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Thomas Foxcroft Correspondence, 1729-1759

C0160 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Thomas Foxcroft served as a Congregational minister at the First Church of Boston. The collection consists primarily of letters sent to Foxcroft by acquaintances and colleagues, notably Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) and Experience Mayhew (1673-1758). Several manuscripts, including sermons by Jonathan Dickinson (both written and printed) and lengthy responses to theological debates, are also included.
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James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry, 1930-1949

C0493 11 boxes
Consists of papers of James G. Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton, related to New Jersey industrial history.
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Philip James Bailey Collection, 1855-1946

C0148 1 box 2 items 0.4 linear feet
The Philip James Bailey Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and miscellanea of the English poet Philip James Bailey (1816-1902).
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H. F. B. Brett-Smith Papers, 1896-1942 (mostly 1921-1925)

C0840 2 boxes 0.7 linear feet
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The collection consists of papers of Herbert Francis Brett-Smith reflecting his position as literary editor (1920-1928) of the Shakespeare Head Press, which was founded in 1904 at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, by A. H. Bullen (1857-1920). Much of the collection is correspondence as well as notices of board meetings, profit and loss account statements, balance sheets, statements on policy and location of the Shakespeare Head Press, a few clippings, and printed lists of publications and Shakespeare Head Press brochures.
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Green Family Collection, 1771-1969 (mostly 1810-1895)

C0304 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
The Green Family Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Green family of Trenton and Mercer County, New Jersey, including Henry Woodhull Green (Princeton Class of 1820), his parents, Elizabeth and Caleb Green, his brother, John Cleve Green, and his son, Charles Ewing Green.
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Willard H. Bradford Princeton Collection, 1779-1897

C0057 1 box
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and documents relating to the College of New Jersey and the locale of Princeton, collected by Willard H. Bradford (Class of 1891).
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Samuel Stanhope Smith Collection, 1772-1817

C0028 1 box
Consists of manuscripts, letters, and documents of Samuel Stanhope Smith, covering, for the most part, the years (1795-1812) he served as president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton.
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Mixsell Collection of Autographs of Musicians, 1825-1937

C0085 2 boxes 2.5 linear feet
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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. Materials were collected by American physician and composer Raymond B. Mixsell (Princeton Class of 1903).
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James H. Morrow Papers, 1842-1865

C1414 1 box 0.2 linear feet
James H. Morrow was a young physician with an extensive background in natural history and agriculture when Secretary of State Edward Everett appointed him to serve as agriculturist with the U.S. expedition to Japan, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, in February 1853. Included in the collection are Morrow's original autograph draft of his expedition journal (approx. 213 pp.), other expedition-related material, and a number of documents of biographical interest about Morrow.
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Gilbert Chinard Collection of French Historical Material, 1494-1905 (mostly 1761-1885)

C0428 4 boxes 1.7 linear feet
Contains historical and literary manuscripts collected by Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), a Franco-American scholar who was associated with the Institut Français de Washington from 1928 and was Pyne Professor of French at Princeton University, 1937-50. His published work was on French literature and the history of Franco-American relations.
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The Rochester Courier Collection, 1850-1903

C1100 1 box 0.20 linear feet
The Rochester Courier was a weekly, local newspaper published on Friday nights in Rochester, New Hampshire, beginning in 1864. The collection consists of manuscript speeches, articles, editorials, and correspondence from the newspaper, reflecting some of the national issues which dominated American political life leading up to and following the Civil War, including the antislavery movement, the Missouri Compromise, and temperance.
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Claude-Henri Dufour Art Course Materials, 1797-1822

C1507 2 boxes 1.5 linear feet
The collection consists of course planning materials, manuscripts for an illustrated treatise on art and design, speech drafts, and drawings of French professional designer and art teacher Claude-Henri Dufour (1766-1845), dating from the period during and following the French Revolution, related to an art course he developed and taught at l'École Centrale d'Allier in the Auvergne region of central France. Dufour's writings depict an ardent republican who promoted the value of design education for artists during the Industrial Revolution and early years of industrial design. Course materials cover elements of design and perspective, anatomy and proportion of the human figure, aesthetics, composition, and ornamental design, as well as touch on architecture and natural history.
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Part I: Méthode pour apprendre le dessin à l'usage des élèves des Écoles centrales, undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionClaude-Henri Dufour Art Course Materials, 1797-1822Treatise on Art, undated
17 leaves and 3 half leaves with illustrations, stitched together. The 19 illustrations include geometrical figures and solids in pen and red chalk, pen and ink drawings of a leaf ornament, a flower and classical head, samples of tonal systems, cross-hatching in charcoal, pen and ink, and color wash, and a drawing of the head of Minerva in four progressive stages.
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Robert Mountsier Collection, 1908-1912

