printed material relating to him, collected by Gertrude
Claytor. The collection contains manuscripts of 48 of his poems, the manuscripts
of two articles he wrote on Samuel Clemens and Vachel Lindsay, and approximately
65 of his letters.
Mather, Frank Jewett, 1868-1953
Frank Jewett Mather Papers
Consists primarily of the correspondence of Mather during the years
he was a professor in the art and archaeology department at Princeton (1910-1933)
and first director of the Museum of Historic Art (1922-1946), now the Princeton
University Museum of Art. Also included are several photographs of Mather
and autograph and typed manuscript copies of A PRIVATE LIFE, the unpublished
autobiography of his father. Correspondents include such colleagues and
friends as John Truslow Adams, Irving Babbitt, Bernard Berenson, Van Wyck
Brooks, Royal Cortissoz, Arthur Hazard Dakin, Henry Holt, Clare Leighton,
Allan Marquand, Paul Elmer More, Lewis Mumford, and Hans Tietze. A unique
war item is a 1941 letter of Mather sent to England that was intercepted
and returned by German censors.
Frank Jewett Mather Autograph Collection
Consists primarily of letters and autograph copies of parts of manuscripts
of 19th-century English and American poets and novelists collected by Mather.
Included are the manuscript notes (undated) for a sermon in the hand of
Cotton Mather and an opinion by Francis Scott Key regarding the articles
of association for the Geo-Town Importing & Exporting Company. Other
notables represented in the collection are Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Hardy, Washington Irving, Margaret Fuller
Ossoli, and Edgar Allen Poe.
Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878
Mathews
Family Papers
Consists of papers of the Mathews family, a 19th-century English theatrical
family whose members performed and wrote for the stage and achieved fame
as gifted mimics and comedians. There is much correspondence between the
family members: Charles Mathews, his second wife, Anne Jackson Mathews,
their son, Charles James Mathews, and his wife, Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucy
Vestris Mathews. Included are manuscripts of autobiographies written by
both the father and son, as well as some manuscripts of monologues, songs,
roles, and music. The collection also contains documents, notebooks, and
newspapers clippings, and there are printed works of Charles Mathews, including
comic annuals, sketches, and olios.
Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946
Arthur Bartlett Maurice Correspondence
Consists of letters to Maurice (Class of 1894) from 117 19th- and early
20th-century American writers. Maurice was an editor of the Bookman
(1899-1916), a member of the Players Club, a book reviewer and columnist,
and a writer about writers. Many of the letters are in response to Maurice's
request in 1922 for the most interesting letter an author had received
from the general public. A smaller section of the collection deals with
the Players Club and a 1929 series on how authors came to write certain
of their books. Included are letters of Booth Tarkington and Samuel Hopkins
Adams.
Maxwell, John, Sir, 1859-1929
Sir
John Maxwell Papers
Consists of Maxwell's diaires (1896, 1898, 1907, 1917-1919, 1920, 1923),
correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, printed
matter, and newspaper clippings. The collection contains correspondence
with and photographs of leaders in government, society, the nobility, and
the army, including Lord Kitchener and the Duke of Connaught, as well as
with leading Egyptologists. Maxwell served in Egypt during the British
Occupation, notably participating in the Battle at Omdurman during the
reconquest of the Sudan, and in South Africa during the Boer War. In World
War I Maxwell returned to Egypt to defend the Suez Canal and briefly served
in Ireland after the Sinn Fein Rebellion. The collection includes World
War I discussions of the Senussi threat and the failure at Gallipoli, as
well as photographs of places where Maxwell served. In addition, there
are Sir George Arthur's notes for a biography, and the correspondence and
commonplace books of Maxwell's wife, Lady Louise Selina Maxwell.
Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897
Hyatt and Mayer Correspondence
Consists of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayer (1836-1897),
physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1868-1922), biologist, and
Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues
in their various fields. Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Frederick
A. P. Barnard, Francis Blake, John Alfred Brashear, William Cullen Bryant,
Timothy Cole, Edwin Grant Conklin, Charles Darwin, Thomas A. Edison, William
M. Evarts, Michael Faraday, John Thomas Gulick, Edward Everett Hale, Abram
S. Hewitt, John Grier Hibben, Henry Holt, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins,
Julia Ward Howe, William James, A. A. Michelson, Moses Taylor Pyne, John
Tyndall, and Henry Van Dyke. Also included is a ledger of Alpheus Hyatt,
containing various accounts, 1865-1903, printed articles by Alfred G. Mayer,
and genealogies and photographs of the Mayer and Goldsborough families.
McAneny, George, 1869-1953
George
McAneny Papers
Contains papers of McAneny--lectures, reports, correspondence, committee
and association files, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs--referring
to his numerous positions in the government of New York City, including
president of the Borough of Manhattan (1910-1913), president of the Board
of Aldermen (1914-1916), and chairman of the State Transit Commission (1921).
Also included are files relating to his work in civil service reform associations
(1897-1937) and on the staff of New York newspapers, the New York World's
Fair Corporation (1935-1940), the Carl Schurz Memorial Committee, and the
Regional Plan Association (1930-1940), all of which reflect his special
interests in regional and city planning, zoning, city and state transit,
and city financing.
McCaddon, Joseph T.
McCaddon Collection of the Barnum and Bailey Circus
Consists of the working papers of the Barnum and Bailey partnership
prior to its merger with Ringling Bros. in 1907. In addition to correspondence,
scrapbooks, posters, couriers, parade, costume, and wagon designs, music
and memorabilia collected by Joseph T. McCaddon, who was the business manager
of the circus at the turn of the century, there are hundreds of photographs
documenting the American circus of the 19th and 20th centuries.
McCarter and English (Firm)
McCarter
and English: U.S. Indian Claims Cases Records
Consists of copies of correspondence, legal documents, and printed
matter of McCarter and English (Newark, N.J.) used as petitioners' exhibitions
relating to land claims of the Iowa tribe of the Iowa reservation of Kansas,
Nebraska, and Oklahoma and the Sac and Fox tribes of Oklahoma, Missouri,
and Mississippi in their suit against the U.S. government. The collection
contains transcriptions of testimony (1957-1959) before the U.S. Indian
Claims Commission, including documents regarding land valuations in south-central
Iowa (1839-1843), registers of the Iowa land office (1865), appraisals
of Iowa, Sac, and Fox Indian lands in Missouri (1824), and testimony regarding
land speculation by pioneers of the Iowa frontier.
McCarter Theatre (Princeton, N.J.)
McCarter Theatre Archives
Consists of the artistic and business records of McCarter Theatre (Princeton,
N.J.) from its opening in 1930 through the 1950s when it was basically
a "booking" theater, through changes in philosophy and form which took
place in 1960 when it became a "producing" resident company, up to the
1980s. The material covers the years under the administrations of Benjamin
Franklin Bunn, Richard Pleasant and Isadora Bennett, Milton Lyon, Marguerite
McAneny, Arthur Lithgow, Louis Criss, Michael Kahn, and the present artistic
director, Nagle Jackson. The archives contain production scripts, correspondence,
photographs, some costume designs, and slides of productions, as well as
memorabilia and miscellaneous material such as music, newspaper clippings,
reviews, playbills, posters, and lobby displays. Also included are records
of events presented at the theater, such as Music-at-McCarter, Princeton
University Concerts, and Dance-at-McCarter.
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940
George
B. McClellan (1865-1940) Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks,
and miscellaneous material of McClellan (Class of 1886) reflecting his
varied career as mayor of New York City, professor of economic history
at Princeton, and renowned scholar on Venice. There are also many of his
letters to his mother, Ellen Marcy McClellan. Works include the autograph
manuscript of The Oligarchy of Venice (1904), as well as essays--many
about Italy--poetry, speeches (1902-1921), and lecture notes and notebooks
for his course on economic history (1912-1930). Documents include wills,
memoranda of agreement, and diplomas of the McClellan family (1872-1935),
bills to reorganize the army before the House of Representatives (1890-1900),
awards to firemen, a veto of a bill to regulate and improve railroad terminals
and approaches of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroads in New
York City (1893-1917), and honorable discharges and appointments to the
regular forces as well as to the Officers Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army
(1886-1940). There are photographs and photograph albums, medals and souvenirs
of McClellan's political career such as campaign rosettes, and printed
material including bound copies of his Spencer Trask (1907) and Stafford
Little Lectures (l909), both delivered at Princeton. The collection also
contains some papers of McClellan's father, General George Brinton McClellan
(1826-1885), including speeches (1836-1878), correspondence (1861-1888),
documents, and miscellaneous material. In addition, there are photographs
and photograph albums of McClellan and his wife, army officers, Mathew
B. Brady Civil War scenes, and Florence, Italy.
McClenahan, Howard, 1872-1935
Howard McClenahan Collection on World War I Belgian
Relief
Consists of correspondence, articles, and a scrapbook of newspaper
clippings of McClenahan (Class of 1894) relating to his trip to England,
Holland, and Belgium in 1914-1915 on a mission sponsored by Princeton University
to examine and report on the amount and effectiveness of civilian relief
provided for Belgium. Also present are several copies (1913-1914) of his
Princeton class publication "The '94 War Cry" and miscellaneous clippings
(1917) about life at Princeton.
McClung, Robert M. (Robert Marshall), 1916-
Robert
M. McClung Manuscripts
Consists of five manuscripts of published works by McClung (Class of
1939) on wildlife conservation and endangered species: Lost Wild America
(1969), Lost Wild Worlds (1976), Hunted Mammals of the Sea
(1978), America's Endangered Birds (1979), and Vanishing Wildlife
of Latin America (1981). The collection contains the original edited
typescripts, outlines, workbooks and notes, page and galley proofs, Xerox
copies, reference material, maps, and illustrations of the books.
McClure, Charles F. W. (Charles Freeman Williams), 1865-1955
Charles
F. W. McClure Papers
Contains approximately 1200 letters sent to McClure (Class of 1888),
professor in the Princeton biology department, by some 440 biologists and
anatomists of the academic community in the United States and throughout
the world. In addition, there is an essay, "The Monastery," in which McClure
describes the living arrangements of various groups of junior faculty at
Princeton from the 1880s until 1937, and a valentine sent by his father
to his mother in 1852. Other papers include lecture notes, a diary McClure
kept while at Woods Hole (Mass.) in 1888, a journal of a trip to Greenland
in 1899 (Peary Relief Expedition), and negatives he used in class lectures.
McClure, Grace L. J. (Grace Latimer Jones), 1879-
Grace L. J. McClure Papers
Consists of McClure's works and correspondence and the diaries of two
family members. The collection contains letters to McClure regarding her
career as headmistress at the Columbus School for Girls, Columbus, Ohio,
and, later, reflecting her position as the wife of Charles F. W. McClure,
professor of biology at Princeton. There are nine diaries (1850-1862) of
Malvina McClure, aunt of Professor McClure, in which she describes her
life in a comfortable Boston home of the mid-19th century and includes
an account of her honeymoon voyage (1860) on the clipper ship Gem of
the Ocean; two diaries (1855-1861) of Mary McClure, mother of Malvina
and grandmother of Professor McClure; and an unpublished, typed manuscript
of McClure, A Clippership Honeymoon, based on Malvina McClure's
diaries following her marriage to Seth Williams, captain of the Gem
of the Ocean. In addition, there are unpublished manuscripts of stories
by McClure based on the diaries as well as letters to her from magazine
editors regarding the suitability of the stories for publication.
McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941
Harold F. McCormick Collection of Aeronautica
Consists of selected papers reflecting the many aeronautical activities
and interests of McCormick (Class of 1895) and papers which he collected
concerning the history of aviation. Included are correspondence with George
A. Spratt, Grover Sexton, Sydney V. James, A. C. Bosch, Glenn H. Curtiss,
and others active in the early days of flying; a copy of his paper "From
My Experiences Concerning Aviation" (1917) and related diagrams; material
about the first International Aviation Meet held in Grant Park, Illinois,
in 1911 which was organized, in part, by McCormick; autograph albums including
letters of 18th-century balloonists Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier and
Charles Bragdon, and a manuscript (1858) of "Des Aerostats et de Leur Direction"
by Jules Latrige; correspondence regarding patents; and plans and designs
for airplanes, including McCormick's "umbrella" plane.
McCormick Collection of Aeronautical Illustrations
Consists of approximately 300 illustrations dealing with the first
attempts at ballooning and air transportation collected by McCormick (Class
of 1895), including cartoons, caricatures, pen-and-ink drawings, etchings,
and engravings. Among the artists represented are George Cruikshank, Isaac
Robert Cruikshank, and Thomas Rowlandson.
McCoy, Samuel, 1882-1964
Samuel McCoy Papers
Consists of correspondence, notes, and selected manuscripts of McCoy
(Class of 1905), ranging from his writings as an investigative reporter
in the early 1900s to his later works as novelist, biographer, and children's
author under the name of Ellery Queen, Jr. Included are typescripts, outlines,
and manuscript notes for 3 nonfiction works, 10 mystery novels, 25 short
stories, about 87 articles, poems, and autobiographical and miscellaneous
notes. Among the published titles are How Prayer Helps Me, Odyssey
of an American Family, The Black Dog Mystery, The Mystery
at Pickle Point, and The White Elephant Mystery. Also included
are a series of articles called The Lads Who Freed Ireland and articles
on his investigation of the Florida penal system which resulted in the
1922 Pulitzer Prize for the New York World.
McFarlane, Henry, d. 1887
McFarlane Family Papers
Consists of correspondence, deeds, indentures, genealogical notes,
and other documents of the McFarlane, Buchanan, and Haslett families who
came to Somerset County, New Jersey, from England and Canada in the 19th
century. Included are the marriage contracts (1834) of Henry McFarlane
with Ann Buchanan; some of their correspondence; manuscripts, correspondence,
and documents of their daughter, Kate E. McFarlane; and business papers
relating to the flax-cotton industry of England and New Jersey and McFarlane's
N.J. Flax Cotton Co.
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-
George S. McGovern Papers
Consists of correspondence, speech texts, newspaper clippings, subject
files, and other material pertaining to the career and 1972 presidential
campaign of McGovern, the U.S. senator from South Dakota. A number of boxes
pertain to Richard M. Nixon's campaign of 1972 as well.
Thomas Klinkel Collection on George McGovern
Consists of material relating to three George McGovern political campaigns
in South Dakota. The majority of the collection refers to the 1972 presidential
campaign involving Senator McGovern and includes organizational charts,
press releases, publications, reports, speeches, family and campaign photographs,
slides of Vietnam, cassettes and tapes of speeches, radio and public service
announcements, and campaign posters. In addition, the collection contains
a notebook relating to McGovern's 1968 senatorial campaign and correspondence
(1973-74) relating to his senate re-election campaign of 1974.
McIlwain, Charles Howard, 1871-1968
Charles Howard McIlwain Papers
Consists of selected papers of McIlwain, including papers, notes, and
lectures as a student (Class of 1894) and professor (1905-1910) at Princeton
University, and lectures, articles, and student theses as a professor of
history and government (1926-1946) at Harvard University. Also included
are letters and reviews concerning his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The
American Revolution (1923), letters from the Committee to Frame a World
Constitution (1946), and other miscellaneous personal papers.
McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914
Alexander
and Kenneth McKenzie Correspondence
Consists of letters addressed to McKenzie, a Boston clergyman, and
his son Kenneth (1870-1949), an educator, from a variety of prominent persons
in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Most of the letters refer to professional
requests and courtesies between the McKenzies and their correspondents.
The collection includes letters from Edward Everett Hale, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles Eliot Norton, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry
van Dyke, Booker T. Washington, and Woodrow Wilson, among others.
McKenzie, Kenneth, 1870-1949
Kenneth McKenzie Fable Collection
Consists of articles, correspondence, and printed matter of McKenzie,
professor of romance languages at Princeton, relating to fables. The collection
contains an article on Italian fables and an article on McKenzie's fable
collection which appeared in the June, 1944, issue of the Princeton
University Library Chronicle. Also included are notes and research
material on bestiaries, fables of Italy, England, the United States, and
France, and Hebrew fables, as well as specific references to the fables
of Aesop and La Fontaine. The printed matter includes offprints of McKenzie's
articles and clippings from book catalogues regarding fables.
Medina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990
Harold
R. Medina Papers
Consists of papers of Medina (Class of 1909) covering his Princeton
career, his work as an attorney, his role in legal education as a faculty
member of Columbia University Law School, and his tenure on the 2nd Circuit
Court of Appeals of the United States.
Meeker, Oden, 1918-1976
Oden Meeker Manuscripts
Consists of four typed manuscripts, with holograph corrections, by
Meeker (Class of 1941)--Report from Africa (1954), The Way East
published under the title The Little World of Laos (1959), Israel
Reborn (1964), and Israel: Ancient Land, Young Nation (1968)--and
photographs for the two books on Israel. The books on Laos and Israel were
inspired by Meeker's work in those countries as director of CARE.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Herman Melville Collection
Consists of photostats of letters by Melville used by Willard Thorp
in his edition of Melville's Representative Selections (1938), photographs
of Melville and his family, and printed matter about Melville and his works,
including magazine articles, movie adaptations and stage versions, comic
books, pamphlets, reprints, material on centennial celebrations, and book
jackets.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
H.
L. Mencken Collection
Consists primarily of materials gathered by Princeton University librarian
Julian Boyd for a proposed book of H. L. Mencken letters. Transcripts,
made for Boyd by Mencken's secretary from her original shorthand notebooks,
and microfilm copies of letters from Mencken to others, including Theodore
Dreiser and Upton Sinclair, comprise the bulk of the collection. The collection
also includes Boyd's correspondence with other people possessing letters
from Mencken, as well as Boyd's initial selection of letters for his book.
Much relates also to Ernest Boyd's published work Mencken (1925).
In addition, the collection contains a number of original letters from
Mencken to others, including an undated letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald;
the corrected galley proofs for A New Dictionary of Quotations (1942);
typescripts of a poem, "Elegy in C Minor," and a speech given at the annual
dinner of the American Philosophical Society; guides to Mencken's book
reviews in The American Mercury (Vols. I-XXX, 1924-1933) and The
Smart Set (Vols. XXVI-LXXII, 1909-1923); and photographs.
Mendel, Arthur, 1905-1979
Arthur
Mendel Papers
Consists of articles, correspondence, course notes, scrapbooks (1937-1952),
memorabilia, and printed matter of Mendel, a professor of music at Princeton
(1952-1973). The collection contains correspondence between Mendel, a professional
colleagues, and organizations such as the American Musicological Society,
the Josquin Committee, and the International Josquin Festival Conference
(June 1971) in New York, N.Y. There are also Mendel's records on the status
of dissertations, course notes for a senior seminar in music history, material
on pitches of various instruments and standard tuning frequencies, and
scrapbooks containing letters, public relations announcements, and newspaper
reviews of the Cantata Singers of All Souls Church in New York City, of
which he was the conductor. In addition, there are liability insurance
policies and cancelled personal checks of Mendel's wife, Elsa.
Meney, Claude Adrien, 1701-1787
Claude Adrien Meney Letters
Consists of a manuscript copy of 38 letters (in a bound volume) written
by Meney, titled "Copie des lettres ecrites a mes amis pendant mon voiage
de flandres, D'angleterre et d'hollande en 1734," as well as typed transcriptions
of them. A parliamentary attorney from Dijon, France, Meney describes to
his friends his visit to London, beginning with a sailing from de Beauvais
on March 4, 1734, and continuing through April 26, 1734. In most of these
letters, Meney compares London with Paris.
Merchant, Livingston T. (Livingston Tallmadge), 1903-1976
Livingston
T. Merchant Papers
Consists of papers of Merchant (Class of 1926)--correspondence, articles
(mostly in printed sources), notes, speeches, statements, interviews, clippings,
printed matter, and personal papers--primarily relating to his various
positions as a diplomat at the American embassies in Paris (1945) and Nanking,
China (1948), assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs (1949),
U.S. representative on the NATO Council in Paris (1952), assistant secretary
of state for European affairs (1953-1956, 1958-1959), under secretary of
state (1960-1961), and ambassador to Canada (1956-1958, 1961-1962).
Meredith, William Tuckey, 1839-
William Tuckey Meredith Letters to Mary Watson
Consists of letters by Meredith to his fiancee, Mary Watson of Perth
Amboy, N.J., from November 1863 to December 1864 during his service in
the Civil War as paymaster aboard Admiral Farragut's flagship Hartford.
The letters were written from the ship as it lay off New Orleans, Fort
Jackson (Miss.), and Pensacola (Fla.), and in Mobile Bay (Ala.).
Meredith, William, 1919-
Selected
Papers of William Meredith
Consists, for the most part, of letters to Meredith (Class of 1940)
from American authors, most of whom have been associated with Princeton
University. Correspondents include Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Hamilton
Cottier, Peters Rushton, Donald Alfred Stauffer, Christian Gauss, Willard
Thorp, and Richard P. Blackmur. Typed and autograph manuscripts and galleys
are present for Ships and Other Figures (1948) and other poems.
Also included are typed manuscripts of Richard P. Blackmur's poem "All's
the Foul Fiend's" and Willard Thorp's review of works by Robert Penn Warren
and Meredith. Autograph manuscripts of verse are a part of Donald Stauffer's
letters, and many of his letters are written on the backs of discarded
manuscripts and galley proofs. Meredith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
for poetry in 1988.
William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers
Consists of 167 letters by Meredith (Class of 1940) to his intimate
friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London,
Conn., and other places. The letters are mostly personal in nature but
also discuss Meredith's poetry, his other writings, and his teaching and
literary careers; some include a few poems in their text. There are also
about 25 other autograph, typed, or printed poems, all sent to Drew, and
several photographs of Meredith. Also included are miscellaneous papers
relating to Robert Drew, such as passports, a birth certificate, documents
for his name change (1960) from Zygmund Lewicki to Robert Drew, his will,
death certificate, art brochures, clippings about both Drew and Meredith,
and a portrait of Meredith on a wooden block.
Merrick, Gordon, 1916-1988
Gordon
Merrick Papers
Consists primarily of typescript drafts of Merrick's published and
unpublished novels, written over a thirty-nine-year period, from the late
1940s (The Strumpet Wind, 1947) to the mid-1980s (Measure of
Madness, 1986), as well as a few short stories, essays and scripts.
Also present is his business and financial correspondence with agents,
publishers, and banks covering the period from 1967 untill his death in
1988, a small file of personal correspondence, including letters from E.
M. Forster, Leonard Cohen and Clive James, and fan mail from 1970 to 1989.
There is also a clipping file, which dates back to Merrick's experiences
as an actor in the 1930s, as well as personal and publicity photographs,
documents, diaries, printed material, and personal and business correspondence
of Charles G. Hulse, Merrick's life-long partner.
Merrill, Stuart, 1863-1915
Stuart Merrill Collection
Consists of a collection of letters by Merrill, a poet who was born
in America but spent most of his life in France. Merrill's poetry, written
in French, was influenced by the Symbolist movement (ca. 1880-1890), but
later moved into a socialist phase. Included are 64 letters to Thomas B.
Rudmose-Brown (1878-1942), a friend and author of French Literary Studies
(1917) which contains a chapter about Merrill, 15 letters to Gabriel Mourey
(1865-1943), an art critic, 3 letters to Jean Moreas (1856-1910), a fellow
supporter of the Symbolist movement, and 2 letters to Alfred Mortier (1865-1937),
a literary critic and author. Also present is an undated autograph manuscript
(9 pp.) of a poem by Merrill entitled "Le Vrai Temple."
Consists of 336 stereographs of Mexican scenes, including landscapes, cities
and towns, buildings of architectural interest, plants and animals, and
peasantry, published mainly by the Keystone View Company, Underwood &
Underwood, and the Stereo-Travel Co.
Meyer, Bernard C. (Bernard Constant), 1910-
Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography
by Bernard C. Meyer
Contains notes, a typescript with corrections, and correspondence relating
to Meyer's book Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography. Also
included are photographs of some of Conrad's sketches and other related
material.
Milberg, Leonard L. (Leonard Lloyd), 1931-
Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Views
Consists of about 50 18th- and 19th-century views of towns and cities
in the United States, collected by Milberg (Class of 1953).
Miles, Nelson A. (Nelson Appleton), 1839-1925
Nelson A. Miles Memorabilia
Consists of a scrapbook of memorabilia, including notes, telegrams,
official invitations, calling cards, menus, theater programs, and a map,
collected by Miles while in England, where he represented the U.S. at Queen
Victoria's Jubilee, and in France and Germany, May through September, 1897.
Miller, Florence G. (Florence Geehr)
Florence G. Miller Papers
Consists of writings, correspondence, a diary (1904-1907), photographs,
and printed matter of Miller, wife of Captain Edward Y. Miller of the U.S.
Army. The collection reflects their lives while stationed in the Philippines
and includes several autograph manuscripts of articles written by Miller,
including an article about the Batac Indians of Palawan Province where
the Millers were stationed part of the time and one about a trip en route
to Manila (1900). There are letters by Miller to her sisters and various
friends describing life in the Philippines and letters to her and her husband
by John T. Clark, Treasurer of Palawan. Also included are notebooks (1907-1908)
containing descriptions of the Malay States and Java, photographs of the
Tagbanuas, the Batac Indians, and the Thualig Penal Settlement, and a diary
in which Miller noted her day-to-day life in the Philippines. In addition,
the collection contains references to the Province of Paragua of which
Captain Miller served as secretary and treasurer.
Miller, John, 1819-1895
John
Miller Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, a diary (1851), financial papers,
biographical material, a bibliography, and printed matter of Miller (Class
of 1836). The collection reflects the theological controversy in which
Miller became involved (1877) resulting in his withdrawal from the Presbyterian
Church, the establishment of an independent church in Princeton (1880),
and his later association with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1893).
Included are his hymns, poetry, articles, essays, lectures, sermons, English
translations of Genesis, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Matthew, and papers from
his graduate student days at the Princeton Theological Seminary (1839-1840);
letters to him by Walter Lowrie, H. A. Boardman, Charles Hodge, Samuel
Miller, and others; some letters by him to his wife, Sally McDowell Miller,
and his son, Alamby Millington Miller, and letters to newspaper editors
and public officials; and plans setting forth the need, scope, system of
teaching, and endowment of a research university at Princeton ("A University
for Discoverers").
Miller, Joseph, 1797-1860
Joseph Miller Collection
Consists mainly of professional and personal correspondence, some documents,
and printed matter of Miller, a civil engineer primarily concerned with
the construction of steam engines and other machinery for naval vessels.
He was employed by the Boulton and Watt Company and later the Butterfly
Iron Works, and spent some time in France and the United States. The collection
includes correspondence with fellow engineers, his business partners, George
Cowan and John Barnes, iron mongers, friends, and organizers of industrial
exhibitions, as well as with his wife, Charlotte Biddulph Miller. The documents
include land titles for property in Virginia, a business partnership agreement,
a lease, receipts, a 19th-century map of a section of Charlottesville (Va.),
an 1854 map of part of Cumberland County (England), and a few engineering
drawings. Also included is correspondence (1838-1870) of Miller's niece,
Lucilla Wood, of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Miller, Lucius Hopkins, 1876-1949
Lucius Hopkins Miller Correspondence
Consists of personal and professional correspondence between Miller
(Class of 1897), a professor in Princeton's Department of Religion, and
Princeton colleagues, including Woodrow Wilson, fellow educators at other
institutions, and publishers, such as Henry Holt. The collection contains
correspondence dealing with departmental matters, Miller's theological
views, and the Philadelphian Society, as well as letters from publishers
pertaining to the publication of his articles.
Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850
Samuel Miller Papers
Contains the papers of Miller, professor at the Princeton Theological
Seminary and for many years a trustee of College of New Jersey (Princeton).
Although the collection contains works, documents, and papers of others,
in the main it consists of correspondence written to Miller by eminent
clergymen in America, England, and Scotland. The papers reflect Miller's
interest not only in theology but also in the secular world of the emerging
republic, for there are letters by John Adams, John Jay, DeWitt Clinton,
and Thomas Jefferson, and there is is a note by Miller regarding his change
in attitude toward Jefferson. Once a zealous partisan, Miller turned against
him after the posthumous publication of his writings. Included in the collection
are several letters by native American Christian proselytes such as Joseph
Brant, and among Miller's foreign correspondents is Christoph Daniel Ebeling
of Hamburg, an early historian of the United States, represented by 12
letters.
Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993
William McElwee Miller Papers
Consists of Miller's articles, correspondence, notes, miscellaneous
material, and printed matter. There are articles on Bahaism, correspondence
and notes relating to his books Bahaism: Its Origin, History, and Teachings
(1931) and The Bahai'i Faith (1974), and correspondence between
Miller, Cady Allen, William Orick, and Earl Elder about Miller and Elder's
translation from the Arabic of Al-Kitab Al-Aqdas (1961). In addition,
the collection contains printed matter on Bahaism and Iran, where Miller
was a missionary from 1919 to 1962.
Minard, Duane E. (Duane Elmer), 1880-1964
Delaware Boundary Case Collection
Consists of photostats of documents collected by Minard regarding a
state boundary case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, October term,
1929, in which New Jersey was the plaintiff and Delaware the defendant.
The collection contains copies of documents going back to the reign of
King Charles II of Great Britain, which were placed in evidence to determine
where in the Delaware River and Bay the exact division of territory between
the two states lay. There are deeds, petitions, reports, minutes, river
charts, and maps used to support the claims of both parties.
Minnigerode, Meade, 1887-1967
The Terror of Peru, Novel by Meade Minnigerode
Consists of the typed manuscript (carbon) of Minnigerode's novel The
Terror of Peru, marked for the printer, with two sets of marked galleys.
Consists of playbills, broadsides, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, newspapers,
music, song sheets, songbooks, and miscellaneous materials by various minstrel
companies and individual artists.
Minton, Charles Ethrige
Charles
Ethrige Minton Papers
Consists of correspondence and papers of Minton, a former lawyer in
St. Louis, Missouri, who moved to New Mexico to work among the Indians.
His subsequent positions include State Supervisor of the Writer's Program
of the Works Progress Administration, Executive Director of the State Commission
on Indian Affairs, and Executive Secretary of the New Mexico Association
on Indian Affairs. Minton also organized the first Indian Youth Council
and helped establish the New Mexico Boys Ranch. Included in the collection
is correspondence with Elizabeth Hoyt, Joel L. Jimanez, Katie Noe, Raymond
Ortiz, and others, as well as subject files on the Arizona Commisssion
of Indian Affairs, Indian youth councils, the Commission on Indian Affairs,
tribal affairs, and other Indian related topics. Also present are extensive
newspaper clipping files (1960s-1970s), primarily concerning Navajo and
Pueblo Indian affairs, and several audiotapes of unidentified contents.
Consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations,
and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, programs
and other ephemera, and clippings. There are files on acrobats, clowns,
elephants, and miniature circus, as well as on the Circus Fans Association,
the Circus Historical Society, Ringling Brothers, and Tom Thumb.
Consists of playscripts stamped or addressed by theater agencies in Chicago,
New York City, and Hollywood, while others were used at McCarter Theater
or by the Princeton University Players. There are wartime scripts from
both world wars, as well as government plays from the Federal Theater Project,
the Works Progress Administration, and the Department of Agriculture's
War Food Commission.
Mixsell, Raymond B. (Raymond Boileau), 1882-1949
Mixsell
Collection of the Autographs of Musicians
Consists of letters and/or autograph manuscripts of several bars of
music (some signed and inscribed) by such composers as Beethoven, Brahms,
Cui, Puccini, Ravel, and Strauss--collected by Mixsell (Princeton Class
of 1903).
Mizener, Arthur, 1907-1988
Arthur
Mizener Papers on F. Scott Fitzgerald
Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Mizener (Class
of 1930) relating to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Class of 1917). The collection
contains the original typed manuscript with holograph corrections of his
Fitzgerald biography, The Far Side of Paradise (1951), essays, reviews,
and a radio address about Fitzgerald for the Voice of America (1963). Also
included is correspondence between Mizener and family, friends, acquaintances,
and professional colleagues of Fitzgerald, such as Frances "Scottie" Smith
(daughter), Judge John Biggs, Maxwell Perkins, Harold Ober, Lionel Trilling,
Ludlow S. Fowler, Ginevra King, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Sheilah Graham.
In addition, there are reviews of Mizener's book The Saddest Story:
A Biography of Ford Madox Ford (1971).
Consists of "modern" coinage and attempts to cover all countries. "Modern"
is defined here as coinage produced by machine. Though the starting point
varies from place to place, it is generally considered to be the 17th century.
The collection's holdings are excellent only in U.S. coinage, represented
by the collection of C. A. Cass, Princeton Class of 1902.
Modern Greek Studies Association
Modern Greek Studies Association Archives
Consists jointly of the files of the Modern Greek Studies Association
(MGSA) and its' official publication, the Journal of Modern Greek Studies.
The MGSA is an American based nonprofit organization of scholars, students,
and philhellenes established in 1968 for the purpose of promoting modern
Greek studies in language, modern and Byzantine literature, history, politics,
and social science in the United States, Canada, and Greece. The files
of the MGSA include correspondence of Edmund Keeley, president, 1970-1973
and 1980-1981, and others, material on symposiums, membership, and fundraising.
Also present are printed bulletins, 1969-1988, and four audiotapes of a
Greek symposium in 1969.
Monaghan, Frank, 1904-1969
John Jay by Frank Monaghan
Consists of the original typescript of Monaghan's biography John
Jay, which was the first to be written by a non-family member. Jay's
authorship of many of the Federalist essays, his varied career as
governor of New York, president of the Continental Congress, and first
chief justice of the United States, as well as his role as negotiator of
the Peace of 1783 and author of the Jay Treaty of 1794--these are some
of the subjects of the biography. Included are miscellaneous notes about
Jay.
Montagu, Elizabeth, 1720-1800
Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu
Consists of correspondence of Montagu and her contemporaries collected
by A. M. Broadley for his 1903 extra-illustrated copy of Doran's A Lady
of the Last Century (1873). Included are letters by Robert Adam, Hugh
Blair, William Cowper, Richard Cumberland, David Garrick, George Lyttleton,
Conyers Middleton, Sir Walter Scott, Richard B. Sheridan, Voltaire, William
Wilberforce, and Edward Young. In addition, there are 20 letters by Montagu
to various members of her circle and 4 letters to her from Frances Reynolds.
Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910
William Vaughn Moody Collection
Consists of Moody manuscripts, letters, and miscellany. Included are
three manuscripts of verse: "Dawn Parley" (1896), "Wilding Flower" (1896),
and "Good Friday Night" (1897). Over sixty of the author's letters, most
of which are addressed to Daniel Gregory Mason, 1894-1909, constitute the
bulk of the collection. In addition, there is a scrapbook containing photographs,
newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, and notes relevant to Moody's
career.
Moore, Hugh, 1887-1972
Hugh
Moore Fund Collection
Consists of papers of Moore relating primarily to the various public
and private organizations in which he participated as a crusader for world
peace and population control. Included are correspondence, committee records
and reports, conference reports, and printed matter concerning the American
Association for the United Nations (1944-1964), the Atlantic Union Committee
(1949-1960), the Free World Association, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation (1945-1961), and other similar organizations.
Also present are files for the Hugh Moore Fund which explored methods of
population control, drafts and related correspondence for his pamphlet
"The Population Bomb" (1955), and Planned Parenthood Federation files.
Personal files include articles, speeches, correspondence, and photographs,
and a file concerning the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation of
which Moore was chairman of the advisory board.
Moore, Russell W. (Russell Wellman), 1861-1920
Moore Autograph Collection of Princetonians
Consists of approximately 400 autographs of Princetonians collected
by Moore (Class of 1883). Among those represented with signed autograph
letters and documents are New Jersey jurists, congressmen, and governors,
and presidents of Princeton. Included are Leon Abbett, Jonathan Belcher,
William Worth Belknap, Nicholas Biddle, Elias Boudinot, William Allen Butler,
Jr., Varnum Lansing Collins, George Mifflin Dallas, Richard Stockton Field,
Parke Godwin, Arnold Guyot, Joseph Henry, John Grier Hibben, Lawrence Hutton,
Charles Godfrey Leland, Brockholst Livingston, William Livingston, John
Maclean, James McCosh, Tapping Reeve, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush
(1745-1813), Richard Rush, Charles Scribner, Richard Stockton, Andrew Fleming
West, and Woodrow Wilson.
More, Paul Elmer, 1864-1937
Paul
Elmer More Papers
The collection reflects More's life and career as author, editor of
The
Nation (1909-1914), and lecturer at Princeton University (1918-1933)
in philosophy and classics. Included are diaries of his trips to England;
research notes on a variety of religious, classical, and philosophical
subjects and philosophers; outlines and lectures for courses; manuscripts,
typescripts, and galleys for articles, essays, and reviews; and partial
translations of the Bhagavad and Oedipus Tyrranus. In addition,
there are 15 boxes of correspondence, contracts with publishers, and photographs,
including several of Irving Babbitt. Correspondents include T. S. Eliot,
George Roy Elliott, Ferris Greenslet, Corra Harris, Henry Holt, Percy H.
Houston, Frank Jewett Mather, and James Brooks More.
Paul Elmer More Correspondence
Consists of correspondence between More and the Princeton University
Press, which published several of his books during the period from 1916
to 1936. Among the books discussed are Platonism (1917), Religion
of Plato (1921), and The Christ of the New Testament (1924).
Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955
Charles Rufus Morey Papers
Consists of professional papers, catalog material, lecture notes, correspondence,
notebooks, note cards, photographs, and printed matter of Morey, chairman
of the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton (1924-1945). The
collection contains material relating to catalogs from the Vatican museum
Museo Sacro and inventories of DeRossi, Vettori, and Carpegna, and includes
notes and photographs on lamps, terracotta reliefs, ivories, and enamels.
There are lecture notes on early Christian illuminated manuscripts, terra
cotta sculpture, lamps, Roman archaeology, early Medieval and Byzantine
art, and Renaissance and modern sculpture. Also included are photographs
of ivories and other art objects from the Museo Sacro.
Morgan, Josephine Adams Perry
Morgan
Family Papers
Consists primarily of letters received by Josephine Adams Perry before
and after her marriage in 1891 to Junius Spencer Morgan (Class of 1888),
a New York City banker who served as associate librarian (1898-1909) at
Princeton. Also included are correspondence of Perry's parents, General
and Mrs. Alexander James Perry, Morgan's parents, Sarah and George Morgan,
and other family members, as well as some correspondence of Morgan concerning
mostly family and social matters before his retirement and removal to Paris
in 1909. In addition, there are diaries, bills for a European trip in 1924,
financial papers, certificates, and genealogical material.
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
Armstrong Collection of Christopher Morley
Consists of Morley manuscripts, letters, galley proofs, and miscellany
collected by F. Wallis Armstrong. The collection is primarily comprised
of both autograph and typed manuscripts, most of which are signed by the
author. Manuscripts of essays include "A Brief Case" "Off the Deep End"
(n.d.), and "The Twentieth Century" (n.d.). There are two autograph manuscripts
of verse, "Of a Child that Had a Fever" (n.d.) and "O love of mine..."
(n.d.). Among the galley proofs are Internal Revenue (1933) and
"Idolatry" (n.d.), both of which have been corrected by the author. In
addition, there is Armstrong correspondence concerning his acquisition
of the Morley material and page proofs of a Morley bibliography.
Consists of originals and copies of letters, documents, papyri fragments,
drawings, personal reminiscences, biographies, diaries (1851-1877, 1926),
journals (1832, 1850), an interview (1931), patriarchal blessings, record
books (1913-1915), financial reports (1852-1904), and a typescript volume
of hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. The collection
contains a copy of a page from the original manuscript of The Book of
Mormon; copies of letters (1840s) by Christine Golden Kimball, one
of the wives of Heber Chase Kimball, to her mother in Hopewell, N.J., relating
her experiences on the journey to Utah and during her early days there;
biographical material by James M. Allred, Milo Andrus, and Mary Ann Mansfield
Bentley; and personal reminiscences by Sara Alexander of her crossing the
plains (1859), by Redick N. Allred of his experiences (1846) with the Mormon
Battalion of the U.S Army, and by William Wallace Miner of Joseph Smith's
early days in Palmyra, N.Y. There is also a clandestine letter (1886) written
by John McAllister to his wife during the polygamy prosecutions.
Consists of letters from numerous 19th- and early 20th-century actors,
actresses, playwrights, and others associated with the theater, collected
by the Morrises. Included are James Matthew Barrie, Edwin Booth, Dion Boucicault,
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Wilkie Collins, Charlotte Cushman, Clyde Fitch,
Charles Dana Gibson, Laurence Hutton, Louis Napoleon Parker, Adelina Patti,
William Seymour, Otis Skinner, and Kate Wiggin.
Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948
Harrison S. Morris Papers
Consists of the personal papers of Morris which reflect his interest
in the world of letters, art, business, and government, as well as the
social world of Philadelphia. The collection includes his original manuscripts
for novels--Hannah Bye and The Landlord's Daughter; poetry--A
Duet in Lyrics, Lyrics and Landscapes, and Madonna and Other
Poems; short stories--Tales from Shakespeare and Tales from
Ten Poets; essays--Papers to Put in Your Pipe; non-fiction--Confessions
in Art; biographies--Walt Whitman and William T. Richards;
and book reviews which appeared in periodicals such as Scribner's Magazine,
Ladies
Home Journal, and the Century Magazine. Also included are the
original manuscripts for "Books of the Month" published in Lippincott's
Magazine.
Morris, Lloyd R., 1893-1954
Not So Long Ago by Lloyd R. Morris
Consists of the corrected, typed manuscript (598 pp.) of Morris' social
history Not So Long Ago, sample proofs, and other publisher's ephemera.
Morris, Wright, 1910-
Selected Papers of Wright Morris
Contains fifteen photographs and over 140 letters, cards, and telegrams
by Morris, as well as the original typed manuscript of My Uncle Dudley,
with holograph corrections and pencilled printer's marks. The letters,
all addressed to Robert J. Horton, are friendly and personal, often revealing
the author's sharp humor. Most of the photographs have been inscribed and
signed by Morris. Also included in the collection are a folder of letters
by Mary Ellen Morris, the author's wife, to the Hortons, and a folder of
newspaper clippings pertaining to the literary career of Morris.
Morse, David A. (David Abner), 1907-1990
David
A. Morse Papers
Consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, and newspaper
clippings that document Morse's long career as a lawyer who distinguished
himself in the field of domestic and international labor, including appointments
as Assistant, Under, and Acting Secretary of Labor in the Truman administration.
The most fruitful years of his life were spent at the helm of the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), the oldest member of the United Nations' family
of specialized agencies. As Director-General of the ILO from 1948 to 1970,
Morse guided the increasingly complex activities of this tripartite organization,
which unites in one body the representatives of workers, governments, and
employers in efforts to bring about social justice. During his tenure,
the ILO won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969.
Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980
Raymond
Mortimer Collection
Consists, for the most part, of letters to Mortimer, but includes notebooks
and photo albums as well. The "Bloomsbury group" is well-represented with
letters by Vanessa and Clive Bell, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey,
Maynard Keynes, Desmond and Molly MacCarthy, Roger Fry, and Duncan Grant--with
their individual letters and by the many references to and about them.
Some of the longest series of letters come from Harold Nicolson, Vincent
"Jimmy" Sheean, and Nancy Mitford. In their letters, Kenneth Clark and
Bernard Berenson comment about art, art connoisseurs, and literary figures.
The correspondence is filled not only with literary allusions and criticism
but also with social commentary and gossip and reflects the high esteem
with which Mortimer was held professionally by his correspondents. Noteworthy
too is the affection and warmth for him as a friend that one finds in the
letters, many of which, such as Rebecca West's, are filled with references
to family matters.
Raymond Mortimer Letters to Edward Sackville-West
Consists of 73 letters, 1925-1961, by Raymond Mortimer to his life-long
friend, Edward Sackville-West, both members of the "Bloomsbury Group."
Mortimer, an author and literary critic, was literary editor (1935-1947)
of the New Statesman, and Edward Sackville-West, a novelist and
musician, was a music critic for the New Statesman. The letters
discuss Mortimer's travels, especially in the Far East, his friends and
romances, books he's reading or reviewing, the Paris Matisse Exhibit of
1931, and mention meetings with Nancy Cunard, Andre Gide, Vanessa Bell,
Duncan Grant, Monroe Wheeler, and others. There are also three letters
(1952, 1963) by Mortimer to G. Hyslop.
Mosher, Frank R., 1886-1969
Frank R. Mosher Collection of American Indian Postcards
Consists of approximately 170 photographic postcards (black-and-white
and color), a few original photographs, and clippings of pictures of American
Indians of various tribes collected by Mosher. Included are pictures of
members of the Sioux, Nez Perce, Apache, Osage, Taos, Navajo, Seminole,
Eskimo, and many other Indian tribes and of such leaders as Geronimo and
Quanah Parker.
Consists of press books, scrapbooks, preview slides, magazines, and newspaper
clippings related to the publicizing of individual American films as well
as to the actors and actresses of the American film industry.
Motter, T. H. Vail (Thomas Hubbard Vail), 1901-1970
T. H. Vail Motter Papers
Consists of manuscripts and correspondence reflecting the historical
and literary interests of Motter (Class of 1922), including drafts, notes,
and relevant correspondence for his book The Persian Corridor and Aid
to Russia (1952); drafts, galleys, notes, and correspondence with Bernard
Baruch, Henry W. Bragdon, Charles G. Osgood, William M. Sloane, and others
relating to the editing of Woodrow Wilson's book Leaders of Men(1952);
and other notes and articles about Woodrow Wilson.
T.
H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection
Consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering
over forty-five years of play-going by Motter (Class of 1922) but includes
some early 20th-century playbills from the London theater as well as foreign
playbills from Greece, Turkey, Belgium, China, Japan, Denmark, Holland,
and England.
Moyle, Olin R. (Olin Richmond), 1887-1966
Olin R. Moyle Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, three diaries (1931-1951), a scrapbook,
printed matter, and newspaper clippings of Moyle, an attorney for the Watch
Tower Bible and Tract Society. The collection contains a typed manuscript
with corrections of Moyle's unpublished book Christ's Glorious Church
and descriptions of various legal proceedings, particularly those of Joseph
F. Rutherford, in which Moyle was one of the society's attorneys.
Consists of sheet music of popular songs and songs from musical comedies,
collected by various members of the Mudge family.
Mujica Lainez, Manuel, 1910-1984
Manuel
Mujica Lainez Papers
Consists primarily of letters (1927-1984) sent by mostly Argentinian
and Spanish authors to Mujica Lainez, the Argentinian novelist, short story
and nonfiction writer. Included, however, are a few manuscripts by the
author, numerous poems and manuscripts by others (with some poems dedicated
to Mujica Lainez), and manuscripts of conference papers. The strength of
the collection is the documentation of Mujica Lainez's literary career,
beginning with a letter received from poet Alfonsina Storni in 1927 and
continuing with many letters acknowledging the publication and critical
reception of Mujica Lainez's writings. The critical response to his novel
Bomarzo,
first published in 1962, and public controversy over the prohibition of
staging the opera Bomarzo at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires in
1967 are particularly well-documented in the letters sent to the author.
Munro, Dana Gardner, 1892-
Dana Gardner Munro Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, miscellaneous material, and printed
matter of Munro reflecting his position as chief of the U.S. State Department's
Division of Latin American Affairs and other positions within the Department.
Included are articles dealing with problems in the Caribbean in such countries
as Haiti, where he served as minister, and Panama and Nicaragua, where
he was secretary to the United States legations; there are also book reviews
and lectures. The correspondence includes family letters, especially those
sent from Central America to his mother, Mrs. Dana Carleton Munro, correspondence
with the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc., of which he was
a member, and letters from Herbert Hoover and Henry L. Stimson when Munro
resigned from the State Department in 1932. The collection also contains
miscellaneous material on Latin America about investments, communism, and
the Organization of American States, as well as printed matter, such as
press releases, reports, offprints, and newspaper clippings.
Murch, Herbert Spencer, 1877-1952
Selected Papers of Herbert Spencer Murch
Consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a scrapbook
of Murch, professor of English at Princeton (1906-1944). Letters between
Murch and his sisters, Philura (Lura) and Jessie, and from his current
and former Princeton students comprise the bulk of the correspondence.
There are photographs of Murch, his family, and their home in Oregon, and
the scrapbook includes farm account records (1852), clippings, and Murch's
impressions (1900-1901) on reading various works of English and German
literature.
Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893
James Edward Murdoch Collection
Consists of letters by theater people to Murdoch, known for his dramatic
readings to soldiers during the Civil War; two notebooks recording biographical
material about his life by Edmund H. Russell with the help of Murdoch's
daughter Ida; and the autograph manuscripts of two plays by George Henry
Miles, Richelieu and Hernando de Soto.
Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803
William Vans Murray Collection
Consists of four commonplace books kept by Murray, an American diplomat
and minister to the Netherlands, during the years 1786 to July of 1800.
The first volume (1786-1798) begins in London, England, and continues in
Cambridge, Maryland (Murray's birthplace), and Philadelphia, and includes
notes on public speaking, trade, politics, Shakespeare, etc., and also
mentions his future wife, Charlotte [Hughes?]. The second volume (1787-1795)
includes Murray's impressions of the "political face of the moment," notes
and copies of articles he had published in local newspapers, notes on treaties,
land taxes, treasury reports, and distinguished foreigners; copies of letters
to Thomas Jefferson; and a lengthy discussion of the Indians in Maryland,
including a vocabulary, with English translations, of Nanticoke words.
The third and forth volumes (1799-1800) include copies of letters to Talleyrand,
George Washington, and Col. T. Pickering, home remedies for bone-setting
and frozen limbs, plus recipes for glue, dye, butter, and coffee. Murray
also discusses his observations of Paris and Washington (D.C), impressions
of Charles Bonaparte and Robespierre, and the XYZ Affair. In addition to
the commonplace books, there are letters to Robert Gilmore, Elbridge Gerry,
and Sylvanus Bourne, a poem, and a few manuscript fragments.
Mussey, Barrows, 1910-
Barrows Mussey Translations
Consists of typed manuscripts, often heavily revised/corrected, of
Mussey's English translations of various works, mostly novels, of German
and other European authors during the 1940s: Frans G. Bengtsson's Red
Orm (incomplete); Hermann Borchardt's The Conspiracy of Carpenters;
Dola de Jong's Knikkernik, Knakkernak, and Knokkernok (several chapters);
Anthony Fokker and Frank Harper's Specialized in Terror; Heinrich
Hauser's Time Was; Frederick Heydenau's The Wrath of the Eagles;
Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Plays at Salzburg; Hermann Kesten's Colonel
Knock; Christine Liungman's The Shining Sea; Ernst Lothar's
Beneath
Another Sun and A Woman Is Witness; Emil Ludwig's Mediterranean;
Gerardo E. Neisser's Call Me Frank; Hermann Rauschning's
The
Redemption of Democracy.
Myers, William Starr, 1877-1956
William
Starr Myers Papers
Consists of papers of Myers: general and family correspondence, manuscripts
for six books including The Story of New Jersey (1945) and A
Study in Personality, General George Brinton McClellan (1934), college
writings, lectures while a professor of politics (1918-1943) at Princeton
University, notes, poetry, diaries (1887-1953), scrapbooks, documents,
printed matter, and a few photographs. Correspondence files contain references
to his interests in the acquisition of the land where the Battle of Princeton
took place as a state park for New Jersey (1944), New Jersey politics,
and the Republican Party, as well as letters about his works on Herbert
Hoover and correspondence with him (1931-1953).
N
Nally, Edward Julian, 1859-1953
Edward
Julian Nally Papers
Contains personal papers of Nally which trace the development of his
career in the communications industry. The collection includes correspondence,
photographs, and printed matter from Nally's earliest days with the Western
Union Telegraph Co. (1875-1890), through his tenure with the Postal Telegraph
Cable Co. (1890-1913), to his years with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Co. of America (1913-1919); the bulk of the collection, however, covers
his years with the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), for which he served
as first president (1919-1923) and director, providing insight into the
growth of the company, from its nascent development to its world-wide communications
empire. Technological developments in radio and television (color and "ultrafax")
are described, and material about the company's radio show, "The Magic
Key of R.C.A.," with a script for its 1939 New Year's gala, are included.
Nanteuil, Robert, 1623-1678
Robert Nanteuil Portrait Engravings
Consists of 114 portrait engravings by Nanteuil, including three portraits
of Louis IV, two of Anne of Austria, a life-size portrait on silk of Philippe,
Duke d'Orleans, as well as portraits of Richelieu, Mazarin, Colbert, Fouquet,
and other members of the French Court.
Janet Munday Gordon Collection of French Portrait
Engravings
Consists of 134 prints, mainly 17th- and 18th-century portrait engravings,
by Nanteuil, his predecessors, contemporaries, and followers. Among artists
represented are Claude Mellan, Jean Marin, Antoine Masson, Gerard Edelinck,
and Pierre-Imbert Drevet. There are over 100 engravings by Nanteuil himself,
or roughly half of his known engravings (230).
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
Thomas Nast Collection
Contains approximately 200 reproductions of wood engravings of caricatures
and cartoons by Nast, as published in Harper's Weekly mostly between
1859 and 1876. Also present are about 12 original drawings. The wood engravings
and drawings primarily concern the Civil War, Tammany Hall, and other post-war
political issues. Included are the first representations of the Democratic
donkey (1870) and the Republican elephant (1874), drawings of Santa Claus,
the Tammany Tiger, Napoleon III, a Princeton-Yale football cartoon, and
two self-portraits. In addition, there is an Ecuadoran newspaper obituary
for Nast who died in that country in 1902.
Thomas Nast Scrapbooks
Consists of three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and some
letters chronicling the life of Nast when he was caricaturist for Harper's
Weekly.
Naumburg, Edward, 1903-1995
Selected
Papers of Edward Naumburg
Consists primarily of letters (1949-1961) by Elmer Adler to Naumburg
(Class of 1924) and carbons of Naumburg's replies relating to the Graphic
Arts Collection of the Princeton University Library, of which Adler was
curator (1940-1952). Also present are miscellaneous letters by Francis
Comstock, Lawrence Heyl, Kenneth H. Rockey, and others, reports of the
Collection (1949-1951), and other printed matter.
Naumburg
Collection of Ford Madox Ford
Consists jointly of letters and works of Ford and letters and works
about Ford collected by Edward Naumburg (Class of 1924). Ford's papers
contain letters to Joseph Conrad, Douglas Goldring, W. H. Hudson, Edgar
Jepson, James B. Pinker, and others, spanning the years from 1910 to 1935.
There are manuscripts for "Conrad and the Sea," "Dedicatory Letter to Isabel
Paterson," The Good Soldier" (title page only), "The Nature of a Crime"
(co-authored with Joseph Conrad), and "Romance: An Analysis," and miscellaneous
typescripts and proofs for the Transatlantic Review. Also included
are photographs and caricatures of Ford and clippings and tearsheets of
his articles.
Newman, Arthur L. (Arthur Lloyd), 1903-1971
Arthur
L. Newman '23 Collection of Aeronautical Medals
Consists of a comprehensive group of medals (400) relating to air travel,
from ballooning (1783) to space travel (1970). Each medal commemorates
a specific event in flight, and thus the collection documents the whole
history of man's aeronautic experience.
NEUK (Princeton, N.J.)
NEUK Collection
Consists of poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, plates, proofs, drawings,
promotional material, paste-ups, photographic negatives, and subscription
information for seven issues of Neuk, a Princeton student literary
magazine, thought to have been published nine times between 1967 and January
1972.
Consists of photographs of New Mexico scenes, including campsites of bear
and turkey hunting parties in the Mogollon Mountains and Gila National
Forest, the town of Carlsbad and nearby campsites, the town of Albuquerque,
the Pecos River, and family groups gathered for recreation.
Consists of miscellaneous New Jersey-related correspondence, legal documents,
financial papers, and a copy of a journal (1787). The collection contains
papers of Peter D. Vroom (1791-1873), including letters to him during the
years (1829-1836) he served as governor of the state, papers relating to
his legal practice, and an autograph manuscript of a student work, "Logic:
Compendium for Examination" (1807); correspondence and financial papers
of James Parker; and a copy of a journal by John Lawrence regarding land
subdivision in New Jersey. There are also miscellaneous legal documents,
including deeds, receipts, indentures, petitions, articles of agreement,
inventories, an account book (1835), wills, statements of account, insurance
policies, promissory notes, checks, land surveys, sheriff's notices, miscellaneous
municipal documents, and appointments of New Jersey governors.
New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation
Files of the New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation
Consists of files of the New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation,
co-chaired by Alpheus T. Mason and Joseph Harrison, concerning geographical
reapportionment, elections, and Senator Everett Dirksen's attempt to help
enact a constitutional amendment to overturn a one-man, one-vote decision
of the Supreme Court. Included are committee memos, reports, correspondence,
court cases, and statistics.
Consists of New Jersey legal documents of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries,
the bulk of which are from the town of Westfield, Union County. (The earlier
documents show Westfield as part of Essex County.) Other counties represented
are Monmouth and Middlesex in New Jersey and Suffolk (N.Y.), Wabash (Ill.),
and Fairfield (Conn.). The collection contains indentures, land surveys,
road maps, statements of account, receipts, a bill of divorce, bonds, petitions,
an estate inventory, a brief of legal disbarment, account books, and an
arithmetic "cyphering" book, as well as legal proceedings of the chancery
and pleas courts. Some of the names represented on these documents include
various members of the Pierson, Woodruff, Crane, Johnson, Clark, Moore,
Marsh, and Ripley families.
New Jersey. Legislature. Veterans Commission
New Jersey Legislature's Veterans Commission Files
Consists of records and transcripts of meetings of the New Jersey Legislature's
Veterans Commission which took place from April to October, 1943, in Trenton,
New Jersey, chaired by Alfred B. Littell. Included is a report, "Recommendations
of Rutgers University on the Subject of Post-War Education of New Jersey
Veterans," submitted to the Commission on October 30, 1943.
Consists of playbills of New York City theaters from the late 19th century
to the present day.
Newell, William A. (William Augustus), 1817-1901
Bruce Willsie Collection of William A. Newell
Consists of a small archive of correspondence, documents, and printed
matter relating to Newell, acquired by Bruce Willsie (Class of 1986). Much
of the material dates from the Civil War period when Newell, finishing
his term as the 20th governor of New Jersey, was appointed by President
Lincoln as superintendent of the life-saving service of New Jersey. Correspondents
include professor (later president of Princeton) John Maclean, Philip Kearny,
Union general and leader of the 1st New Jersey Brigade, and Newell's brothers,
W. D. and J. W. Newell.
Newman, Arthur L. (Arthur Lloyd), 1903-1971
Arthur
L. Newman Collection of Aeronautical Medals
Consists of a comprehensive group of medals relating to air travel,
from ballooning (1783) to space travel (1970). Each medal commemorates
a specific event in flight, and thus the collection documents the whole
history of man's aeronautic experience. A 222-page inventory of the medals,
in chronological order by date of the event, is available. Each medal is
described in detail (obverse and reverse), and historical notes are provided.
Images of the medals are included in the paper version.
Newman, James
James
Newman Collection on the Princeton University Eating Clubs
Consists of material documenting Newman's efforts to establish a non-profit
organization to add an educational mission to the dining and social functions
of the Princeton University eating clubs. Newman proposed his plan in 1958
via the Tower Club while he was chairman of the Graduate Inter-Club Council.
The organization became known as the Princeton Prospect Foundation. The
bulk of the collection includes correspondence and memoranda involving
the Princeton Prospect Foundation while Newman was president and the Tower
Club. In addition, there are correspondence with Princeton University administrators
concerning the eating clubs, reports done by different committees evaluating
the role of the eating clubs in undergraduate life, and minutes of meetings
held by the Prospect Foundation, the Tower Club, and the Graduate Inter-Club
Council. There are also financial statements for the Princeton Prospect
Foundation and the Tower Club.
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1863-1940
Selected Papers of A. Edward Newton
Consists of correspondence of Newton, letters collected by him, and
miscellaneous materials. Newton's correspondents include Francis Wilson,
Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, Agnes Repplier, Charles G. Osgood, Christopher
Morley, E. V. Lucas, Shane Leslie, Richard Le Gallienne, Ronald Knox, Godfrey
Rathbone Benson, and James L. Ford. In addition, there are autograph letters
by Thomas Jefferson Hogg, William James Linton, William Hazlitt, Jr., and
Theodosia Trollope. Among the miscellaneous materials is a typewritten
copy of an article on Edward Bok's book Twice Thirty by Joseph Collins.
Newton, Caroline, 1893-1975
Caroline
Newton Papers
Consists of works, notebooks, correspondence, and photographs of Newton
as well as some papers of others. The collection contains Newton's unpublished
manuscript of translations of Goethe's Conversations with Eckermann
and Wilheml Meister, the typed manuscript and galley and page proofs
of The Letters of Thomas Mann to Caroline Newton, and miscellaneous
writings by Newton; her correspondents include W. H. Auden, Sigmund Freud,
Sir Shane Leslie, Wilmarth S. Lewis, and Katharina Pringsheim Mann (Mrs.
Thomas Mann). In addition, there are papers about Leonard Jerome, the father
of Jennie Jerome and grandfather of Winston Churchill, including an autograph,
unpublished manuscript, The Life of Leonard Jedrome of New York,
by his grandson, Sir Shane Leslie, and an essay by Leslie, entitled "Winston,
a Cousinly Memory." The collection also contains correspondence and photographs
of the Jerome, Churchill, and Leslie families.
Newton, Grace, 1860-1915
China Papers of Grace Newton
Consists of works, letters, photographs, a diary (1903-1904), a journal
(1900), documents, maps, and printed matter of Newton covering the years
(1887-1915) she was a missionary with the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church in Peking and Paotingfu, China. The collection contains autograph
manuscripts of her speeches, notes, letters (mainly to her family) with
accounts of the Boxer Rebellion (1900), a journal chronicling the rebellion,
and photographs of Newton, Chinese friends, and Chinese scenes. There are
also twenty Chinese silk paintings depicting trades, paper cuttings, pamphlets
in Chinese, printed matter, and newspaper clippings of the Boxer Rebellion.
Newton, John, 1725-1807
John Newton Collection
Contains over forty letters by Newton, one of which is addressed to
Hannah More, three to William Cowper, and twenty-six to Thomas Haweis,
concerning Newton's research on the history of the Church of England. Also
included are three autograph manuscripts of hymns, all dated 1792, and
a ninety-two page notebook in the hand of the author containing the minutes
of the Eclectic Society from 1787 to 1789.
Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968
Harold
Nicolson Papers
Consists of papers of the English diplomat, journalist, and biographer
Harold Nicolson (1886-1968). These papers primarily contain correspondence
received by Nicolson, but there is also a large series of letters written
by Nicolson to Richard Rumbold, as well as a few to others. Also included
in the collection are manuscripts and/or working notes for four of Nicolson's
published works. Furthermore, there is a small amount of papers of others,
chiefly correspondence by and to Nicolson's wife, "Vita" (Victoria) Sackville-West.
Consists of programs of the cultural activities which took place in Mexico
City in conjunction with the 1968 Olympics, featuring performances in dance,
music, and theater by artists from all over the world.
Consists of correspondence, documents, financial material, and printed
matter of Caleb Bates, captain of the Juno of Boston, John B. Church,
marine insurance underwriter, and others involved in predominantly 19th-century
American maritime trade. The collection contains correspondence and receipts
of Bates during the time (1807-1814) he spent in St. Petersburg, Russia,
which refer to his buying and shipping Russian goods during the period
of the War of 1812 and Napoleon's campaign. There are also documents, correspondence,
and printed matter of John B. Church concerning the French Spoliation Claims
of insurance underwriters and their heirs against the United States government
dating from the post-Revolutionary War period. Also included are 19th-century
account books and miscellaneous accounts for the ships Renown, Superior,
Harriot,
and William, and passes for the Daniel Webster and Charleston
Packet signed by Andrew Jackson and the Maria signed by Thomas
Jefferson.
Consists of correspondence and documents relating to the procurement of
supplies at Forts Craig, Cummings, Union, and Sumner in New Mexico. Much
of the collection reflects the problems of the army in 1865 in procuring
sufficient food for the Navajo Indians who had been relocated to the Bosque
Redondo Reservation near Fort Sumner during the midst of a crop failure
in New Mexico. Included are correspondence between army quartermasters
and private merchants regarding provisions; proceedings of a board of survey
convened at Fort Sumner to ascertain the quantity and quality of stores
received at the post; acknowledgments of goods received; and bills and
invoices.
Norris, Frank, 1907-1967
Frank Norris Novels
Consists of two works of fiction by Norris (Class of 1929), including
a typescript with holograph corrections and two sets of galley proofs for
Nutro
29 (1950), and a typescript with holograph corrections and a bound
proof copy for Tower in the West (1957).
Norris, James Lawson, 1878-1934
Notes of James Lawson Norris on Woodrow Wilson Lectures
Consists of six notebooks (1897-1899) of Norris (Class of 1899) containing
notes on lectures in jurisprudence, constitutional law, and English common
law delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.
Notestein, Frank W. (Frank Wallace), 1902-1983
Frank
W. Notestein Papers
Consists of papers of Notestein, founder of the Office of Population
Research based at Princeton University. Included are general correspondence,
lectures and papers delivered at conferences, population studies, and notes.
Among the numerous organizations represented are Planned Parenthood Federation
of America, Population Council, the Rockefeller Foundation Outhwaite Project,
and UNESCO.
Nurske, Ragnar
Ragnar
Nurske Papers
While it includes notebooks from his doctoral studies and a draft of
his dissertation, the bulk of this collection focuses on Nurkse's writing
and research from approximately 1940 up to his death in 1959. It contains
drafts and notes for books and articles, lecture notes for his classes
at Columbia University, his comments on other scholars' papers, and a small
sampling of correspondence.
Nystrom, Paul Henry, 1878-1969
Paul Nystrom and Pauline Steffen Manuscripts
Consists of typescripts with autograph corrections of three unpublished
manuscripts by Nystrom and Pauline Steffen: Economic History of Egypt,
New
Testament Economics, and The Promised Land.
O
O'Connell, J. Harlin (John Harlin), 1893-1955
J.
Harlin O'Connell Collection of the 1890s
Consists, for the most part, of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork,
and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists,
biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent
primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s. Among those represented in
the collection are Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, John Davidson, Lord
Alfred Douglas, Ernest Dowson, John Gray, Maurice Hewlett, Richard Le Gallienne,
George Augustus Moore, Stephen Phillips, Bernard Shaw, Arthur Symons, Frederick
Wedmore, Oscar Wilde, and W. B. Yeats. The manuscript collection forms
part of the larger O'Connell Collection of the 1890s, which contains over
500 printed volumes, among which are many first editions and various periodicals.
O'Hara, John, 1905-1970
John O'Hara Novels
Consists of manuscripts for two novels by O'Hara: an uncorrected galley
proof for advance readers of A Rage to Live (1949), and notes, corrected
typescripts, galley proofs, and a copy of O'Hara's speech (1956) accepting
the National Book Award for Ten North Frederick (1955).
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
Eugene
O'Neill Plays
Consists of 15 manuscripts of O'Neill, most of which are first drafts
of plays and include preliminary notes. Included is The Web (originally
entitled
The Cough), the first play written by O'Neill. He notes
on the title page of the manuscript that, although he wrote skits for the
stage prior to 1913, it was not until that year that he wrote The Web,
"the first play I ever wrote." Also included is the original manuscript
for "Tomorrow," the only short story by O'Neill ever to be published during
his lifetime.
Eugene O'Neill Photograph Collection
Consists of 55 photographs of O'Neill and his wife, Carlotta, taken
by various photographers. Included are some of O'Neill as a small boy,
with Carlotta in France, at Beacon Farm, Long Island, and Casa Genotta,
Georgia. Many of the photographs have descriptive notations.
Oates, Whitney Jennings, 190-1973
Whitney Jennings Oates Correspondence
Consists primarily of correspondence of Oates (Class of 1925) during
his tenure as Professor of Classics at Princeton University. ‚b Included
is correspondence with other classicists, educators, friends, family, and
Princeton associates, such as Saxe Commins, Robert F. Goheen, Theodore
Tracy, Charles T. Murphy, Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr, and Frank E. Taplin.
Ober, Harold, 1881-1959
Archives
of Harold Ober Associates
Harold Ober Associates, Inc., is a literary agency in New York City.
Established by Harold Ober in the 1920s, it quickly grew in size and reputation
and has been considered one of the leading representatives for American
and British writers in the world. The Archives include the Ober author
files (1927-1991) and files of three London affiliates: David Higham Associates
(1965-1972), Hughes Massie Limited (1968-1972), and Bolt & Watson Ltd.
(1971-1972).
Oberdorfer, Don, 1931-
Don
Oberdorfer Papers
Consists of interview transcripts and background material for Oberdorfer's
book The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era, 1983-1990 (1991).
Included are interviews with Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, Richard Pearle,
Caspar Weinberger, and other administration officials, as well as with
their Soviet counterparts, and background material corresponding to each
chapter in the book. Topics discussed include the four summit meetings
between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (Geneva
in 1985, Reykjavik in 1986, Washington in 1987, Moscow in 1988); the downing
of Korean Airlines passenger jet KAL 007; the zero ballistic missiles option
raised at Reykjavik; the Strategic Defense Initiative and the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty's reinterpretation in connection with it; the Daniloff spy-swap
affair; diplomatic missions of George Shultz and Andrei Gromyko; and the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
Ocampo, Victoria, 1890-1979
Fraga
and Pena Collection of the Ocampo Family
Consists primarily of Ocampo family correspondence, particularly that
of the sisters Victoria and Angelica Ocampo, collected by Maria Rebeca
Pena and Rebeca Fraga of Argentina. Author Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979)
was founder (1931) and editor of the magazine SUR, an important literary
magazine published in Buenos Aires. Victoria Ocampo's correspondence, in
Spanish and French, spans the period 1926-1978 and includes many of her
impressions of writers and artists which she wrote about, such as Aldous
Huxley, Graham Greene, Sergei Eisenstein, and Jean Cocteau. Her correspondence
is particularly strong for the many periods of time when she resided in
Paris, France, and for the year 1975, when she lived in New York City and
met and visited with many intellectuals. In addition, there are a few manuscripts
by Victoria Ocampo, including an autobiographical memoir which the author
translated from French to Spanish and sent to the Argentine writer Jose
"Pepe" Bianco.
Consists of photostats of original letters and documents owned by Mrs.
Richard Kennedy relating to the Ogden family of Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown),
in Union County, New Jersey. Various members of the Ogden family are represented,
including the family's American founding father, John Ogden, who settled
in Elizabethtown in the 1680s, Aaron Ogden (1756-1839, Class of 1773),
a governor of New Jersey, Robert Ogden, 1st (1687-1733), Robert Ogden,
2nd (1716-1787), and Robert Ogden, 3rd (1746-1826, Class of 1765). Also
present are papers (1763-1771) concerning the New Jersey College Lottery,
managed by Robert Ogden, 2nd, estate inventories, deeds, a survey of land
in Sussex County, genealogies, wills, and slave bills of sale. Other correspondents
include Aaron Burr, Jonathan Belcher, William Alexander, Elisha Boudinot,
Stephen Crane, Ebenezer Platt, Samuel Meeker, and an Indian named Wickquaylis.
Ogden, K. Montgomery (Kneass Montgomery), 1881-1970
K. Montgomery Ogden Papers
Consists of photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings
of Ogden (Class of l902). The bulk of the collection relates to the years,
starting in 1925, he spent in China as bursar of Canton Christian College
and contains photographs of students, faculty, friends, and views of the
city, as well as scrapbooks of postcards and newspaper clippings recounting
the general strike of 1925. The collection also contains memorabilia of
Ogden's years as an undergraduate, including dance cards, invitations,
absence notices, playbills, and examinations, and photographs of the Middle
East, especially Palestine, where he spent seven years (1918-1925) with
the American Red Cross Committee to Palestine.
Consists mostly of 18th-century correspondence and documents of the Olden
family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The collection contains estate inventories,
a partnership agreement, leases, a will, a deed, receipts, and articles
of agreement. In addition, there is a copy of a sermon (1769) by Samuel
Fotheringill.
Oliver, María Rosa, 1898-1977
María
Rosa Oliver Papers
Consists of writings, correspondence, documents, drawings, photographs,
printed material, and papers of others collected by Oliver, an Argentine
essayist, short story writer and translator. Though she was physically
handicapped, Oliver traveled widely in Latin America and Europe, lived
and worked in Washington, D.C., from 1942 to 1946, and visited China, the
Soviet Union, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and other countries. She also wrote
memoirs, and literary and film criticism in Spanish and English for newspapers
and magazines in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, and was
a member of the "Comite de Colaboracion" of Sur, the Argentine literary
magazine, from the magazine's inception in 1931. She was a friend and colleague
of Victoria Ocampo, the founder of Sur, Eduardo Mallea, literary
editor and critic of La Nación (Buenos Aires, Argentina),
and Waldo Frank, the American novelist and critic who was a popular figure
in Argentina for his book America Hispana and other writings.
Oliver, Paul Ambrose, 1830-1912
Paul Ambrose Oliver Collection
Consists mainly of letters by Oliver but includes some letters by other
correspondents. The collection contains letters by him to family members,
especially to his brother Samuel, while he was an officer in the Union
Army (1862-1865) during the Civil War. In addition, there is a history
of the 12th Regiment of the New York National Guard, of which Oliver was
a member, and the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to him for valor
during a battle (1864) at Resaca, Ga.
Oquendo, Abelardo, 1930-
Abelardo Oquendo Correspondence
Contains approximately 149 letters (1958-1974) received by Oquendo,
a Peruvian poet and editor, from Mario Vargas Llosa, a fellow Peruvian
author. The letters have return addresses from Madrid, Paris, London, and
Barcelona. Also included are 33 letters (1970-1993) by Alfredo Bryce Echenique
and 54 letters (1966-1983) by Julio Ramon Ribeyro.
Ordway, Smith, 1864-1927
Smith Ordway Diaries
Consists of thirty-three diaries of Ordway (Class of 1884) written
while an undergraduate at Princeton (1880-1884), a seminarian (1885-1888)
at Auburn Theological Seminary (N.Y.), a traveler to Europe and the Middle
East (1907), and a Presbyterian minister to congregations mainly in New
York State (1888-1923). The collection also contains an album of photographs
of members of the Class of 1884, scenes of Princeton, and Ordway family
members.
Orita, Hikoichi, 1849-1920
Hikoichi
Orita Diary
Consists of a photocopied two-volume diary written by Orita, a Japanese
student, while he attended Princeton University between 1872 and 1876.
Upon his graduation from Princeton in 1876, Orita returned to Japan and
became a leading educational reformer. There are entries, in English, for
each day of his time at Princeton, including accounts and bills paid monthly
as well as memoranda written in Japanese. Generally, the entries are brief.
Orita notes the weather for that day, classes and recitations, his seemingly
endless studies, visits to chapel, letters received from friends, visits
with faculty, including President and Mrs. McCosh, and occasional personal
comments regarding his health or loneliness. He also writes of travels
to New York City, New Brunswick, and New England, though, again, the entries
are generally brief. A highlight of his career at Princeton was his baptism
on May 28, 1876. "Fine, warm day," Orita writes. "After the morning chapel
the ceremony of baptism was done by Dr. McCosh. Profs Alexander, Atwater,
Packard and my classmates present. Partook Lord's supper in chapel...."
Ortiz de Montellano, Bernardo, 1899-1949
Bernardo
Ortiz de Montellano Papers
Consists primarily of manuscript material and correspondence
of Ortiz de Montellano. The collection includes notes, typed manuscripts,
with holograph corrections, of poems, short stories, essays, and book reviews
by Ortiz de Montellano. The collection also includes typed manuscript copies
of poetry and essays by authors such as Amado Nervo, Manuel José
Othon, and Alfonso Reyes. There is extensive correspondence with Mexican
poets and writers Genaro Estrada, Alfonso Reyes, Jaime Torres Bodet, and
José Gorostiza, and with translators Francis de Miomandre, Valéry
Larbaud, Dudley Fitts, and Edna Worthley Underwood. There is a small amount
of material related to the publication of the magazine Contemporáneos
and a large amount of printed material related to Ortiz de Montellano and
others' published work. The strengths of the collection are the large number
of published and unpublished poems of Ortiz de Montellano, his essays and
notes on the aesthetics of poetry, the original letters of Montellano and
four Mexican poets (Cuesta, Gorostiza, Torres Bodet, and Villaurrutia),
and Montellano's correspondence with Estrada, Reyes, Torres Bodet, Gorostiza,
Mariano Azuela, and José Vasconcelos.
Ortiz, Alfonso, 1939-
Alfonso Ortiz Papers
Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral
Literature
Consists of ten phonotapes of approximately fifty-five hours duration
made primarily at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, by Ortiz to help preserve
the language and the culture and to perpetuate the oral tradition of the
Indian tribe. The tapes contain myths, folktales, prayers, speeches, chants
including dance songs, the Mattachines song series, the butterfly ceremony,
and the ceremony of man, and discussions with tribal elders about ritual
initiations and religious societies of the Tewa-speaking Pueblo.
Osborn, Frederick H.
Frederick
H. Osborn papers
Consists of correspondence and reports that cover some of Osborn's
service to, and interest in, the University as a charter trustee
from 1943-1955 and as a member of several advisory boards, including the
Curriculum Committee and Psychology Department Council. One major project
was the commissioning of a Carnegie-funded "Study of Education at Princeton
University." Also detailed is Osborn's later work on the computerization
of the University data files for the improvement of the admissions process.
Consists of Osborn and Dodge family papers representing mainly three generations
of family members, including William Henry Osborn (1820-1894), his wife,
Virginia Reed Sturges (1831-1902), and several members of the Sturges family;
their sons Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935, Class of 1877) and William
Church Osborn (1861-1951, Class of 1883) and William's wife, Alice Clinton
Hoadley Dodge (1865-1946), as well as several Dodge family members; the
sons of Henry Fairfield Osborn and his wife, Lucretia Perry (1858-1930),
Fairfield Osborn (1887-1969, Class of 1909) and Alexander Perry Osborn
(1884-1951, Class of 1905); and the children of William Church Osborn and
Alice Clinton Hoadley Dodge, Frederick Henry Osborn (1889-1984, Class of
1910), Aileen Osborn (b. 1892), Earl Dodge Osborn (1893-1989, Class of
1915), and William Henry Osborn (1895-1971, Class of 1916).
Osgood, Charles Grosvenor, 1871-1964
Charles
Grosvenor Osgood Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia,
scrapbooks, and an autograph book (1880) of Osgood, reflecting his role
as one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors (1905) and the importance
of the preceptorial system at Princeton. The collection contains typed
manuscripts of Osgood's lectures on Milton, Spenser, and Samuel Johnson,
addresses and note cards, and professional correspondence including letters
relating to the publication of his book Classical Mythology of Milton's
English Poems (1900). There are also some student essays, grade books,
and material concerning the Department of English. Also included are papers
relating to the honorary degrees he received from Yale (1945) and a Princeton
(1951), and material from his estate. In addition, there are several essays
on gardens by his wife, Isabella Owen Osgood, a Princeton professor of
English.
Ostriker, Alicia, 1937-
Alicia
Ostriker Papers
The Alicia Ostriker Papers consists primarily of drafts of poems, poetry
and nonfiction books, and journalistic contributions by the American feminist
literary critic and poet Alicia Ostriker (1937- ). Also included are papers
she delivered at conferences, book reviews, and interviews, both those
she conducted and those in which she has been the subject. Some of her
student writing is here as well, including papers and undergraduate prose
and poetry, and there is a small amount of correspondence with her publishers
and friends, and some fan mail.
Consists of various documents (approximately 122 leaves) from 1829 to 1906
in Ottoman Turkish, with some Greek annotations, such as land conveyances,
tax documents, and birth certificates pertaining to the areas of Trikkala
(Tricca), Ioannina (Janina), and Thessaly in Greece.
P
P.E.N. American Center
P.E.N.
(PEN) American Center Archives
Consists of business records and correspondence between organization
members from P.E.N.'s founding (1921) up to 1993. The papers include those
pertaining to governance (annual businees meetings, executive board meetings,
etc.); membership (dues, lists, resignations, acceptances); programs of
P.E.N. American Center, including hospitality, a prison writing program,
the Freedom to Write program, the Relief and Refugee Fund (during WW II);
material on congresses, including international congresses, as well as
those hosted by the American Center; and international committees and branches
of the American Center. Also present is material on grants and awards,
fundraising, publicity, and general files.
Packard, William A. (William Alfred), 1830-1909
William A. Packard Collection
Consists of selected papers of Packard, a professor of Latin languages
and literature at Princeton from 1870 until his retirement. Included are
lecture notes on Roman literature, an annotated copy of Ciceronis epistolarum
delectus (1871), several personal documents, and a letter (1871) to
Henry Woodhull Green concerning the design of a new library at Princeton
College.
Paix et Liberté
Paix
et Liberté Collection
Consists of a specimen collection of tracts, circular letters, radio
scripts, posters, stickers, and clippings assembled by the offices of Paix
et Liberte, a French anti-communist propaganda agency organized and directed
by Jean-Paul David.
Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
Erwin Panofsky / William S. Heckscher Correspondence
Consists of Xerox copies of correspondence primarily between Panofsky
and his student and fellow art historian William S. Heckscher, spanning
the years from 1936 until Panofsky's death in 1968. The letters, some in
German but most in English, discuss their varied interests in the art world,
their long association with Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, and
personal details on health, travel, and friends. Also present are copies
of letters to and from Dora Panofsky; correspondence of Heckscher with
Lola Szladits, David Coffin, and others after Panofsky's death; miscellaneous
correspondence of Panofsky with Lise Lotte Moller, Lessing J. Rosenwald,
Justus Bier, and others; and a few printed articles by and about Panofsky
and Heckscher.
Erwin Panofsky Letters to Margaret Scolari Barr
Contains 88 holograph letters and postcards from Panofsky to the art
historian Margaret Scolari Barr (Mrs. Alfred H. Barr)--mostly from Hamburg,
Germany--discussing his uncertain career and giving details about his move
from Germany to the United States. Also present are a letter (1933) by
Walter S. Cook, an untitled poem in various languages by Panofsky, and
a one-page manuscript by Dora Panofsky, entitled "From the wings of the
Dove."
Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages
Contains 85 letters and cards from Erwin and Dora Panofsky to the artist
Mildred Burrage and her sister Madeline ("Bob"). Many of the letters discuss
their mutual friendship with Booth Tarkington and vacations spent in Kennebunkport,
Maine. Also present are typed transcripts of the letters, a letter (1969)
by Gerda Panofsky to Miss Burrage, a few other miscellaneous letters, ten
photographs of Erwin and Dora Panofsky, and printed items containing articles
by the Panofskys.
Papadaki, Stamo, 1906-1992
Stamo
Papadaki Papers
Consists of the papers of this Greek-born architect. Included is correspondence
(1922-1990) with many architects from the United States, Europe, Greece,
and Brazil, such as Jorge Amado, Charles S. Ascher, Leonidas Cheferrino,
Serge Chermayeff, Lucio Costa, Marcel Gautherot, Matila Ghyka, Siegfried
Giedion, Walter Gropius, Jean Helion, Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret),
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Oscar Niemeyer, Amedee Ozenfant, Eugene C. Petit, Alberto
Sartoris, Jose Sert, and Frank Lloyd Wright. There is also correspondence
with organizations, artists, friends, and family, including the Architectural
Forum, Alexander Calder, John Dale, Macmillan Company, the Museum of Modern
Art (N.Y.), CIAM, Michales Tompros, and Henry Yannilos, and a lengthy correspondence
(1939-1979) with his sisters, Maria and Photeine, in Greece. Subject files
contain correspondence, photographs, articles, notes, drawings, and printed
matter relating to the development of Brasilia, his work on various projects
for the CIAM, and plans for a Le Corbusier exhibition; drawings, notes,
and manuscripts of his research with Le Corbusier and Le Corbusier's
own writings for Le Modulor (1954), a system of harmonious measurement
for architects and mechanics (the papers also include an original, hand-drawn,
colored, and signed ""modulor"" tape by Le Corbusier); covers and layouts
for the magazines Plus and Progressive Architecture; plans
and articles on prefabricated houses and mountain shelters; and many plans,
blueprints, drawings, elevations, and photographs for other architectural
projects, including the New York World's Fair pavilion, the New York International
Airport, a seaside villa near Athens, office buildings on Park Avenue,
exhibitions for IBEC and UNESCO, designs and photographs (ca. 1981) for
the Museum of Modern Art on Andros Island, Greece, and houses and commercial
buildings in Greece, Brazil, and the United States.