C1140 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Robert Mountsier, secretary (ca. 1910) of the Student Lecture Bureau at the University of Michigan and, later, an editor at The Evening Sun.
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Pedro Consuegra Papers, 1959-2007

C1533 3 boxes
The Pedro Consuegra papers include postcard correspondence with Néstor Almendros, German Puig Paredes, Severo Sarduy, and others. The papers also include original issues of SIE, a handwritten underground tabloid, or zine, Consuegra edited for and about gay Latin American expatriates living in France.
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James Creese Papers, 1822-1960

C0412 5 boxes 2.1 linear feet
Consists of some undergraduate and graduate papers of James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918), as well as papers from his tenures as successive presidents of the Stevens and Drexel Institutues of Technology.
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Eugene O'Neill Collection, 1913-1993 (mostly 1913-1944)

C0281 1 box 0.45 linear feet
Eugene O'Neill, the celebrated American playwright, was a director of the Provincetown Players and a founder of the Theatre Guild. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Strange Interlude (1928) and, posthumously, for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). The collection consists of fifteen manuscripts of O'Neill, most of which are first drafts of plays and include preliminary notes.
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Florence G. and Edward Y. Miller Collection, 1899-1938

C0508 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of writings, correspondence, a diary (1904-1907), photographs, and printed matter of Florence G. Miller, wife of Captain Edward Y. Miller of the U.S. Army, reflecting their life while stationed in the Philippines.
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Eileen B. Simpson Papers, 1941-1991 (mostly 1979-1991)

C0834 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists of papers primarily related to Eileen Simpson's book, Poets in their Youth: A Memoir, about her married years with poet John Berryman.
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"American Freedom and Catholic Power" Collection, 1947-1949

C0145 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of drafts of, and material related to, American author Paul Blanshard's American Freedom and Catholic Power (1949)
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John Insley Blair Family Papers, 1843-1961 (mostly 1891-1910)

C0934 13 boxes 1 folder 12.5 linear feet
Consists primarily of travel diaries, scrapbooks, and photograph albums composed by railroad industrialist John Insley Blair and his family. There is also a small selection of letters of Clinton Ledyard Blair regarding a fight over Woodrow Wilson's reforms at Princeton University and Blair's relationship with the University's Board of Trustees.
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Howell Family of New Jersey Papers, 1703-1919

C0456 5 boxes 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of papers of various members of the Howell family of Morris County, New Jersey.
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Collected Memorabilia of William Sidney Porter [O. Henry], 1897-1916

C0116 3 boxes 2.8 linear feet
The Collected Memorabilia of William Sidney Porter consists of unpublished articles, reminiscences, and correspondence of the American storywriter William Sidney Porter (1862-1910), better know by his pseudonym "O. Henry."
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St. Nicholas Correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1867-1903

C0029 1 box
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Consists of letters to Mary Mapes Dodge in her capacity as editor of the successful New York City children's magazine St. Nicholas from contributors and literary friends.
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David Graham Phillips Manuscripts, 1902-1950

C0124 14 boxes 5.6 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, essays, and articles of American journalist and author David Graham Phillips (Princeton Class of 1887).
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Richard Hanmer Bunbury letters to his father, 1827-1839

C0707 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Richard Hanmer Bunbury was a captain in the British Royal Navy and spent sixteen years in Australia. His father was Lt. General Sir Henry Bunbury. The collection contains 45 letters Richard Hanmer Bunbury wrote to Sir Henry Bunbury from 1827 to 1839. The letters contain accounts of naval life and duties, as well as some battles. The collection also includes a letter to one of Richard's brothers, five of his friends, a letter of commendation, his marriage certificate, and a certificate awarded for the rescue of a man who fell overboard.
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Selected Papers of Alberto Girri, 1960-1987

C0259 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
The Selected Papers of Alberto Girri consists of English translations of selected poems, poetry manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and a collection of interviews of the Argentine poet Alberto Girri (1919-1991).
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William Libbey Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1790-1857