Papandreou, Margarita, 1923-
Margarita Papandreou Papers
Consists of selected papers of Papandreou, an American-born international
feminist leader, peace movement activist, informal diplomat, and author
who settled in Greece in 1959. There is correspondence (1981-1985), in
English and Greek, of Papandreou and her husband, Andreas Papandreou, prime
minister of Greece (1981-1989), concerning personal and business matters,
and some affairs of state. The bulk of the papers consists of speeches,
articles, interviews, and printed matter, by and about Papandreou, relating
to her involvement in the Greek Union of Women, a socialist feminist group
she founded in 1976 (president, 1980-1989); the First Ladies Conference
on Drug Abuse at the United Nations (1985); and the World Conference to
Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women:
Equality, Development and Peace (1975-1985), held in Nairobi, Kenya (1985).
Papandreou was head of the Greek government's delegation to this conference,
and the papers include documents from the preparation meetings, statements
of the member-states, resolutions, cassette tapes of interviews, speeches,
American press releases, mass media, and general publications. Also present
are copies of the PAK Newsletter (1972-1974), a publication of the Panhellenic
Liberation Movement in North America, many newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous
material in Greek.
Pappas, Nikos, 1906-
Nikos Pappas and Rita Boume Papa papers
Consists of correspondence, manuscripts of published and unpublished
poetry and articles, clippings, and other printed matter of the Greek poets
and writers Nikos Pappas and his wife, Rita Boume Papa. Correspondents
include Kimon Friar, Menelaos Lountemes, Andreas Rados, Rae Dalven, Antones
Dekavalles, Giannes Skarimpas, Nikos Spanias, Mario Vitti, Nikos Chadzinikolau,
Nikephoros Vrettakos, Angelos Sikelianos, Valentina Traikova, and other
writers and friends, many from Eastern Europe. Also included are a few
manuscripts and letters of other writers, and material related to copyrights
and the Union of Greek Writers.
Papyrus Collections
The Princeton papyri inventoried are held in the Department of Rare Books
and Special Collections and The Scheide Library, both housed in the Harvey
S. Firestone Memorial Library. Most are Greek documentary papyri, including
census and tax registers, military lists, land conveyances, business records,
petitions, private letters, and other sources of historical and paleographic
interest from Ptolemaic (332 to 30 B.C.), Roman (30 B.C. to 300 A.D.),
and Byzantine Egypt (300 to 650 A.D.). Nearly all were discovered from
the 1890s to the 1920s, buried or recovered from mummy cartonnage in and
around the ancient town of Oxyrhynchus (modern, el-Bahnasa), the towns
of the Fayum region (including Philadelphia), Tebtunis (modern, Tell Umm
el-Breigat), and Hibeh. Acquired along with the documentary papyri were
literary fragments (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Hippocrates,
Homer, Isocrates, Theocritus, and Xenophon) and Greek New Testament fragments
(Epistle of St. James). There are also Pharaonic (through 332 B.C.), Ptolemaic
(332 to 30 B.C.), and Roman-period papyri in Egyptian languages (Hieroglyphic,
Hieratic, Demotic, and Coptic); Arabic papyri from the Islamic period (from
640 A.D.): and a few pieces in Latin from Roman Egypt and 6th-century Italy.
For more information on the Princeton University Library collections of
papyri, visit the Princeton
University Library Papyrus Home Page. Digitized images of selected
papyri are provided.
Parrish, Morris L. (Morris Longstreth), 1867-1944
Morris
L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists
Consists of letters, documents, manuscripts, and, occasionally, artwork
of 27 Victorian novelists and of some of their family members, particularly
when these were also writers, such as the Trollopes, or devoted literary
executors, Fanny Kingsley, Lady Ritchie, and Florence Emily Hardy, for
example. Letters to and about the major authors are included, as well as
a variety of related material such as illustrations by "Phiz" and Henry
Holiday, and adaptations, scrapbooks, photographs, etc. In addition, the
collection has four original albums of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's photographs
[Lewis Carroll], compiled by himself with autograph indexes, and the Household
Words Office Book, listing title and author of all contributions to
Charles Dickens' periodical during its 10-year run.
Parrott, Thomas Marc, 1866-1960
Thomas Marc Parrott Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a commonplace
book, scrapbooks, and notebooks of Parrott (Class of 1888), as well as
printed matter and some works of other authors. Included are two manuscripts
of his books, Shakespearean Comedy (1949) and Companion to Victorian
Literature (1955, co-authored by Robert Bernard Martin), articles,
many on Shakespearean subjects, book reviews, lectures on various Shakespeare
plays, essays written while an undergraduate, and an incomplete version
of Parrott's senior thesis, "Non-dramatic Poems of Robert Browning."
Pate, Maurice, 1894-1965
Maurice Pate Papers
Consists mainly of correspondence and reports relating to the involvement
of Pate (Class of 1915) in worldwide relief organizations, beginning with
the Commission for Relief in Belgium (1916-1917), the American Relief Administration
(1919-1923), the American Red Cross Prisoner-of-War Relief (1942-1946),
and the World Food Survey (1946) with Herbert Hoover which led to the formation
of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), of which Pate was executive
director (1947-1965). (UNICEF received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965.)
Also included are personal correspondence, diaries (1916-1939), family
papers, a Princeton University file (Class of 1915), documents, files on
his business interests in Poland (1925-1940), photographs, scrapbooks,
printed matter, letters of condolence and memorials after Pate's death,
and papers of his wife, Martha Lucas Pate, president of Sweet Briar College
(1946-1950).
Maurice Pate Additional Papers
Consists of copies of a memorial tribute to Pate (Class of 1915) by
Princeton University's Class of 1915, compiled by Donald Myrick, as well
as photographs and copies of UNICEF News.
Paterson, William, 1745-1806
Paterson Family Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, letterbooks, documents, commonplace
books (1763, 1793-1796), an account book (1786-1787), and legal opinions
of various members of the Paterson family of New Jersey, but primarily
of William Paterson (Class of 1763), his father, Richard Paterson, son,
William Bell Paterson (d. 1833), and twin grandsons, William Paterson (1817-1899)
and Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (1817-1872). The collection contains
college essays, debates, and orations delivered at the Princeton Cliosophic
Society, post-college political essays by William Bell Paterson (Class
of 1801), some of which were published in the Guardian (1808-1809)
and the Palladium of Liberty, and poems by William Paterson (Class
of 1835) and Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (Class of 1835), including
the autograph manuscript of Poems of Twin Graduates of the College of
New Jersey (1882).
Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896
Coventry Patmore Collection
Consists primarily of some 200 letters written to and by Patmore. Approximately
75 pages of notes, one poem ("Since succour to the smallest of the wise/..."),
and one page from The Unknown Eros--all in his holograph--are also
part of the collection. Major correspondents include Thomas Carlyle (5
letters), Aubrey De Vere (20 letters, 1 manuscript), Edmund Gosse (17 letters),
and Thomas Woolner (29 letters). In addition to the Patmore material, there
are a folder of correspondence relating to Derek Patmore's biography of
his great-grandfather, a folder of letters and other documents concerning
the connection of Peter George Patmore (Coventry's father) with the Scott-Christie
duel of 1821, and photographs of family members and friends.
Patmore, Derek, 1908-1972
Derek Patmore Papers
Consists of papers of Patmore, including typescripts for The Feverish
Interlude, published as Private History: An Autobiography (1960);
The
Star and the Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Poetry (1946),
chosen and translated by Patmore, with a few translations by Lord Dunsany;
and Aegean Interlude: Pages from a Greek Journal, 1945-1946, an
unpublished book. Also present are manuscripts for a poem and two articles,
and a commonplace book (1929-1931), containing notes on interviews with
Michael Arlen, Rosita Forbes, Rebecca West, W. B. Maxwell, Paul Robeson,
Tallulah Bankhead, Cecil Beaton, and others.
Paton, David, 1854-1925
Selected Papers of David Paton
Consists primarily of letters to Paton (Class of 1874) about his four-volume
work Early Egyptian Records of Travel: Material for a Historical Geography
of Western Asia (1915-1922), including letters from George Vincent
Welter, Robert William Rogers, and the Egyptologist A. H. Sayce. In addition,
there are some personal business correspondence, page proofs for an advertising
circular for his book, a list of Paton's articles about Egypt, and clippings.
Paton, William Agnew, 1848-1918
William Agnew Paton Collection
Contains 9 numbered portfolios of book illustrations and photographs:
1) Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; 2) European views, primarily
of England; 3) proofs of illustrations for Paton's Down the Islands;
4) and 7) England; 5) Europe and Morocco; 8) Alps; 9) Yachts; and 11) illustrations
for his Picturesque Sicily. There is an additional volume containing
copies of articles on the history of Sicily. Paton's original drawings
and sketches, including photographs of the Chicago fire (1871), have been
transferred to Graphic Arts.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
Henry
Neill Paul Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Paul (Class
of 1884), and an autograph book (1850) and account books (1846-1856, 1841-1843)
of family members. The collection contains his essays on Shakespeare; notes
and file cards, including a listing of "Editions of Shakespeare's Works
Published in the United States" (1779-1910); and correspondence with scholars,
libraries, universities, rare books and manuscripts dealers, and learned
societies on Shakespeare and the interpretation of his plays. Also included
are some minutes, correspondence, and notes of the Shakspere Society of
Philadelphia. In addition, there are newspapers clippings about World War
I.
Pauli, Blanche, 1870?-
Blanche
Pauli Collection
Consists of correspondence, photographs, sides, sheet music, playbills,
and miscellaneous material of Pauli, who worked mainly in stock companies
touring the Northeast. Some of the material relates to her husband, H.
Utley Boardman.
Pears, Thomas Clinton, 1884-1943
Archives Being the History of a Family by
Thomas Clinton Pears
Consists of a copy of an unpublished, typed manuscript by Pears (Class
of 1907), entitled The Archives Being the History of a Family, which
constitutes his transcription and editing of original Pears family papers
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-1987
G. Edward Pendray Papers
Consists of papers of Pendray reflecting his dual careers as a public
relations consultant and one of the country's earliest proponents of space
flight and rocket power. Included are correspondence, reports, photographs,
slides, phonograph records, articles, speeches, and other data for the
American Rocket Society, which was founded in 1931 by Pendray and others
and became the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1963;
Guggenheim Foundation committees' files and papers relating to jet propulsion
and aviation safety; miscellaneous NASA-related material; and correspondence
and manuscripts used in the preparation of The Papers of Robert Goddard
(1970) which Pendray edited with Esther C. Goddard. His public relations
interests are represented by correspondence, articles, and speeches for
the Public Relations Society of America (1952-1969) and by files for Pendray
& Company (1948-1970), including an unpublished book manuscript, Business
Public Relations (1957).
Pennington, Penelope, 1752?-1827
Penelope Pennington Collection
Consists of 31 letters by Mrs. Pennington, mostly to her younger friend
Maria Brown, whose relationship to Mrs. Pennington somewhat paralleled
that of Mrs. Pennington to Mrs. Piozzi (Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi); the
autograph manuscript of Mrs. Pennington's poem "The Copper Farthing"; and
over 200 pages of material, mostly in Mrs. Pennington's hand, largely copies
of poems by her friends and literary quotations which apparently served
the purpose of a commonplace book. The gossipy letters comment on politics,
criticize books just read, and complain about bad health--not unlike letters
of Mrs. Piozzi. Specific topics include the deaths of Maria Siddons and
Mrs. Piozzi, Byron's poetry, and the peace of 1814.
Consists of serial printed material concerning the performing arts, including
circus, dance, film, opera, radio, speech, television, theater, and vaudeville.
For the most part, publications are represented by a sample or two issues.
International in scope, the collection includes magazines (for example,
New
Theatre, Film World, Universal Weekly), newsletters (Negro
Actors Guild of America, Annual Report of the Canadian Broadcasing Company),
newspapers (Hollywood Reporter, Opera [France]), and journals
(Carolina Play-Book, Tulane Drama Review).
Perkins, George W. (George Walbridge), 1862-1920
George W. Perkins Photographs of Alaska
Consists of approximately 100 photographs of a trip to Alaska taken
by Perkins, his family, and friends on board the S.S. Yucatan. Included
are photographs of Resurrection Bay, Bartlett Bay, Muir Glacier, the Alaska
Railroad, Alaskan natives, salmon fishing, and the "Nassau" and "Princeton"
Glaciers, so named by the Perkins expedition.
Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947
Maxwell E. Perkins Letters to Elizabeth H. Lemmon
Consists of 128 letters (1922-1946) by Perkins to his long-time friend
and platonic lover Elizabeth H. Lemmon, often discussing books to be read
and his relationships with Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and other
authors for whom he was editor with Charles Scribner's Sons. Also present
are three letters by Louise Perkins (Perkins' wife) and one letter by Elizabeth
Gorsline (Perkins' daughter), all written to Lemmon after Perkins' death
in 1947.
Perry, Glen C. H. (Glen Crossman Hayes), 1903-
Glen C. H. Perry Papers
Consists of works, lecture note cards, correspondence, an audio tape,
and printed matter of Perry (Class of 1926). The collection contains the
typed manuscript with author's corrections of Dear Bart (1982),
a personal narrative about World War II, and the typed manuscripts of articles,
speeches, and lectures by Perry in his capacity as public relations director
of Du Pont. There is correspondence regarding seminars, lectures, and meetings
in which he participated, as well as congratulatory letters to him upon
joining Du Pont as assistant public relations director (l944) and on being
named director (1965). There is personal correspondence with J. Bryan,
Niven Busch, and others. Also included is a tape of a radio interview on
the New York radio station WRVR entitled "The Function of Public Relations."
Peters, John Ellsworth, 1849-1926
John Ellsworth Peters Papers
Consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed matter
of Peters (Class of 1870). The collection contains Peters' notes about
the Olden and Peters families of Princeton and the Stony Brook area of
Princeton, notes on wills and deeds of Princeton residents, and original
photographs of houses in Princeton, mainly of the Stony Brook Meeting House.
Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha of New Jersey (Princeton University)
Princeton University Phi Beta Kappa Records
Consists of reports, constitutions, by-laws, minutes, lists of members,
and correspondence of the Princeton University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
The correspondence relates mostly to administrative matters, such as the
replacement of lost keys, membership enquiries, and invitations to various
organizational functions. Princeton University was relatively late to apply
for membership at Phi Beta Kappa as the Princeton faculty were opposed
to fraternities of any kind. Finally in 1895 Princeton College responded
to an invitation from Phi Beta Kappa to apply, and the Princeton Chapter
was officially established in 1899. Occasional disagreements between Princeton
and the national organization have occurred.
Consists of correspondence and various records of the Philadelphia Customhouse
dating from the 19th century to the early 1920s. The collection includes
invoices, consumption entry permits, cargo descriptions, affidavits on
entry of returned American products, daily reports of the assitant weigher,
withdrawal entries, oaths or affirmations for the U.S. Bureau of Navigation
by new masters of a vessel, and bound records of legal proceedings, such
as those for Lancaster Mills vs. Thomas and Tracy. There is correspondence
among customhouse brokers, the collector of customs, and John F. Hartranft
of the Port of Philadelphia appraiser's office.
Consists of letters to commanders of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, including
James Barron, George C. Read, and Charles Stewart, by secretaries of the
navy or their assistants, and members of the Navy Commissioners Office,
the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Construction, Provisions and Clothing,
Ordnance and Hydrography, and Equipment and Recruiting. Many of the letters
deal with the application of steam to navy sailing vessels and the construction
of new ships, including the Jamestown, Mississippi, Missouri,
Princeton,
Sesquehanna,
St.
Mary, Union, and
Wabash.
Consists of 15 matted watercolor drawings of costumes worn by men and women
of the Philippines in the middle of the 19th century. Four of the drawings
are signed by the artist "Justiniano."
Phillips, David Graham, 1867-1911
David Graham Phillips Manuscripts
Consists of selected manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, essays,
and articles of Phillips (Class of 1887). Manuscripts of novels include
two holograph chapters of Susan Lenox, two complete, typed versions
of the same novel, and autograph manuscripts of 16 other novels, among
which are A Woman Vetnures, The Husband's Story, and The
Second Generation. The collection also includes 8 short stories, 2
plays, various articles, and essays from The Treason of the Senateand
The
Reign of Guilt.
Phillips, Donald, 1883-1938
Trapping Diaries of Donald Phillips
Consists of thirteen diaries (1903, 1906-1908, 1912-1918, 1922-1923)
by Phillips describing his adventures as a trapper and hunter in Alberta,
Canada, and the typed manuscript Tracks Across My Trail (1940),
a transcription of the diaries edited by J. Monroe Thorington. The manuscript
is bound in two volumes and includes twenty-one letters by Phillips to
Thorington describing the itineraries of their hunting trips.
Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960
Eden
Phillpotts Collection
Consists of about 120 letters by Phillpotts to G. Herbert Thring and
Denys Kilham Roberts of the Society of Authors and Macleod Yearsley, his
physician, regarding the publishing of his works, including new editions,
foreign rights, stage performances, translations, arrangements with various
publishing houses, and financial details, and containing comments on other
writers, such as Thomas Hardy. Additions to the collection include 64 letters
(1946-1960) by Phillpotts to Waveney Girvan, editor of The West Country
Magazine, letters to William Percival Farren, Mrs. K. Fraser, Malcolm
Morley, D. W. Wheeler, and others, and copies of a few miscellaneous letters;
also included is printed matter and newspaper clippings (1921-1960) about
Phillpotts and his works.
Phleger, Herman, 1890-1984
Herman Phleger Collection on the Bricker Amendment
Consists of papers collected by Phleger during the time he was a legal
adviser in the Dept. of State (1953-1957) and chairman of a committee representing
various government departments charged with resisting Senator John W. Bricker's
proposal for a constitutional amendment restricting the treaty-making power
of the United States. Included are 16 volumes containing articles, American
Bar Association reports, speeches, court cases, congressional records,
Senate hearings, correspondence, and other materials that, for the most
part, demonstrated the Eisenhower administration's opposition to the amendment.
Herman Phleger Additional Papers
Consists of a bound transcript of an oral history interview with Phleger
conducted in 1977 by Miriam F. Stein for the University of California at
Berkeley and entitled "Herman Phleger, Sixty Years in Law, Public Service
and International Affairs." The interview discusses Phleger's life from
his early days at UCLA through his career as a prominent attorney with
the firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, expert in constitutional and
international law, associate director of the Legal Division of the U.S.
Military Government of Germany, and adviser to Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Consists of 54 numbered silver prints mounted in an album, showing various
scenes taken on a boat journey to New Orleans and Central America including
Guatemala. Some of the scenes include United Fruit Company employees harvesting
bananas.
Consists of a snapshot album of 158 photographs of scenes on and near Huntington
Beach, California. Included subjects are a factory of the Holly Sugar Company,
construction sites and workers, beach scenes, Santa Monica automobile races,
Glenn Martin's aircraft, surfboard riding , Pomona Valley Hospital, Ford
Motor Company, and places as Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Santa Monica,
Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pomona, Alhambra and Santa Catalina.
Consists of photographs of American Indians, including images of indigenous
people from the entire Western Hemisphere, from the advent of photography
to the present time. The bulk of the photographs date from the 19th century
and focus on Native Americans from what is now the U.S.A. Click here,
for online images of some of these photographs.
Consists of approximately 400 photographs taken on a late 19th-century
expedition to Southern Arizona and Mexico in search of antiquities. Some
members of the expedition were William Libbey (Class of 1877), Carl Lumholtz,
Richard M. Abbott, and Frank Robinette. Included are views of Arizpe, Olla
Grande, Sonora, Chinapa, the Sierra Madres, various campsites, burial caves,
ancient mines and ruins, inscriptions, relics, and Brisbee, Arizona, after
the flood of 1890.
Consists of 50 photographs of Colorado scenes taken by members of the Princeton
Scientific Expedition of 1877, including views of Glen Eyrie, Pike's Peak,
Mt. Princeton, and gold mines near Oro City. Some of the photographs were
reproduced in the Topographic, Hypsometric, and Meteorologic
Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition, 1877 (1879) by William
Libbey (Class of 1877).
Consists of 10 albumen prints, some of them inscribed on verso "Shelton's
Camping, Marysville, California, 1905"--all presenting various scenes from
a lumbering camp. Included subjects are log transportation, machinery,
and loggers.
Pickersgill, Harold E., 1872-
Harold E. Pickersgill Collection
Consists of Pickersgill's correspondence, historical papers of New
Jersey collected by him, and newspaper clippings. Included are correspondence
with historical societies and individuals interested in New Jersey history;
19th-century speeches, including two Fourth of July orations given in Perth
Amboy by Mayor Solomon Andrews; a description of deeds in the Henry Reeves
estate; an unpublished, typed manuscript (carbon) of a history of newspaper
publishing in New Jersey; and a typed transcript of board meeting minutes
entitled East New Jersey's Proprietors Journal, 1685-1705. There
are also genealogical notes on the Jennings family of New Jersey and the
Vroomans of New York.
Pidgin, Charles Felton, 1844-1923
Charles Felton Pidgin Correspondence on Aaron Burr
Consists primarily of letters to Pidgin relating to his study of Aaron
Burr. Correspondents include Edward Everett Hale, Charles Burr Todd, James
Parton, Sarah Jane Lippincott, Varnum Lansing Collins, Moncure Daniel Conway,
Rossiter Johnson, John Alexander Joyce, Eugene Didier, Philip Alexander
Bruce, Lillie Devereux Blake, Walter Flavius McCaleb, William Pickens,
William Leete Stone, and Alexander Wilder. Several descendents of Aaron
Burr are among the correspondents, offering both family reminiscences and
encouragement to the author.
Pierce, Newton Lacy, 1905-1950
Newton Lacy Pierce Papers
Consists of articles, correspondence, and related materials on astronomy
of Pierce, a professor at Princeton. The collection contains mainly correspondence
between him and academic colleagues, astronomical societies, and scholarly
journals, but also includes typescripts of articles on astronomy for the
yearbooks of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica (1938-1946) and Collier;s
Encyclopedia (1937-1949), and reviews and errata of his book Marine
and Air Navigation, co-authored with John Q. Stewart.
Pierce, Norman C., 1906-1976
Norman C. Pierce Papers
Consists of papers of Pierce, including personal correspondence, financial
papers, a photograph album of a trip to Germany in 1927, family photographs,
clippings, travel memorabilia and notes, articles (by others), and printed
matter relating to Mormonism in Utah. Also present are Pierce's manuscripts
for many articles, such as "The Jewel of Wo" and "Mormon Gold of '49,"
and two of his books, The Dream Mine Story (1958) about John Hyrum
Koyle and The 3 1/2 Years (1963), a book of prophecies.
Consists of deeds, mortgages, contracts, bonds, and other documents representing
at least three generations of the Pierson family of Orange, New Jersey,
including Isaac Pierson (1770-1833, Class of 1789), a physician, his son
William (1796-1882, Class of 1816), a physician and first mayor of Orange,
and William's sons Edward (d. 1882, Class of 1854), a lawyer, and William,
Jr. (1830-1900), also a physician. A few other Piersons and other persons
are also represented. Included are deeds of property and pews of Presbyterian
churches in Orange, two documents (1823) regarding Isaac Pierson's slave,
Betty Jordan, and a contract of marriage (1744) between John Morison and
Margaret Wilson of Dunfermline, Scotland.
Pierson, David Laurence, 1865-1938
David Laurence Pierson Scrapbooks
Consists of 20 scrapbook volumes (1927-1937) of letters, documents,
photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter concerning the observance
of Constitution Day, compiled by Pierson who was chairman of the National
Committee. Constitution Day (Sept. 17) was inaugurated in 1917 by Pierson,
who also helped obtain national recognition for Flag Day (June 14). Included
in the scrapbooks are many letters from various chapters of the Sons of
the American Revolution (SAR); Pierson was president of the Orange, N.J.,
chapter and historian-general (1910-1918) of the National Society of the
SAR.
Pilgram, Arthur Julian, 1880-1956
Arthur Julian Pilgram Papers
Contains manuscripts, lists, and notes of Pilgram (Class of 1902) for
his six-volume work (unpublished?) Military Compendium of Napoleon and
His Armies, which covers the Napoleonic and Spanish Wars and the history
and organization of the French army and includes regimental and battalion
summaries, 1800-1810. Also present are notes on the Balkan states and his
essay "Charles I, King of England, A Character Sketch."
Piñera, Virgilio, 1912-1979
Virgilio
Piñera Collection
Consists of a small collection of works by the Cuban dramatist, novelist,
poet and literary critic, Virgilio Piñera, including manuscripts
of various poems, an unfinished play, "Un pico o una pala?", theatrical
sketches, and "El guante de crin," a prose essay. The collection also contains
Piñera's extensive correspondence with Humberto Rodríguez
Tomeu (1919-1994), a Cuban short story writer and translator, and Witold
Gombrowicz's correspondence with Rodríguez Tomeu. Also included
are an audiocassette of Piñera reading his poetry, photographs of
Piñera (1946-1960s), and programs from various productions of Piñera's
plays in Cuba and England.
Pinkney, William, 1764-1822
Pinkney
Papers
Consists of the papers of Pinkney and, to a lesser degree, of William
Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908), his grandson. Included are several works by
Pinkney, his diplomatic correspondence while he was U.S. minister to Great
Britain (1807-1811) and to Russia (1816-1818), legal notes, deeds, bookplates,
and assorted memorabilia. Pinkney's correspondents include John Quincy
Adams, Baron Auckland, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and
Jonathan Russell. For Whyte, there is correspondence from such notable
figures as James G. Blaine, Reverdy Johnson, and Thomas Swann, as well
as several documents. In addition, there is correspondence of several other
persons, such as James Buchanan, Cardinal Gibbons, Francois de Kossuth,
and various Pinkney family members.
Piozzi, Hester Lynch Thrale, 1741-1821
Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence
Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi
and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in l914 and
edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated by the addition
of 198 holograph letters of Mrs. Piozzi wholly or partially published in
the text, together with a large number of other letters, poems, anagrams,
epigrams, and prologues by Mrs. Piozzi; a series of important letters by
Mrs. Pennington; numerous letters and portraits of other persons referred
to in their correspondence; and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.
Included are an 18th-century map of Bath and a series of 12 prints (1857)
by Thomas Rowlandson, entitled The Comforts of Bath.
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936
Luigi
Pirandello Correspondence with Marta Abba
Consists of correspondence between Pirandello and the Italian actress
Marta Abba, who spent much of her life interpreting his plays. Pirandello's
forty-three plays, as well as other literary works, are discussed in the
correspondence, which reveals the special "maestro-disciple" relationship
shared by the couple.
Pizarnik, Alejandra, 1936-1972
Alejandra
Pizarnik Papers
Consists of assorted documents of and relating to the Argentine poet
Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). These papers primarily contain her writings,
in the form of diaries, notebooks, and manuscripts, spanning three decades
beginning in the 1950s. The manuscripts include both published and unpublished
poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Also present in the collection are correspondence,
artwork by both Pizarnik and others, and printed material.
See also the Frank Graziano Working Files
for Alejandra Pizarnik: A Profile
Platt, Dan Fellows, 1873-1938
Dan
Fellows Platt Papers
Consists of personal papers of Platt (Class of 1895), archaeologist,
collector and critic of Italian art, former mayor of Englewood, New Jersey,
and chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Art and Archaeology
of Princeton University. Included are letters from Sibyl Colefax, Richard
Offner, James F. Fielder, Harold W. Dodds, Bernard Berenson, Philip Hofer,
Walter Lowrie, Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Edward Hutton, Woodrow Wilson,
Mary Chamberlin Fellows (Platt's grandmother), and his parents, Charles
and Lillian Platt.
Consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain,
Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although
this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents,
printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.
Consists of 375 scrapbooks of playbills covering not only theater but also
opera, ballet, and music. Housed within the whole are individual collections,
such as the Arthur Friedman Collection and the Wangler McCarter Theatre
Collection. Many of the scrapbooks also include photographs, clippings,
and notes.
Playbooks, Nineteenth-Century, Collection
Consists primarily of 19th-century playbooks in English, although there
are some foreign playbooks, mainly in French.
Pleadwell, F. L. (Frank Lester), 1872-1957
F. L. Pleadwell Papers
Consists, for the most part, of letters received by Pleadwell and his
wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, including letters by Roy M. Saunders,
Thomas Shattuck, and Herbert F. West, concerning Pleadwell's collection
of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields. The collection
also contains an autograph album of letters, poems, photographs, and clippings
of prominent associates in the medical profession, such as Joseph W. Courtney,
Harvey Cushing, Sir William Osler, and Henry E. Sigerist; a photograph
of Edwin J. Beinecke, a collector of Robert Louis Stevenson's works; two
articles by Pleadwell, "Byron and the American Navy" and "Byron and His
Americans"; a portrait of Pleadwell; and letters to his wife after his
death and her remarriage to William C. Moore, including correspondence
with Parke-Bernet regarding the sale of Pleadwell's collections.
Pleasant, Richard, 1909-1961
Richard Pleasant Papers
Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks,
press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material related
to Pleasant (Class of 1932), a founder of the Ballet Theatre, co-manager
with Isadora Bennett of the McCarter Theatre, and press agent with Bennett
for people and organizations in the arts, such as the Polish painter Alexander
Kobzdej and the founder-director of the New Yorx City Opera Co., Laszlo
Halasz.
Plee, Auguste, 1787-1825
Auguste Plee Sketchbook
Consists of microfilm strips and prints from microfilm of Plee's sketchbook
of American and Canadian views and a long letter (with typed copy) to his
family in France describing his journey in the United States and Canada
in 1821 as a botanist for the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Included are sketches of the Hudson River, New Jersey, New York, Virginia,
Quebec, Lake Champlain, and Niagra Falls.
Poillon, Arthur, 1877-1948
Arthur Poillon Papers
Consists of papers of Poillon mainly related to the Philippine Islands
where Poillon was stationed (1899-1906) as a lieutenant with the U.S. 14th
Cavalry. Included are typed translations of Jesuit letters (1885-1886)
from missions on Mindanao; articles and notes on the history, customs,
and folklore of the Moro Indians; diaries (1906-1911); Poillon's two reports,
"A Report on the Celebes Islands" (1906) and "A Report on the Colonial
Army of the Netherlands Indies" (1906); notebooks of clippings concerning
the Philippine Islands and his commanding officer General Tasker H. Bliss;
and a large group of photographs of the American Expeditionary Forces in
France (1911-1918).
Pollis, Adamantia
Adamantia Pollis Papers
Consists of personal and professional papers of Pollis, a professor
of political science on the graduate faculty of the New School for Social
Research in New York. Included are drafts of various articles, Pollis's
school papers, some personal memorabilia, papers of her students, grant
proposals, correspondence with Andreas Papandreou, George Blanksten, Spyros
Mercouris, several congressmen, professional associates, and political
organizations, such as the American Federation for Democracy in Greece.
Some of these papers concern resistance organizations and activities against
the Greek dictatorship of 1967-1974, as well as articles on the political
situations in Cuba and Cyprus. These papers are part of a larger collection
of printed ephemera and serials relating to the Greek dictatorship of 1967-1974
formed by Pollis, which is cataloged in the Rare Books Division.
Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946
Channing
Pollock Correspondence
Consists of correspondence of Pollock dealing primarily with his plays,
The
Fool and The Enemy. Correspondents include Clyde Fitch, John
Galsworthy, Fannie Hurst, Clifford Odets, and Booth Tarkington.
Channing Pollock Plays
Consists chiefly of typescripts of plays written by Pollock over a
forty-year period but includes sheet music of songs containing his lyrics,
playbills, and printed matter.
Poole, Ernest, 1880-1950
Ernest Poole Manuscripts
Consists of three manuscripts of Poole (Class of 1902): a holograph,
283-page rough draft of his novel Millions; Silent Storms
(n.d.), 401 typed pages, with holograph corrections and additions; and
"The Room with Ribboned Walls" (1925), 18 holograph pages.
Poole, Rufus G. (Rufus Gilbert), 1902-1968
Blue
Lake (N.M.) Restoration Case Papers of Rufus G. Poole
Consists of copies of papers produced by Poole while he was a regional
attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) and special
liaison for the Taos Pueblo to Senator Clinton P. Anderson regarding the
Blue Lake restoration case. Included are correspondence with William C.
Schaab, Corinne Locker, the AAIA, the Taos Pueblo Council, the Indian Claims
Commission, and the National Committee for Restoration of the Blue Lake
Lands to the Taos Indians, of which Poole was a founding member; congressional
hearings reports; and other papers concerning Indian policy and Blue Lake
legislation. Copies of papers documenting the history (1903-1959) of the
Blue Lake case prepared by William C. Schaab are also present.
Post, Gaines, 1902-
Gaines Post Collection of 13th-Century Manuscripts
Consists of photostats of various 13th-century European manuscripts
compiled by Post, a professor of history at Princeton (1964-1970). Most
of the works are commentaries in Latin on Aristotle's Ethics and
treatises on law and philosophy.
Potter, David, 1874-
David Potter Manuscripts
Consists of manuscripts for four unpublished works by Potter (Class
of 1896): Blow High, Blow Low!, concerning Potter's adventures as
a naval officer on board the U.S.S. Manila during the Philippine
campaign of 1899-1901; Frederick Funston, A First-Class Fighting Man,
a biography of Major-General Frederick Funston (1865-1917), with a bibliography
of Funston-related materials and a copy of Funston's report of his expedition
(1893-1894) through Alaska and the British Northwest Territory which he
made while he was a special agent for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture investigating
the flora of the Yukon Valley; Songs of the Sulu Sea (ca. 1924),
a compilation of verses previously published separately under the pseudonym
of "Edward Barron"; and Potter's narrative interpretation of letterbook
journals written by William Potter (1775-1847) while he was captain-commandant
of the New Jersey Militia during the War of 1812, entitled The Adventures
of Major William Potter (ca. 1947).
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama
Contains five typescript translations by Pound of Japanese Noh plays
by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), H. Monogatei, and others, and several essays
and miscellaneous notes by Pound relating to Japanese stagecraft. In addition,
there are two notebooks, musical notations of Japanese text, and various
notes by Ernest Fenollosa, with some annotations by Pound, concerning Japanese
drama. Pound was Fenollosa's literary executor and edited several works
from his notes on the Noh, a classical form of Japanese dance-drama.
Ezra Pound Translations of Greek Drama
Consists of typescripts, with holograph emendations, of Pound's English
translations of Sophocles' Electra and The Women of Trachis.
Powell, Richard, 1908-
Richard Powell Novels
Consists of manuscript notes, typescripts with autograph corrections,
and galley proofs to eight novels of Richard Powell (Class of 1930)--Daily
and Sunday, Don Quixote, U.S.A., I Take This Land, The
Philadelphian, Pioneer, Go Home, The Soldier, Tickets
to the Devil, and Whom the Gods Would Destroy--and the art work
and cover layouts for four of them.
Power, A. D. (Arnold Danvers)
A. D. Power Collection
Consists primarily of letters received by Power, who worked for the
English publishing firms of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons and W.H. Smith
and Son, from various associates, family members, lords, and bishops, including
Lord Beatty, Charles L. Graves, George T. Hutchinson, and the Bishop of
Chichester. Also present are photographs of English bishops (Archbishop
of Canterbury, for example), autographs, and autographed memorabilia, such
as programs and menus.
Consists of pre-17th century Islamic coins and attempts to represent all
appropriate countries. This is a small (100+ coins) collection at the present.
Modern Islamic coinage forms part of the Modern Coinage holdings.
Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement. Included
are letters by William Holman-Hunt, William Morris, Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton,
William Sharp, Thomas Woolner, Frederick George Stephens, and Ford Maddox
Brown.
Prentice, William Kelly, 1871-1964
William
Kelly Prentice Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, and documents of Prentice (Class
of 1892), a Greek scholar and authority on classical inscriptions, as well
as selected papers of his father, William Packer Prentice (1834-1915),
and various other family members. Prentice was an instructor (1892-1893)
at the Lawrenceville School, N.J., before becoming a member of the Princeton
University faculty in 1894 as an instructor in Greek. He retired from Princeton
in 1940 as Ewing professor of Greek languages and literature. Prentice
participated in archaeological expeditions to Syria, served in World War
I, and was the author of several books including The Ancient Greeks
(1940), and Eight Generations: The Ancestry, Education and Life of William
Packer Prentice (1947). Included in the papers are approximately 65
manuscripts and printed articles and lectures by Prentice, mainly on classical
topics or his association with Princeton and the class of 1892; family
and academic correspondence with Thomas Seymour, John Foster Dulles, Howard
Crosby, Max Farrand, William Kelly, W. Parmalee Prentice, William Packer
Prentice, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Woodrow Wilson, and others; personal
documents, and biographical and genealogical records.
Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions
Collection
Contains field notes on Greek, Latin, and Semitic inscriptions taken
by William Kelly Prentice (Class of 1892), Enno Littmann, and David Magie
on the American Archaeological Expedition to Syria (AAES), 1899-1900, and
the Princeton Archaeological Expeditions to Syria (PAES), 1904-1905 and
1909, all sponsored by Princeton University. These notes were used as the
basis for Prentice's Greek and Latin Inscriptions (1908), which
was Part III of the publications of the AAES, 1899-1900, and Littmann's
Semitic
Inscriptions (1914), a publication of the PAES, 1904-1905.
Price, Nancy, 1880-1970
Nancy Price Correspondence
Consists of about 1500 letters to Price relating to her career as an
actress and as founder and manager of the People's National Theatre (London).
Represented in the collection are nobility, royalty, and people in theater,
film, the world of letters, music, art, the professions, government, and
the armed services. Correspondents include Clement R. Attlee, Sir Frank
Benson, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lord Dunsany, Sir Edward Elgar, W. E. Gladstone,
H. B. Irving, Queen Mary, Eden Phillpotts, Sir Arthur W. Pinero, Bernard
Shaw, members of the Terry family, and W. B. Yeats. In addition, there
are some photographs, poems by Lord Dunsany and Eden Phillpotts, and several
letters to persons other than Price including four by Jenny Lind, the grandmother
of Charles Maude, Price's husband, to her friend Catherine Winkworth, an
advocate of higher education for women, discussing concert schedules and
English tastes in music.
Priest, George Madison, 1873-1947
George Madison Priest Papers
Contains a translation by Priest (Class of 1894) of Goethe's Faust
(1932) and the typescript of his Anthology of the Classical Period of
German Literature (1934), as well as a revision of W. P. Andrew's translation
of Faust (1929) by Priest and K. E. Weston. Also included are Priest's
lectures in German literature on Klopstock, Lessing, von Scheffel, and
Sudermann, a speech, and a report for the FBI regarding suspected German
sympathizers in 1917. Miscellaneous additional material includes some of
Priest's correspondence, an original pastel drawing of Goethe by Sebbers,
a pencil sketch of Priest, and printed material.
Consists of the records of a large business conglomerate in northern Mexico
founded by Pedro R. Prieto and owned by branches of the Prieto family,
including Maiz family members, for three generations: financial and legal
documents, maps, business and personal correspondence, and printed materials
relating to their mining, urban, and rural properties. Extensive documentation
of the mining industry in Mexico before, during, and after the Diaz Era
(1876-1911) emphasizes how U.S. investment played an important role. Broad
subject coverage focuses on the political and socioeconomic regional history
of Mexico during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Prieto women
demonstrate great acumen in managing the businesses of the Prieto Estate.
Consists of two incomplete portfolios (16 prints total) dealing with Princeton's
Bicentennial celebrations by local artists. One, titled "The Ten Crucial
Days" (1976) and edited by Judith Brodsky and Helen Schwartz, is number
15 of an edition of 20; the other, titled "1776-1976, A Portfolio" (1978)
and edited by Zelda Laschever, is number 5 of an edition of 20.
Acquired since 1901, the bulk of Princeton University's collections of
papyri are Greek documents (approx. 1150 items) pertaining to the social
and economic history of Roman and Byzantine Egypt, ca. 30-650 A.D., which
were excavated or found in mummy cartonnage in and around Oxyrhynchus,
the towns of Fayum (including Philadelphia), Hibeh, and other places in
Egypt. Acquired along with these are more than 40 Greek literary, Biblical,
and Early Christian papyri, including fragments of works by Aristophanes,
Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Homer, Isocrates, Theocritus, and Xenophen.
There are approximately 100 items in other languages, including Books of
the Dead and other Pharonic (through 332 B.C.), Ptolemaic (332-30 B.C.),
and Roman (30 B.C.-300 A.D.) papyri in hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic
script; Coptic and Arabic papyri from Egypt, chiefly Byzantine to Islamic
periods; and fragments of Latin documents from Egypt and Italy.
Consists of an open collection of bound manuscripts dating from the 17th
to 19th centuries: chiefly anthologies of Greek Orthodox liturgical music
written in modern Byzantine notation.
Princeton Performance Groups Collection
Consists of miscellaneous material --correspondence, playbills, promotional
material, clippings, newspapers, photographs--relating to performance groups
on the university campus and in the Princeton area, including the Princeton
Symphony Orchestra, McCarter Theatre, Friends of the Princeton Library,
Columbus Boychoir School, the English Dramatic Association, Westminster
Choir College, and many other local performing organizations. The University
Players, a professional summer theater group, is represented by the most
material, covering twelve years.
Princeton Performances of Medieval Liturgical Drama
Consists of the productions records --printed
text, drawings, music, stage directions, rehearsal schedules, miscellanous
material--for the presentations of four medieval liturgical plays, all
from the same 12th-century Benedictine Fleury Abbey manuscript. The plays,
Officium
peregrinorum, Visitatio sepulchri, Resuscitatio Lazari,
and
Filius Getronis, were performed by students from Princeton University
and Westminster Choir College under the direction of Julia Holloway of
the Princeton English Department.
Consists of receipts for supplies --flour, cattle, pork, rum and whiskey,
etc.--and services delivered/rendered to the Continental Army, as well
as several other documents pertaining to American military supplies during
the Revolution. Most of the receipts were given to Enos Kelsey (Class of
1760), who at that time was a major in Colonel Chambers' Battalion of the
New Jersey State Army, apparently buying supplies locally in Princeton.
Princeton University
For historical collections and records relating to the University, its
departments and facilities, as well as student organizations and alumni,
consult the listings in the University
Archives.
Princton University Library Chronicle
P.U.L.C. American Poetry Issue Collection
Consists of the original poems and essays composed for the special
spring 1994 issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle
(Vol. LV, no. 3) celebrating contemporary American poetry, edited by Patricia
H. Marks, as well as the related editorial correspondence. Poets represented
include John Ashbery, Wendell Berry, Amy Clampitt, James Dickey, Galway
Kinnell, James Merrill, W. S. Merwin, Robert Pinsky, Charles Simic, W.
D. Snodgrass, Diane Wakoski, and C. K. Williams. The issue coincided with
an exhibition and catalog featuring the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of
American Poetry. Additionally, there are photographs of 53 of the 70 American
poets represented in the Milberg collection, including 26 mounted photographs
of some of them taken from the exhibition. Of special interest is a signed,
limited broadside of Philip Levine's poem "Llanto."
Princeton University Press
Princeton
University Press Records
Consists of records of the Princeton University Press, founded in 1905,
including correspondence of Datus C. Smith (director, 1941-1954) and others
with various authors whose works were published by the Press. The records
also contain correspondence with retailers and printers, catalogues and
trade lists, and the minutes of the Press's board of trustees and editorial
board from 1906-1966.
Consists of approximately 100 samples of type specimens, printing ephemera,
and broadsides with examples from such typographers as William Cason, Frederick
Goudy, Bruce Rogers, and Victor Hammer. Contemporary presses are represented
by advertisements and broadsides from the Stinehour Press, Gladhand Press,
Grabhorn Press, Colorado College, and Yale University. Printing ephemera
include a polyglot advertisement of Oriental types from England, a 19th-century
type ornament broadside also from England, a specimen of printing types
(1783) from Wilton and Sons in Scotland, and a reproduction of specimen
types attributed to Peter De Walpergen. Examples of commercial printing
include specimen sheets from the Eastern Corporation of Bangor, Maine,
and the Monotype Corporation.
Prugh, Peter, 1938-
Peter Prugh Postcard Collection
Consists of postcards from around the world collected by Prugh (Class
of 1960) on various trips abroad and from other sources. A small amount
of the cards were mailed by Prugh, his family, or friends, but the majority
are not postmarked. Some of the countries represented are Great Britain,
France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, China, Japan, India, and Mexico. Other
categories of cards include France during and after World War I, ships,
Niagara Falls, early 1900s Christmas cards, and other American novelty
cards.
Publishers Weekly (New York, N.Y.)
Publishers' Weekly Collection
Consists of correspondence and printed matter of Publishers' Weekly,
the periodical published by the R. R. Bowker Company, and correspondence
of Frederic G. Melcher, company president and editor of the weekly. The
collection contains material relating to the book publishing industry's
problems during World War II, especially paper shortages; the industry's
response to the demands of the war, for example, helping to provide libraries
for military personnel; and its dealing with public and private groups
such as the War Production Board, Office of War Information, Office of
the Alien Property Custodian, the Victory Book Committee, the Book Industry
Committee for Roosevelt, and the Council on Books in Wartime. There is
also material from the early Roosevelt years (1933-1934), such as records
of hearings by the National Recovery Administration on a code of fair practices
and competition for the booksellers' trade industry and the textbook publishers.
Puleston, Dennis E. (Dennis Edward), 1940-1978
Dennis E. Puleston Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, a journal (1962), maps,
computer tapes, and printed matter of Puleston, professor of anthropology
at the University of Minnesota. The collection reflects Puleston's interest
in and contribution to Maya studies in the areas of food resources, the
uses of underground chambers (chultunes), and the use of controlled transects
(brecha survey) which altered existing concepts of site organizations,
and includes material of archaeological work in these areas in Guatemala
and Belize. The collection contains the typed manuscript, with holograph
comments, of his doctoral dissertation, Ancient Maya Settlement Patterns
and Environment at Tikal, Guatemala: Implications for Subsistence Models;
papers for journals and conferences; undergraduate notes and notebooks
from Antioch College and graduate ones from the University of Pennsylvania;
material for classes taught at Minnesota; a journal kept while on an excavation
in North Wales; computer cards regarding a program to determine what ancient
Mayan society might have been like given the material remains; and printouts,
charts, and graphs. In addition, there are audiotapes of a conference held
in Puleston's honor after his death in 1978.
Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872
George
Palmer Putnam Collection
Consists of Putnam correspondence with a wide cross-section of mid-19th-century
American authors concerning operations of his book-publishing business
and Putnam's Monthly Magazine: approximately 1500 letters mounted
in seven large folio albums. Among those represented are James Fenimore
Cooper, Washington Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Henry Dana, Frederick Law Olmsted, Horace
Greeley, and P. T. Barnum. Included are many portrait engravings of the
authors and two holograph manuscripts: "Isaac," a sermon by George W. Bethune
(36 pp.), and Chapter V. of Voyage of the Nile by Francis L. Hawks
(35 pp.), which was published as the second part of his Monuments of
Egypt (1850).
Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950
New
Review Correspondence of Samuel Putnam
The collection reflects the work of Putnam during the period he lived
with his family in France, which was the subject of his published reminiscence
Paris
Was Our Mistress. Although the collection documents many of Putnam's
activities during this time, it emphasizes his work as editor of The
New Review, an "international notebook for the arts," of which five
issues were published between 1930 and 1932 by Brewer, Warren & Putnam,
Inc. Correspondents include Ezra Pound (who served as associate editor
for four issues), Richard Aldington, William Aspenwall Bradley, and Ford
Madox Ford, as well as over 100 other literary and artistic figures.
Pyne, Moses Taylor, 1855-1921
Moses Taylor Pyne Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, genealogies, diaries,
photographs, architectural drawings, scrapbooks, and printed matter of
Pyne (Class of 1877). The collection contains the typescript of Memorials
of the Family of Pyne, with copies of the work and genealogical research
notes by Ernest Cheston, researcher for Pyne; the typescript of "A Journey
in France in 1815" by Francis John Pyne; two translations by Pyne, "A Chronicle
of the King En Pere (Pedro III of Aragon) and His Ancestors" by Bernat
Desclot and "Genealogy and Descent of the House of Pinos" by Don Bernardo
Galceran de Pinos IV. Also included are ten diaries between the years 1832
and 1939; deeds and wills of 17th-century England; an album with genealogical
charts of the Pynes of England and Ireland; and a collection of 19th-century
American newspapers.
Pyne, Robert Stockton, d. 1903
Robert
Stockton Pyne Autograph Collection
Consists of an album (1771-1902) of letters and autographs of prominent
Americans and Englishmen collected by Robert Stockton Pyne, son of Moses
Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877), while he was a young man. Included are letters
or notes by Alexander Graham Bell, Aaron Burr, Mark Twain, Grover Cleveland,
George Washington (a signed receipt), Arthur Conan Doyle, John Jay, Brander
Matthews, Theodore Roosevelt, and various members of the Stockton family.
Many of the letters were received by Moses Taylor Pyne.
Consists of a diverse group of documents, letters and writings relating
to Princeton University, covering an array of topics primarily concerning
student life and administrative activities. The collection consists of
letters, essays and orations, reports, memoranda, minutes, proclamations,
accounts and class lists, and other documents written by students, faculty
and administrators which, along with other administrative records and Trustee
Minutes, constitute the earliest records and documentary history of the
University. Most of these papers and records were amassed by Princeton
alumni Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877) and Bayard Henry (Class of 1876)
during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Q
Consists of the archives of the Quarterly Review of Literature (QRL).
An independent "little magazine," QRL was founded in 1943 by Warren
Carrier. One year later Ted and Renee Weiss became the magazine's permanent
editors and publishers, first at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, then at Yale University, Bard College, and, since 1968, at Princeton
University. Originally the magazine published poetry, fiction, reviews,
articles, and criticism. In 1948, QRL began focusing primarily on
poetry, fiction, and plays, before switching solely to the publication
of whole volumes of modern poetry in 1978 with the launching of the QRL
Poetry Series. Included in the archives are correspondence files
with most of the magazine's contributors, such as Louise Bogan, Clarence
Brown, Robert Coover, e. e. cummings, Roger Hecht, Jane Hirshfield, Edmund
Keeley, Robert Lowell, William Meredith, James Merrill, W. S. Merwin, Marianne
Moore, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, William Carlos Williams, and James
Wright. Also present are the QRL issue files containing almost complete
files (1943-1999) of many of the manuscripts submitted for publication
(with the exception of a few issues from 1944, 1945, 1974-1977, and 1981).
Some of these manuscripts have author's corrections, such as Ralph Ellison's
manuscripts for his posthumously published novel Juneteenth (1999).
R
Consists primarily of 18th-century letters and assorted documents of the
Radcliffe Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, partly concerning trade with
the Ottoman Empire. Also included are letters and legal documents pertaining
to the Clarke and Evelyn families of England.
Consists of typescripts of scripts for "The Cavalcade of America" and "The
Bookman" as well as promotional material for the major radio networks,
such as ABC, CBS, NBC, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and the Municipal
Broadcasting System (WNYC). Included is material regarding the coverage
of news during the latter years of World War II and copies of clippings
about the Orson Welles broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" in 1938.
Consists of typescripts of scripts for various radio programs such as "The
Cavalcade of America" (represented by the most scripts), "The Eternal Light,"
"Books and Authors," "What's New in Books," "Pepper Young's Family," "The
Goldbergs," and others.
Ramirez de Villaurrutia, Wenceslao, 1850-1933
Wenceslao Ramirez de Villaurrutia Papers
Consists of manuscript notes and letters of Ramirez de Villaurrutia
concerning the Spanish position on Morocco and negotiations with statesmen
and ambassadors of countries with interest in Morocco; some correspondence,
1881-1888; and two reports, 1862-1863.
Randall, Clarence B. (Clarence Belden), 1891-1967
Clarence B. Randall Papers
Consists of 78 bound volumes containing Randall's journals, articles,
and speeches concerning his relationships with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard
M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and his government posts
as chairman of the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (1953-1954) and
the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (1956-1961), as special consultant
and special assistant to Eisenhower on foreign economic policy (1954-1961),
special emissary to Turkey (1956) and Ghana (1961), and as chairman of
the Dept. of State's Advisory Committee on International Business Problems
(1963-1967); in this last post he made several trips to South Africa. Also
included is material relating to his positions as a steel consultant for
the Economic Cooperation Administration (1948-1950).
Randall, Margaret, 1936-
Selected
Correspondence of Margaret Randall
Consists of a selected group of correspondence of Randall, a poet,
editor, and author. Randall was born in New York but spent most of her
adult life in Latin America, moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Mexico
in 1961, then to Cuba in 1969, and from there to Nicaragua in 1980, returning
to Albuquerque in 1984. The correspondence (1977-1999) reflects a wide
selection of Latin American poets, writers, journalists, editors, and friends,
primarily Cuban, but also Mexican, Nicaraguan, Uruguyan, Ecuadoran, Columbian,
and Peruvian, as well as some American friends and writers. Some correspondents
included poems, articles, photographs, and clippings with their letters.
The letters discuss literary topics, gay and lesbian issues, and other
social and political issues of the times
Rankin, James B. (James Brownlee), 1900-1962
James
B. Rankin Autograph Collection
Consists predominantly of autograph letters of 19th- and early 20th-century
English, French, and American illustrators, but with some manuscripts and
illustrations included--collected by Rankin. The collection contains autograph
letters of Thomas Nast, Maxfield Parrish, Frederic Remington, Kate Greenaway,
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Herbert Hoover, F. C. Burnand, and many of the
artists and writers of Punch magazine.
Rankin, Karl L. (Karl Lott), 1898-1991
Karl
L. Rankin Papers
Contains a large file of correspondence (1917-1973) and related articles,
reports, and printed matter of Rankin (Class of 1922) referring to his
positions as supervisor of construction for Near East Relief (1922-1925)
in the U.S.S.R. (Caucasus region), a member of the Foreign Services of
the Departments of Commerce and State (1927-1961), including his assignments
as a commercial attache in Prague, Athens, Brussels, and Cairo, and ambassador
to the Republic of China (1953-1957) and Yugoslavia (1958-1961). A separate
file of works (1921-1973) contains articles, speeches, interviews, letters
to editors, lectures, and remarks. Also included are diaries written intermittently
from 1927 to 1953, manuscripts for his book China Assignment (1964),
and photographs and scrapbooks of China, Hong Kong, Greece, and Yugoslavia.
Rankin, William, 1863-1943
William
Rankin Correspondence
Consists of correspondence of Rankin (Princeton Class of 1886). Rankin
was an art historian, specializing in Italian art, and was co-author, with
Alice Van Vechten Brown, of A Short History of Italian Painting
(1914). Included are 71 letters to Rankin and 90 letters, mostly retained
copies or drafts, by Rankin, with such correspondents as Edith R. Abbot,
Bernard Berenson, Frank Jewett Mather, F. Mason Perkins, Dan Fellows Platt,
Alice Van Vechten Brown, Arnold Guyot Cameron, Augusto F. Jaccaci, Walter
Lowrie, and Alexander Webster. Also included are a typescript of "Memories
of Princeton College," notes by Rankin on "Italian Pictures in Mrs.
Gardiner's Collection." and a few letters (1943-1947) sent to Mrs. Rankin.
Raymond, Landon Thomas, 1897-1988
Landon
T. Raymond Papers
Consists of typescripts of letters (1913-1919) by Raymond (Class of
1917) to his parents and other family members while at Princeton University
and overseas during World War I; a diary for 1918; and a file of correspondence
related to his collection of books by and about members of the Class of
1917, especially F. Scott Fitzgerald. Correspondents include Matthew Bruccoli,
Sheilah Graham, Henry Dan Piper, and Andrew Turnbull.
Reed, David Aiken, 1880-1953
David
Aiken Reed Scrapbooks
Consists primarily of clippings illustrating the political career of
Pennsylvania Senator Reed (Class of 1900) during the years 1914-1940, with
a few photographs, two letters of commendation, a testimonial, three army
documents, and printed copies of a few of Reed's speeches.
Reid, Samuel Jackson, 1883-1918
Samuel Jackson Reid Letters
Consists of letters written by Reid (Class of 1906) to his mother,
father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton,
to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France. The letters are
familial in nature, discussing his college activities, summer vacation
trips, work with the Brewster Transfer Co. in Canada as a wilderness guide
and outfitter, military training in New York, and his assignment as lieutenant
in the 306th Field Artillery of the American Expeditionary Forces. Also
present are a letter by Reid's commander, Capt. Fairman Dick, informing
his parents of his death and a letter of condolence by Lt. Douglas Bomeisler.
Reif, Paul, 1910-1978
Paul Reif Musical Scores
Consists of musical scores by Reif, including two operas, "Mad Hamlet"
(1961-1962) and "Portrait in Brownstone" (1968); songs based on works of
Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and other poets; concertos
for string orchestra; music for brass quintets; secular choruses for mixed
voices with piano; chamber music of flute and piano, flute trios, and woodwind
quartets; and organ music.
Remey, Charles Mason, 1874-1974
Charles Mason Remey Papers
Consists of 74 volumes of diaries, letters, reports, reminiscences,
and other writings in typescript form, accompanied by clippings, photographs,
designs, and memorabilia, which Remey prepared in a limited number of sets.
Included are his daily diaries (1940-1948) as well as separate journals
kept during his travels in South America (1945-1946), Latin America (1946-1947),
and Europe (1947-1948) as a teacher and representative of the Baha'i faith.
There are also volumes of Remey's architectural designs and text for the
Baha'i temple to be built on Mt. Carmel in Israel, and letters and reports
concerning Baha'i activities.
Consists of author files of the journal Review: Latin American Literature
and Arts, published biannually by the Americas Society, a national,
nonprofit, nonpartisan institution promoting the understanding of the cultural,
social, political, and economic views of Latin America, the Caribbean,
and Canada. The journal's goal is to promote awareness of contemporary
Latin American literature in English translation. The current editor is
Alfred J. Mac Adam, and past editors include Ronald J. Christ (1970-1980)
and Luis Harss. Rosario Santos, director of the Literature Program of the
Center for Inter-American Relations in the 1980s, was an active participant
in the journal as well. (The Center for Inter-American Relations was absorbed
by the Americas Society in 1987.)
Reyburn, Albert T. (Albert Tevis), 1908-1963
Albert
T. Reyburn Collection of German Legal Documents
Consists of nine 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century German legal documents
collected by Reyburn, an engineer of the Class of 1931. Eight of these
documents originated in the town of Stuttgart; five of them concern the
sale of real property and the three others concern the division of property,
a watercourse through a courtyard, and the spilling of offal from a drain
onto a neighbor's property. Also present is a diploma awarded to Johann
Rudolphus Osiander as master of philosophy at Tubingen in 1719. All the
documents are in German, some with wax seals in wood cases attached, and
with notes in English made by Reyburn.
Reynolds, John G.
John G. Reynolds Journal
Consists of a journal containing daily notations and copies of correspondence
between Reynolds and his military superiors and the U.S. Commissioner of
Indian Affairs during an emigration expedition (1837) of Creek Indians
from their lands in the Southeast to west of the Mississippi. The journal
begins on February 19th and ends on October 19th when Lieutenant Reynolds
requests to be relieved of his assignment because of ill health.
Rhea, Jonathan, 1754-1815
Jonathan Rhea Papers
Consists of correspondence and legal documents of Rhea of Trenton,
New Jersey, concerning mainly land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting
of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington,
Monmouth County, and other localities. Also included are wills, mortgages,
and some papers of his son, Nicholas (Class of 1809), Garret D. Wall, Rhea's
apprentice clerk, James Kearney, Charles Ewing, Richard Imlay, John Voorhees,
and others.
Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980
New Frontiers of the Mind by J. B. Rhine
Consists of heavily revised/corrected galleys and printer's galleys
for Rhine's New Frontiers of the Mind, the story of the Duke University
psychical research experiments of the 1930s.
Rhomaides Brothers (Firm)
Rhomaides
Brothers Photographs of Greece
Contains 9 large (15" x 19.5") and 26 smaller (8 1/2" x 11 1/2")
photographs of various sites of classical antiquities in Greece, including
Athens, the Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Victory, and the Theater of
Bacchus, taken by the Rhomaides Brothers. Many of the photographs
are numbered, with brief captions in French.
Rice, Edward Le Roy, 1871-
Edward
Le Roy Rice Papers
Consists of correspondence, both business and personal, documents,
miscellaneous material, and many newspapers and clippings regarding Rice's
interests in radio, film, and theater. There is material dealing with his
varied business enterprises in minstrel shows for the major radio networks
and in the selling of "theatrical facts, photographs, dates, and autographs."
Rice, Howard C. (Howard Crosby), 1904-1980
Howard C. Rice Collection on Saint-Memin
Consists of research notes, correspondence, photographs, and drafts
for three articles by Rice, published in the Princeton University Library
Chronicle (autumn 1951, summer 1959, spring 1970), concerning the French
engraver Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin (1770-1852). Saint-Memin
spent the years 1793-1814 in America, where he became known for his portraits,
made with the use of a "physiognotrace" machine, of many famous Americans,
including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Also present is correspondence
with Pierre Quarre concerning an exhibition on Saint-Memin in Dijon, France,
in 1963, and miscellaneous notes, articles, and illustrations about Saint-Memin.
Howard C. Rice Collection on the Rittenhouse
Orrery
Consists of papers compiled by Rice, former assistant librarian for
rare books and special collections at Princeton, relating to the orrery
built by David Rittenhouse (1732-1796). The orrery or planetarium, a model
representing the motion of the planets, was acquired for the College of
New Jersey by John Witherspoon in 1771, and lost after 1893. After its
rediscovery in 1948 and subsequent restoration in 1952-1953, an exhibition
was presented by the Library, under Rice's research and direction, concerning
the Rittenhouse orrery and the history of such astronomical models.
The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army,
1780-1783 Edited by Howard C. Rice and Anne S. K. Brown
Consists of papers relating to the preparation of The American Campaigns
of Rochambeau's Army, 1780-1783 (1972), which was translated and edited
by Rice and Anne S. K. Brown and published in two volumes: Volume I containing
the journals of Jean Clermont-Crevecoeur, Jean Baptiste Verger, and Louis-Alexandre
Berthier; Volume II containing itineraries, maps, and views prepared by
Berthier illustrating the campaigns of the French army under Rochambeau
during the American Revolution.
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948
Grant
Richards Correspondence
Consists of letters written to Richards from various actors, illustrators,
journalists, writers, and other figures in the literary world, including
George Blake and George Calderon. While many of the letters pertain to
the publishing business, the collection also includes invitations and other
personal correspondence.
Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939
Ernest Cushing Richardson Papers
Consists of Richardson's personal papers. They contain a typed manuscript
with holograph corrections of an early edition of the Richardson library
classification system and correspondence with various libraries and librarians,
as well as correspondence between Richardson and his family, including
his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Richardson. Also included
are photographs of the Richardson family, documents such as his diploma
from Amherst College (1880) and the wills of his sister-in-law Mary Ely
Bassett and her husband, and a genealogy of the Ely family. In addition,
there are engagement books for the years 1881, 1886, 1909-1910, 1912-1916,
1918-1919, as well as business and financial papers.
Ernest
Cushing Richardson Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Documents
Consists of medieval and renaissance documents and manuscripts collected
by Richardson. Of principal interest are some 350 documents (deeds, bonds,
contracts, investitures, wills, and other legal documents), chiefly dating
from 1380 to 1550 and written in Milan, Alessandria, Brescia, Cremona,
Lodi, and other northern Italian cities. Included are a series of documents
pertaining to the monastery of San Piedro di Civate (near Como) and to
other religious houses. Each notarial document comes with a 19th-century
description in Italian. There are also approximately 150 other documents,
including a selection of papal bulls, and documents from Rome, the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, England, Ireland, and the United States, chiefly dating from the
17th-19th centuries. The collection also contains a numbered series of
25 bound manuscripts (chiefly canon law treatises and collections of documents
pertaining to the history of the Roman Catholic Church), copied by Italian
scribes in the 17th-18th centuries.
Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968
Conrad Richter Papers
Contains manuscripts for seven works of fiction by Richter: notes,
notebooks, autograph and typescript manuscripts, galley proofs, a folder
of related correspondence, clippings, and other background material for
his trilogy The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The
Town (1950), collectively published as The Awakening Land; the
introduction and early drafts for The Sea of Grass (1937); outlines,
notes on the Delaware Indian language, drafts, galley proofs, and early
chapters entitled "My Enemy, My Son" for The Light in the Forest(1953);
and corrected typescripts for The Grandfathers (1964), The Trees
(1940), and A Country of Strangers (1966). Additional material includes
James Lee Barrett's screenplay of The Awakeing Land, a chronology
of the trilogy, several articles, various chapters from the novels The
Fields and The Lady, notebooks on various western topics, correspondence
with Alfred Knopf, Paul R. Reynolds (Richter's literary agent), Erdmann
N. Brandt, his daughter Harvena Richter, other relatives, friends, literary
associates, and others.
Rivinus, Willis M. (Willis Martin), 1928-
Willis M. Rivinus Collection on the Sally Frank
Case
Consists of research materials gathered by Rivinus (Class of 1950)
documenting the legal case of 'Sally Frank v. Ivy Club, University Cottage
Club, Tiger Inn and the Trustees of Princeton University', which was formally
begun in 1979 and continues to the present (1991). This sex discrimination
complaint, which Frank filed in February 1979 with the New Jersey Division
on Civil Rights, argued that she was denied membership in the Princeton
University eating clubs--Ivy, Tiger Inn, and University Cottage--because
she was a woman. The case has developed into a complex legal battle concerning
the issues of discrimination against women, the definition of private versus
public spaces, the relationship of private organizations within a university
setting, and the right of freedom of association. Included in the collection
are correspondence (1986-1988), a manuscript and notes (1987-1989) for
an article Rivinus authored about the case, legal briefs (1979-1989) of
the case, and related newspaper clippings (1985-1991).
Roberts, Elizabeth Madox, 1886-1941
Selected Papers of Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Contains 92 letters (1919-1939) by Roberts to her friends Glenway Wescott
and Monroe Wheeler (plus five carbons of letters by Wheeler to Roberts);
20 poems by Roberts including "The Tree," "Upon the Hill," and "Christmas
Morning"; and a few notes and incomplete articles about Roberts by Wescott.
Also present are three letters by Marianne Moore to Monroe Wheeler (n.d.),
Glenway Wescott (n.d.), and Mrs. Floyd Wescott (1960).
Robins, Sylvester
Mathematics Correspondence of Sylvester Robins
Consists of 157 letters written to Robins discussing mathematical questions,
computations, and solutions. Correspondents include A. H. Bell, Reuben
Davis, Josiah H. Drummond, Edmund Fish, M. A. Gruber, Artemas Martin, who
was editor of The Mathematical Magazine, George H. Richards, and
C. A. Roberts.
Robinson, Chalfant, 1871-1946
Chalfant Robinson Collection
Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts
of German, English, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal
documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, and
manor rolls. In addition, there are miscellaneous photographs, nineteen
slides illustrating medieval paleography, and printed matter.
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935
Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters
Contains forty-one autograph letters by Robinson to Mrs. Edward P.
Mason, dated 1900 to 1911. The bulk of the collection, however, comprises
typed transcriptions of the author's letters to various other correspondents,
including Louis B. Isaacs. Also included are a thesis on the poet by Robert
Scott Fraser and his transcriptions of over two hundred of Robinson's letters,
which are accompanied by photocopies of the originals.
Robinson, Joseph Andrew, 1909-1998
Joseph
A. Robinson Papers
Consists primarily of Robinson's personal correspondence (arranged
chronologically) but includes drafts and copies of his radio scripts and
news articles, newspaper clippings, currency, photographs, and postcards.
A member of the Princeton Class of 1931, Robinson worked in the Office
of War Information of the U.S. Department of State and also in the Foreign
Service. Most of the letters are to family and friends and pertain primarily
to the establishment of the U.S. Information Agency in French Indochina
Robinson, Stewart M. (Stewart MacMaster), 1893-1965
Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons
Consists of a collection compiled by Robinson (Class of 1915), including
photostats of sermons, letters, pamphlets, and communications to newspapers
by clergymen in colonial America, which he used as research material for
a proposed book entitled The Political Thought of the Colonial Clergy.
The papers were copied from originals in various libraries, historical
societies, and church repositories. Also included are files of original
sermons (1783-1798) by Benjamin Boardman and letters to Robinson by John
Q. Stewart and others.
Rockey, Kenneth H. (Kenneth Henry), 1895-1984
Kenneth H. Rockey Papers
Consists of selected papers of Rockey (Class of 1916), including memoranda,
correspondence, and reports from the period when he served as chairman
(1942-1944) of the Navy Price Adjustment Board on the development and administration
of defense contract renegotiations during World War II and post-war economic
policy and planning. For this service Rockey was awarded the Distinguished
Civilian Service Award from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. A supplementary
file contains papers from his Princeton University days (1912-1916) and
papers relating to his banking and business interests. A small addition
to the papers includes further correspondence of the Price Adjustment Board
and a photograph of Rockey.
Rockwood, Charles Greene, 1843-1913
Charles
Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes
Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and
printed matter compiled by Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves,
volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences. Rockwood was a professor
of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton University, and had many
interests in seismology and general scientific study. In 1878 he was a
member of the Princeton Expedition to observe the solar eclipse at Denver,
Colorado, and in 1886 he assisted the U. S. Geological Survey in the investigation
of the major earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina. Rockwood was awarded
an honorary degree from Princeton in 1896. He also published many articles
on volcanology and seismology. Included are four large scrapbooks of letters
and newspaper clippings about earthquakes around the world, from 1872-1907,
four other scrapbooks of clippings and notes on the Princeton Expedition
to Denver in 1878 for the solar eclipse, the transits of Venus of 1874
and 1882, the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
in the same year, and related scientific topics. There is also correspondence
of William Morris Davis and E. A. Hill about the Philadelphia earthquake
of August 10, 1884 and a manuscript of a paper by Rockwood on "Krakatoa"
read before a science club in 1890. There are letters to Rockwood spread
throughout the collection.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917
Auguste
Rodin Collection
Contains over fifty Rodin letters, cards, telegrams, and notes, of
which about half are in the hand of the sculptor. Eleven letters to Arthur
Symons illuminate Rodin's friendship with, and admiration of, the poet.
A holograph manuscript, signed and dated 1906, is essentially a compilation
of autobiographical notes prepared for the Academy of Berlin upon the artist's
election to its membership. Another holograph manuscript, "La Tour du Travail,"
describes Rodin's plan for this sculpture (a work never completed) and
includes a sketch, as do several of his notes and letters.
Auguste
Rodin Collection (in Graphic Arts)
Consists of prints and drawings by Rodin: ten pencil sketches of nudes,
two drypoint portraits (Victor Hugo and Antonin Proust), two drypoint sketches
for "La Ronde," and seven pen, pencil and wash sketches of nudes. Also
included is a woodcut portrait of Rodin, drawn by Rene Cheruy and engraved
by Germaine Rouget Cheruy.
Rodríguez, Reina María, 1952-
Reina
María Rodríguez Papers
Contains diary-like letters to "Falcón," a corrected prose manuscript
entitled "Fin de viaje," some poetry manuscripts, several photographs,
and miscellaneous material. Also included are various manuscript versions
of En la arena de Padua (1992), Páramos (1995), La
foto del invernadero (1998), and Te daré de comer como a
los pájaros (2000).
Rodríguez Monegal, Emir, 1921-1985
Emir
Rodríguez
Monegal Papers
Consists of papers of Rodríguez Monegal,
much of it correspondence between him and a wide range of internationally
prominent literary figures, scholars, critics, publishers, and academic
institutions--much of it relating to his role as editor and literary critic
of Marcha and Mundo Nuevo--covering mainly the period from
1965 to 1968. The collection includes notes and manuscript and typescript
drafts with holograph corrections of essays, lectures, and book reviews
by Rodríguez Monegal. Included also are
manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories, and novels of authors
such as Homero Aridjis, Cecilia Bustamante, Jose Donoso, Luisa Futoransky,
Salvador Garmendia, Pedro Salinas, and Severo Sarduy, some of which were
submissions by these writers to the aforementioned journals. There is also
a large number of tape recordings of interviews, readings, and lectures
by
Rodríguez Monegal and others.
Rogers, Miriam
Miriam
Rogers Collection of Albert Schweitzer
Consists primarily of papers collected by Rogers concerning Albert
Schweitzer (1875-1965) as medical missionary and physician at his hospital
(founded in 1913) in Lambarene, French Equatorial Africa, after World War
II. Rogers shared Schweitzer's interests in music (as a pianist) and medicine,
leading her to become chairman (1950-1971) of the "Friends of Albert Schweitzer"
in Boston. She made several trips to Africa, France, and Germany to visit
Schweitzer. Included in the collection are 57 letters (1950-1963) by Schweitzer
to Rogers; correspondence of Rogers with several of Schweitzer's long-time
nurses and associates, such as Emma Haussknecht, Mathilda Kottmann, Emmy
Martin, Ali Silver, and Amiya Chakravarty; and selected letters from Winston
S. Churchill, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Albert Einstein, Hermann Hagedorn,
Eva LeGallienne, Adlai Stevenson, and others concerning the Albert Schweitzer
Festival in 1950 and other Schweitzer events. Also present are scrapbooks
(1945-1962) containing clippings, tearsheets, photographs, copies of "Cahiers
de L'Association Francaise des Amis D'Albert Schweitzer," articles on his
Nobel Prize award in 1954, and his 80th and 85th birthday celebrations,
as well as a large amount of audio and visual materials, including approximately
600 color slides of scenes in Lambarene, Alsace, and Germany, tapes of
the Boston University radio show "Presenting Albert Schweitzer," interviews
with Schweitzer, tapes of natives singing and speaking at Lambarene, a
movie film of "Albert Schweitzer," and phonograph records of Schweitzer
playing Bach.
Rollins, Philip Ashton, 1869-1950
Philip Ashton Rollins Collection
Supplementing his collection of printed Western Americana, these papers
comprise manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, and miscellanea
relating to Rollins' interest and involvement in the American West. Included
are typed manuscripts--of articles, stories, and a poem, including some
variant copies and revisions; of Gone Haywire (1930), his fictionalized
autobiography; and of The Journey and Travelling Memoranda of Robert
Stuart..., edited by Rollins and published in 1935 as The Discovery
of the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Narratives. Correspondence of
Rollins (Class of 1889), of his wife Beulah, and of her assistant, Elizabeth
Shields, consists primarily of responses from libraries, historical societies,
and other sources in connection with his research and collecting.
Consists of approximately 5,000 Roman coins, roughly one-third of which
date from the Republic through Commodus period. Included in the collection
are "Greek Imperials", coins minted outside of Rome but in territory controlled
by the Romans. Among the types of coins found in the collection are the
antoninianus, as, aureus, denarius, dupondius, follis, semis, and sestertius,
and nearly 100 different mints are represented. For descriptions (and some
images) of recent acquisitions, search for "Coins, Roman" in the subject
field in MASC,
the Dept.'s database.
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902
Ogden N. Rood Correspondence
Consists primarily of letters by Rood (Class of 1852), written from
Troy, N.Y., and Munich, Germany, to Mary Ogden (aunt) and Helen (sister)
and Margaret Rood (aunt), and letters to him from family and friends, including
one each from the artists W. B. Van Ingen and George Smillie. Also present
are letters in German (1858-1871) to Rood's wife, Mathilde, from Robert
Scott and miscellaneous correspondence of his father, Anson Rood.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt Family Letters to the Russell
Family
Consists, for the most part, of letters of members of the Roosevelt
family, including letters (1881-1918) by Theodore Roosevelt, Ethel Carow
Roosevelt, and Kermit Roosevelt, to Gordon M. Russell (Class of 1901) and
his father, Rev. Alexander G. Russell, a pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Also included are a speech by Theodore Roosevelt
on the Bible given at the Long Island Bible Society in 1901, a poem entitled
"The Norman Baron's Prayer" by Gordon M. Russell, and Russell family memorabilia.
Howard K. Beale Collection on Theodore Roosevelt
Consists of a large collection of notes, mostly extracts or quotes
from letters or other sources, written from about 1939 to 1956 in the preparation
of Beale's biography of Theodore Roosevelt, which was never published.
His files on Roosevelt's life and career include name files (correspondents
of or about Roosevelt), subject files, notes by year (1910-1944), and personal
files containing notes about Roosevelt's family, social life, and writings,
as well as bibliographies. Subjects include the regulation of railroads,
American intervention in Cuba and the Spanish-American War, and the League
of Nations. Included are 15 reels of microfilm containing Roosevelt's diaries
(1878-1884), articles, and correspondence by and about Roosevelt compiled
from various sources.
Root, Robert Kilburn, 1877-1950
Robert Kilburn Root Papers
Consists of correspondence, works, six diaries (1914-1920), photographs,
and printed matter of Root, Princeton University professor of English (1916-1946)
and dean of faculty (1933-1946). Included are notes, lectures, articles,
and speeches on Chaucer, old English poetry, and the classics, many of
which were used for his classes at Princeton; manuscripts and notes for
his annotated edition of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1926);
manuscripts, notes, and correspondence used in the preparation of a work
entitled The Princeton Campus in World War II; reports to the faculty;
notes on the preceptorial system; and records of Root's service in the
army. There are letters from Root's parents, Chauncey Brewster Tinker,
Malcolm H. Forbes, John Grier Hibben, William Lyon Phelps, Henry Van Dyke,
Woodrow Wilson, and others, as well as a large file of correspondence (1935-1950)
with William A. Ringler (Class of 1934), a student of Root and later professor
(1937-1950) of English at Princeton. Also present are photographs of Root
and his family, printed memorabilia including a copy of "A Discourse Delivered
in the Congregational Church" (1833) by Judson A. Root, and copies of Root's
will and estate appraisals.
Rossetti, Christina, 1830-1894
Christina
Rossetti Collection
Consists primarily of signed, autograph manuscripts--42 letters and
19 poems--of Rossetti. Among the sonnets, lyrics, and spiritual verses
are "Autumn," "A Discovery," "A Hopeless Case (Nydia)," "My Old Friends,"
"Ruin," "River Thames," and "Winter, A Christmas Carol." Addressees of
the letters include William Bryant, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and her brother
Dante Gabriel. All of the poems and most of the letters are undated. Other
Rossetti material are a receipt (signed, autograph document, 1871) given
to Roberts Brothers on the sale of Poems and a memo (1860) addressed
to the editor of The Cornhill Magazine. In addition, there are four
letters from her sister, Maria Francesca, addressed to Edith Bevir, and
one letter to Christina from Jean Ingelow.
Rossetti
Family Letters to the Heimann Family
Consists almost entirely of letters written by the four Rossetti siblings,
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882),
Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827-1876), and William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919),
as well as their mother, Frances Polydori Rossetti, to members of the German-Jewish
emigre family of Dr. Adolf Heimann. The bulk of the letters, 293, are from
Christina, primarily to Mrs. Heimann (Amelia Barnard Heimann). The next
largest series is 46 letters from Maria, primarily also to Mrs. Heimann.
There are 14 letters from William and 14 from Dante. The collection also
contains six letters from Frances to the Heimann family. In addition, there
are three letters from Jane Morris to Mrs. Heimann, as well as a letter
from Cathy Hueffer--daughter of Dante's painting teacher, Ford Madox Brown,
and younger sister of William's wife, Lucy Madox Brown--to Christina.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Dante
Gabriel Rossetti Collection
Contains over fifty letters by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882),
dated from 1857-1881, as well as several manuscripts of verse and a pen
and ink self-portrait. Letters are addressed to Ford Madox Brown, Robert
Browning, Edward Burne-Jones, William Rossetti, and others, with one letter
from Theodore Watts-Dunton. Among the manuscripts are the sonnets "If to
grow old in Heaven," and "O Bella Mano, and an autograph transcription
of Cecco Angiolieri's sonnet "Ben Avventurato è Chi Ama." Also include
are seven albumen prints (approx. 6" x 8") of Jane Morris, taken by J.
B. Parosns in 1865, apparently from D. G. Rossetti's personal collection
(via Everard Meynell).
Janet
Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts
The Troxell Collection contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the
Rossettis and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure,
his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca)
are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti
families. Other research interests amply supported by the collection include
the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Victorian art, poetry, and literature.
Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919
William
Michael Rossetti Collection
Consists of a collection of original letters and manuscripts of Rossetti,
one of the Pre-Raphaelite "brothers", and two photographs of him with several
members of his extended family. Addressees of the letters include Charles
Aldrich, William M. Colles, E. H. Leggatt, Everard Meynell, D. M. Main,
Frederick Locker, Ford Madox Ford, Theodore Watts-Dunton, Octavia Susman,
and others. The manuscripts consist of his introduction (typed manuscript
with holograph corrections, 1903, 10 pp.) to Miscellaneous Essays, Sketches,
and Reviews, a volume of Thackeray's works; two undated essays attributed
to him, called "Flowers in Ancient Egypt" (typed manuscript with numerous
holograph revisions, 33 pp.) and "The Gardens of Ancient Egypt" (typed
manuscript with holograph corrections, 35 pp.); his review of Dickens'
Pictures
from Italy (typed manuscript with autograph prefatory note, 1902, 8
pp.); and an undated biographical sketch of Ford Madox Brown (autograph
manuscript, 7 pp.).
Rovensky, John E. (John Edward), 1880-1970
John E. Rovensky Papers
Consists of selected papers of Rovensky, including personal and business
correspondence (1921-1947) with Hudson B. Hastings, Donald Lorenzo Kemmerer,
Walter Earl Spahr, and others, and reports, letters, minutes of meetings,
and printed matter relating to various banking organizations in which he
participated, such as the Stable Money League (1921-1925), the National
Monetary Association (Rovensky, was a member of the research council, 1923-1925),
the Stable Money Association (1925-1930), and the Economists' National
Committee on Monetary Policy (1935-1968).
Rubber Development Corporation
Files
of the Rubber Development Corporation, Amazon Division
Consists of records of the Rubber Development Corporation's Amazon
Division, managed by Philip H. Williams in Manaos, Brazil, during World
War II. A wartime subsidiary of the federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
the RDC was formed to meet the United States's growing need for greater
and more stable sources of rubber. Included are business and financial
files (1942-1945)--correspondence, memoranda, technicians' reports, charts,
photographs, newspaper clippings--relating to personnel, supplies, accounts,
sales, stock, native tappers, and sources and treatment of rubber. Almost
a third of the collection is in Portuguese without translation.
Ruland, Harold Laurence, 1906-1961
Harold Laurence Ruland Papers on Sebastian Munster
Consists of correspondence, articles, manuscript notes, microfilm,
photographic reproductions, bibliographies, card files, and tables of Ruland
relating to his study of Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) and the history
of cosmography and early cartography. Most of the papers pertain to Munster's
work, the Cosmographia (1544), including Ruland's article "A Survey
of the Double-Page Maps in Thirty-Five Editions of the Cosmographia
Universalis, 1544-1628 of Sebastian Munster, and in His Editions of
Ptolemy's Geographia, 1540-1552" (1957); tables and lists concerning
various editions of the Cosmographia; photocopies of maps; and other
articles and publications.
Rush, Richard, 1780-1859
Rush
Family Papers
The collection documents the career of Rush (Class of 1797) as lawyer,
statesman, and diplomat, emphasizing diplomatic negotiations between the
United States and Great Britain while he was minister to Great Britain
(1817-1825) and between the United States and France when he was minister
to France (1847-1849), as well as his successful efforts (1836-1838) in
securing the Smithsonian bequest, which was used to establish the Smithsonian
Institution. Important international issues detailed in diplomatic dispatches
and protocols include fisheries, impressment of sailors, maritime law,
territorial claims to the Northwest part of America, the Seminole Wars,
West Indian trade, slave trade, and free navigation of the St. Lawrence
River. Various writings of Rush, his personal correspondence, a code used
for confidential diplomatic correspondence, passports, diplomas, certificates,
and other documents are also included.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
John Ruskin Correspondence
Consists of over one hundred letters and two manuscripts by Ruskin.
Correspondents include Jean Ingelow, Eva and Constance Layton, and Dante
Gabriel Rossetti. A few of the letters are to George Allen, Ruskin's publisher,
in which the author discusses his work. Of the two manuscripts included
in the collection, one is a three-page portion from chapter three of Unto
This Last; the other is one page from The Queen of the Air.