C0483 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of fifty-two New Jersey documents collected by William Libbey (Princeton Class of 1877), the bulk of which are deeds representing the counties of Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Hunterdon and the towns of Princeton, Rocky Hill, Montgomery, and Lawrence.
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Ludwig Landshoff Papers, 1909-1941

C0478 6 boxes
Consists of music transcriptions, notebooks, note cards, and other printed matter of German musicologist Ludwig Landshoff.
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Boarded Hall Estate (Barbados) Plantation Records, 1676-1887 (mostly 1712-1845)

C1227 2 boxes 1.5 linear feet
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Consists of eighteenth and nineteeth-century records of Boarded Hall Estate, a slave plantation in Barbados in the West Indies. The material was found on the estate in the 1820s by George Harnage, the son of its last English owner, and annotated by him in subsequent years.
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End papers, dates not examined

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Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionBoarded Hall Estate (Barbados) Plantation Records, 1676-1887 (mostly 1712-1845)Series 1: Records, 1676-1887
End papers of the original binding of the manuscripts. It contains notes by Harnage regarding a letter he received from "Mr. Crichlow," December 28, 1838, about the main house on the estate having been blown down by the hurricane of 1831, about Goring owning a store in Bridgetown, and about another letter from "Mr. Pyle," proprietor of Brighton Estate which is also in the Parish of St. George.
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Albert Bensoussan Working Files on Latin American Writers, 1968-2017

C1561 5 boxes
Albert Bensoussan is a writer, translator, and professor emeritus of Spanish literature at the University of Haute-Bretagne in Rennes, France. This collection consists of correspondence to Bensoussan from various Latin American authors whose works he has translated. Also included are writings from Bensoussan and others, interview transcripts, typescripts, and collected articles and essays about Latin American authors.
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Selected Papers of Jonathan Pennington Alward, 1834-1874 (mostly 1834-1841)

C0379 1 box 0.4 linear feet
The Jonathan Pennington Alward Collection consists of correspondence and assorted writings of the Basking Ridge, N.J., native Jonathan Pennington Alward—a clergyman, missionary, and graduate of Princeton (Class of 1836)—and his family.
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Pre-Raphaelite Correspondence of George Price Boyce, 1852-1917

C0705 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters from approximately forty Pre-Raphaelite (and other) artists to English watercolorist George Price Boyce and his family.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Logan Pearsall Smith Materials, 1897-1953

C0293 4 boxes 1.4 linear feet
Consists of selected papers, including manuscripts, research materials, and correspondence, of American-born British essayist and critic Logan Pearsall Smith.
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Radcliffe Family Papers, 1530-1779 (mostly 1699-1757)

C0926 2 boxes 0.84 linear feet
Consists primarily of 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.
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Paul Reif Musical Scores, 1957-1977

C0639 3 boxes 1.15 linear feet
Consists of musical scores of twentieth-cetnury American composer Paul Reif.
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John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884

C0964 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.
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Guild Family Collection, 1787-1823

C0435 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and documents of the Guild family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, including papers of brothers Benjamin and Ralph Guild.
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Selected Correspondence of Margaret Randall, 1977-1999

C0861 6 boxes 2 items 2.4 linear feet
The Selected Correspondence of Margaret Randall consists of letters exchanged between the American Marxist, poet, editor, author Margaret Randall, and many Latin American poets, writers, journalists, editors, and friends. Also included are subject files, articles, and printed matter relating to Cuba and Nicaragua. Randall was born in New York, but spent most of her adult life in Latin America. In 1961 she moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Mexico, then to Cuba in 1969, and from there to Nicaragua in 1980, returning to Albuquerque in 1984.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Christina Georgina Rossetti Materials, circa 1850-1894

C0222 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists primarily of signed autograph manuscripts--over 50 letters and 19 poems--of Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), a poet and sister of Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti.
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Steven Barclay Collection, 1904-2008 (mostly 1920-1940)

C1487 6 boxes 3.0 linear feet
A collection containing original manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, association copies of books, and other printed material, chiefly by or pertaining to Adrienne Monnier (1892-1955) and Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), and their respective bookshops in Paris: La Maison des Amis des Livres and Shakespeare & Company.
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Sidney P. Clay Family Collection, 1783-1846 (mostly 1800-1844)