Both have holograph corrections and emendations. Also present are a few
letters to Princeton librarian Laurence Heyl from other librarians, discussing
the Ruskin material.
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Henry
Norris Russell Papers
Consists of personal papers of Russell (Clsss of 1897), including notes
kept by Russell as a student at Princeton (1894-1898) and at Cambridge
(1902-1903), as well as lecture notes when a professor at Princeton and
working notes on scientific and military problems. In addition, there are
manuscripts, typescripst, proofsheets, and galleys of the textbook Astronomy
by Russell, Dugan and Stewart, other research papers, book reviews, published
lectures, and radio broadcasts. His voluminous international correspondence
with colleagues and friends, mostly astronomers and physicists, include
such correspondents as Walter S. Adams, E. E. Barnard, Edwin Grant Conklin,
Harold W. Dodds, Luther Pfahler Eisenhart, William F. Meggers, Edward C.
Pickering, Frank Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, and Otto Struve.
Russell, Julien Welsch, d. 1928
Julien Welsch Russell Papers
Consists of personal papers of Russell, a graduate of the class of
1895 of the Long Island College Hospital. Included are family photographs
and tintypes; photographs taken on trips to Colorado, probably in the 1890s;
souvenir menus; and his certificate of marriage (1898) to Eleanor Campbell,
a nurse from an old Virginia family, and correspondence with her, before
and after their marriage. Also present are many letters of condolence received
by Mrs. Russell on the occasion of her husband's death in 1928, and other
letters from family and friends.
Ryan, William Fitts, 1922-1972
William Fitts Ryan Papers
Consists of the papers of Ryan (Class of 1944), including records of
his congressional career (1961-1972) covering the political development
of the Democratic Party in New York City and the liberal caucus in the
House of Representatives. Among the material are files of correspondence
with constituents and leaders in government, politics, education, and the
peace and civil rights movements; legislative and research material relating
to programs of social progress during the Kennedy-Johnson years; speeches,
reports, and memoranda; campaign files (1960-1972); photographs and tapes;
and diaries (1952-1972).
Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700
Sir Paul Rycaut Letters to William Blathwayt
Consists chiefly of letters (1692-1699) by Rycaut to William Blathwayt
(1649?-1717), who served James II and William III of England as secretary-at-war
and was also William III's commissioner of trade (1696-1706). The letters
were written by Rycaut as resident minister in Hamburg and the Hanseatic
towns, and they contain detailed political, military, diplomatic, and economic
information concerning northern Germany, the Baltic Sea ports, and Denmark,
including warnings about privateers fitted out in the Hanseatic ports.
In addition to Rycaut's letters to Blathwayt, there are four drafts of
letters by Blathwayt, letters to Sir Charles Hedges (d. 1714) and others,
and letters from officials of the French Huguenot church in Hamburg, the
Senate of Hamburg, and a "Mr. Orth" concerning the affairs of the Scotch
East India Company and trade in the West Indies and South America.
Rylance, Ralph, 1782?-1833?
Ralph Rylance Letters to John Freeman Milward Dovaston
Consists of a group of 25 letters, 1818-1833, addressed to John Freeman
Milward Dovaston (1782-1854) at Salisbury and London, England, by his friend
and fellow author Ralph Rylance. Dovaston entitled these letters "Rylance's
Visions," since most of the letters relate a dream or fictional encounter
with William Shakespeare and other past and contemporary literary figures,
such as John Milton, Lord Byron, Samuel Coleridge, and Walter Scott, none
of whom (in Rylance's opinion) could compare with Shakespeare.
S
Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895
George
Augustus Sala Correspondence
Consists of approximately 300 letters, by about 208 different people,
received by Sala over the course of 40 years. Sala was an English journalist,
artist, book illustrator, traveler, humorist, and novelist. He was editor
of Chat, founded and edited (1860-1866) the Temple Bar magazine,
and was special correspondent, 1856, to Russia, for Charles Dickens, and
for the Telegraph during the Civil War in America. Sala was also
a contributor to Household Words and many other publications, and
author of books of travel and novels, such as A Journey Due North
(1858), and Things I Have Seen and People I Have Known (1894). Included
in the collection are letters (usually single) by prominent authors, journalists,
artists, nobility, philanthropists, and other notables, such as Sir Edwin
Arnold, P. T. Barnum, Dion Boucicault, M. E. Bradon, Wilkie Collins, Lady
Mary Combermere, George Cruikshank, Charles Dickens, Jean Henri Dunant,
Emily Faithful, Lord Ronald Gower, W. Holman Hunt, Sir Henry Irving, Charles
G. Leland, Horace Mayhew, Arthur Orton (the Tichborne claimant), Charles
Reade, Henry Vizetelly, Thomas Woolner, and Edmund Yates.
San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)
San Juan Pueblo Records
Consists of photocopies of a Tewa-speaking tribe's documents in the
archive of the governor of San Juan Pueblo, N.M., including leases, operating
accounts, financial statements, contracts, and notices. In addition, there
is a phonotape of songs and chants from the San Juan, Hopi, and Zuni pueblos.
View maps of the Princeton community created by the Sanborn Map and Publishing
Company. The series run from 1885 to 1927.
Sanskrit Manuscripts
Sanskrit
Manuscripts in the Robert Garrett Collection
Savannah River Baptist Association
Savannah River Baptist Association Minutes
Consists of manuscript and printed copies of minutes of annual meetings
of the Savannah Baptist Association from its origin in 1802 to 1830. In
1807 it became known as the Savannah River Baptist Association and was
comprised of churches in various localities of Georgia and South Carolina
near the Savannah River. The minutes include the names of ministers and
messengers, congregational statistics, and a circular letter to all brethren.
After 1820, a financial report is included, and in 1825 a report of the
Board of Managers. Also present is a single report (1806) from the North
Carolina Chowan Baptist Association.
Schaab, William C. (William Colson), 1927-
Blue
Lake (N.M.) Restoration Case Papers of William C. Schaab
Consists of selected papers of Schaab, who replaced Rufus G. Poole
in 1967 as special attorney for the Taos Pueblo Indians regarding the Blue
Lake restoration case. Included are Taos attorney contracts and correspondence,
congressional hearings reports, drafts of bills, publicity materials, correspondence
and documents of the National Committee for Restoration of Blue Lake to
the Taos Indians, and other papers on the history and significance of Blue
Lake and legislation to return it to the Indians.
Schaefer, Bernhard K. (Bernhard Karsch), 1897-1985
Bernhard
K. Schaefer Civil War Collection
Consists of papers collected by Schaefer (Class of 1920) relating to
the Civil War. Included are autograph letters of such Union officers as
Ulysses S. Grant, John C. Fremont, Winfield Scott, George McClellan, William
T. Sherman, Fitz-John Porter, and George Gordon Meade, as well as 80 others;
many of the letters are accompanied by portrait engravings, field orders,
and other documents. Also present are files of miscellaneous and unidentified
letters, Civil War envelope covers depicting various officers and political
caricatures (including some of Jefferson Davis), documents, pictures, supply
requisitions, and War Dept. orders.
Schechner, Richard, 1934-
Richard
Schechner Papers / TDR Collection
Consists of the papers of Schechner, reflecting his lifetime involvement
with the American theater as a professor of theater at Tulane University
(1962-1967), a professor of performance studies at New York University
(1967-1991), co-founder and co-director of the New Orleans Group (1965-1967),
founder and director of the Performance Group in New York City (1967-1980),
and editor of the Drama Review (also issued as the Tulane Drama
Review and the TDR) from 1962 to 1969 and a contributor from
1971 onwards. Schechner is also the author of a number of books including
Public
Domain (1968) and Free Southern Theater (1969). Included in
Schechner's papers are personal, business, and academic correspondence,
miscellaneous manuscript drafts, published materials, photographs (both
personal and production), and other materials pertaining to his life, his
writing, and his work in the theater, in academia, and as an editor. Also
present are separate files concerning the TDR, begining with Schechner's
editorship in 1962 through two other editors, as well as his continuing
current editorship. These papers include business correspondence, manuscript
proofs, and photographs.
Scheide, John Hinsdale, 1875-1942
John Hinsdale Scheide Collection
Consists of 7,935 Western European documents and other manuscript materials
collected by William T. Scheide (1847-1907) and his son John Hinsdale Scheide
(Class of 1896). More than half of the collection is comprised of notarial
documents (contracts, wills, deeds, etc.) from Fabriano, Vicenza, Bergamo,
Tirano, Caravaggio, and other northern Italian towns in the period 1200-1650.
There are also substantial numbers of medieval documents from England and
France, 16th-19th century family papers from France, 19th-century papal
bulls, and other items. The collection provides source material for the
localized study of Italian and French social, economic, legal, and institutional
history during the late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early modern period.
A section of the collection (Boxes 180-194) contains correspondence, land
records, financial accounts, litigation records, court judgments, genealogy
and family history, and printed materials of the D'Olive family--a notable
family of landowners, jurists, prelates, and soldiers--in the southern
French city of Toulouse, the bulk of which were created or retained by
Joseph-Denis d'Olive (1724-1783), President of the Chambre aux Requetes,
Parlement de Toulouse.
John
Hinsdale Scheide Collection of Three Centuries of French History
Consists of 386 letters and documents of royalty, nobility, statesmen,
and other celebrities of France, from the reign of Louis XII to the commencement
of the French Revolution. It is comprised of examples of the most famous
names of three centuries of French history, including Louis XII, Francis
I, Henri II, Catherine de Medicis, Francis II, Charles IX, Henri III, Duc
de Guise, Henri IV and his wives, Clement VIII, Louis XIII, Anne of Austria,
Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIV and his wife Marie Therese, Marquise de Maintenon,
Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Marquise de Sevigne, Cardinal Mazarin, Duc d'Orleans,
Louis XV, his wife and daughters, Marquise de Pompadour, Comtesse du Barry,
Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Cardinal Fleury, Chevalier D'Eon, Louis
XVI, Marie Antoinette, Princesse de Lamballe, Charles X, Louis XVI, Jacques
Necker, Mirabeau, and Lafayette.
Autograph
Collection
Consists of miscellaneous letters and documents written or signed by
some of the figures prominent in European and American culture and politics.
Includes signed autograph letters by Ansel Adams, Joseph Bonaparte, Pablo
Casals, Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, Pope Eugene IV, Benjamin Franklin,
Ulysses S. Grant, Washington Irving, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Cotton Mather, Maximilian II, Napoleon I, John D. Rockefeller, Siegfried
Wagner, George Washington, etc. Also includes several deeds for land in
Pennsylvania, and letters relating to the Presidents of Princeton University.
Legal
Documents
Consists of legal documents from Europe and America. Countries include
England, Italy (Sicily), and the United States. States include Connecticut,
Deleware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia. Included are many land deeds, apprentice indentures, military
records, wills, court records, currency, and other miscellaneous documents
and printed matter.
Slavery
Documents
Consists of documents relating to slavery in America. States include
Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Included are many
receipts of sale for slaves, slave manumissions, appraisals of property,
an insurance policy for 100 slaves, a manifest from a slave ship, a demand
for extradition for a man charged with stealing a slave, advertisements
for reward for runaway slaves, tax receipts, and other miscellaneous documents
and printed matter referring to slaves and the slave trade.
Schorer, Mark, 1908-1977
Sinclair Lewis by Mark Schorer
Consists of a photoduplicated copy of Schorer's original typescript,
with holograph corrections, for his biography of the American novelist
Sincalir
Lewis (1961).
Schulberg, Budd, 1914-
Budd
Schulberg Papers
Consists mainly of Schulberg's works, with some correspondence, documents,
scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material. Included are the manuscripts for
the novels What Makes Sammy Run (1941), The Harder They Fall
(1947), The Disenchanted (1950), Waterfront (1955), and Santuary
(1969). In addition, there are manuscripts of several screenplays, including
A
Face in the Crowd (1957), Everglades (1958), and On the Waterfront,
the play The Disenchanted (1959), and the musical
What Makes
Sammy Run (1965), the last three based on Schulberg's novels. The collection
also contains Schulberg's edited manuscript From the Ashes (1967),
a project of the Watts Writers' Workshop which he helped to establish in
the aftermath of the 1965 Los Angeles Watts riots. Among his non-fiction
works are the manuscript of Machiavelli on 8th Avenue, the biography
of the boxing promoter, Mike Jacobs, articles, essays and a thesis Jeffersonian
Democracy written as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, and an
introduction to Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust (1965). The
bulk of the correspondence consists of letters by Schulberg's literary
agent, Brandt and Brandt, and congratulatory letters on the publication
of The Disenchanted and The Harder They Fall. There is also
miscellaneous correspondence from Random House, Schulberg's publisher,
and the Sidney Cox Fund at Dartmouth, and there are scrapbooks for What
Makes Sammy Run and Waterfront, legal contracts and agreements,
and miscellaneous material.
Schultz, Charles H. (Charles Hamilton), 1931-
Charles H. Schultz Collection
Consists of scripts, sides, photographs, reviews, programs, clippings,
and miscellaneous material relating to the University Players, Theatre
Intime, and the Triangle Club of Princeton during the years Schultz (Class
of 1954) was a participant in these groups.
Schwarzschild, Martin, 1912-1997
Martin Schwarzschild Papers
Consists of correspondence and scientific papers of Schwarzschild,
Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy from 1951 to 1979 at Princeton University,
which reflect his pioneering work in the use of giant balloons to hoist
telescopes into the stratosphere for clearer pictures of the sun and other
stars and planets. The bulk of the scientific papers is comprised of technical
and engineering reports, business material, and catalogues of Stratoscope
II, the second balloon system developed by Schwarzschild and his colleagues
at Princeton in 1963. Also included is some material on Stratoscopes I
and III and additions of academic and personal correspondence.
Schwed, Peter, 1911-
Peter Schwed Correspondence
Consists of 40 letters by various authors to Peter Schwed on the occasion
of his retirement in 1982 as editor, publisher, and vice-president (1945-1982)
of Simon and Schuster, Inc. Some of these authors whose works were edited
by Schwed include Miles Copeland, Donald S. Connery, Evan Hunter, John
D. MacDonald, and Sam Levenson. Some letters are by friends or authors
not published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., and also pre- or post-date Schwed's
retirement, such as Christopher Isherwood, David McCullough, John McPhee,
James Thurber, and P. G. Wodehouse. Also present are brief comments on
these letters by Schwed and a copy of his self-published Plum to Peter:
Letters of P. G. Wodehouse to His Editor Peter Schwed (1996).
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965
Albert Schweitzer Collection
Consists mainly of printed material about Schweitzer, as well as manuscripts
of two works, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material.
Included are the manuscript of Schweitzer's article "Le Probleme de l'ethique
dans l'evolution de la Pensee Humaine" and one page of the manuscript of
his book Die weltanschung de Indischen Denker. There is original
correspondence (in French), with Xerox copies of correspondence between
Schweitzer and Albert Einstein and Walter Lenel (in German), and there
are photographs of Schweitzer, the hospital at Lambarene in Gabon, French
Equatorial Africa, where he worked, and Alsace, his birthplace. The printed
material contains magazine articles in English, but also in French and
German, and includes caricatures, cartoons, postage stamps, calendars with
pictures of Schweitzer and Lambarene, book jackets, and information about
the film Albert Schweitzer (1957). Correspondence by Howard C. Rice
and other Princeton University librarians regarding the collection, material
used for an exhibition about Schweitzer in 1956 at Firestone Library, and
copies of articles which appeared in the Princeton University Library
Chronicle (1958) constitute the rest of the collection.
See also the Miriam Rogers Collection on Albert Schweitzer.
Scientific Book Club
Scientific Book Club Records
Consists of selected financial records from the New York City office
of the Scientific Book Club, which had its editorial office in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The Scientific Book Club was a specialty, subscription book
club founded in late 1929, with an editorial and advisory committee of
16 distinguished scientists, including Arthur Compton, Edward L. Thorndike,
Arthur A. Noyes, Vernon Kellogg, Robert A. Millikan, Kirtley F. Mather
(chairman, 1930-1946), and Maxwell M. Geffen as business director. Included
are alphabetical files (1944- 1945) of bill statements for books purchased
by the Scientific Book Club from various publishers, such as Blakiston
Co., Bobbs-Merrill, Garden City Publishing House, G. P. Putnam's, Princeton
University Press, and Random House; 9 ledgers of accounts (1930-1944);
3 checkstub books (1942-1944); and representative samples of cancelled
checks (1942-1946).
Scotland, Alexander, 1848-1893
Alexander Scotland Collection
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary
(1869), and a journal (1888) of Scotland (Class of 1874), most of which
reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East
because of tuberculosis. The collection contains an autograph manuscript
entitled "From New York to Barbados" (1871), written while an undergraduate,
letters by Scotland to his wife and family, fifteen photographs of Indians
at Taos Pueblo, and a journal with photographs of a camping expedition
to Grand Mesa, Colorado. In addition, there is a eulogy by the Reverend
John Reid on the occasion of Scotland's death.
Scotland, Bonnie
Taos (N.M.) Letters of Bonnie Scotland
Consists of eighteen letters by Scotland, an Englishwoman living in
Taos, New Mexico, to her sister, Mary N. Williams in England, describing
her life among the Indians with her husband, a physician, and children.
Scott, Austin, 1848-1922
Austin Scott Papers on New Jersey History
Consists of selected papers of Scott relating to New Jersey history.
Included are typed manuscripts for his unpublished book New Jersey,
A Study in Results and his article the "Origin of the Judicial System
of New Jersey"; notes on the history, institutions, and courts of New Jersey;
and printed copies (ca. 1891-1905) of a few of Scott's addresses, Proceedings
of the New Jersey Historical Society, and other offprints. Also present
is the autograph manuscript of "Memoirs" (1892) by William Paterson (Class
of 1835), mayor (1846-1878) of Perth Amboy, N.J., with a letter (1896)
to Scott.
Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949
Frank Augustus Scott Papers
Consists of papers of Scott relating, for the most part, to his positions
as chairman of the General Munitions Board during World War I, co-founder
and chairman of the War Industries Board (1917), chief of the Cleveland
Ordnance District (1924-1928), and adviser to the Army Industrial College
(1925). Included are speeches by Scott and others, correspondence (1912-1954)
including letters from Newton D. Baker, Palmer E. Pierce, and Bernard M.
Baruch, reports, minutes of meetings, journal notes, printed matter, clippings,
and photographs of army officers and friends.
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934
Hugh Lenox Scott Papers
Consists of papers of Scott relating primarily to his mission as a
military member of the Special Diplomatic Commission headed by Elihu Root,
which was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to encourage the Russian
people to continue participation in World War I and to assure them of American
aid. Included are reports to the secretary of state on railroads, munitions,
and industry, a transcript of Scott's conference with General Manikovsky,
and various speeches, propaganda releases, correspondence, and other documents
regarding the Commission. In addition, there are seven scrapbooks (1891-1923?)
of newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and a few photographs compiled by
Scott and related to his miltary career and his service as superintendent
of West Point (1906-1910).
Scott, John Morin, 1789-1858
Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott
Consists of three hundred forty-six account sheets kept by Scott (Class
of 1805) covering his legal work in Philadelphia from June 1829 through
March 1858.
Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947
William Berryman Scott Papers
Consists of the papers of Scott (Class of 1877), professor at Princeton
for 50 years. The collection includes the manuscripts for the third editions
of
An Introduction to Geology (1932) and A History of Land Mammals
in the Western Hemisphere (1937), the notebooks and typescript of Some
Memories of a Paleontologist (1939), and autograph and typed manuscripts
for an apparently unpublished work, The Earth as the Abode of Man
(1921), as well as correspondence between Scott and the leading natural
scientists of the day, such as Henry Fairfield Osborn. The reminiscences
in the Memories are rich in anecdotal material concerning Scott's
grandfather, Charles Hodge, a leading Presbyterian theologian and professor
at the Princeton Theological Seminary.
Consists of screenplays for over 500 films produced by Columbia Studios,
Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox, and others.
Scribner' Sons, Charles
See Charles Scribner's Sons.
Seferis, George, 1900-1971
George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus
Consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Seferis, the Greek poet
and 1963 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. There are 122 (5" x
7") photographs, 1953-1955, of Byzantine and medieval monuments and artworks,
and various other buildings, scenes, and people of Cyprus. This group of
photographs is entitled, "Cyprus, Memory and Love, Through the Lens of
Seferis." A selection of these photographs were published in Kypros:
mneme kai agape, me to phako tou Giorgou Sephere (1990). Also present
are 16 (9" x 12") prints, 1954-1971, of various scenes in Cyprus, portraits
of Seferis, and of the Nobel Prize award ceremony.
Selected
Papers of George Seferis
Consists of selected papers of George Seferis, the Greek diplomat,
ambassador, poet, and translator. Seferis held various posts with the Royal
Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1926-1962, serving in England, Albania,
Egypt, Italy, and Turkey, and was ambassador to the United Nations, 1956-1957,
and to Great Britain, 1957-1962. He was the author of a number of volumes
of poetry, translated many works of T. S. Eliot into Greek, won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1963, and was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton
University in 1965. 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" (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 manuscript journal, "First Impressions of Greece" (1939), a typescript
of "When Do Angels Cease to Resemble Themselves? A Study of Rimbaud" (1946),
two extracts from The Colossus of Maroussi (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 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, "Amorgos" by Nikos Gkatsos, and "Akritika, 1941-1942"
by Angelos Sikelianos, as well as a translation into English by Edmund
Keeley and Philip Sherrard of selections from Seferis' Mythistorema.
Seitz, Don C. (Don Carlos), 1862-1935
Don
C. Seitz Papers
Consists of research notes, articles, bibliographies, photographs,
and printed matter of Seitz. The bibliographies primarily cover pirates,
buccaneers, privateers, filibusters, and adventurers of various sorts;
included are manuscripts for Paul Jones: His Exploits in English Seas
During 1778-1780 (1911) and The Tryal of Capt. William Kidd for
Murther & Privacy Upon Six Several Indictments (1936). There are
also bibliographies of American humorists, such as Mark Twain, James Whitcomb
Riley, and Eugene Field, as well as notes, articles, and photographs concerning
Artemus Ward, James Gordon Bennett, Walt Whitman's home, Indian treaties,
Mormons, Henry M. Stanley, and William Walker and his invasion of Nicaragua.
In addition, there are poems by Seitz, including the collection Traveller:
Poems of Life and Longing.
Selden, William K. (William Kirkpatrick), 1911-
William K. Selden Collection on the History of Health
Consists of research materials collected by Selden (Class of 1934)
as background for his book The Heritage of Isabella McCosh (1991).
Included are drafts, photographs, manuscript notes, and photocopies of
official University documents, as well as virtually all annual reports
of the University Health Services and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Isabella
McCosh Infirmary. The more recent material contains information on employees,
budgets, and health-related materials provided to students.
William K. Selden Collection on the Princeton
University
Consists of research materials collected by Selden for his publication
Club
Life at Princeton: An Historical Account of the Upper-Class Eating Clubs
at Princeton University. The collection contains primarily clippings,
arranged chronologically, from The Daily Princetonian as well as
clippings from Princeton Alumni Weekly and Princeton Weekly Bulletin,
documenting the activities of Princeton University's Eating Clubs. Topics
found within this collection include the University's Bicker policy and
women's rights in the Eating Club system. Relevant reports, such as the
"Report on Undergraduate Residential Life," and personal correspondence
are also found.
Seltzer, Daniel, 1933-1980
Daniel Seltzer Papers
Consists of files relating to Seltzer's activities as director of McCarter
Theatre (1970-1977) and director of the Program in Theater and Dance (1976-1980).
The collection contains financial and other business records, casting information,
inter-office correspondence, and grant proposal documents--all relating
to his directorships.
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985
Roger
Sessions Scores
Contains the manuscripts of Sessions' compositions reflecting his use
of the 12-tone system of composition and ranging from exercises and studies
to concertos, sonatas, operas ("Lancelot and Elaine" and "Montezuma"),
and symphonies (1 through 9). Also included are miscellaneous musical works
such as divertimenti, nocturnes, chorale studies, quintets, and the cantata
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." In addition, there are manuscripts
for two prose works, "The Musical Experience," a lecture delivered at the
Julliard School of Music in 1947, and an article, "To the Editor," which
appeared in Perspectives of New Music in 1967. Additions to the
papers include ozalid copies of various cantatas, concertos, symphonies,
and miscellaneous works, original scores for a violin concerto, sketches
for Symphony No. 1, correspondence with Luigi Dallapiccola and two musical
manuscripts by Jean Binet.
Seymour, William, 1855-1933
William
Seymour Family Papers
Consists of the papers of several members of the Davenport/Seymour
theatrical families, but William Seymour is the most prominently represented
in the collection--with works, correspondence (both general and family),
photographs, documents, memorabilia of playbills and broadsides, miscellaneous
material including production notes and music, and printed matter of many
newspaper clippings and of articles in "Notes and Queries" in the Boston
Transcript. There are also numerous playbooks and sides, and many illustrious
theatrical names are represented in the correspondence, including the Barrymores,
Booths, Drews, Frohmans, Maude Adams, David Belasco, Charles Dillingham,
Joseph Jefferson, and Tyrone Power, Sr. In addition, the collection contains
material of May Davenport Seymour, William Seymour's daughter (and curator
of the theater and music collection at the Museum of the City of New York),
and Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport, his sister-in-law, as well as over twelve
other Davenport/Seymour relatives.
Shellabarger, Samuel, 1888-1954
Samuel
Shellabarger Collection
Contains manuscripts of Shellabarger (Class of 1909, English professor,
1914-1923) for two biographies--The Chevalier Bayard (1928) and
Lord
Chesterfield (1935)--and five works of historical fiction--Captain
from Castile (1945), The King's Cavalier (1950), Lord Vanity
(1953), The Token (1955), and Tolbecken (published posthumously
in 1956). A small amount of miscellaneous material includes a lecture (1938),
"The Profession of Writing," a radio speech on education entitled "Town
Meeting," a letter by Robert Kilburn Root, a letter to V. Lansing Collins
II, reviews of Shellabarger's books, and promotional advertisements.
Shellman, William F. (William Feay), 1916-1987
William
F. Shellman Papers
Consists of papers of Shellman, who taught at Princeton University
in the Dept.of Architecture (1946-1986): primarily lectures and notes for
his classes (Architecture 302 and Landscape Architecture 565), but including
matted illustrations and photographs of sample forms of architecture, cassette
tapes of lectures, slides, architectural drawings, and watercolors. In
addtion, there are photographs of Egypt taken by George E. Kedder-Smith
in 1938 which Shellman used in Architecture 302 and a small collection
of abstract paintings called "Feay's Watercolors."
Shenstone, Molly, d. 1967
Molly Shenstone Collection on Thomas Mann
Consists of Shenstone's notes, works of Mann, correspondence, photographs,
printed matter, and newspaper clippings. The collection contains her notes
on Mann and his wife, Katharina Pringsheim Mann; a few brief works of Mann,
including a new preface to Royal Highness (1939) and the text of
two radio broadcasts in December, 1940; and correspondence between Shenstone,
Katharina Mann, and other family members, and with Carolina Newton, a mutual
friend.
Sherman, Isabel Magee
Isabel Magee Sherman Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary
(1901), and printed matter of Sherman. The collection contains a typescript
with holograph corrections of the Autobiography of General Porfirio
Diaz, Ex-President of Mexico covering the years 1830-1867, edited by
Sherman, which appeared in installments in Cosmopolitan (1910);
essays on Mexico; correspondence with lawyers, publishers, Mexican government
officials, and James J. Shirley, a business associate; a diary kept while
on a trip to Mexico; photographs of David E. Thompson, U.S. ambassador
to Mexico (1906-1909), and Felix Diaz, older brother of Porfirio and governor
of Oaxaca Province; and newspapers, clippings, and magazines.
Shields, Charles Woodruff, 1825-1904
Charles Woodruff Shields Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, printed matter, and miscellaneous
material of Shields (Class of 1844, professor of philosophy and history,
1865-1903). The collection contains over eighty sermons, while the bulk
of the correspondence is between Shields and his family, especially his
parents, Hannah Woodruff and James Read Shields. In addition, there are
eleven issues of The Aurora (1839), a newspaper published by Shields
and several boyhood friends in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana; a notebook
of college expenses and letters sent and received (1842-1844); and some
of his printed works.
Short, William H. (William Hosley), 1924-1991
William H. Short Collection on the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Consists of papers relating to the building of the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum in New York City and Frank Lloyd Wright, its architect, collected
by Short (Class of 1946), the project supervisor for the building. The
Wright material contains a typed carbon of a manuscript, "Concerning the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum," notes of an interview between Wright and
Robert Venturi and Short, and correspondence. Short's papers include correspondence,
notes and memos (1956-1962), and his expense accounts (1957-1959). In addition,
there are daily construction reports on the museum (1956-1959), blueprints
and plans, photographs of Wright and the museum, miscellaneous material,
and newspaper clippings.
Showles, William, 1856-1924
Showles
Circus Costume Collection
Consists of parts of costumes--caps, shoes, jackets, tights, and an
equestrian hat--worn by members of the Showles family, equestrians who
traveled with small circuses from the mid-1800s until after the beginning
of this century.
Shrady, George F. (George Frederick), 1837-1907
George F. Shrady Collection
Contains papers of Shrady relating primarily to his role as Ulysses
S. Grant's physician during Grant's last illness in New York in 1885. Included
are several handwritten notes by Grant discussing his condition, letters
about Grant by Fordyce Barker, M. F. Blake, and J. H. Douglas, and two
scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on the progress of Grant's illness. Also
present are Kentucky-based correspondence of Shrady's brother John, also
a physician, with his wife and a manuscript of his article "The Social
Life of Libby Prison" concerning his imprisonment in a Confederate Civil
War camp; an unidentified volume of original medical drawings; the first
issue of the
Medical Record (1866) edited by George Shrady; and
miscellaneous clippings.
Contains one or more letters and/or documents of each of thirty-six signers
of the Declaration of Independence. Among those represented in the
collection are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Francis Hopkinson,
Thomas Jefferson, Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Rush, James Wilson,
and John Witherspoon. Included are several signed paper shilling
notes issued by the colonies and the Provincial Congress.
Simonis, Henry
Henry Simonis Correspondence
Consists of three volumes of correspondence, both sent and received,
concerning Simonis' literary, wartime, and charitable activities. Letters
span the years 1916-1919 and each volume is indexed, with correspondence
filed alphabetically. The first volume contains correspondence relating
to his efforts to aid the British government in the dissemination of information
to the public, the recruitment of workers for the war effort, and his appointment
as Director of the Government Information Bureau. Correspondents include
Neville Chamberlain, David Lloyd George, and Frances Stevenson. The second
volume also contains correspondence about various war work projects, and
the third concerns Simonis' book The Street of Ink (1917), a history
of Fleet Street, which he had begun as a series of newspaper articles.
It includes correspondence with his publisher, Arthur Spurgeon of Cassell
& Co., and letters from various newspaper editors, such as James Garvin,
Lord Burnham, and Fisher Unwin, as well as congratulatory letters for the
book.
Simpson, Eileen B.
Poets in their Youth: A Memoir by Eileen B.
Simpson
Consists of papers primarily related to Simpson's book Poets in
Their Youth: A Memoir (1982). Simpson was married to the poet John
Berryman (1914-1972) from 1942 until their divorce in 1953, and her book
recalls those years with Berryman and his circle of friends in the literary
world, including Delmore Schwartz, Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell, R. P.
Blackmur, Theodore Roethke, and Jean Stafford. Included is correspondence
(ca. 300 letters) with her publishers, Random House (U.S.) and Faber and
Faber (England), before and after publication, and many letters in response
to the book from Simpson's friends, former associates of the poets, and
people mentioned in the book, such as James Atlas, Saul Bellow, Jack Barbera,
Carl Brandt, Robert Giroux, Allan Gurganus, Lili Kahler, Nancy Milford,
Joyce Carol Oates, and Daniel Stern, as well as from the general public.
Some letters also discuss another of Simpson's autobiographical books,
Reversals:
A Personal Account of Victory Over Dyslexia (1979). Also present are
photographs of John Berryman, Delmore Schwartz, Mark Van Doren, and others,
used in the book, clippings from newspapers, magazines, and journals of
reviews of the book, and four sets of proof, one with author's corrections.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964
Edith
Sitwell Papers
Consists primarily of letters received by Edith Sitwell, English poet
and eccentric, from 177 different correspondents, ranging from 1932 to
1964, but mostly between 1959 to 1961 when Sitwell lived in London at the
Sesame Imperial & Pioneer Club. The correspondents include many friends,
publishers, literary and business associates, family members and admirers.
Various subjects discussed in the letters include family, social, and business
news, and literary topics; and there are many get well wishes for Sitwell
during an illness and after an accident. Some of the correspondents are
Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Cyril Connolly, George Cukor, David Higham Associates,
Alec Guinness, David Horner, John Lehmann, Ned O'Gorman, William Plomer,
Georgia, Osbert,and Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Felix Topolski,
and Beryl de Zoete. Sitwell's writings in the collection include typescripts
for a book review of John Brinnin's Dylan Thomas in America (1956),
essays on various topics, such as "Charity," "Ezra Pound," and "On Genius,"
a few poems, and transcripts of radio and television interviews.
Skariatina, Irina, d. 1962
Selected Papers of Irina Skariatin
Consists of works, correspondence, a charcoal portrait, miscellaneous
material, and newspaper clippings of Skariatina, reflecting her Russian
emigre experience and her years as a war correspondent for Collier's
during World War II. The collection includes manuscripts for her books
First
to Go Back (1933), Little Era in Old Russia (1934), which is
an autobiography of her early years as a child in pre-revolutionary Russia,
and Skyward to Moscow, and for several magazine articles. In addition,
there are twenty-one unidentified letters to her in Russian
Slaby, Steve M., 1922-
Steve M. Slaby Papers
Consists primarily of memoranda and correspondence of Slaby and departmental
records (such as annual reports, committee minutes, conference materials)
and course materials (such as lecture notes, examinations, problem sets,
and student papers) of Princeton University's Graphics and Engineering
Drawing Department and of the John C. Greene School of Science, the Engineering
School's forerunner. Also included are materials which document Slaby's
involvement in political issues of the 1960s and 1970s. The political literature
covers groups and movements such as the Princeton Faculty Council on Vietnam,
a faculty resolution on divestment in South Africa, the Princeton University
Hunger Action Network, and the Vietnam Reconciliation Forum.
Slater, Ann Tashi, 1961-
Ann
Tashi Slater Collection of Cuban Writings
Consists of 22 typed manuscripts, in Spanish, collected by Slater (Class
of 1984) on a trip to Cuba in 1987. Included are short stories and novels,
primarily science fiction, by 12 different authors. Four of the manuscripts
are of published works, including Más allá de sol
(1987) by Eduardo Frank and Amoroso planeta (1983) by Daina Chaviano.
The other writers are Arnoldo Aguila, Arturo Arango, Froilan Escobar, Luis
Manuel Garcia, Chely Lima, Maria Elena Llana, Senel Paz, Leon Roberto Perez,
Antonio Orlando Rodriguez, and Alberto Serret.
Sloan, Eugene W., 1893-1986
Eugene W. Sloan Scrapbooks
Consists of two scrapbooks containing photographs, clippings, correspondence,
and other mementos detailing the professional and personal life of Sloan,
including his World War I military service (photographs) as well as his
tenure at the Department of the Treasury in the Franklin Roosevelt administration.
Sloan was the creator and first administrator of the United States Savings
Bond program. Letters of thanks from James Forrestal and Henry Morganthau
to Sloan are included.
Sloane, William M. (William Milligan), 1906-1974
William
M. Sloane Papers
Consists primarily of correspondence of Sloane (Class of 1929) during
his publishing and editorial career, which is documented in several publishing
files. These include papers of the Association of American University Presses
when Sloane served as vice-president and president (1966, 1969-70), including
letters by Alden H. Clark, executive director; the Council on Books in
Wartime during Sloane's trip to China (1943-44); the Visiting Committee
of American Book Publishers that published the report German Book Publishing
after World War II (1948); and the publishing houses of Henry Holt and
Company (1938-46) and William Sloane Associates (1946-52). There is a significant
amount of correspondence between Sloane and Lambert Davis of the University
of North Carolina Press and Weldon A. Kefauver of the Ohio State University
Press, as well as explanatory letters, written by Sloane at the time of
Princeton University's acquisition of these files.
Sloss, Robert Thompson
Selected Papers of Robert Thompson Sloss
Consists of selected material of Sloss (Class of 1893): correspondence,
printed copies of two of his articles, and newspaper clippings. Correspondence
includes letters of recommendation for Sloss from Princeton faculty (1891-1893)
and other letters from such notables as Edmund Gosse and Theodore Roosevelt,
written to Sloss in London when he was a journalist there during World
War I.
Sly, A. Ashton
L.
Ashton Sly Musical Scores Collection
Consists of bound musical scores, which were Sly's prompt copies, for
such operettas as Cox and Box, Countess Maritza, Rose
Marie, Die Fledermaus, and The New Moon.
Smith, George, 1824-1901
Business Correspondence of George Smith of Smith,
Elder & Co.
Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith
relating to the Cornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and
other publishing business of Smith, Elder & Co., the London publishing
firm. Correspondents include Charles Allston Collins, Dutton Cook, James
Hannay, William Gifford Palgrave, Russell Sturgis, Sir Henry Taylor, and
Sir George Otto Trevelyan. In addition, there is a folder of correspondence
(1871-1874) with Edward Steinkopff and family, and one of correspondence
(1873-1874) with A. Donald Smith.
Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966
H.
Alexander Smith Papers
Contains personal and professional correspondence, legal files, office
files, and documents of Smith dating from his graduation from Princeton
University in 1901 and Columbia Law School in 1904, and covering his career
as a lawyer in Colorado and New York, as a member of Herbert Hoover's staff
for the U.S. Food Administration, as executive secretary (1919-1926) and
lecturer in politics (1927-1930) at Princeton University, and member (1934-1943)
of the New Jersey Republican State Committee. Central to the papers are
Smith's files from his senatorial career (1944-1959), especially those
relating to his position as chairman of the Far Eastern Subcommittee of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and reflecting his general interest
in foreign affairs. Also included are Smith's diaries, 1914-1918, 1927-1954,
1958-1959. In addition, there are transcripts of "The Reminiscences of
H. Alexander Smith" prepared by the Oral History Office of Columbia University
(1965), a typescript of "A General Economic Survey of Turkey, 1933-1934"
by Smith, Edwin W. Kemmerer, and others, a scrapbook of clippings, and
Senate voting records.
Smith, Harvey, 1894-1969
Harvey Smith Novels
Consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction
by Smith (Class of 1917). Included are corrected page proofs, reviews,
and related correspondence for Shelter Bay (1964), tales of the
Quebec north shore in the 1920s; a typescript, publicity matter, a scrapbook
of clippings, and related correspondence for The Gang's All Here
(1941), a humorous satire on college reunions; and typescripts for Twin
Pines and Other Highlights in the Lives of the Horace W. Osbornes (1947),
and Nine to Five (1944).
Smith, James G. (James Gerald), 1897-1946
James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry
Consists of works, correspondence, notecards, filmstrips, and printed
matter of Smith (Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton. The
collection contains his two unpublished typed manuscripts, Origins of
Industries in New Jersey and History of New Jersey Manufacturing,
with research material on such New Jersey industries as glass, textile,
pottery and clay products, copper, iron and steel works, leather and shoes,
shipbuilding, chemical, rubber, and telecommunications, covering approximately
the period from 1750 through 1850. There are photographs and photostats
of pictures of maps, early houses, mills, furniture, and machinery.
Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946
Logan Pearsall Smith Papers
Contains Smith's manuscripts, notes, and proofs for The Golden Shakespeare,
and manuscripts for two articles, "Saved from the Salvage," which appeared
in Horizons (March, 1943), and "Slices of Cake," a reminiscence
of Henry James's first meeting with George Santayana, published in The
New Statesmen and Nation (June, 1943). Also included in the collection
are miscellaneous manuscripts and bibliographical note cards on Jonathan
Edwards, as well as two notebooks, one filled with quotations from Dante
and another containing jottings on Smith's etymological research.
Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854
Richard
Penn Smith Collection
Consists of a bound volume containing two plays by Smith (My Uncle's
Wedding and The Sentinels), miscellaneous manuscripts, a letter
in verse to his mother, a diary, documents, engraved portraits, clippings,
and miscellaneous papers of the Smith family.
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819
Samuel Stanhope Smith Collection
Consists of works, correspondence, and documents of Smith, covering,
for the most part, the years (1795-1812) he served as president of the
College of New Jersey, now Princeton. Included are autograph manuscripts
of several sermons; "A System of Moral Philosophy for the Students of Nassau
Hall" (autograph manuscript, 169 pp. in 2 notebooks), a course he gave
in ten lectures; autograph letters to Samuel Bayard, Nicholas Biddle, Aaron
Burr, Jonathan Dayton, Ashbel Green, and other Princetonians, which detail
his efforts to secure funds and/or scientific equipment for the College;
and his certificate as an honorary member in the Society of St. Andrew.
Smith, William B. (William Benjamin), 1895-
Selected
Papers of William B. Smith
Consists primarily of correspondence between Smith and Ernest Hemingway.
Of the twenty-two Hemingway letters included in the collection, most span
the years 1918 to 1927. The letters are friendly and personal; many discuss
Hemingway's experience in Europe, particularly his fascination with bull
fighting, and references are made to his works Men Without Women
and the then-untitled Death in the Afternoon. A folder of photographs
contains twenty-nine pictures of the author at various stages of life,
including some taken at Horton's Bay, Michigan. In addition, there are
eighteen John Dos Passos letters and cards, one Edmund Wilson letter, and
one Donald Ogden Stewart letter.
Smyth, Charles Henry, 1866-1937
Charles Henry Smyth Journals
Consists of journals kept by Smyth, a professor of geology at Princeton
University, from 1905 until his retirement in 1934. Nine journals contain
notes taken on geological field trips between 1892-1899 while Smyth lived
in Clinton, New York, and one journal contains notes of the same kind for
1908 at Princeton, New Jersey. The journals are written in pencil and contain
drawings of geological formations.
Smyth, Charles Phelps, 1895-1990
Charles Phelps Smyth Papers
Consists of works of Smyth (Class of 1916, professor of chemistry,
1920-1963), his professional correspondence, copies of doctoral dissertations
by his graduate students, miscellaneous material, and printed matter. His
works include autograph and typed manuscripts, with graphs, diagrams, and
galley proofs, of two books, Dielectric Constant and Molecular Structure
(1931)
and Dielectric Behavior and Structure (1955), a manuscript on the
life and accomplishments of Peter J. W. Debye for the Dictionary of
Scientific Biography, and miscellaneous material about these works.
In addition, there are many offprints of his articles that appeared in
the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the American Journal
of Science, and the Journal of Chemical Physics.
Snyder, Margaret C.
Margaret C. Snyder Collection
Consists of material collected and generated by Snyder in her various
capacities as advisor (1961-1964) to Kenya and East African Womens Seminars
(EAWS), regional advisor (1971-1978) of the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA) and co-founder of the African Training and Research Centre
for Women (ATRCW), and founding director (1978-1989) of the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Included for EAWS are reports of women's
commission meetings; for ECA and ATRCW, country reports, project proposals,
project evaluations, financial data, long-range plans, memoranda, speeches,
and center publications; for UNIFEM, similar materials as well as full
reports containing histories, financial evaluations, progress reports,
and notes. In addition, there are "reference files" of digests from official
UN General Assemby documents regarding UN member responses to UNIFEM projects.
All of this documents the study and funding of women's economic development
in Africa.
Society of the Claw
Society of the Claw Records
Consists of records that describe the brief history of the Society
of the Claw, a Princeton University organization created by the Class of
1894. Society members pledged to attend Princeton reunions annually, either
for five- year periods or during their lifetimes. Members received a charm
for their watch chains which included a genuine tiger claw to remind them
of their pledge. The Society's principal long-term accomplishment was the
proposal and subscription of the bronze stars placed on university dormitories
in memory of World War I war dead. Included are minutes, correspondence,
annual reports, financial records, membership lists, rules and regulations,
certificates and a variety of printed materials.
Sour, Robert, 1905-1985
Robert Sour Collection of Music of the American
Contains hundreds of piano/vocal scores of American stage and film
musicals and also includes foreign operettas and operas.
Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842
Samuel
L. Southard Papers
Consists primarily of correspondence received by Southard (Class of
1804) relating to his political affairs and legal practice, with some drafts
of his replies, covering mainly the years 1820 to 1840. There is also some
personal and family correspondence. The papers are an important source
for general political history, the Whig party, and New Jersey politics
during Southard's career. Among the more prominent correspondents are Henry
Clay, James Monroe, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster,
and Lafayette. Other notables include Mathew Carey, Charles Ewing, Mahlon
Dickerson, Samuel Gouveneur, Theodore Frelinghuysen, William Wirt, and
William Pennington. The documents section contains a large amount and variety
of material reflecting Southard's wide interests in economics, politics,
and religion, and provides a factual account of affairs during his appointments
as trustee of the Princeton Theological Seminary, secretary of the navy,
and governor of New Jersey.
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814
Joanna
Southcott Collection
Consists of a collection of manuscripts of Joanna Southcott, an English
domestic servant who, began hearing voices at the age of 42 and believed
these to be divine communications prophesying the Second Coming of Christ.
By the time of her death in 1814, she had attracted over one hundred thousand
followers. She dictated her prophecies primarily to her secretaries, Ann
Underwood and Jane Townley, and these were often copied by others and then
circulated among the believers. Included are 12 notebooks and 63 pamphlets
or loose writings containing copies (1793-1814) in various hands of Southcott's
divine communications, letters, poems, and prayers.
Spackman, W. M. (William Mode), 1905-
W. M. Spackman Novels
Consists of various typescript drafts, revisions, and galley proofs
for three published novels by Spackman (Class of 1927): Heyday (1953),
An
Armful of Warm Girl (1977), and A Presence with Secrets (1980).
A small amount of correspondence with agents and publishers concerning
these works is also present. Spackman's novel Heyday, as he admits
in the Princeton Alumni Weekly (Nov. 21, 1952), concerns "...what
happened to the Class of 1927, in the persons of half a dozen imaginary
but typical Princetonians."
Spaeth, J. Duncan (John Duncan), 1868-1954
J. Duncan Spaeth Papers
Consists of Spaeth's works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks,
and printed matter. His works--notes, outlines and lectures for English
courses at Princeton, addresses on educational, literary, and scholarly
topics, and poetry--comprise the great bulk of the collection, but it also
includes professional and personal correspondence as well as several diaries
and copybooks (1938-1952) containing notes on summer reading, thoughts
on his trip to Germany (1938), and comments on the international situation
prior to World War II. In addition, there are photographs, including one
of John Ruskin, scrapbooks, offprints of articles written by Spaeth, other
printed material, souvenir programs, and newspaper clippings.
Spahr, Walter Earl, 1891-1970
Walter Earl Spahr Papers
Consists of selected papers of Spahr, a professor of economics (1923-1956)
at New York University and founder (1933) and vice-president of the Economists'
National Committee on Monetary Policy. There is a comprehensive file (1925-1949)
containing speeches, addresses, articles, tearsheets, book reviews, and
correspondence relating to Spahr's advocation of a return to the gold standard,
monetary theories and policies, and banking practices. Also included are
copies of the journal Monetary Notes which Spahr edited (1940-1970),
bibliographies of his works, lecture notes (1950-1956), clippings and drafts
for his newspaper column "You and Your Nation's Affairs," and galleys for
his book Methods and Status of Scientific Research (1930), co-authored
with Rinehart J. Swenson. In addition, there are early versions of manuscripts
for a book, entitled Money and Banking, by William Howard Steiner
and miscellaneous articles and printed matter by persons other than Spahr.
Spicer-Simson, Theodore, 1871-1959
Men of Letters of the British Isles, Portrait
Medallions from the Life by Theodore Spicer-Simson
Contains approximately 50 letters from 36 different authors addressed
to Spicer-Simson mainly during the preparation of his Men of Letters
of the British Isles, Portrait Medallions from the Life (1924). Also
included are his etchings for the medallions. Some of the writers represented
are Robert Bridges, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, A. E.
Housman, W. H. Hudson, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and
W. B. Yeats.
Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997
Lyman
Spitzer Papers
Consists of selected papers of Spitzer, Princeton professor of astronomy
(1947-1982), chairman of the Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, and Director
of Princeton University Observatory. Spitzer was also primarily responsible
for founding the University's Plasma Physics Laboratory. Included are design
studies, technical plans and programs, various reports, correspondence,
notes, and observations relating to Spitzer's involvement in the development
of the study of space astronomy at Princeton. The papers primarily concern
space telescopes and the design of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
(OAO-3), the COPERNICUS satellite, which was launched by NASA in 1972.
Also present are lectures, articles, and studies concerning interstellar
matter, stellar atmospheres, ionized gases (plasma), and underwater sound
research, as well as correspondence with fellow scientists, students, the
American Astronomical Society, and other scientific societies. An addition
consists of Spitzer's office files from the Astrophysics Library.
Sprout, Harold, 1901-1980
Harold Sprout Collection on the London Naval Conference
Consists of Sprout's collection of copies of papers in the Herbert
Hoover Presidential Libary (Iowa) pertaining to the London Naval Conference
of 1930 which resulted in a treaty for the limitation of naval armaments
and the exchange of information concerning naval construction between the
United States, Great Britain, and Japan. Included are notes, correspondence,
and reports of Herbert Hoover, Henry L. Stimson, Edward P. Bell, Charles
F. Adams, and members of the American delegation to the naval conference.
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888
Central and South American Drawings of E. G. Squier
Consists of a group of drawings in watercolor, pencil, and pen-and-ink
intended for illustration in Squier's books about Central America and Peru.
There are drawings of artifacts, plans and sections of buildings, and archaeological
remains, 24 of which were published in Peru: Incidents of Travel and
Exploration in the Land of the Incas (1877), and unpublished drawings
of archaeological sites in Ollantaytambo and Sacsahuaman in Peru, including
some of the "Seat of the Inca," which was created by broad seat-like carvings
in the Rodadero, a rock formation found in Peru. Also included are 14 color
photographs of selected Squier drawings and five albumen photographs (undated)
of Peruvian artifacts by Augustus Le Plongeon.
Stauffer, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1902-1952
Selected
Papers of Donald A. Stauffer
Consists of the typed, unpublished manuscript "Old Lovers' Ghosts,"
an autograph manuscript (4 pp.) entitled "My Anthology," and some personal
papers of Stauffer (Princeton Class of 1923). Old Lovers' Ghosts
is a study of ten English lovers, including Sir Kenelm Digby and Lady Venetia
Stanley, John Evelyn and Margaret Blagge, Henry Cary and Elizabeth Tanfield,
and Richard and Anne Fanshawes, while "My Anthology" contains ink sketches
and amusing comments on Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Robert Browning, Alfred
Tennyson, and Matthew Arnold. The collection includes photographs of Stauffer,
copies of his birth certificate, letters of recommendation written on his
behalf to the United States Marine Corps, and a transcript of his academic
record at Princeton.
Steese, Edward, 1902-1981
Edward Steese Papers
Consists of works, correspondence and related papers, architectural
assignments, diaries (1915-1975), photographs, scrapbooks, miscellaneous
papers, and newspaper clippings by Steese (Class of 1924). The works contain
two autobiographical manuscripts, Reconstruction (1902-1920) and
All
in One Decade (1920-1930), a fictional work, The Two Anthonies,
short stories, articles, essays, and two volumes of poetry, These Busy
Years and Locked Doors (1984), compiled posthumously, as well
as miscellaneous poems, including some written during his freshman year
at Princeton (1920-1921). The collection includes drawings and photographs
of his architectural projects, architectural notebooks, pencil sketches,
blueprints, and the drawings for Steese's MFA degree (1927) from Princeton.
Stein, Aaron Marc, 1906-1985
Aaron Marc Stein Mystery Novels
Contains typescripts and galley proofs of 47 of Stein's mystery novels
written under his own name and pseudonyms "George Bagby" and "Hampton Stone,"
one typescript and published edition of the short story "Stamped and Self-Addressed,"
and typescripts/offprints of five articles and one foreword. Also included
is the original design for the jacket of the novel Her Body Speaks.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
See the Preston Beyer Collection of John Steinbeck.
Steltzer, Ulli, 1923-
Ulli Steltzer Photographs of Southwestern Indians
Consists of a journal (July 16 - Aug. 17, 1969) and black-and-white
photographs from a trip to Arizona and New Mexico taken for the purpose
of photographing the Indians of the Southwestern United States. Included
are photographs of ceremonial dances in the Rio Grande Pueblos and many
scenes of everyday life in the Hopi villages, the Rio Grande Pueblos, and
among the Navajo.
Ulli Steltzer Photographs of Eskimos
Consists of 20 black-and-white photographs of the Inuit (Eskimos) of
Northern Canada and the Arctic by Steltzer which were among photographs
used in her book Inuit, The North in Transition (1982). Included
are photographs of men, women, and children, ice fishing, igloo building,
and other village scenes in Labrador, Quebec, and the Northwest Territory.
Steuben Society of America
Steuben Society of America Files
Consists of a small group of papers from various local chapters of
the Steuben Society of America. Included are circulars, form letters, and
correspondence--with Senator Hiram Johnson, secretary of the society Hermann
Koch, and other officials--encouraging German-Americans in political and
civic patriotism and referring to their efforts both to repudiate the "war
guilt clause" of the Versailles Treaty and to provide relief for post-World
War I Germany.
Stevens, Alden, 1907-1968
AAIA
Papers of Alden Stevens
Consists of papers produced by Stevens as president (1964-1968) of
the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), including correspondence,
minutes of meetings, budget and financial data, publicity statements, programs
of activities, and printed matter about Indians.
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Adlai
E. Stevenson Papers
Contains correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, United
Nations materials, subject files, personal files, scrapbooks, travel materials,
photographs, and audiovisual materials related to Stevenson. Governor of
Illinois (1949-1953), Democratic candidate for president in 1952 and 1956,
and United United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1961-1965),
Stevenson grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. A 1922 graduate of Princeton
University, he practiced law before beginning his career of public service,
which included stints with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration,
United States Navy, Foreign Economic Administration, and as organizer of
the United Nations. Stevenson was also active in political and benevolent
organizations in Chicago, where he lived most of his adult life. The correspondence
is a particularly rich resource for documenting all aspects of his life
and career. Stevenson's two presidential campaigns and service in the United
Nations in both the 1940s and 1960s are also well documented in the appropriate
series. The subject files illuminate Stevenson's career and civic activities
prior to his election as governor of Illinois and also his commitment to
Chicago's benevolent institutions.
Carol Evans Files Relating to Adlai E. Stevenson
Consists of papers retained by Carol Evans while she was secretary
(1948-1961) of Stevenson and, later, assistant editor of The Papers
of Adlai E. Stevenson (1972-1979), which were edited by Walter Johnson.
Included are copies of general correspondence (1954, 1957-1961) of Stevenson
(Class of 1922), some of his notes, correspondence with Evans, and photographs,
as well as tape recordings of tributes after his death, interviews with
Evans about him, and Evans' personal (1953-1965) and editorial (1972-1978)
correspondence.
Walter Johnson Papers
Consists of papers of Johnson, including letters, speeches, press clippings,
and campaign memorabilia, relating to his activities as co-chairman (1952)
of the National Committee for Stevenson for President, and manuscripts,
notes, and correspondence for his book How We Drafted Adlai Stevenson
(1955).
John
Bartlow Martin Files on Adlai E. Stevenson
Consists of notes, drafts, and transcripts of interviews with various
statesmen, such as George Ball, Arthur Krock, Dean Rusk, and U Thant, used
in the preparation of Martin's biography of Adlai Stevenson, published
in two separate volumes as Adlai Stevenson in Illinois (1976) and
Adlai
Stevenson in the World (1977).
John J. B. Shea Files Relating to Adlai E. Stevenson
Consists of papers of Shea accumulated while he served as executive
chairman of the New York Committee for (Adlai E.) Stevenson during the
1956 presidential election campaign and, later, as a founder of the National
Committee to Draft Stevenson in 1960. Included are correspondence, speeches,
memoranda, legal files, committee and organizational data, reports, polls,
and other campaign materials.
Stevenson, Allan H. (Allan Henry), 1903-1970
Allan H. Stevenson Papers
Consists of papers of Stevenson relating to watermarks, papermaking,
and block-books of the 15th and 16th centuries. Included are research notes,
articles, illustrations and slides of watermarks, a microfilm of the Zurich
copy of the Missale speciale, material on watermarks in Netherlandish
block-books and on watermarks in Norman paper used in English books, and
his lectures on "The Unicorns watermarks¿ of Normandy." Also present
are grant proposals, a small amount of correspondence and Rachel Hunt,
Thomas Pears, and others, and printed matter.
Stewart, George Black, 1884-1964
George Black Stewart Papers
Consists of photograph albums, diaries, engagement calendars, and documents
of Stewart (Class of 1906) who was treasurer (1906-1950) of the American
University of Beirut, formerly known as the Syrian Protestant College.
Included are photographs of his father, George Black Stewart (1854-1932),
Woodrow Wilson and his daughters, Princeton University (1906) and the 5-year
reunion (1911) of the Class of 1906, his travels in Europe, the faculty
of the American University of Beirut, and various sites in Palestine, Syria,
and Turkey. There are diaries from 1906 to 1917, engagement calendars with
brief entries (1920-1945), speeches on his retirement in 1950, his certificate,
the "Merit Medallion of Honor" from the Republic of Lebanon (1939), and
clippings.
Stewart, George R. (George Rippey), 1895-1980
Storm, Novel by George R. Stewart
Consists entirely of material relating to Storm, a novel by
Stewart (Class of 1917) published in 1941. The collection contains one
complete early draft of the book, draft fragments, and the final manuscript,
marked for typesetting. In addition, Stewart's research notes, news clippings,
and a small folder of correspondence documenting the depth of his research
are included.
Stewart, James, 1908-
James Stewart Collection
Contains seventeen screenplays of films in which Stewart (Class of
1932) starred.
Stewart, John Q. (John Quincy), 1894-1972
John Q. Stewart Papers
Consists of articles, correspondence, financial matters, photoprints
and woodcuts, and printed material of Stewart (Class of 1915), a member
of Princeton's Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences (1921-1963), as well as
some papers of others. The collection reflects Stewart's interest in the
development of social physics dating from 1946. Included are articles by
him; correspondence with professional colleagues and learned societies,
such as Stuart C. Dodd, Ralph E. Himstead, George Webber Mixter, G. Edward
Pendray, the American Association of University Professors, the Social
Research Council, and the Institute of Navigation; correspondence and reports
of conferences held in Randolph, N.H. (1950-1953), and Princeton (1949,
1951) on the natural sciences applied to social theory, and in Boston (1953)
on the current state of social physics; and woodcut-fashioned area and
population maps of various countries.
Stillwell, Lewis Buckley, 1863-1941
Lewis Buckley Stillwell Papers
Consists of Stillwell's engineering reports, correspondence, photographs,
blueprints, maps, and printed matter. The engineering reports include as
subjects the design and building of power plants and the electrification
of railroads, some with accompanying photographs and blueprints. Stillwell's
professional correspondence relates to his work as an electrical engineer
with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Corporation (1886-1897),
the Niagara Falls Power Company (1897-1900), and the Rapid Transit Subway
Construction Company of New York (1900-1905), and, later, as consulting
engineer with the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the Paupack Water Power Project,
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh Navigation Electric
Company, the United Railroads and Electric Company of Baltimore, and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Also included are personal papers, such as
correspondence, account books, estate matters, and material on Princeton
where Stillwell served as trustee (1920-1941).
Stillwell, Symmes H.
Civil War Papers of Symmes Stillwell
Consists of letters, diaries (1862, 1863), photographs, ledgers, and
documents of Stillwell, a sergeant in a company of New Jersey volunteers
in the Union Army. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters by
Stillwell to his mother, Hannah Stillwell, in Cranbury, New Jersey, during
his Civil War service in Virginia and North Carolina, as well as letters
and documents by his brothers, Daniel P. Stillwell and Dey Conover Stillwell,
and other relatives. In addition, there is miscellaneous material of the
Roanoke Associates, whose members participated in the Battle of Roanoke
Island in 1862, and a New Testament with Stillwell's manuscript
notes for February 7, and April 26th, 1862.
Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828
Stockton
Family Papers
Consists of various personal and business papers of the Stockton family
of Princeton, New Jersey, particularly those of Richard Stockton (Class
of 1779), which were formerly preserved at Morven, the family's ancestral
home. Included are many deeds, leases, and other land transactions, mostly
for Princeton and counties in the central New Jersey area; wills; land
and financial papers of Robert F. and Lucius Stockton; legal documents
relating to the John B. Livingston vs. Thomas Gibbons case (1821); and
miscellaneous correspondence.
Stockton Family Additional Papers
Consists of an open file of manuscripts of various members of the Stockton
family of Princeton, New Jersey, from a 1701 deed to notes on Nassau Inn
written in 1942. Most prominently represented are Richard Stockton
(Class of 1748, 1730-1781), Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736-1801), Richard
Stockton (Class of 1779, 1764-1828), and Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866).
Included are wills, deeds, correspondence between Stockton family members,
letters to such persons as Benjamin Rush, Aaron Ogden, Phineas Bond, and
Garret D. Wall, poems of Annis Boudinot Stockton, a deed of manumission
(1829) for a slave belonging to R. F. Stockton, a letter (1917) by Theodore
Roosevelt to J. Sterling Stockton, and miscellaneous legal papers.
Story Press
Archives
of Story Magazine and Story Press
Consists of the fairly complete working business files of the original
Story
(1931-1967) and other related publishing ventures of owner-editors Martha
Foley, Whit and Hallie Burnett, and the new Story (1989-1999) author
files of Richard and Lois Rosenthal. The collection includes editorial
and personal correspondence, business and financial records, and artwork.
Among the numerous writers represented in the files are Ludwig Bemelmans,
Erskine Caldwell, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, Carson McCullers,
William Peden, J. D. Salinger, William Saroyan, Jesse Stuart, and Tennessee
Williams, plus new writers who have gone on to garner literary acclaim
since 1989. Special format materials consist of photographs, scrapbooks,
phonograph records and tape recordings, and printed materials.
Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1891-1957
Straus Autograph Collection
Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American
Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.
Included are autograph letters from, and documents signed by, some of the
leading figures of the period, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Jay
(1745-1829), James Madison, James Monroe, Robert Morris, and various signers
of the Declaration of Independence. In addition, there are autograph letters
from later presidents--Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry
Harrison, James Buchanan; a folder of letters from various other 19th-century
statesmen, English and American; and a folder of colonial bills of lading,
dating back to 1698. Specific items include John Adams' letter to Richard
Rush (1813) in support of the War of 1812; letters patent (1835) for a
new kind of brick, with accompanying diagrams and description by the inventor;
an autograph memorandum (1637) of Roger Williams; George Washington's letter
to James Madison (1788) in which he rejoices at all the states having,
so far, adopted the Constitution; John Hancock's letter to the Assembly
of the State of Delaware (1777), enclosing a copy of the Declaration of
Independence for the state's archives; the petition (1676) of Peter Freeman,
Indian, to the Court of Mass. for the freedom of his wife; and a document
circulated by the Massachusetts' Committee of Correspondence (1773), discussing
the colonies' common grievances against Great Britain and anticipating
war.
Street, Julian, 1879-1947
Julian
Street Papers
Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and notes, both published
and unpublished, of Street, ranging from his early reporter and drama critic
days (1900-1910) up to the page of Table Topics he was working on
just before his death (1947). Included are typescripts, manuscript notes,
and proofs for 6 nonfiction works, 4 novels, 21 scripts, approx. 88 articles,
plus the series of articles for Table Topics (which was a publication
of Bellows & Co.), approx. 58 short stories, speeches, poems, and anecdotes
and memoirs saved for a biography which was never written. Most notable
are American Adventures, Table Topics, When We Were Rather
Young, The Country Cousin, Rita Coventry, and "Mr. Bisbee's
Princess." The large body of correspondence includes many authors and prominent
people of the period, such as Willa Cather, Clarence Darrow, Maude Howe
Elliot, Edna Ferber, W. C. Fields, several Roosevelts, and Booth Tarkington.
Letters of family and friends include Margaret Kennedy Davies, Robert Sawyer,
Francis Marshall, and Kenneth Whistler Street. In addition, there is an
extensive subject file of material in the form of notes, clippings, pamphlets,
etc., relating to Street's writings, as well as journals, wine-tasting
scrapbooks, photographs, documents, tearsheets of his works, and printed
matter about food and wine with menus and wine lists.
Julian Street Collection of Theodore Roosevelt
Consists of material collected by Street concerning his association
with, and admiration for, Theodore Roosevelt during the years 1915-1919.
Included are letters, cards, and notes from Roosevelt and his wife;
recollections, articles, and manuscripts for Street's short book The
Most Interesting American (1915); condolences and memorial letters
on Roosevelt's death; and photographs of Roosevelt and his family. In addition,
there is correspondence of Street with Francis C. Marshall, Jules Jusserand,
Brander Matthews, Rudyard Kipling, Elihu Root, and Charles Hanson Towne
about Roosevelt.
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
Benjamin
Strong Collection
Contains records pertaining to the former Benjamin Strong Collection
of Foreign Public Finance in Princeton University Library, which was funded
by Strong with the objective of acquiring books and original source material
chronicling the development of foreign public finance, central banking,
and international trade. Included are correspondence (1925-1950) of librarians
Laura S. Turnbull and James Thayer Gerould, bulletins, reports, committee
files, and requests to foreign countries for related publications. Also
present are selected personal files of Strong, containing correspondence
and lists (1917-1919) concerning his collection of war currency and posters,
and notes and reports regarding foreign debts and reparations in the post-World
War I period.
Strong, Philip G. (Philip Grandin), 1901-1971
Philip G. Strong Collection on Espionage
Consists mainly of printed matter collected by Strong (Class of 1922)
relating to the field of strategic and scientific intelligence and espionage.
Included are copies of partial bibliographies of Allen W. Dulles' works
and his reports, speeches, and articles; many government publications,
court cases, Senate bills, speeches, and articles by persons other than
Strong; military intelligence reports; reports of the Royal Commission
on Espionage (1953-1955) concerning Soviet espionage in Australia; and
a large file of newspaper and magazine clippings (1933-1970) concerning
spies and espionage. Also present are a small amount of personal correspondence,
a diary, genealogical material, and photographs, including one of Mata
Hari.
Switten, Henri N.
Henri N. Switten Musical Scores Collection
Contains French musical scores of orchestral parts for operas and ballets
written by Wagner, Delibes, Saint-Saens, Berlioz, Debussy, Offenbach, Puccini,
Massenet, and others, collected by Switten. There are also transcriptions,
many of them by H. Mouton, for small orchestras, ballet suites, orchestral
suites, trios, quartets, and fantasies.
Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945
Arthur
Symons Papers
Consists of manuscripts and typescripts of various types of works by
Symons, including Amoris Victima, Cesare Borgia, Confessions,
Figures
of Several Centuries, Jezebel Mort and Other Poems,
Lorenzaccio,
Nero,
Parisian
Nights, Toy Cart, and Tristan and Iseult; over 30 notebooks;
watercolors and paintings; correspondence; tear sheets of contributions
by Symons to periodicals (many corrected in manuscript by Symons or prepared
as actual copy for book publication); photographs of Symons, members of
his family, and friends; clippings of reviews of Symons' books; and articles
and clippings concerning art, literature, and people of interest to him,
such as Cagliostro, Casanova, Giorgone, Thomas Hardy, Frank Harris, John
Addington Symonds, Paul Verlaine, Francois Vidocq, and Villiers de l'Isle
Adam. Also included are unpublished plays and poems, ballet programs, and
miscellaneous correspondence, including three letters from Stephane Mallarme
and eleven letters from John Sampson, the English student of gypsies.
T
Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835
Benjamin Tallmadge Collection
Consists mostly of Tallmadge's papers relating to the Revolutionary
War, including correspondence with George Washington during his involvement
in the secret service, a photostat of his code used then, letters to David
Humphreys, Timothy Pickering, and William B. Sprague, and letters and newspaper
extracts dealing with the Major Andre affair. Also present are family letters,
a deed signed by William Floyd (a signer of the Declaration of Independence),
documents signed by Alexander Hamilton, Tallmadge's will, a diary of his
journey to Marietta in 1795, photographs of family portraits, and miscellaneous
material.
Tallmadge, Theodore W. (Theodore Wood), 1827-1904
Theodore W. Tallmadge Papers
Consists primarily of letters by Tallmadge (Class of 1846), the bulk
of which were sent to members of his family, especially to his parents,
Darius and Sara Ann Tallmadge, from the College of Augusta in Kentucky
(1841-1842), Ohio University (1842-1843), and Princeton (1844-1846). Tallmadge's
letters to his sons (1847-1903) reflect his success as a pension lawyer
in Washington, D.C., and his interest in the Grand Army of the Republic.
In addition, there are a transcript of his grades from Princeton (1844-1845),
an oration by him on college life (1844), and a commencement circular (1846).
Also present is a bound volume entitled "Reminiscences of Theodore W. Tallmadge,
Class of 1846," containing two photographs of Tallmadge, extracts from
"Sanctum Sanctorum," his journal of student life kept while at Princeton,
and a long letter to Varnum Lansing Collins (1902) giving reminiscences
of Princeton, particularly about the sophomore commencement, and including
his sophomore oration of June 1844.
Contains correspondence, memoranda, news releases, ledgers, and copies
of bills and hearings documenting part of a land title dispute between
the Taos Indians of New Mexico and the federal government. aos Pueblo lost
thousands of acres of land as well as Taos Lake, a sacred Pueblo shrine,
when Carson National Forest was created in 1906. After a sixty-four year
fight, the government returned the land to the Pueblo. This collection
brings together four discrete collections: the papers of Barbara
Greene Kilberg, a White House Presidential Fellow at the time of the
dispute; the papers of Corinne
Locker, secretary to Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA)
president Oliver LaFarge (1901-1963) and later AAIA Southwest Field Secretary;
the papers of Rufus
G. Poole, regional attorney for the AAIA in New Mexico, and the papers
of William
G. Schaab, an Albuquerque attorney who became involved in the fight
in 1967. (Oliver LaFarge's AAIA-related papers, including some related
to Taos Blue Lake, can be found in the AAIA Archives.)
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
Booth
Tarkington Papers
Consists of the work and correspondence of Tarkington (Class of 1893),
one of the most prolific authors of his time. Nearly all of his manuscripts,
many in autograph form--from his childhood diaries, through the illustrated
stories of his college years, to his posthumously published novel--are
preserved in the collection, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice
Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, his best known work Penrod,
and numerous magazine serials, short stories, plays, film scenarios, radio
scripts, poems, and articles. Non-literary activities represented include
Tarkington's work for the Seeing Eye, Inc., a foundation for the blind,
and his war work in World War II. Illustrations, photographs, memoribilia,
documents, and printed material round out the extensive collection. Tarkington's
correspondence, a large section of the papers, represents over fifty years
of his life and career as well as the political, social, and literary climate
in the United States and abroad. Major correspondents include Carl Brandt,
Barton Currie, F. N. Doubleday, Fred C. Kelly, Kenneth Roberts, Julian
Street, and George C. Tyler. In addition, Tarkington received letters from
Winston Churchill, Hamlin Garland, Helen Hayes, Alfred Lunt, Theodore Roosevelt,
and Thornton Wilder. Papers of other persons contained in the collection
consist of correspondence of such people as Henry Steele Commager and Otis
Skinner; manuscripts, including Frederick Lonsdale's opera BEAUCAIRE and
Agnes Christine Johnson and Stuart Palmer's screenplay Seventeen,
which is signed by all members of the cast including Jackie Cooper; much
of the correspondence and writings of Elizabeth Trotter, Tarkington's secretary
for 25 years; and Booth and Tarkington family correspondence, writings,
and documents dating from the mid-nineteenth century.
Booth Tarkington Collection
Contains various letters and memorabilia of Tarkington. Included are
letters to Grace Elliston, a "Mr. Johnson", a "Mr. Gibson", a "Mr. Phillips",
and a "Mrs. Dwight"; a drawing of a boy and a dog; a printed announcement
for the production of The Country Cousin by Tarkington and Julian
Street; and three photographs. Also present is a file of letters, 1938-1947,
to Earle J. Bernheimer by Tarkington, Susanah Tarkington, Elizabeth Trotter,
Julian P. Boyd, and Julie Hudson related to "An Exhibition of Booth Tarkington's
Works in the Treasure Room of the Princeton University Library" in March
of 1946.
Booth Tarkington Letters to the Burrages
Consists of 42 letters by Tarkington to Mildred and Madeleine Burrage,
friends that he and his wife made in Kennebunkport, Maine. Included are
typed transcripts (Xeroxes) of the letters, with footnotes.
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
Allen
Tate Papers
Consists of manuscripts, documents, and letters to and from Tate, a
member of the Fugitive and Southern Agrarian movements. Among the manuscripts
are typed drafts of TheFathers, galleys and page proofs for On
theLimits of Poetry, a draft of an unfinished biography of Robert E.
Lee, and drafts and printer's copies of Poems 1920-1945: A Selection,
as well as addresses, essays, and poems. Tate corresponded with many well-known
poets and authors, including John Berryman, Hart Crane, e. e. cummings,
T. S. Eliot, John Gould Fletcher, F. O. Matthiessen, Ezra Pound, John Crowe
Ransom, Theodore Roethke, Delmore Schwartz, Karl Shapiro, Louis Untermeyer,
Mark Van Doren, Robert Penn Warren, John Hall Wheelock, Oscar Williams,
William Carlos Williams, Edmund Wilson, Yvor Winters, and Stark Young.
In addition to Tate's own works, the collection contains poetry manuscripts
by Princeton students and graduates, which Tate selected for his anthology
Princeton
Verse Between Two Wars, and an early draft, entitled "Proud Flesh,"
of All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren.
Allen Tate Correspondence with Charles Foster
Consists primarily of correspondence (1959-1974) between Allen Tate
and Charles H. Foster, but also includes one folder of correspondence (1966-1978)
between Helen Heinz Tate and Foster, and one folder of correspondence (1962?-1966)
between Isabella Gardner Tate and Foster, as well as clippings and related
material.
Allen
Tate Collection
Consists primarily of letters and postcards by Tate to various friends,
fellow poets, relatives, and associates, such as Gertrude Hooker, Leonard
Unger, Barbara Howes Smith, Desmond Hawkins, Carlos Baker, Louis O. Coxe,
Joseph Horell, Jacques and Raissa Maritain, Amelia Wood, and Sally Wood
Kohn. Also present are some letters received by Tate, a few of his poems,
including two versions of "The Buried Lake," and three photographs. In
addition, there are copies of Caroline Gordon letters to Raissa Maritain.
Taylor, Hugh S. (Hugh Stott), 1890-1974
Hugh
S. Taylor Papers
Consists of articles, correspondence, and printed matter of Taylor,
chairman of the Princeton chemistry department (1926-1951) and dean of
the graduate school (1945-1958). Much of the collection is unprocessed.
A small organized portion is comprised of offprints of articles by Taylor
and others, but there are also chemistry notes, articles, and accompanying
correspondence on catalysis for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Collier's
Encyclopedia, and Annual Review of Physical Chemistry as well
as a bibliography of Taylor's articles.
Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899
Taylor Family Papers
Contains correspondence of Joseph D. Taylor (grandfather of Robert
Hill Taylor, Class of 1930) of Cambridge, Ohio, and his wife, Elizabeth
Ann (Hill) Taylor, from their marriage in 1866 to her death in 1887; correspondence
with their children William and Gertrude; letters by Elizabeth Ann to her
father, William Hill of Maine, and two of her commonplace books; an autograph
album presented to Elizabeth Ann in 1850; a journal of a train trip from
Trenton, N.J., to Washington, D.C., in 1865; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings
(1859-1860); two letters (1868, 1889) by Rutherford B. Hayes to Joseph
D. Taylor; and miscellaneous correspondence and documents of other members
of the Taylor and Hill families.
Taylor, Robert H. (Robert Hill), 1908-1985
Manuscripts
in the Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature
The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists
of over 4,000 rare books and 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide
range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the
1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both
bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within
the Manuscripts Division of the Rare Books and Special Collections Department
of the Princeton University Library. However, a brief listing of the collection's
Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts is included. There is a variety
of related material, such as artwork, illustrated albums, letterbooks,
and photographs. Authors most extensively represented include the so-called
"Taylor authors"--Max Beerbohm (with numerous caricatures and drawings,
correspondence and manuscripts), Alexander Pope, Richard Brinsley Sheridan;
George Gordon Byron, and Anthony Trollope. Other writers significantly
represented in the collection, with regard to manuscripts and/or letters,
are: the Brontë family (Anne, Charlotte, and Patrick), Charles Dickens,
Thomas Hardy, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Henry James, George Bernard Shaw,
Lytton Strachey, Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, the Trollope
family (Frances Milton, Henry Merivale, T. Adolphus, and Frances Eleanor),
Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf. The major artists include William Blake,
Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), George Cruikshank, Edward Lear, John Everett
Millais, William Makepeace Thackeray, and J. M. W. Turner.
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933
Sara Teasdale Correspondence
Consists primarily of letters received by Teasdale (Mrs. Ernest Filsinger,
19l4-1929) from over 100 poets, authors, editors, and friends, many of
whom enclose examples of their work and discuss their own and Teasdale's
poetry. There is a large group of letters from Harriet Monroe, founder
and editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Other correspondents
include Sarah N. Cleghorn, Hugh M. Ferris, Hamlin Garland, Robinson Jeffers,
Orrick Johns, Muna Lee, John Myers O'Hara, William Marion Reedy, Jessie
B. Rittenhouse, Edwin A. Robinson, and Eunice Tietjens. Also present are
22 letters (1924-1932) by Teasdale to Vachel and Elizabeth Lindsay, two
original poems, genealogy notes, a royalty statement from Macmillan Company
for the years 1916-1932, letters by Margaret Conklin and Eric Fenby to
Teasdale biographer Margaret Carpenter, and printed musical scores of poems
by Teasdale set to music by George R. Dyer, Wintter Watts, and others.
Teller, Walter Magnes, 1910-
Walter Magnes Teller Collection on Thomas Hood
Consists of seven letters (1936-1940) by various people to Teller concerning
the location of Hood letters and other background information for his proposed
biography of Thomas Hood (1799-1845), two photographs, clippings, and tearsheets
about Hood, as well as eight letters (1861) by Hood's son, Tom Hood (1835-1874),
one letter by his daughter, Frances Broderip, and one unidentified note
(1845) about Hood's death.
Tennent, William, 1740-1777
Tennent Family Papers
Consists of manuscripts of various members of the Tennent family of
New Jersey and South Carolina. Included are sermons of William Tennent,
III (Class of 1758), two letters (1793) by his wife, Susanne, to their
son, William Peter Tennent (1770-1816), a document (1795) concerning the
sale of a slave, and clippings concerning William Tennent, Jr.(1705-1777),
father of William Tennent, III, and pastor of the Old Scots Church (now
known as the Old Tennent Church) in Freehold, N.J. Also included are four
daguerreotype portraits of members of the Tennent family.
Consists of files (clippings, programs, books, etc.) on people
involved in theater, from the mid-19th century through (1988/The late '80s).
Includes actors (Charlotte Cushman, Maude Adams, the Booth Family, the
Barrymores, Katharine Hepburn), dramatists, directors, and scholars (Jose
Ferrer, Alan S. Downer, Anton and Michael Chekhov), as well as designers.
Also contains related material such as clippings on the 1919 Actors' Strike,
and several files on Shakespeare, including programs, articles, photos,
and engravings.
Contains still photographs of American actors and actresses as well as
scenes from plays and includes clippings and printed matter.
Thielen, Benedict, 1902-1965
Benedict Thielen Papers
Consists of various drafts and/or corrected typescripts of short stories,
articles, and five novels of Thielen (Class of 1923): Women in the Sun,
Deep
Streets, Stevie, The Lost Men, and Friday at Noon.
Included also is correspondence of Gregory Mason, Ruth Fitch Mason, and
Eliot Fitch Bartlett.
Benedict Thielen Letters to Frederic Roderigo
Gruger, Jr.
Consists of letters by Thielen (Class of 1923) to Frederic Roderigo
Gruger, Jr., dating from their college years at Princeton and Yale, respectively,
until a few years before Thielen's death, as well as some photographs and
printed matter. Many of the letters are in French.
Thomas, George F. (George Finger), 1899-1977
George F. Thomas Papers
Consists of selected papers of Thomas, professor of religious thought
(1940-1968) at Princeton. Included are many lectures and addresses, most
of which were used for his classes, dealing with such subjects as religion
and education, philosophical ideas in religion and literature, the history
of Christian thought, Christian ethics, and Christian ideas in poetry and
literature. Also present are book reviews (1942-1969) by Thomas, lectures
given on a trip to India (1969-1970), a bound typescript of Thomas's autobiography
entitled My Story (1977), a small amount of correspondence, and
clippings of reviews of his books.
Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993
Lewis
Thomas Papers
Consists of the papers of Thomas (Class of 1933), reflecting his multi-level
career--as medical practitioner, research center director, and best-selling
writer on scientific and medical topics. The bulk of the collection dates
from the years (1973-1983) Dr. Thomas served as president and, later, chancellor,
of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City. Included
are extensive correspondence with an international group of colleagues,
such as Fred Plum, Robert A. Good, Baruj Benacerraf, Edward Boyse, Bernard
Amos, Edward Beattie, Attallah Kappas, Benno Schmidt, George Cotzias, Otto
Westphal, Ion Gresser, and Rene Dubos (all well-known research scientists);
administrative files dealing with policies, issues, and activities of MSKCC,
such as the Committee on Scientific Policy, the Managers and Overseers
Committee, By-laws of the Center, the Commission on the Humanities, conflicts
of interest and ethics, patents, patient complaints, and Blue Cross and
Medicaid-Medicare; correspondence with boards of trustees; files related
to his publications--editorial correspondence, fan mail, permissions, etc.--as
well as reprints of his column "Notes of a Biology Watcher" and of his
scientific papers; and a chronological series containing all of his presentations,
lectures, and awards from 1966 to 1990, including commencement addresses,
statements before congressional committees, conference speeches, seminars,
and talks at awards dinners.
Thomas, Milton Halsey, 1903-1977
Milton Halsey Thomas Papers
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks,
and miscellaneous research material of Thomas, university archivist at
Columbia University (1928-1959) and Princeton University (1959-1969). Included
are manuscripts, research material, and related correspondence for several
of his publications: Bibliography of John Dewey (1929, 1939); John
Dewey: A Centennial Bibliography (1962); Elias Boudinot's Journey
to Boston in 1809 (1955); The Diary of George Templeton Strong,
1835-1875 (1952); and The Diary of Samuel Sewell, 1674-1729
(1973). There are manuscripts of articles about various aspects of Columbia
University history, genealogical material about John Jay, and research
and original material collected regarding 19th-century American students
in Gottingen, Germany, and towards a bibliography of the American scientist
Amos Eaton. Thomas's correspondence reflects the myriad interests of scholars
and researchers he aided in his role as archivist as well as his own bibliographical
interests. In addition, the collection contains personal and family photographs
and documents, early scrapbooks, and a small collection of 18th-century
autograph material collected by Thomas.
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
A Socialist's Faith by Norman Thomas
Consists of a semi-autobiographical work, A Socialist's Faith
(1951), by Thomas (Class of 1905): the original typescript with holograph
corrections and three sets of galleys.
Thompson, Charles Willis, 1871-1946
Charles Willis Thompson Papers
Consists of selected papers of Thompson, including 27 scrapbooks of
clippings (1884-1941) of his columns and articles written while he was
a Washington correspondent, book reviewer, and editor of the New York
Times (1899-1921) and, later, a writer in Philadelphia for the Public
Ledger (1921-1922) and Commonweal (1930-1931). Also included
are 11 volumes called "The Archives" containing papers read before the
Beecher Literary and Debating Society (1887-1910) in Brooklyn and a history
of the club (1887-1907) compiled and edited by Thompson with the assistance
of Reuben A. Bull. There is some personal correspondence (1881-1946) as
well as a small section of articles, book reviews, poems, and loose clippings.
Miscellaneous items include printed matter, notes, galleys for The Godlike
Daniel (1930) by Samuel Hopkins Adams, and poems by Francis Mathilda
Ford.