C0404 1 box 0.45 linear feet
The Sidney P. Clay Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs of Clay (Princeton Class of 1821) and members of his family, and includes some correspondence of the Reed family.
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Briton Rivière Family Correspondence, 1853-1910 (mostly 1872-1901)

C1637 1 box
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Consists of letters to Briton Rivière (1840-1920), the Victorian artist and illustrator, and to his family members, including from many contemporary artists and writers.
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Parke Godwin Papers, 1830-1900 (mostly 1850-1880)

C0019 10 boxes 3.96 linear feet
Consists of a wide range of published and unpublished manuscripts of Parke Godwin (Princeton Class of 1834).
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Peter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, 1941-2005

C1225 9 boxes 3.6 linear feet
Consists of a collection of screenplays and television scripts spanning a period of sixty-four years of film and television production, collected by the writer Peter Orton.
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After School, undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionPeter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, 1941-2005Series 1: Screenplays and Television Scripts, 1941-2005
Screenplay of a 1987 American high-school comedy film, directed by Phil Joanou, written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling; also known as 3 O'clock High. Undated typewritten draft, with autograph correction and annotations in pencil. 119 leaves.
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Chocolat, undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionPeter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, 1941-2005Series 1: Screenplays and Television Scripts, 1941-2005
Screenplay for the 2001 Miramax Films film, based on the novel by the same name written by Joanne Harris, adapted by the screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, and directed by Lasse Hallström. Tipped in is a circular sent to members of the "Writers Guild of America" from Miramax with the screenplay. This is an undated printed copy. 130 leaves.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Grant Richards Correspondence, 1899-1923

C0125 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of personal correspondence between British publisher and author Grant Richards, and many of the authors with whom he worked.
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Eli Field Cooley Papers, 1803-1910

C0410 9 boxes 5.3 linear feet
Consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of nineteenth-century pastor Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806).
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Bayard Taylor Putnam Family Papers, 1870-1934

C1463 4 boxes 1.8 linear feet
Bayard Taylor Putnam (1854-1886) was geological surveyor in the Division of Mining Geology for the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) from the founding of the agency in 1879 to the early 1880s. This collection consists of Putnam's professional papers, including correspondence and field notes, which document his work with the U.S.G.S, specifically his surveys of iron-ore and coal mines for the Tenth U.S. Census. His papers also relate to a patented combined protractor and chart holder that Putnam invented. Other Putnam family members, particularly his wife, Grace Haven Putnam (1855-1900), are also represented.
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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1908 (mostly 1728-1809)

C1291 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.
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John Lewis Guillemard Letters, 1787-1844

C1492 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of letters, dating from 1787 to 1844, of John Lewis Guillemard (1764-1844), a well-traveled English aristocrat and Royal Society fellow, to his family and friends that document, among other things, American politics and foreign relations, the British Empire, the French Revolution, and the early 19th-century scientific and intellectual communities. Guillemard's letters are addressed primarily to his sister, Jeanne Marie Griffin, his nieces Frances, Jane and Mary Griffin, his uncles, James and Isaac Guillemard, merchants in London, Sir John and Lady Jane Griffin Franklin, and Sir George Thomas Staunton.
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Hamilton Cottier Papers, 1752-1977

C0594 17 boxes 8 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, account books (1925-1975), financial papers, and printed matter of Hamilton Cottier (Princeton Class of 1922, professor of English, 1925-1962), and material relating to "Southlawn," the home of his father, Alonzo Cottier, in Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Charles William White Papers, 1934-1977

C1484 5 boxes 2.0 linear feet
American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a historical fiction writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including correspondence with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein.
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George H. Boker Collection, 1847-1888

C0208 6 boxes 3 Volumes 2.6 linear feet
Consists chiefly of manuscripts of poems and plays by George H. Boker, a nineteenth-century American dramatist and poet.
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Mercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence, 1961-1993