Thompson, Frank, 1918-1989
Frank
Thompson Papers
Consists of the files maintained by Thompson throughout his political
career, beginning with his election in 1955 as congressman from the Fourth
New Jersey District, which encompasses Mercer and Burlington Counties.
Thompson was assigned to the Education, Labor, and Administration (chairman)
committees, and the papers reflect his special interests in federal aid
to education and the arts, the creation of cultural centers, such as the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the protection of historic
buildings. There are also materials on international relations, civil rights,
social security and medicare, public utilities, and other New Jersey state
matters. Included are speeches, statements, correspondence, copies of replies
to constituents, records relating to congressional committees, agencies,
and cases, government publications, photographs, and other printed materials.
Thompson, Henry Burling, 1857-1935
Henry Burling Thompson Papers
Consists of papers of Thompson (Class of 1877), including 500 pieces
of correspondence, much of it incoming (1906-1913), eight letterpress copybooks
(1889-1911), and one scrapbook of printed matter relating to the Princeton
Endowment Fund campaign of 1919-1920. Because Thompson chaired Princeton's
Board of Trustees for a period and was chairman of the Grounds and Buildings
Committee for 20 years, much of the correspondence refers to issues related
to these offices, though Delaware politics, Wilmington local history, and
the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., for which Thompson was treasurer, also
figure in the letters. There is also correspondence with Woodrow Wilson
on committee matters during Wilson's presidency at Princeton. Thompson,
Henry Dallas, 1864-1927 Henry Dallas Thompson Papers Consists primarily
of correspondence of Thompson (Class of 1885) relating to the planning
of reunions for the Class of 1885, of which he was secretary. In addition,
there are a few papers relating to mathematics courses he taught at Princeton,
some correspondence concerning the New Jersey Summer Military Camp (Thompson
was secretary in 1917), and personal correspondence.
Thompson, Lawrance, 1906-1973
Lawrance Thompson Papers
Consists of selected papers of Thompson, including manuscripts for
his books Young Longfellow, 1807-1843 (1938), Selected Letters
of Robert Frost (1964), which he edited, and Robert Frost, The Early
Years (1966); a small amount of correspondence (1936-1942) from the
time he was Princeton University Library's curator of rare books and manuscripts,
as well as editor of its Chronicle; and miscellaneous articles,
printed matter, and memorabilia.
Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843
Selected Papers of Smith Thompson
Consists of documents and correspondence of Thompson (Class of 1788)
covering, for the most part, the years when he served as an associate justice
of the Supreme Court (1823-1843). Included in the collection are letters
involving legal questions, business dealings, and political matters as
well as correspondence between Thompson and his second wife, the former
Eliza Livingston, his daughter, Mary Louis Clark, and other family members.
Among the documents are Thompson's will (Duchess County, New York, 1843)
and papers dealing with financial matters, such as checks, promissory notes,
receipts, and orders of payment. Also included is a photostat of a letter
by George Washington to DeWitt Clinton.
Thompson, Vance, 1863-1925
Vance
Thompson Papers
Consists of selected papers of Thompson (Class of 1883). Included are
diaries (1913, 1918); musical scores; two plays, The Peace Girl
and Jane Shore; various short stories and scenarios, such as "The
Blue Lotus," "In Old Japan," and "Killing the Mandarin"; a group of carbons,
typescripts, and tearsheets of The Poetical Works of Vance Thompson,
compiled posthumously by his wife, Lilian Spencer Thompson, an actress
who used the stage name of Mlle. Severin; and a section of writings for
the press containing articles, book and theater reviews, publication contracts,
and clippings. Correspondence includes letters (1897-1906) to Dr. William
J. O'Sullivan, a friend and lawyer, letters (1918-1925) to his wife, letters
from his father, Rev. Charles L. Thompson, and diplomatic correspondence
(1918-1919) while he was political adviser to the U.S. embassy at Rome.
Also present are diplomatic documents, a scrapbook of clippings concerning
his wife's acting career and dramatic productions of his works, bookplates,
clippings, tearsheets, and photographs of Thompson, his family, and Belgium
in 1918.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Charles Thomson Collection
Contains 33 original letters by Thomson to his wife, Hannah, in Philadelphia,
written from Princeton, New Jersey, while he was attending the Continental
Congress that was meeting there from June to October, 1783. (There are
typed transcriptions of most of the letters.) Also included are copies
of five additional Thomson letters to his wife during the same period;
printed material about Thomson and Harriton House, his estate in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, where he resided from 1789 to 1824; and photographs of the
interior and exterior of Harriton House and of Thomson's grave in Philadelphia's
Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Thorington, J. Monroe (James Monroe), 1894-1989
J. Monroe Thorington Collection
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs,
maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about
Thorington (Class of 1915), and papers of other people. The works include
manuscripts for three books, A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains
of Canada (1921), written in collaboration with Howard Palmer, The
Glittering Mountains of Canada (1925), and Mont Blanc Sideshow
(1934), a biography of Albert Smith (1816-1860), a renowned mountain-climbing
guide of the 19th century. There are also over thirty-six articles (1916-1934)
reflecting Thorington's interest in mountaineering, many of which were
published in the American Alpine Journal. The correspondence contains many
letters to and from the American Alpine Club, alpine clubs of Canada and
England, and individual mountain-climbing enthusiasts and friends of Thorington.
There is also correspondence regarding the early American ascents of the
Alps which contributed to the body of information in his book A Survey
of American Ascents in the Alps in the Nineteenth Century (1943). The
collection contains many photographs of friends and Alpine and Rocky Mountain
ranges, as well as the towns of Chamonix, France, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy,
and Zermatt, Switzerland, and there are travel diaries, a scrapbook of
pictures and pencil sketches of Alpine animals, and printed matter, including
articles and book reviews by Thorington.
Thornhill, Arthur H. (Arthur Horace), 1924-
Arthur
H. Thornhill Papers
Consists of the papers of Thornhill (Princeton Class of 1946), chiefly
pertaining to his career (1948-1987) at Little, Brown and Company as an
editor, publishing executive, and CEO. Included is correspondence with
authors and people representing a variety of organizations both inside
and outside the publishing industry, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia.
Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Bruce Catton, James Thomas Flexner,
John Fowles, Lillian Hellman, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Vance Packard,
and Herman Wouk. There are also some papers pertaining to his father, Arthur
H. Thornhill, Sr. (1895-1970), who started at Little, Brown in 1913, and
rose from shipping clerk and salesman to president and chairman of the
board in 1948.
Thorp, Willard, 1899-1990
Willard
Thorp Papers
Consists of papers reflective of both Willard and Margaret Thorp's
careers as authors and critics, Willard's years as a professor of English
at Princeton University, and Margaret's early career in journalism. The
bulk of the collection dates from the years (1930-1970) when they published
the majority of their articles, reviews and books, gave their speeches,
and when Willard taught his classes and was acting chairman of Princeton's
English Department. Willard's papers consist mainly of correspondence with
professional colleagues; friends, particularly Allen Tate and Caroline
Gordon but also including T.S. Eliot, William Meredith, James Meriwether,
Robert Penn Warren, Robert Lowell, Archibald MacLiesh and John Berryman;
organizations, such as the Modern Language Association, and the Association
of Princeton Graduate Alumni; and publishers of his works, including the
American Book Company, Charles Scribner's Sons, and the J.B. Lippincott
Company.
Throop, Enos T. (Enos Thompson), 1784-1874
Throop
and Martin Family Papers
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and photographs
concerning the Throop and Throop Martin families of New Jersey, primarily
represented by Enos T. Throop, governor of New York (1830-1833), and E.
T. Throop Martin, Governor Throop's nephew and secretary. Family correspondents
include Francis Preston Blair (1848-1877), Montgomery Blair, Blair Lee,
Elizabeth Blair Lee, Eveline Martin Alexander, and Emory Upton (1868-1879).
There are also three folders of correspondence (1829-1862) between Martin
Van Buren and Enos T. Throop, as well as Emily Martin Upton's letterbook
(1868-1869) and diary (1858-1867), a copy of Eveline Martin Alexander's
diary (1867), Cornelia Martin's diaries (1847-1849), and Nelly Martin's
account books (1893-1912) for her pickle and preserve business.
Tibbott, F. M. (Frederick Merrill), 1885-1965
Simon Hastings, Novel by F. M. Tibbott
Consists of a typescript draft with holograph corrections and some
revisions for Simon Hastings (1942), a novel by Tibbott (Class of
1909) about Maine's north country during the Civil War period.
Tilden, Louis Edward, 1900-1970
Louis Edward Tilden Sheet Music Collection
Consists of sheet music of popular songs and songs from musical comedies
written by Irving Berlin, Vincent Youmans, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart,
Cole Porter, and many others, collected by Tilden (Class of 1922).
Tillett, Paul, 1923-1966
Paul
D. Tillett Papers
Contains notes, outlines, interviews, case histories, survey questionnaires,
clippings, correspondence files, and final drafts for Tillett's Social
Costs of the Loyalty Program, a study he conducted while a professor
of political science at Rutgers University, 1962-1966, concerning the government's
loyalty-security program and its effects on the individual and on political
and social institutions. The manuscript was unpublished at the time of
his death in 1966. Also included are a few miscellaneous articles and personal
files.
Tinsley, William, 1831-1902
William
Tinsley Publishing Correspondence
Consists of 78 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers
publishing firm of London, England. The brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and
William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They
focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries,
and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. In 1866, at the
sudden death of Edward, William took over the management of the firm, which
went bankrupt in 1878 although he continued to publish books under the
supervision of trustees. William also founded Tinsley's Magazine,
which ran in various formats from 1867 to 1892. Included in this collection
are letters by such writers, journalists, and novelists as Charles Dickens,
Jr., Percy Fitzgerald, B. L. Farjeon, G. A. Henty, Florence Marryat, Mrs.
J. H. Riddell, James Rice, George Augustus Sala, Annie Thomas (Mrs. Pender
Cudlip), and W. H. Wills.
Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico)
Records
of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico)
Consists of papers pertaining to the Convento de Nuestra Señora
de Guadalupe, including administrative documents, account ledgers, and
ledgers related to the Third Order Secular of St. Francis, a confraternity
associated with the convento. In addition, there are miscellaneous papers
that document matrimonial and criminal legal cases, land transactions in
Tlalpujahua and Toluca, and genealogical information compiled by Austacio
Rulfo.
Tobey, Carl, 1918-
Carl Tobey Papers
Consists mainly of correspondence and manuscripts of Tobey (Class of
1940) from the period (1955-1976) when he was a member of the staff of
the Turkish Ministry of Education in Samsun, Turkey, teaching English.
There are 21 binders of correspondence, photographs, and cards from various
friends, family, and associates reflecting his interests in Turkish literature
and music, horticulture, and the collecting of botanical speciments. Also
included are poems, prose, lyrics, musical scores, phonograph records of
Turkish songs, manuscripts for one published and two unpublished works
of poetry and prose--Poems of a Twelve-Month Year (1954), The
Hundred-Petalled Rose, and A Conception of Place--and an album
of photographs of flowers (Samsun, 1972-1976), entitled Ahmet's and
My Garden.
Tomkins, Calvin, 1925-
Intermission, Novel by Calvin Tomkins
Consists of manuscripts of Tomkins (Class of 1947) for his first novel,
Intermission(1951),
including the original short story version written for R. P. Blackmur's
class at Princeton in 1947, holograph and typescript drafts with a working
title of "The Wandering Rocks," and galley proofs.
Torrence, Ridgely, 1875-1950
Ridgely
Torrence Papers
The Papers illustrate the literary activity and relationship of a large
group of American writers, primarily poets, between the years 1890 and
1950. Approximately 10,000 letters between Torrence (Class of 1897), his
family and friends, plus manuscripts of his work and those of his literary
friends, exist in the collection. In addition, there are documents, scrapbooks,
diaries, report cards from Torrence's Miami College (Oxford) and Princeton
University days, daguerreotypes and photographs, memorabilia, and genealogical
records, some dating as early as 1833. Torrence's career as poet, playwright,
and editor (New Republic) is documented through manuscripts and/or
typescripts of his poems, plays, and short stories, lecture notes, and
personal and business (editorial) correspondence. Manuscripts for Torrence's
biography
The Story of John Hope (1948), The Selected Letters
of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1940), and his plays Abelard and Heloise,
El
Dorado, and The Madstone are among those present. Letters and
manuscripts of numerous literary friends and other poets submitting poems
to the New Republic are included in the correspondence series.
Tower, William Hogarth, 1871-1950
William
H. Tower Collection
Consists of envelopes both used and unused (also known as covers),
letters, postcards, documents, postage stamps, and a variety of other philatelic
material from around the world as collected and annotated by William Hogarth
Tower (Princeton Class of 1894). Rev. Tower's collection spans the topics
of English Postal History, United States Postal History, War Covers, Philatelic
Miscellany, and Franking.
Townley, John Hamilton, 1818-1855
John Hamilton Townley Family Papers
Consists of family papers of Townley (Class of 1837), a Presbyterian
minister who graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1842
and then preached at Hackettstown (1843-1851) and Morristown (1851-1855)
in New Jersey. Included is correspondence (1836-1855) between Townley and
his wife (married 1843), Cornelia C. Searing Townley of Newark, N.J., their
respective parents, and many brothers and sisters. Also present are an
undated portion of a journal by Townley discussing his education, poems
to Cornelia and on the death of a son in 1851, and Townley's dying testimony.
Trimble, William C. (William Cattell), 1907-1996
William
C. Trimble Papers
William C. Trimble, Princeton University Class of 1930, was a career
diplomat, serving as United States ambassador to Cambodia (1959-1962) and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1965-1968) as
well as serving in Brazil and Germany. The collection contains correspondence,
speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, and assorted memorabilia documenting
Trimble's career.
Troxell, Gilbert
Gilbert Troxell Correspondence
Consists of letters to Troxell from Sinclair Lewis, John O'Hara, and
Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, the wife of Eugene O'Neill, discussing the donation
of manuscripts to the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University.
Troxell, Janet Camp
Janet
Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts
Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossettis and their
friends collected by Troxell. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure,
his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca)
are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti
families. Other research interests amply supported by the collection include
the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Victorian art, poetry, and literature.
In addition, there is a group of Troxell's own writings and correspondence.
Tsitsele, Kaie, 1926-
Kay
Cicellis Papers
Consists of papers of Cicellis, including manuscripts of some of her
novels, short stories, radio scripts, translations of Greek works into
English, and correspondence with friends and associates. Cicellis was born
in France of Greek parents, moving to Greece when she was nine. She spent
some time in England, but later settled in Athens where she worked as a
translator, writer-adapter for the Greek Broadcasting Institute, and writer,
primarily in English, of articles, reviews, stories and novels. Included
in these papers are autograph and typed manuscript drafts and notebooks
of No Name in the Street (1953), her first novel, Ten Seconds
from Now (1957), a novel, The Way to Colonos (1960), three novellas,
and many drafts of stories to be included in an unpublished work, The
Painter and His Model (ca. 1978). There are letters to Cicellis, in
English and in Greek, by Michael Cacoyannis, Kimon Friar, E. M. Forster
(1), W. Hollerer, Margarita Lymperake, Iris Murdoch, Arghyris Kounadis,
Angelos Staurou Vlachos, and others, as well as a few photographs, magazines
and journals containing articles or stories by Cicellis, and Greek newspapers.
Tucker, Joseph
Joseph Tucker Papers
Consists of the ship's papers of Tucker while he was shipmaster of
several Wiscasset, Maine, merchant ships trading--over a period of 30 years
(1841-1875)--between such ports as Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah,
Georgia, Liverpool, England, and Le Havre de Grace (today, Le Havre), France.
Included are bills of lading, ship manifests, cargo books, receipts of
various kinds, sailors' certificates of citizenship, and miscellaneous
other records, as well as some of Tucker's business and personal correspondence.
Among the vessels mentioned are Brother Jonathan, Ellen Austin,
Jefferson
Borden, Othello, R. H. Tucker, and Samoset.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Harison Collection of Mark Twain Miscellanea
Consists of various items collected by Leonard Harison relating to
Mark Twain, including correspondence of Madeline Sinsheimer Block with
Clara Gabrilowitsch (Twain's daughter), Harper's souvenir issue
(1905) of Twain's 70th birthday, two Twain commemorative calendars (1910-1911),
The
Bookman's Twain issue of June, 1910, and a copy of The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer (1904) inscribed by Twain in 1905.
Twining, Kinsley, 1832-1901
Editorial Correspondence of The Independent
Consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly
The
Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as Congregationalist
journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and
social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton (1856-1861 and 1864-1871),
Henry Ward Beecher (1861-1864), William Hayes Ward (1868-1916), Kinsley
Twining, literary editor (1880-1899), and Hamilton Holt (1897-1921). The
collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining
(1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916),
a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural
science, Miss Susan Hayes¿ Ward, and Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) by
various contributors to The Independent.
Twining
Family Papers
Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining
family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later
of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature
to Stephen Twining, a steward and treasurer of Yale College, his son, Alexander
C. Twining (1801-1889, Yale Class of 1820), an inventor, civil engineer,
and astronomer, and his son, Kinsley Twining (1832-1901, Yale Class of
1853), a Congregationalist clergyman and literary editor of the New York
weeklies
The Independent and The Evangelist. Also present
is some miscellaneous correspondence of other Twinings, and of the Stevens
and Gridley families, related to the Twinings by marriage, and some photographs
and documents.
Twitchell, K. S. (Karl Saben), 1885-1968
Karl
S. Twitchell Papers
Consists of reports, correspondence, photographs, documents, a scrapbook,
geological maps, and printed matter of Twitchell, a member of Princeton's
Advisory Council for the Middle East, reflecting many of his business dealings
with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining Resources of Saudi Arabia. The
collection contains a typescript of his book Saudia Arabia, With an
Account of the Development of Its Natural Resources (1947); notes;
professional and personal correspondence; a scrapbook of photographs, including
some of King Ibn Saud (1880-1953) of Saudi Arabia, and newspaper clippings;
and geological maps of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and French Guiana where Twitchell
developed mineral properties through his firm, Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate,
Ltd. There are reports on the Sarif salt mines in Saudi Arabia, the Vieros
copper mine in Portugal, and the Delice gold mine in French Guiana, as
well as records of the Rock of Ages Corporation, of which he was a director,
and the American Smelting and Refining Company.
Tyler, George C. (George Crouse), 1867-1946
George C. Tyler Papers
Consists primarily of correspondence between Tyler and many well-known
theater people including the dramatists Eugene O'Neill and Booth Tarkington
and performers such as George M. Cohan, George Arliss, Laurette Taylor,
Helen Hayes, and the Lunts. Also included in the collection are documents,
account books, photographs, scrapbooks, playbooks, musical scores and scripts,
memorabilia, and a typescript of Whatever Goes Up (1934), Tyler's
autobiography.
U
Ullman, James Ramsey, 1907-1971
James
Ramsey Ullman Papers
The papers of Ullman (Class of 1929) contain manuscripts of most of
his major works, many shorter works, correspondence, and subject files.
Included are nine nonfiction works, such as High Conquest, Americans
on Everest, and Mad Shelley; ten novels, including The Day
on Fire, based on the life of Rimbaud, The Sands of Karakorum,
and The White Tower; twelve plays; and numerous articles, short
stories, and poems. In addition, there are diaries (1920-1971), financial
papers, documents, a recorded interview with Ullman and readings of his
works, photographs, magazines containing his works, and papers of other
persons, where plays produced by Ullman, but written by Lynn Root, Irving
Ramsdell, and others, have been filed. Ullman's correspondence contains
letters of fellow adventurers, family, and friends, such as Norman Dyhrenfurth,
Temple Fielding, Robert Kaufman, J. Monroe Thorington, and Alexander F.
Ullman (his father, who lived in New York City), as well as fan mail from
1935 to 1971. The subject files reflect his interests in mountaineering,
Robert Kaufman, world travel, and literature, and include notes, letters,
and printed matter pertaining to the American Mt. Everest expedition (1963),
of which Ullman was a member, the American Field Service, Broadway shows
of the 1930s, and travel brochures and itineraries to the South Pacific,
Africa, South America, and other global points.
United China Relief (U.S.)
United
China Relief/United Service to China Records
Consists of records of an umbrella organization, originally known as
United China Relief (1941-1945) and later as United Service to China (1946-1966),
which coordinated various agencies in their wartime and post-war civilian
relief activities to aid the people of Nationalist China, first on the
mainland and subsequently on Taiwan. Agencies represented include the American
Bureau for Medical Advancement in China, the American Friends Service Committee,
Indusco, Inc., the Institute of Pacific Relations, and the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. There are general files of correspondence,
articles, speeches, annual reports, budgets, financial statements, documents,
agency and committee files, minutes of meetings, files of national, state,
and local fund raising material; biographical files on Chinese and American
people with interests in aiding China; and publicity and educational program
materials. Also present is a large group of photographs of places, events,
and people, including such figures as Pearl S. Buck, Walt Disney, Hu Shih,
V. K. Wellington Koo, Henry R. Luce, Mary Pickford, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
United States. Works Progress Administration (N.J.)
Files of the Works Progress Administration (N.J.)
Consists of selected files of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
of New Jersey, a state branch of the federal WPA created in 1935 as a program
to provide jobs for the unemployed. (Its name was changed to Work Projects
Administration in 1939.) Included are master records (1942) consisting
of brief office forms indicating the disposition of WPA studies and reports
in various locations in N.J.; copies of correspondence regarding the WPA's
Historical Records Survey, which published an Inventory of the Church
Archives of New Jersey (1940); and a group of record sheets (1936)
itemizing manuscripts in the Garret D. Wall Collection, Thomas P. Johnson
Papers, and the Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection in Princeton University
Library, compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA.
University Players
University Players Collection
Consists mainly of playbills, photographs, and clippings of press announcements
and reviews of the University Players, a youthful group of Princetonians
aspiring toward careers in the performing arts. Not entirely comprised
of Princeton alumni and undergraduates, however, the organization provided
experience and training for many hopefuls who have in fact succeeded in
that goal. Taking its name from an earlier group with the same ambitions
and who also made great contributions to American theater and film, it
provided the Princeton community with some exciting and meritorious summer
theater for more than a decade.
V
Vakalo, Helene, 1921-
Helene
Vakalo Papers
Consists of papers of Vakalo, a graduate with a degree in archeology
from the University of Athens and founder (1958) of the School of Decorative
Arts where she teaches art history. Vakalo is a leading art critic in Greece
as well as an author of books of art criticism and eleven books of poetry.
Included in these papers are the corrected typescript of her book He
ennoia ton morphon [The Meaning of the Forms] (1975), and notebooks
and manuscripts (autograph and typed), primarily in Greek, of poetry, lectures,
and articles. Also present are correspondence, notes on art, and ephemera.
Valtin, Jan, 1904-1951
Jan Valtin Papers
Consists of papers of "Valtin," the literary pseudonym of Richard Julius
Herman Krebs. Included is correspondence with family members, literary
agents, and individuals such as Roger N. Baldwin, Arthur Garfield Hayes,
and William Allen White. Also present are lectures, articles, drafts for
a novel, Wintertime, material for his autobiography, Out of the
Night, and subject files documenting Valtin's career as a German secret
agent of the Communist International, a Nazi terrorist, and, later, a war
correspondent for the United States Army in World War II.
Valva, Fred D.
Fred D. Valva Collection of Musical Scores
Consists of scores for silent film background music arranged for various
orchestral instruments and used by Valva, a theater musician, in Worcester,
Massachusetts.
Van Dine, S. S., 1888-1939
S.
S. Van Dine Scrapbooks
Consists of scrapbooks reflecting the professional and private life
of Van Dine, including articles by and about him (1926-1930), reviews of
his books, motion pictures, and radio plays, his literary and art criticism,
and miscellaneous and general notes (1926-1937). There are scrapbooks of
material about his marriage (1931), dogs and kennels (1930-1934), and death
(1939), as well as scrapbooks of articles from the Los Angeles Times
book page (1908-1913) and the San Francisco Bulletin (1919) in which
he used his real name, Willard Huntington Wright.
Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950
Carl
Van Doren Papers
The collection illustrates the literary career of Van Doren in typescripts,
some with author's corrections, and research notes for his biography of
Benjamin
Franklin (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in American biography),
TheDevil's
Lane, TheGreat Rehearsal, Jane Mecom, Mutiny in January,
The
Secret History of the American Revolution, Sinclair Lewis,
Swift,
and the Letters and Papers of Benjamin Franklin and Richard Jackson
(which he edited), and in typescripts for some of his short stories, articles,
lectures, poetry, and radio programs ("Words at War") based on his material.
In addition, there are 35 volumes of notebooks and diaries (1901-1950)
and 17 boxes of correspondence (1905-1950), 4.5 boxes of which are letters
(1909-1950) to his brother, Mark Van Doren. Correspondents include Fred
Allen, John Erskine, Robert Frost, Zona Gale, Jean Jersholt, Sinclair Lewis,
H. L. Mencken, and William P. Trent.
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933
Henry van Dyke Family Papers
The Papers cover three generations of the van Dyke family organized
in five major series, beginning with the papers of Henry Jackson van Dyke,
Sr. (1822-1891), graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary (1845)
and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. Manuscripts of
his sermons span the years 1844 to 1891, as do essays, speeches, bible
lessons, and theological notes. His correspondence contains many letters
from clergymen, parishioners, friends, and family, often regarding the
controversy caused by his publication of The Character and Influence
of Abolitionism, the Reunion movement in the Church, and matters of
the General Assembly.
The papers of Henrietta Ashmead van Dyke (1820-1896), wife of Henry
Jackson van Dyke, Sr., contain correspondence with friends and family such
as Albert Ashmead, Lizzie Brown, Andrew Reid, and various van Dykes.
The main body of the collection consists of enormous files accumulated
during the lifetime of Henry van Dyke, Jr. (1852-1933, Class of 1873),
son of Henry Jackson van Dyke, Sr. Thousands of letters, often with carbons
of van Dyke's replies, document the literary, religious, and political
life of which he was a part. His Princeton connections are fully recorded--from
his early days as a student, then as Murray Professor of English Literature,
and later as an annual lecturer--with letters from James McCosh, John Grier
Hibben, Francis L. Patton, Allan Marquand, and Woodrow Wilson. There is
also a large file of correspondence written while he was minister to the
Netherlands and Luxembourg at the Hague (1913-1917) and correspondence
(1915-1923) reflecting his involvement with the League to Enforce Peace.
As pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York (1883-1899), chaplain
for the navy, and moderator of the Presbyterian Church's General Assembly,
he became a religious leader with a far-reaching influence. He maintained
correspondence with clergymen, presidents, nobility, fellow anglers, school
children, family, friends, and strangers. The collection contains many
manuscripts, often holograph, of Henry van Dyke, Jr.'s larger works, such
as Companionable Books, Fighting for Peace, and The Spirit
of America, as well as over 300 shorter works, including "The Birth,
Infancy and Childhood of Jesus Christ," "A Single Star Mind: An Appreciation
of Woodrow Wilson," interviews, introductions, memorials, reviews, sermons,
speeches, and verse.
The papers of Paul van Dyke (1859-1933, Class of 1881), brother of Henry
van Dyke, Jr., contain his typed manuscript for CAtherine de Medicis,
Queen of France, a few lecture notes, poems, correspondence with Darwin
G. Eaton, William Cheesman, Princeton University faculty, family members,
and others, and his school reports.
The papers of Tertius van Dyke (1886-1958, Class of 1908), son of Henry
van Dyke, Jr., include research material and manuscripts for his Henry
van Dyke: A Biography, several short articles, and verse. Correspondence
is mostly related to the acquisition of information and anecdotes for the
biography and includes letters of Herbert Brookes, Margaret Deland, Frank
C. Eaton, Charles Erdman, Theodore Marburg, Edwin Mims, Robert Haven Schauffler,
and others.
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Carl
Van Vechten Photographs
Consists of 46 postcard-size, black and white photographs of 33 people,
including two self-portraits, taken and printed by Van Vechten primarily
during the 1930s to 1940s. His subjects in this collection cover a wide
range of celebrities in the theatrical and literary world, including ballet
dancers, actors and actresses of stage and screen (some in costume), singers,
musicians, authors, and poets--for example, Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey,
Sir John Gielgud, Hugh Laing, Sinclair Lewis, Norman Mailer, Clifford Odets,
Jerome Robbins, Artur Rubinstein, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and
Lin Yutang. Also present are two photographs (1923, 1930) of Van Vechten
taken by the New York photographer Nickolas Muray.
Carl Van Vechten Photographs of Eugene O'Neill
Consists of 113 photographs of O'Neill and his wife, Carlotta, taken
by Van Vechten. Most of the photographs are studio style; some, however,
are informal in tone, taken at their estate, Casa Genotta, in Georgia.
Vandewater, William Collins, 1886-1942
World War I Papers of William Collins Vandewater
Consists of selected papers of Vandewater (Class of 1907) relating
to his participation (1918-1919) as a captain in the 160th Infantry Brigade
of the 80th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces in France where
they were attached to British Army forces. Included are dispatches, operation
reports, battlefield orders and instructions, personnel lists, recommendations
for meritorius service awards, and reports concerning the battles at Arras,
St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, and Bethincourt.
Vardaman
Vardaman
Papers
Consists of Vardaman's papers, including documents, correspondence
(both business and personal), diaries, a scrapbook, souvenir books, printing
blocks, photographs of Vardaman as a female impersonator, snapshots, sheet
music, playbills, clippings, miscellaneous material, and printed matter.
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-
Mario
Vargas Llosa Papers
Consists of the papers of Vargas Llosa, including (1) notebooks, (2)
manuscripts of novels, plays, screenplays, short stories, nonfiction, and
miscellaneous works, (3) correspondence received and some correspondence
of others, (4) some works by others, including translations into languages
other than Spanish, (5) printed and recorded material, and (6) political
correspondence and manuscripts. Correspondence (1957-1996) includes letters
from a wide range of internationally prominent writers, critics, scholars,
publishers, and some family members. Representative are Carlos Fuentes,
Jose Emilio Pacheco, Sebastian Salazar Bondy, and Manuel Scorza. The Political
Archive (1987-1991) consists primarily of correspondence between Vargas
Llosa and the general public, and with business people, social workers,
diplomats, and nonprofit organizations in Peru, other Latin American countries,
Europe, and the U.S. during the time he served as leader of "Movimiento
Libertad" [Liberty Movement] and presidential candidate of Frente Democratico
(FREDEMO) [Democratic Front].
Consists mainly of playbills of vaudeville productions with souvenir books,
printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous material.
Viele-Griffin, Francis, 1864-1937
Francis Viele-Griffin Collection
Contains manuscripts and miscellany, but the bulk of the collection
consists of family and literary correspondence of Viele-Griffin. Among
the family correspondence are letters by the poet's father and sister which
shed light on the experience of the American-born's childhood in France.
The literary correspondence includes the poet's letters to Albert Mockel,
Stuart Merrill, and Edouard Dujardin.
Villordo, Oscar Hermes, 1928-1994
Oscar Hermes Villordo Papers
Consists of three diaries (1972-1991) kept by Villordo, an Argentine
novelist and poet, accompanied by typed transcriptions by Alicia Dellepiane
Rawson.
Viner, Jacob, 1892-1970
Jacob Viner Papers
Consists of papers of Viner relating to his positions as professor
of economics at the University of Chicago (1916-1946) and Princeton University
(1946-1960) and, concurrently, as an economics consultant for the United
States Tariff Commission, the Treasury Dept., and the Dept. of State. Included
are manuscripts of Viner's early student papers (1913-1916), lectures (1945-1966),
speeches, memoranda, articles, essays, notes, and preliminary drafts for
his book
Dumping, A Problem in International Trade (1923). Also
present are extensive files of correspondence (1914-1970) with leading
economists and historians, documents, reference files, photographs, students'
theses, and printed matter.
Vinton, Frederic, 1817-1890
Frederic Vinton Correspondence
Consists of letters to Vinton or collected by him, including some relating
to his position as librarian of the Chancellor Green Library at Princeton
(1873-1890), several letters regarding the Peithessophian Society (Rutgers
University), and a letter from the secretary of the Board of Trustees of
Amherst College announcing the conferring of an honorary degree on him.
Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
Virginia Colonial Records Project Collection
Consists of survey reports and correspondence of the Virginia Colonial
Records Project (1955), which was organized as part of Virginia's 350th
Anniversary Celebration (1957) to locate and list manuscript sources for
Virginia history, 1580-1780, in British, French and other overseas repositories.
Vitti, Mario, 1926-
Mario
Vitti Papers
Consists of papers of Vitti, an Italian author, translator, and educator
specializing in modern Greek literature. Included are letters (1947-1992)
from Greek, Turkish, Italian, and other poets and authors, and manuscripts
of Greek authors collected by Vitti. The correspondence, separated into
Greek and non-Greek files, includes among the approximately 80 Greek correspondents
such poets and authors as Manoles Anagnostakes, Konstantinos Demares, Odysseas
Elytes (about 130 letters), Nikos Kasdagles, Nikos Kazantzakis, Photos
Kontoglou, Alexandros and Kostas Kotzias, Ioannes Michael Panagiotopoulos
(about 47 letters), T. K. Papatsones, Panteles Prevelakes, George Seferis,
and Nasos Vagenas. The non-Greek files consist of about 20 Turkish, Italian,
and other poets, writers, and translators including Melih Cevdet Anday,
Ilhan Berk, Necati Cumali, Salvatore Quasimoto, Oktay Rifat, and Giuseppe
Ungaretti.
Von Briesen, Arthur, 1843-1920
Arthur von Briesen Papers
Consists of papers primarily relating to von Briesen's career as a
patent lawyer and president of the Legal Aid Society (1890-1916). Over
half of the collection is comprised of Society financial files, case work
files, and extensive administrative correspondence between von Briesen
and Society directors and attorneys. Also included are case files from
his own law firm, Briesen and Schrenk, and files relating to other organizations
(professional, charitable, cultural) in which von Briesen took part, such
as the New York branch of the National Roosevelt League (of which he was
president), the Merchants' Association of New York, the Germanistic Society
of America (of which he was a charter member), and Civil War veterans organizations.
In addition, there is some family correspondence, as well as papers regarding
German-American activities before, during, and after World War I.
von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-
Harold von Schmidt Book Illustrations
Consists of four pen-and-ink ornamental page designs, one frontispiece,
and eight pen-and-ink illustrations for Willa Cather's "'December Night':
A Scene from Death Comes for the Archbishop" (New York: A. A. Knopf,
1933), printed by the Pynson Printers under the supervision of Elmer Adler.
Voorhoeve, P. (Petrus), 1899-
P.
Voorhoeve Collection of Batak Manuscript Translations
Consists primarily of Voorhoeve’s English translations of some of the
manuscripts in the the John. F. Mason Collection of Batak Manuscripts
see also Batak manuscripts
W
Wacquez, Mauricio, 1939-
Mauricio Wacquez Papers
Contains drafts of Wacquez' novel Frente a un hombre armado,
his non-fiction work Conocer Sartre y su obra, and his novellas
Toda
la luz del mediodía, Paréntesis, and Ella,
o, el sueno de nadie. Also included are drafts of the short story collection
Excesos,
as well as unpublished stories, prologues to several books, interviews
with the exiled author (he lives in Spain), notebooks (1957-1981), and
personal and family correspondence (1957-1983). There also are several
manuscripts of Miguel Barnet and Gabriel García Márquez.
Wade, Ira Owen, 1896-1983
Ira Owen Wade Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material
of Wade (Class of 1924, professor of French). The collection contains typescripts,
carbons, and galley proofs of four books--Studies in Voltaire (1947),
Voltaire's
Micromegas (1950), Voltaire and Candide (1959),
Intellectual
Origins
of the French Enlightenment (1971)--as well as articles, reports to
Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and lecture
notes. The bulk of the correspondence is professional, including a letter
by Albert Camus, but there is some personal correspondence as well. There
are also photographs of Wade and others, research notes in English and
French, and photostats of miscellaneous material. In addition, the collection
contains some undergraduate papers, graduate dissertations, and papers
sent to Wade by former students requesting critical comments.
Walker, James P. (James Perkins), 1829-1868
James
P. Walker Papers
Contains sermons, autobiographical notes, a diary, commonplace books,
photographs, a scrapbook, memorabilia, and printed matter of Walker, with
the bulk of the material comprised of personal and professional correspondence,
much of it covering the period of the Civil War. As a founding partner
in the Boston publishing firm of Walker, Wise, and Company, Walker corresponded
with many of the intellectual and literary leaders of the day, such as
William Cullen Bryant, William Lloyd Garrison, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet
Martineau, Charles Eliot Norton, and Henry James, father of Henry and William
James. His firm was also associated with the American Unitarian Association,
and the correspondence reflects the publishers' commitment to publish the
most liberal Unitarian clergyman and writers of the day, such as James
Freeman Clarke, Orville Dewey, Octavius B. Frothingham, and Edward Everett
Hale.
Walker, William H. (William Henry), 1871-1938
William
H. Walker Cartoon Collection
Consists of approximately 1000 cartoons by Walker which were drawn
between 1894 and 1922 for Life Magazine. (Walker joined the staff
in 1898.) A considerable number of the cartoons concentrate on the increasing
diversity of the American population; many of the others explore the concept
of America as a "melting pot". The largest number are political in nature
and deal with war and domestic politics.
Wall, Garret D. (Garret Dorset), 1783-1850
Garret D. Wall Collection
Consists of papers of Wall, who was quartermaster general (1815-1837)
of New Jersey, senator (1835-1841), and judge of the Court of Errors and
Appeals (1849-1850). Included are legal documents, deeds, leases, court
cases, and letters to Wall, primarily concerning legal matters in the Mercer
County area of New Jersey. Also present is correspondence of his son, James
Walter Wall (1820-1872, Class of 1838), a lawyer, author, and senator,
as well as that of later family members.
Wallace, Hugh C. (Hugh Campbell), 1863-1931
Hugh C. Wallace Papers
Consists of correspondence primarily of Wallace, former member of the
Democratic National Committee in 1916, relating to the campaign and reelection
of President Woodrow Wilson. As Wallace was appointed American ambassador
to France in 1919, there is also correspondence concerning the signing
of the peace treaty of Versailles and the Supreme Council and Conference
of Ambassadors in Paris. Also included are two of Wallace's speeches (1922,
1924), travel permits, and documents relating to his receipt of the grand
cross of the Legion d'Honneur.
Wallis, Everett S. (Everett Stanley), 1899-1965
Everett S. Wallis Papers
Consists of correspondence, reports, articles, lectures, notes, and
printed matter of Wallis, dating primarily from his tenure as Princeton
professor of chemistry (1930-1965) and chairman of its biochemical sciences
program, and as a research consultant for Merck & Co. of New Jersey
and for other pharmaceutical companies.
Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920
Marcella, Novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Consists of holograph drafts of several chapters of Ward's novel Marcella,
with a few pages of galley proofs interleaved, and with holograph corrections
and pencilled printer's marks. In addition, there is a folder containing
a chapter outline, a plan of the book, and notes relevant to the composition
of Ward's novel, all in the hand of the author.
Warner Bros.
Warner
Bros. Screenplays
Consists of a large collection of scripts for films produced by the
Warner Bros. studio.
Warren Alba Houghton, 1915-1985
Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography
by Alba Houghton
Consists of selected papers of Warren (Class of 1936), professor of
English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work Richard
Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography, which apparently was never published.
Included are correspondence, documents, copies of R. H. Horne's and Elizabeth
Barrett Browning's poetry, a few original letters of Horne, and a final
typescript of the manuscript.
Warren, Samuel, 1807-1877
Samuel Warren Letters to Charles Kent
Consists of 37 autograph letters by the English novelist Samuel Warren
to his friend Charles Kent, an editor of the London Sun and the
Weekly
Register. The letters often concern social engagements, but many discuss
their interests and ideas relating to literature, religion, and the law.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
George Washington Letters
Consists of photostats of over 100 Washington letters in the private
collection of Edward Ambler Armstrong, as well as 14 original Washington
letters and documents, and several supplementary items. Included is an
original survey (1750) of land in Frederick County, Virginia, made by Washington
for Isaac Pennington. While many of the letters deal with military affairs
of the Revolutionary War, Washington's management of his estate, Mount
Vernon, and that of the government during his presidency are also prevalent
topics in others. Correspondents include George Clinton, Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison, Robert Morris, and Bushrod Washington.
Documents Relating to the Charles Willson Peale
Portrait of George Washington
Contains reproductions of a portrait of Washington painted by Charles
Willson Peale and documents relating to the possession of the original
painting. (Washington had this portrait painted and presented to Joseph
Wilson in gratitude for his services.) Included are the patents of appointment
for Joseph Wilson as consul for the United States at Dublin signed by Washington
in 1794 and for Thomas Wilson signed by John Quincy Adams in 1826. Also
present are certified copies of portions of the wills of members of the
Wilson family in which the portrait is mentioned, a brief history of its
ownership by James Harrington Wilson in 1906, and other documents.
Waters, Clara Erskine Clements, 1834-1916
Clara Erskine Clements Waters Papers
Consists primarily of manuscripts of Waters but also includes a scrapbook
of clippings about her literary publications, related correspondence, and
a 10"x12" photograph of the author. Manuscripts include substantial sections
of entries for her A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art
(New York, 1871) and "A Medley of Thoughts about Women" (AMsS, 154 pp.,
dated 1869).
Watson, W. Scott (William Scott), 1862-1944
Selected Papers of W. Scott Watson
Consists of a small amount of correspondence and retained copies of
letters by Watson; manuscripts for his sermons, lectures, and articles,
such as "The Book of the Days," "A Contribution to Samaritan Palaeography,"
and "The Origin of the Book of the Old Testament"; miscellaneous writings
in English, Hebrew, and Greek; several boxes of Arabic manuscripts; and
printed material concerning Presbyterian Church matters. Also present are
bound manuscripts of "A Complete Compend of Systematic Theology...Questions
by Charles Hodge...," recorded by David S. Anderson in 1844 while at the
Princeton Theological Seminary, and "Kirchen-Recht der Katholisches und
Protestantisches" by R. Zachariae in 1839.
Watts, Alaric A. (Alaric Alexander), 1797-1864
Alaric A. Watts Correspondence
Consists of approximately 80 letters to Watts, some of which were received
during the period when he was editor of the Literary Souvenir (1824-1838)
and the United Service Gazette (1837-1847), from such authors, poets,
and editors as William Harrison Ainsworth, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and Thomas
Noon Talfourd.
Watts, John, b. 1734
John Watts Letters to Thomas Champion
Consists of 48 letters by Watts to his friend Thomas Champion, a merchant
at Mssrs. Rhodes & Champion in Sheffield. ‚b Champion was associated
with Ebenezer Rhodes (1762-1839) a topographer and master cutler. At least
80 years old in 1814, Watts wrote these lengthy letters to Champion on
a wide variety of topics including local news, politics, the manufacture
of knives, razors, and seals, cooking, paintings, friends, gardens, hunting,
and religion.
Weber, Orlando Franklin, 1879-1945
Orlando Franklin Weber Collection
Consists of letters, with typed transcripts, of 19th-century economists,
philosophers, and others, including Mathew Carey, Henry C. Carey, Edward
Everett, John Stuart Mill, T. A. Robinson, and Isaiah Thomas, as well as
deeds and invoices of Mathew Carey, which were collected by Weber, a prominent
industrialist with an interest in the history of corporate practices and
economics.
Weeks, Morris, 1913-
Hello Mexico by Morris Weeks
Consists of notes, a corrected typescript, and two sets of galley proofs
for Hello Mexico (1970), a work by Weeks (Class of 1934) which describes
the history, government, and culture of the people of Mexico.
Weems, F. Carrington (Fontaine Carrington), 1884-1966
F. Carrington Weems Papers
Consists of papers of Weems (Class of 1907) primarily from his student
days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled
in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel
in World War I. While an undergraduate, Weems apparently worked as a secretary
for Princeton professor Henry Van Dyke, for the papers include his stenographic
notebooks (1906-1907) of letters dictated by Van Dyke. Also included are
Weems's school papers, lecture notes, Princeton memorabilia, correspondence
with family (particularly, his brother, Benjamin Francis Weems) and friends,
and a scrapbook of photographs taken in France (1916-1919).
Weitzmann, Kurt, 1904-1993
Kurt
Weitzmann Papers
Consists of papers of Weitzmann, who left his native Germany in 1935
for Princeton where he spent the remainder of his life: at the Institute
for Advanced Study as a permanent member (1935-1972) and as a professor
in Princeton University's Dept. of Art and Archaeology (1945-1972). Weitzmann
was also a visiting professor at Yale University and the University of
Bonn, and he was associated with the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine
Studies. His areas of scholarship included the history of Byzantine art,
using studies of carved ivories, manuscripts, and icons, the history of
manuscript illumination, classical monuments, medieval painting and sculpture,
and Christian art and symbolism. Included in the papers are correspondence
and related files concerning the five expeditions (1958-1965) co-directed
by Weitzmann to restore, photograph, and document the art of St. Catherine's
monastery on Mount Sinai; general files of correspondence, 1930s-1980s;
personal correspondence; copies of his correspondence with Adolph Goldschmidt
and Goldschmidt's family; correspondence celebrating his 80th birthday
(1984); course outlines, lectures, manuscripts and notes for various published
works; and scrapbooks (1935-1991) of clippings and printed matter
Werner, Max, 1901-1951
Max Werner Papers
Consists of selected papers of Werner (pseudonym of Alexander Schifrin),
a Russian native who was exiled to Germany (1923-1933) and subsequently
lived in France (1933-1939) and the United States (1940-1951). Included
are notes, outlines, and chapter drafts for a projected book on the international
military, political, and strategic problems arising from World War II and
the post-war period, positing the thesis that in the event of a world conflict
with atomic weapons neither Russia nor the United States could win. With
a working title of The New Balance of Power, most of the material
concerns military issues. Also present are copies of his syndicated column
(1948-1949), "The Course of the World," articles, bibliographies, and a
large file of newspaper clippings used as source material.
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, 1879-1966
Thomas
Jefferson Wertenbaker Papers
Consists of Wertenbaker's works, correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous
material, and printed matter. The collection contains manuscripts of his
books--The Planters of Colonial Virginia (1922), The Founding
of American Civilization (1938), The Old South (1942), Princeton
1746-1896 (1946), Father Knickerbocker Rebels (1948)--as well
as note cards and working files for articles (many on notable Virginians,
the Civil War, and Reconstruction), university and public lectures, and
speeches. Much of Wertenbaker's works reflect his scholarly interest in
Colonial America in general and the state of Virginia in particular. The
bulk of the correspondence concerns his historical research, works, and
interests, including professional societies, such as the American Philosophical
Society and the American Historical Association, although there is some
family correspondence as well.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Edith Wharton Manuscripts
Contains corrected typescripts for installments of three novels (Sanctuary,
The
Custom of the Country, and A Son at the Front) which were serialized
in Scribner's Magazine and corrected typescripts for background
and prefatory material for two other novels (Ethan Frome and House
of Mirth). The collection also contains corrected typescripts for several
non-fiction articles, including "In Alsace" (1915), "Note on Moroccan Architecture"
(1920?), "Marcel Proust" (1925), and "The Writing of Fiction" (1925), as
well as an autograph manuscript of "George Cabot Lodge" (1917), a Scribner's
article.
Wheelwright, Jere, 1905?-1961
Historical Novels of Jere Wheelwright
Consists of signed typescripts and galley proofs for four works of
historical fiction by Wheelwright (Class of 1927): Gentlemen Hush!
(1948) and The Gray Captain (1954) on the Civil War, and The
Strong Room (1948) and The Wolfshead (1949) on the English Tudor
period.
White, Anthony Walton, 1750-1803
Von Hemert Autograph Collection
Contains photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert
(Class of 1944), consisting primarily of letters to Anthony Walton White
by such historical figures as Alexander Hamilton, Thaddeus Koscuiszko,
Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Dolly Madison, Gouverneur Morris, Baron
von Steuben, and George Washington. Also represented are members of the
Walton Evans family, and miscellaneous autographs and paper currency of
the period are included.
White, Dorothy Shipley, 1896-
Dorothy Shipley White Photographs of French Africa
Consists of two sets of photographs presumably collected by White in
preparation for her work Black Africa and De Gaulle: From the French
Empire to Independence (1979), one on Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
and the other on French Africa. The first group ranges over de Gaulle's
whole life, though most of the 75 photographs date from 1940 to 1970. Included
are an original print, a copy negative which White apparently made from
the print, and a copy print for virtually all of the images. White obtained
these from Anne Dupre, head of the photographic office of the Quai d'Orsay
(French Bureau of Foreign Affairs), and she provides an English translation
on the back of each photograph where the French item list is insufficient.
The French Africa photographs (White listed 87, but only 74 arrived) include
drawings, maps, and caricatures from the 17th to the 20th century. The
collection contains a number of photographs of de Gaulle in Africa, but
the focus of the group is on military and diplomatic events, portraits
of leaders, and depictions of particular places.
White, Edward H. (Edward Hurley), 1888-1966
Edward H. White Sheet Music Collection
Consists of sheet music of popular songs and songs from musical comedies,
collected by White.
White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948
Harry Dexter White Papers
Consists mainly of papers written by White during the time he was in
the Treasury Department (1934-1948) as the director of its Division of
Monetary Research (1940) and as its assistant secretary (1945). Included
are studies, reports, notes, speeches, memoranda, printed matter, and some
interspersed correspondence pertaining to pre-war, wartime, and post-war
fiscal policies and proposals for foreign economic assistance to China,
Japan, and Europe, and post-war policy towards Germany, the currency question,
and other problems of international finance. Also present are papers relating
to the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), the United Nations Stabilization
Fund and Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1942-1944), and the International
Monetary Fund (1945-1948), and letters and documents of Henry Morgenthau.
White, Joseph Blanco, 1775-1841
Blanco
White Family Collection
Consists of manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White
family, spanning two centuries: works, diaries, correspondence, documents,
accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White,
the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the
collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual
of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material.
Included are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts--Cartas
Sobre España (novel first published in English in 1822), Luísa
de Bustamante (unfinished novel, 1839-1840), "Reader, thou look'st
upon a barren page..." (poem, 1837); Fernando's diaries (1808-1814, 1817,
1820-1829, 1834-1848), which document daily activities in 19th-century
Spain; correspondence, particularly by and to Joseph, Fernando, and their
father, Guillermo, showing the development of Joseph's political and religious
ideas, Fernando's ambitions, and family affairs; and academic, ecclesiastical,
municipal, and legal documents that support Joseph and Fernando's various
careers.
White, Mary Lind, d. 1883
Mary Lind White Watercolors
Consists of several hundred watercolors of botanical studies, mainly
of California flora but also including flora of the Southern states, drawn
by White, wife of an English tea merchant who accompanied her husband on
a trip to China via the U.S. during the 1870s. In addition, there are her
notes on the plants she painted and two letters about her.
Whiting, Robert Rudd, 1877-1918
Robert Rudd Whiting Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks of Whiting
(Class of 1901). The collection contains three scrapbooks of correspondence,
memorabilia, and printed matter and includes material relating to Ainslee's
magazine, of which Whiting was an editor (1911-1918). There are two typescripts,
with holograph corrections, by Whiting of his novelette The Golden Idiot,
which appeared in Ainslee's in September 1916. The collection includes
photographs of Whiting and Booth Tarkington and a letter by Tarkington
to him with pencil sketches of both. In addition, there is a checklist
of books found in Whiting's personal library.
Whitman, Stephen French, 1880-1948
Stephen French Whitman Collection
Consists primarily of manuscripts of Whitman (Class of 1901), as well
as correspondence and documents concerning their publication and the career
of the author. Among the manuscripts are A Future (n.d.), "Helen"
[1945?], and "Long Before Hatred" [1946?]. Correspondents include Harold
Norling Swanson, Frederick Lewis Allen, Hugh MacNair Kahler, Harold Ober,
Cecille B. DeMille, Whitney Darrow, and Robert Sterling Yard. Among the
documents are copyrights for several of the author's works and agreements
between the author and his publishers and literary agents.
Whitney, George Tapley, 1871-1938
Philosophy Papers of George Tapley Whitney
Consists of notes and lectures prepared by Whitney while he was a professor
of philosophy at Princeton University (1916-1936), including his series
of public lectures on "The Significance of Philosophy for Culture as Illustrated
Out of Its History" (1921-1922), and notes on logic, problems of metaphysics,
John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and other philosophers.
Widenmann, Hans A. (Hans Adolf), 1897-1976
Hans A. Widenmann Papers
Consists of the papers of Widenmann (Class of 1918) relating primarily
to his involvement in the field of international finance. Included are
correspondence files (1919-1977), articles, reports, speeches, and notes
(1915-1975) covering the period when he was with the Columbia Trust Company
(1920-1923) and a partner in the brokerage firm of Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades
and Company. Also present are photograph albums and memorabilia from his
trips to Chile (1948) and Brazil (1950) as a delegate to the Hemispheric
Stock Exchange Conferences and to Mexico (1965) and Vienna (1971) for International
Chamber of Commerce meetings, as well as a large subject file of clippings,
bulletins, pamphlets, and other printed matter concerning various issues
in economics and on corporate brokerage clients.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Eugene
Paul Wigner Papers
Consists of the papers of Wigner, the Hungarian-born American physicist.
Included are correspondence, subject files, writings, and offprints reflecting
his long career in physics. Some of the material concerns his work in the
early 1930s as a professor at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin, where
he studied the quantum mechanical interpretation of atomic spectra which
resulted in the publication of his book Gruppentheorie und ihre Anwendung
auf die Quantenmechanik der Atomspektren (1931), later translated and
published as Group Theory (1951), now a classic in its field. The
bulk of the papers relate to the period after Wigner moved to the United
States, where he became professor of mathematical physics from 1933-1937
at Princeton University and from 1937-1938 at the University of Wisconsin;
he then returned to his position at Princeton, where he worked until 1971
when he became professor emeritus. Prior to World War II, Wigner, along
with Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein, was instrumental in getting the United
States government to investigate the use of atomic energy for military
purposes. During the War, he was on the staff of the Metallurgical Laboratory
at the University of Chicago (the Manhattan Project) researching ways to
produce an atomic bomb, and he helped to design the nuclear reactor at
Hanford, Washington, where plutonium was produced for the bomb. Wigner
was also a member of the general advisory committee for the U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission (1952-1957, 1959-1964) and director of the Civil Defense
Research Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1964-1965), reflecting his interests
in civil defense and national security.
Wilcox, Wendell, 1906-1981
Wendell
Wilcox Papers
Consists of papers of Wilcox, including correspondence, diaries (various
years from 1940-1979), typescripts of his published and unpublished short
stories, articles, literary criticism, and novels, photographs, and printed
material. There are approximately 95 short works, primarily from the 1930s-1940s,
such as "Mother of a Hero" and "Night Falls in Michigan," as well as the
manuscripts for his published novel Everything Is Quite All Right
(1945) and three other novels, The Color of Darkness, Rock Me
to Sleep, and Helen. Correspondence includes 46 letters (1934-1959)
from Alice B. Toklas, five from Gertrude Stein, several from Thornton Wilder,
Sam Stewart, August Becker, Gertrude Abercrombie, and other writers and
friends. Also present is an extensive correspondence between Wilcox and
his wife, Esther Willson Wilcox, through their courtship, marriage (1931),
and during his trip to Paris in 1950.
Wendell Wilcox Letters to Frank Sandiford
Consists of 85 autograph and typed letters (1965-1981) by Wilcox, novelist
and short story writer, to his friends Frank and Frances Sandiford, written
from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to the Sandifords in various towns in
New York. Also present are 6 letters (1968-1969) by Esther Wilcox to the
Sandifords.
Wild, John, d. 1855
John
Wild Autograph Collection
Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European
figures--the great and near great, the noteworthy and notorious--from the
16th to the mid-19th centuries. Groups of individuals represented in the
collection include writers, lawyers, actors and actresses, opera stars,
naval and military heroes, explorers, artists, clergyman, politicians,
doctors and medical researchers, and royalty. While the emphasis is on
autographs of Englishmen/women, there is a good number of French manuscripts,
particularly two volumes of items dating from the French Revolution and
the First Empire. By far, the largest group of manuscripts (8 volumes)
consists of correspondence from mainly English 19th-century artists and
engravers. Included are a letter (1550) by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
to Pope Julius III against new Church policies; a document (1576) by Elizabeth
I ordering from the Master of the Wardrobe various cloths, "two Greate
hammers," and a large iron shovel; documents and letters by Louis XIV (1674-1715),
Louis XV (1724), and Louis Philippe (1816); a document (1720) signed by
Issac Newton; a letter (1779) of fatherly advice by George III to his son
William IV; and three letters (1786-1792) by Lavoisier. There is one volume
devoted to the letters of cardinals, ranging from 1550 to 1738. Other notable
names, by groups, include: artistic--Fielding, Reynolds, Turner; literary--Congreve,
Goethe, Moore, Rousseau, Voltaire; military/naval--Bligh, Cook, Lafayette,
Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington; theatrical--Booth, Kean, Siddons; and royal--Charles
I, Charles II, Eugene of Savoy, Ferdinand I, George III, James I, James
II, Sigismund II Augustus, and William III. In addition, the collection
contains, bound with the manuscripts in a grangerized manner, numerous
engravings, mezzotints, and other types of prints.
Wilder, Clinton, 1920-1986
Clinton
Wilder Collection
Consists of playbills collected by Wilder (Class of 1943) as well as
typescripts and production materials of plays he produced.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
Thornton Wilder Collection
Consists of a collection of Wilder letters and papers from various
sources. Included are about 35 letters (1929-1961) to Mrs. S. G. Frantz,
discussing his works and travels and accompanied by an inscribed photograph,
and other letters to Hyde Solomon, Carlos Baker, William Bowen, Robert
F. Goheen, and Van Allen Bradley. Also present are Wilder's addresses to
the Harvard Alumni Association (1951) and the Princeton Alumni Association
(1974).
Wildes, Harry Emerson, 1890-
Anthony Wayne by Harry Emerson Wildes
Consists of Wildes's typed manuscript, with autograph corrections and
bibliography, for his biography on Anthony Wayne (l941), the noted
general of the American Revolution and of military campaigns against the
Creek Indians in Georgia (1782-1783) and against confederated Indians of
the Wabash and Maumee regions, which resulted in his victory at Fallen
Timbers (1794).
Willauer, Whiting, 1906-1962
Whiting
Willauer Papers
Consists of papers of Willauer (Class of 1928) relating mainly to his
official, semi-official, and private concerns in China during and after
World War II when he was executive secretary (1941-1944) for China Defense
Supplies, Inc., which purchased airplanes for Claire Lee Chennault's American
Volunteer Group known as the "Flying Tigers;" director (1944-1945) of the
Far East branch of the Foreign Economic Administration; and president and
vice-chairman of the board of the Civil Air Transport (CAT) company in
China, co-founded with Chennault. Included are Willauer's annotations to
his papers and autobiographical notes, correspondence, articles, speeches,
diaries, interviews by and about him (including audio tapes), photographs,
CAT manuals, and a flight logbook for 1943-1944. Major correspondents include
Joseph Alsop, Marshall Bannell, Claire L. Chennault, Thomas Corcoran, T.
V. Soong, Charles L. Stillman, L. K. Taylor, Edward Warner, Erik Watts,
Louise Willauer (wife), and William S. Youngman. Also present are some
limited materials pertaining to his earlier career as an admiralty lawyer
(1931-1938) with a New York City law firm, attorney for the Civil Aeronautics
Board and the Dept. of Justice, and, later, as ambassador to Honduras (1954-1958)
and to Costa Rica (1958-1961).
Williams, Charles Richard, 1853-1927
Charles
Richard Williams Papers
Consists of selected holograph and typescript manuscripts of nonfiction,
lectures, essays, poetry, translations, and paraphrases of Williams (Class
of 1875), as well as correspondence and documents pertaining to him, correspondence
of other persons, and some of works in print. Published manuscripts included
in the collection are The Cliosophic Society, Princeton University
(1916), In Many Moods (1910), The Return of the Prodigal: A Monodrama
(1912), and Selections form Lucian (1896). There are 39 shorter
works--articles, essays, lecture notes--and much unpublished poetry. Correspondents
include Woodrow Wilson, members of the Class of 1875 on the occasion of
its 50th reunion, and members of the Western Association of Princeton Clubs,
and there is also a letterbook of business letters (1890-1909) of the Associated
Press in which Williams was active.
Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929
Jesse Lynch Williams Papers
Contains manuscripts, typescripts, and notes for several works of Williams
(Class of 1892): an unfinished novel (His Share of the World, l901-1904),
two plays (Why Divorce? and Why Marry?), a collection of
prose sketches about New York City life at the turn of the century, and
several short works, both fiction and non-fiction. Also included are diaries,
notebooks, and appointment books, 1890-1912.
Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964
New Poems, 1943, Edited by Oscar Williams
Consists of material relating to the publication of New Poems, 1943,
an anthology of war verse edited by Williams. Williams' introduction and
background material about the 40 poets represented, together with typed
manuscripts (some original) of the poems selected, comprise a complete
typed manuscript of the anthology. Selected uncorrected galley proofs,
corrected galleys of poems by eighteen of the contributors, and correspondence
related to the compilation of the work are also included. Among those who
corresponded are John Berryman, e. e. cummings, Robert Lowell, Archibald
MacLeish, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, and Mark Van Doren.
Williams, Percy H. (Percy Herbert)
Percy H. Williams Autograph Collection
Consists of approximately 50 original autographs, including signatures
of Washington Irving, Henry van Dyke, and Charles Guiteau (assassin of
President James Garfield), and a letter written by Wendell Willkie.
Williams, Tennessee, 1914-1983
Tennessee
Williams Manuscripts
Consists of early versions of eight works by Williams, including the
original typescript of Summer and Smoke and the orginal carbon typescripts
of Cabeza de Lobo or Composition in the 12-tone Scale (Suddenly
Last Summer), Hide and Seek (Baby Doll), and The Glass
Menagerie or The Gentleman Caller. Also included are a mimeographed
copy of Period of Adjustment or High Point Is Built on a Cavern,
the original typescript carbon of the novella Moon of Pause (The
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone); a short story, "The Kingdom of Earth,"
later rewritten as a play; and a typescript copy of a two-act play, Small
Craft Warnings.
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
Edmund
Wilson Collection
Consists of a collection of various letters and manuscripts by or about
Edmund Wilson, literary critic and author, dating from just after his graduation
from Princeton University (Class of 1916) to a 1971 letter written to Charles
Scribner about F. Scott Fitzgerald. Included are letters to Charles Hathaway,
Allen Tate, Gilbert and Janet Troxell, Frank Jewett Mather, Willard Thorp,
Julian Boyd, Isaac Thomas, his daughter, Rosalind Baker Wilson, and the
only extant letter (1936) to his first wife, Mary Blair Wilson. Manuscripts
of Wilson include a poem, "A Rose Found in a Greek Dictionary," a typescript
and galleys of an article, "Thoughts on Being Bibliographed," a short reminiscence
(ca. 1934) on "Talcottville," New York, corrected proofs of a review of
Andre Malraux's first volume of his The Psychology of Art, entitled
"Museum Without Walls," and several pages of autograph additons for Wilson's
book
The bit Between My Teeth, ALiterary Chronicle of 1950-1965
(1965). Also present are an article about Wilson by Christian Gauss, a
checklist of Wilson's works by Arthur Mizener, a photograph, and tearsheets
from
The New Yorker magazine.
Edmund Wilson Letters to Margaret Rullman
Consists of over thirty letters and cards from Wilson to Margaret Rullman,
a childhood friend. Among the photographs included are pictures of the
author as a child. In addition, there are newspaper clippings of articles
relating to Wilson's career.
Edmund Wilson Letters to Helen Muchni
Consists of approximately 197 letters, mostly handwritten, by Wilson
to Helen Muchnic. A large portion of the content focuses upon Wilson's
longstanding fascination with Russia, its history and literature, as well
as on the evolution of Muchnic's career as an author and professor of Russian
literature at Smith College. Included are two Wilson manuscripts: "A Little
Museum of Russian Language..." (TMs, carbon, 10 pp.) and "Notes on Pushkin"
(TMs, carbon, 19 pp.).
Wilson, H. H. (Harper Hubert), 1909-1977
H.
H. Wilson Papers
Consists of papers of Wilson accumulated while he was a professor in
the Politics Dept. of Princeton University (1947-1977) and relating mainly
to civil liberties. Included are previously secret "FBI Files" regarding
Wilson and records for other persons involved in civil liberty issues,
peace movements (the Vietnam war), or left-wing causes which were made
available for the collection during 1975-1979 after such files had been
acquired under the Freedom of Information Act (1975). There are extensive
reference files of clippings, reports, some correspondence, articles, and
printed matter concerning the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, McCarthyism, CIA
operations, the Rosenberg case, capitalism, political power, academic freedom,
and related issues. Also included are a few lectures and other materials
used in his courses at Princeton.
Wilson, Samuel J.
Samuel J. Wilson Papers
Consists of correspondence (1862-1886), diaries (1881-1883), memorabilia,
and printed matter of Wilson, clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological
Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., and his records while at the Seminary. The collection
contains his memoranda books, pastor's visiting books (1862-1867, 1871-1872),
and miscellaneous Seminary papers, including students' exercises and essays,
a register of students, and financial papers. In addition, there are handbills,
miscellaneous pamphlets, and programs, some for lectures by Wilson, as
well as letters to Wilson's son, Robert D. Wilson, and one of his diaries
(1872).
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Woodrow Wilson Collection
Consists of Wilson holdings which have been acquired gradually over
many years by purchase and gifts from many sources. The collection is rich
in material prior to Wilson's presidential years, although it is not limited
to this period. The writings include 25 addresses delivered between 1896
and 1910, as well as the transcription of his first inaugural address,
written in 1913 on his own typewriter and with corrections in his own hand.
Also included among the writings are notes taken of Wilson's course lectures
by undergraduates, some of whom wrote down his words almost verbatim. There
is correspondence between Wilson and his family, friends, and colleagues
both in academe and in the political arena. The original letters (and photostats)
of the correspondence between Wilson and his first wife, Ellen Louise Axson,
covering 1883 until 1913, are included. In addition, there are collections
of
correspondence assembled by colleagues and friends, such as Thomas Creigh,
Garrett Droppers, David F. Houston, Mary A. Hulbert (Mrs. Peck), John Wesley
Wescott, Lawrence C. Woods, and Frederic Yates. Also included is the Thackwell
collection of correspondence between Woodrow family members and especially
between Woodrow Wilson and his cousin, Harriet Woodrow, his first love,
as well as photographs of both Woodrow and Wilson relatives.
Archives of The Papers of Woodrow Wilson
Project
Consists of the records of the Woodrow Wilson papers publishing project
compiled by Arthur S. Link, editor (1959-1992) of The Papers of Woodrow
Wilson, spanning the life of Wilson: graduate of Princeton in 1879,
president of Princeton in 1902, governor of New Jersey in 1910, and president
of the United States in 1912. Included are office and financial files;
numbered card files; photocopies of correspondence, notes, and diaries
from various sources; printed material; photographs; microfilm of the Papers
of Woodrow Wilson at the National Archives and other institutions; and
tape recordings and film related to Woodrow Wilson and the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation.
Luther Pfahler Eisenhart Collection on Woodrow
Wilson
Consists, for the most part, of Woodrow Wilson-related material of
Eisenhart, who taught mathematics at Princeton and was one of the original
preceptors appointed by Wilson in 1905: 4 Wilson letters (1910-1922) to
Eisenhart, Eisenhart correspondence (1956-1960) about Wilson, and printed
material. In addition, there is a folder of letters (1927-1928) received
by Churchill (Class of 1934), Eisenhart's son, from various family members
and acquaintances.
C. Pardee Foulke Papers
Consists of a typed manuscript with holograph corrections of an unpublished
biography, Woodrow Wilson, by Foulke (Class of 1929), as well as
his notebooks for the book, undergraduate lecture notes and examinations
in English literature and Roman history, copies of the St. Paul's School
(Concord, N.H.) Record (1925, 1926), a St. Paul's School catalog
(1920-1921), and a basketball scorekeeping book (1916).
James Kerney Collection of Woodrow Wilson
Consists of speeches, correspondence, photographs, and printed material
of and about Woodrow Wilson (Class of 1879), collected by James Kerney
and dating from Wilson's tenure as governor of New Jersey and president
of the United States. Included are page proofs (?) of Kerney's article
"Last Talks with Woodrow Wilson", slated for publication in the Saturday
Evening Post (3/29/1924) but pulled from that issue.
McCombs-Lyons
Collection on Woodrow Wilson
The McCombs-Lyons Collection contains typescripts of correspondence
and notes by William Frank McCombs, a lawyer
who was actively involved in Woodrow Wilson's gubernatorial and presidential
campaigns. McComb's secretary, Maurice F.
Lyons provided the transcripts of the correspondence and notes to Arthur
S. Link, as part of Link's work on the Papers of
Woodrow Wilson. Correspondence between Lyons and Link concerning the
typescripts is also located in this collection.
Winans, Samuel Ross
Winans
Collection of New Jersey Documents
Consists of almost 200 18th-century documents, mostly deeds to land,
relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield,
collected by Winans (Class of 1874). Included among this assortment are
bills of sale of slaves (1807, 1811), a complete inventory of two estate
sales (1790, 1800), and tax lists for Westfield (1790, 1824, 1828). These
latter documents list the inhabitants by name and indicate, much like a
census, the type of house each has, its size and material of construction,
number of windows and outhouses, presence of a kitchen, number of acres
of land owned, number of slaves owned, and the valuation of the dwelling
and the land. Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration, and Sir Francis
Bernard, English colonial governor, are two notable figures represented
in the collection.
Windust, Bretaigne, 1906-1960
Bretaigne
Windust Collection
Contains photographs, programs, reviews, articles, circulars, and inter-office
communications concerning plays directed by Windust (Class of 1929), mainly
for the University Players (Falmouth, Massachusetts), of which he was a
co-founder. Actors and actresses represented in the photographs include
Ina Claire, Madge Evans, Henry Fonda, Lynn Fontanne, Howard Lindsay, Joshua
Logan, Alfred Lunt, Myron McCormick, Ted Shawn, Kent Smith, Ruth St. Denis,
Dorothy Stickney, and Margaret Sullavan. There are also are notebooks of
scripts and production material for the television series of Life with
Father, and the director's working scripts for the films June Bride
and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky and for the theatrical productions
of Finian's Rainbow, The Girls in 509, and Idiot's Delight.
A scrapbook covering Windust's participation in Theatre Intime during his
years at Princeton is also included in the collection.
Winham, Godfrey, 1934-1975
Godfrey Winham Writings on Music
Consists of unpublished writings of Winham (Class of 1956, professor
of music, 1965-1972) on music, which have been edited, collated, and indexed
by Roger Maren. Winham's subjects include the works and theories of Bach,
Beethoven, Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Chopin, J. K. Randall, Arnold Schoenberg,
Heinrich Schenker, and Anton von Webern.
Witherspoon, Herbert, 1873-1935
Herbert Witherspoon Scrapbooks
Consists of newspaper clippings and programs relating to the musical
career of Witherspoon, a Metropolitan Opera basso and performer of songs
in recital.
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794
John
Witherspoon holdings in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
John
Witherspoon Collection
Consists mainly of correspondence and documents of Witherspoon, with
works and miscellaneous material as well. The collection reflects Witherspoon's
interest and and achievements as a Presbyterian clergyman, sixth president
of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), and Revolutionary
War patriot. Included are receipts (1779) for four Scottish prisoners-of-war,
for whom Witherspoon made himself accountable, letters (1767-1768) by Witherspoon
to Benjamin Rush, who was then a medical student in Edinburgh, Scotland,
and letters to John Bayard, Henry Lee, James Madison, Jonathan Sergeant,
George Washington, and others. Also included are receipts and bills from
the Treasurer's Office of the College of New Jersey, and notes taken by
Abel Johnson (Class of 1784) of Witherspoon's history lectures. One box
of the collection consists entirely of photocopies of correspondence, documents,
and other papers, the originals of which can be found in the collection,
the Library of Congress, the Presbyterian Historical Society, and other
locations.
Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
Ben Wittick Photographs of Hopi Villages
Consists of a large bound volume of nine black-and-white photographs
by Wittick, probably taken between 1880 and 1903. The photographs are of
different views of various Hopi Indian villages in northern Arizona with
some of their inhabitants.
Wohlforth, Mildred Gilman, 1896-1994
Mildred
Gilman Wohlforth Papers
Consists of papers of Wohlforth. Wohlforth graduated from the University
of Wisconsin where she was the first woman editor of the Wisconisn Literary
Magazine. After college she married James Gilman, moved to New York,
became Heywood Broun's secretary, then from 1928-1931 a reporter for the
New
York Journal. After divorcing Gilman she left reporting at the
Journal,
married Robert Wohlforth in 1930, and published Sob Sister (1931),
a novel about a female tabloid reporter, which was also made into a movie.
In the late 1930s Wohlforth went to Germany as a reporter for the International
News Service to interview Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring, and worked for
the
Washington Herald covering Eleanor Roosevelt and New Deal projects.
Settling in Ridgefield, Connecticut Wohlforth continued to write articles
and stories, and novels, worked for the Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, raised three sons, and published her memoirs in 1973. Included
in the papers are over 600 letters from friends, family, and literary associates,
such as Barbara Belford, Silas Bent, Heywood Broun, Robert Benchley, Kyle
Crichton, Zona Gale, Julian S. Huxley, Richard and Hildegarde Lockridge,
H. L. Mencken, Ezra Pound, and Robert Wohlforth. There are autograph and
typed manuscripts for several unpublished novels in various revisions with
such titles as Diary of Alice, I Sobbed for Mr. Hearst, and
The
Woman Angle, as well as the manuscript for The Reminiscences of
Mildred Gilman (1973); typescripts for some stories and many articles
on a wide range of topics with many relating to issues of marriage and
sexuality, such as "Are You Frigid," "Fearless Frances," "I Covered the
Crash," "Safe Sex," and "Sob Sister Tells All"; contracts; documents; dreams
recorded by Wohlforth; newspaper clippings; and about 120 photographs of
the Wohlforth family, Mildred Wohlforth on various reporting assignments,
friends, writers, and several movie actors and actresses, including Deanna
Durbin, Jane Withers, Tyrone Power, Shirley Temple, Paul Robeson, Hermann
Goring, Dorothy Parker, Heywood Broun, and others. There are two videocassetes
of an interview with the Wohlforths.
Wolcott, Frederick, 1767-1837
Wolcott Family Correspondence
Consists of photostatic copies of correspondence of Frederick Wolcott
of Litchfield, Connecticut, with his brother and sister, Oliver (1760-1833)
and MaryAnn, and other relatives by marriage, primarily concerning family
matters.
Wolfe, Don M. (Don Marion), 1902-1976
Don M. Wolfe Collection on John Milton
Consists of Xerox copies of printed material (1640-1660) from the Thomason
Collection in the British Library relevant to John Milton's pamphleteering.
This material was used in the preparation of Austin Woolrych's introduction
to the last volume of the Yale edition of The Complete Prose Works of
John Milton (1953-1982), which was under the general editorship of
Don M. Wolfe.
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
Alexander
D. Wainwright Collection of Thomas Wolfe
Consists of Alexander D. Wainwright's collection of manuscripts, correspondence,
drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American
novelist, playwright, and storywriter. The collection contains a selection
of Wolfe's papers (writings, correspondence, documents, and drawings),
adaptations by others of some of his works, papers relating to Wolfe, and
correspondence of Wainwright concerning the collection.
Woltmann, Albert, 1813-1898
Selected Papers of Albert Woltmann
Consists of selected papers of Woltmann, including autographs of fellow
students and writings from his school days in Goettingen, Germany, sermons,
personal documents, a photograph, and 8 notebooks of poetry and miscellaneous
writings.
Wood, Frank L.
Frank L. Wood Correspondence
Consists of a letter album of Wood. It includes letters and postcards
to him from John A. Logan, Edward P. Roe, Henry Van Dyke, Ruth Bryan Owen,
the first American woman foreign diplomat, and others. There are also a
few letters between other family members.
Woodhull, Alfred A. (Alfred Alexander), 1837-1921
Alfred A. Woodhull Papers
Consists of works, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs,
miscellaneous material, and printed works of Woodhull (Class of 1856).
Included are his manuscripts of Studies, Chiefly Clinical, in the Non-Emetic
Use of Ipecacuanha (1876) and Note on Military Hygiene for Officers
of the Line (1890) as well as many lectures, articles, addresses, and
studies by him. The professional correspondence reflects Woodhull's interest
in sanitary conditions within the military and contains many letters he
wrote as a member of the surgeon general's staff after the Civil War and
during his tour of duty as an instructor in military hygiene at the Infantry
and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1886-1890). The personal
correspondence includes many letters between family members, especially
between his parents, Anna Maria Salomon and Alfred Alexander Woodhull.
Much of the collection includes material after Woodhull's retirement from
the army when he returned to Princeton for five years (1902-1907) as a
lecturer in personal hygiene and general sanitation. There are lectures,
correspondence, and miscellaneous material during this period including
papers relating to the Princeton Class of 1856 and to Clio Hall.
Woodruff, George, 1765-1846
Woodruff Family Papers
Consists of selected papers of Woodruff (Class of 1785), a lawyer,
and various members of his family of Trenton, New Jersey. Included are
correspondence with his brother, Aaron Dickinson Woodruff (Class of 1779),
mayor of Trenton from 1794 to 1797, concerning the construction of George
Woodruff's house, "Oaklands," near Trenton; correspondence with his wife,
Jean Houstoun Woodruff, concerning the deaths of their sons Elias and George;
correspondence of a surviving son, Patrick Houstoun Woodruff (1801-1886);
and papers relating to the settlement of the estate of George and Ann Houstoun
(George Woodruff's in-laws) of Savannah, Georgia. Also present are four
photographs (1896) of "Oaklands," which later became the Trenton Country
Club.
Wright, J. Butler (Joshua Butler), 1877-1939
Joshua
Butler Wright Papers
Consists of selected papers of Wright (Class of 1899) that document
his thirty-year career in American legations and embassies in Honduras,
Europe, and South America and as assistant secretary of state under Calvin
Coolidge. Included are 16 diaries spanning the years 1909-1918, 1927-1928,
1931-1932, and 1936; some correspondence; a scrapbook on the Rogers Act
of 1922 concerning the reorganization of the foreign service; and a document
on the German-Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1938.
Wright, Walter Livingston, 1900-1949
Walter Livingston Wright Papers
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Wright (Class
of 1921) relating to his work in Turkey, Princeton, and Washington, D.C.
There is extensive correspondence with his father (Class of 1892) while
Wright was president of the American College for Girls and Robert College
in Istanbul, and the collection includes sketches of the founders of Robert
College and papers on the earthquake that took place in Turkey in 1939.
In addition, there are some essays, translations, and correspondence of
Wright's father (Class of 1892) who was president of Lincoln University
(Pa.), one of the first American universities for blacks.
Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971
Philip
Wylie Papers
Consists of manuscripts and correspondence representing the life work
of Wylie (Class of 1924), ranging from his Dormitory Ditties, published
during his Princeton University days (ca. 1920), to The End of the Dream,
a novel published posthumously in 1972. All of his works, including 34
novels, 13 nonfiction books, 52 scripts, 13 serials, and many short stories
and articles, exist in the collection in typescript form, often with holograph
corrections. Among the longer works are The Disappearance, Images
of God (unpublished), Generation of Vipers, When Worlds Collide,
The
Magic Animal, and Island of Lost Souls. There are articles relating
to education, morality, ecology, fishing, civil defense, the atom bomb,
and other social issues of concern to the people of Dade County, Fla.,
where Wylie made his home. His popular "Crunch and Des" stories about two
Florida fishermen, as well as his syndicated column, "Off My Chest," are
also included. Correspondence is extensive, including letters of Edwin
Balmer, Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung, Robert Lindner, Konrad Lorenz, Harold
Ober, the Wylie family, and many letters from friends, family, editors,
businessmen, scientists, psychologists, and minor literary contemporaries.
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Yarrell, William, 1784-1856
William Yarrell Collection
Consists of letters to Yarrell, a Scottish fishery law document (1842),
ninety watercolors, pencil drawings, and engravings of fish, and related
printed matter.
Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894
Edmund Yates Collection
Consists of Yates's correspondence, photographs, and memoranda, as
well as papers of others, relating to his founding and editorship of the
London newspaper The World. Much of the correspondence is addressed
to Charles Thomas, another World editor, and to the newspaper in
general, including letters to the editors, cover letters for works submitted
for publication, and letters by contributors to the paper's "Acrostics"
column, but there are letters by Yates as well.
Yeandle, A. M., Mrs.
Yeandle Collection of Film Star Photographs
Consists of scrapbooks of publicity photographs of American motion-picture
actors and actresses, mainly of the 1930s and 1940s.
Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922
John
Butler Yeats Collection
Contains original manuscripts, drawings, correspondence, miscellaneous
materials, photographs, and printed material by and related to John Butler
Yeats. The bulk of the collection, however, is composed of typed transcripts
of this correspondence as well as copies of other correspondence (primarily
letters by and to John Quinn from the John Quinn Memorial Collection in
the New York Public Library), and other research material.
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Brigham Young Collection
Contains three letters by Brigham Young, one (1846) to his fourth wife,
Harriet Cook Young, about the exodus to Utah and two (1872, 1873) to fellow
Mormons; a letter (1862) to him authorized by Lincoln from Adjutant General
L. Thomas, calling on Young to raise a cavalry company of Utah militia
to protect the property of the Telegraph and Overland Mail Company for
ninety days or until such time as the regular troops could reach Independence
Rock where an Indian disturbance was taking place; and letters by the quarter-master
of Army to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton dealing with the payment of
expenses incurred in equipping the militia. In addition, there is one (1968)
by Edith Young Booth, granddaughter of Brigham Young, with information
about the family.
Young, C. A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908
C. A. Young Correspondence
Consists, for the most part, of letters written to Young, Princeton
professor of astronomy (1877-1905), by other astronomers, such as N. M.
Paul of the United States Naval Observatory and Leonard Waldo of Harvard,
and by clock, astronomical, and scientific instrument manufacturers, including
Howard Grubb, Fauth and Co., E. Howard and Co., and Edward Kahler. In addition,
there are some drawings of astronomical instruments and a few bank books,
and a small wooden box of early spectroscopic plates of the sun (ca. 1890).
Yunque, Alvaro, 1889-1982
Alvaro
Yunque Correspondence
Consists primarily of correspondence received by Yunque (Aristides
Gandolfi Herrero) and his wife, Alba Gandolfi, discussing literary themes
and intellectual life in Buenos Aires. There are also drafts of replies
by Yunque and letters to family members, correspondence and essays from
a celebration of Yunque's 80th birthday at the Dr. Jaim Zhitlovsky School,
and a small amount of printed material. The strength of the collection
is the correspondence received from many important writers in Argentine
intellectual life, including Jose Ingenieros, Roberto J. Payro, Ricardo
Rojas, Raul Scalabrini Ortiz, Enrique Banchs, Alfonsina Storni, Arturo
Capdevila, Elias Castelnuovo, and Raul Gonzalez Tunon, some of whom were
members of the writer's group Grupo de Boedo. Many of Yunque's works are
discussed, such as Antologia Poetica, Barcos de Papel, Ta-Te-Ti,
Versos
de la Calle, and Zancadillas. There is also correspondence with
literary critics Roberto F. Guisti, and Raul Larra, theater director Leonidas
Barletta, and Uruguayan poets Juana de Ibarbourou and Fernan Silva Valdes.
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Zamiatin, Evgenii Ivanovich, 1884-1937
Evgenii
Ivanovich Zamiatin Collection
Consists of selected papers, in Russian and English, of Zamiatin, primarily
after 1931, when he emigrated to Paris, France. Included are autograph
and typed manuscripts for a short story, "The Dragon," two articles, "The
Modern Russian Theater" and "The Future of the Theater," and four synopses
or scenarios for film or theater treatments, "D-503" (a film scenario for
Zamiatin's negative utopian novel We), "The Flea," "In Siberia,"
and "Master of Asia." Also present are nine letters (1932-1933) to George
Reavey, the Irish poet and translator of Russian literature, and one letter
(1934) to the theater director Theodore Komisarjevsky.