C1385 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Contains Valdivieso's correspondence with Latin American writers and critics such as Fernando Alegría, Octavio Paz, and Manuel Rojas, as well as drafts of scholarly essays and talks.
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A-G (General), undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionMercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence, 1961-1993Series 1: Correspondence, 1961-1993
Contains correspondence with Marjorie Agosin, Aida Apter-Cragnolino, Manuel Balbontín, Ricardo F. Benavides, Soledad Bianchi, Cecilia Bustamante-Ortega, Rodrigo Cánova, Mayling Chang Díaz, César Cecchi, Augustín Cueva, Joan Davies, Editorial Planeta Chilena S.A., Hans Ehrman, Richard R. Fagan, Juan Ferraté, Jean Franco, Helio Gallardo, Luis Alberto Ganderats, Pedro Gimferrer, and Gabriela O. Gutiérrez.
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H-R (General), undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionMercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence, 1961-1993Series 1: Correspondence, 1961-1993
Contains correspondence with Norman Hackerman, Harvey L. Johnson, Fernando Krahn, Luisa López Groera, Luz Machado, Jorge L. Martí, Martha Martínez, Carmen Masip de Hawkins, Beth Miller, Yvette E. Miller, Gabriela Mora, Yerko Moretic, Beatriz de Moura, Martha Paley de Francescato, María Paz Lecea, Erna Pfeiffer, Arturo Prat, and Danuta Rycerz.
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S-Z (General), undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionMercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence, 1961-1993Series 1: Correspondence, 1961-1993
Contains correspondence with Loreina Santos Silva, Luis Mario Schneider, Juris Silenieks, Sociedad de Escritores de Chile, Irena Szymanska, Catherine Tinker, Ricardo Trigueros de Leon, H.N. Urrutibéheity, Vassar College, José Manuel Vergara, Nilita Vientós Gastón, Kalina Wojciechowska, Ramón Xirau, Ricardo Yamal, John N.K. Young, Enrique Zanartu, Celia de Zapata, and Alfredo Zepeda.
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Selected Papers of William B. Smith, 1918-1971

C0200 1 box 0.45 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence between childhood friends William B. Smith and Ernest Hemingway, the American author and Nobel Prize winner.
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Norma Spector Papers, 1947-2009

C1379 1 box .4 linear feet
Consists of papers relating to post-World War II Greek history and politics, 1940s-1970s, collected by Norma Spector in her role as the public relations liaison of the Federation of Greek Maritime Unions (FGMU) in New York City.
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Resolution, Inc.- A Non-Profit Educational Corporation, undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionNorma Spector Papers, 1947-2009Correspondence, 1950-2009Organizations - Committees, 1950-1975
Includes correspondence with Norma Spector relating to the fundraising project for the documentary film: The Greek Struggle - Neo-Colonialism and Liberation. It is accompanied by a typescript draft of the film treatment and a copy of a typed letter (July 1973) signed by Andreas Papandreou, leader of the Panellēnio Apeleutherōtiko Kinēma (P.A.K.) [National Liberation Movement], in English.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Félix Bonfils Photographs, 1867-1885

C0942 2 boxes 1.8 linear feet
The Félix Bonfils Photographs Collection consists of photographs taken by Bonfils in the second half of the 19th century of images and people in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Gilbert Chinard Papers, 1911-1965

C0671 20 boxes
Gilbert Chinard was a Franco-American scholar who taught at Princeton University and was affiliated with the Institut Français de Washington. The organization, established in 1926 to promote the study of French civilization and culture, endeavors to recognize the French influence in North American culture. The collection houses documents and letters concerning the Institution and an autograph manuscript of James Dunn Hufman's translation of Andre Lasseray's Les Français Sous Les Trieze Etoiles.
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Jackson Mathews Collection of Sylvia Beach, 1921-1965

C0141 1 box 2 items 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters and other material related to Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American proprietress of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company, collected by Jackson Mathews (1907?-1978).
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Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers Correspondence, 1822-1852

C1425 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers was a bookstore, publisher, and subscription library in London in the early to mid-19th century. Consists of an archive of 113 original notes and letters largely composed by British aristocrats or their personal secretaries and addressed to Messrs. Andrews, Booksellers, at 167 New Bond Street, requesting or returning books from the circulating library. The collection contains single letters addressed to Mr. Lodge, Mr. Rooke, and Messrs. Harding. The correspondence also includes requests for stationery, music, and the purchase of new books.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Albert Einstein Materials, 1913-1975 (mostly 1930-1955)

C1022 5 boxes 3.7 linear feet
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Consists of a wide range of miscellaneous material by or about the Nobel Prize-winner and world famous physicist Albert Einstein, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, ephemera, medical records, and printed material.
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Chambers Family Papers, 1772-1962

C0402 22 boxes 9.4 linear feet
Consists of diaries, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter of the Chambers family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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S. S. Van Dine Scrapbooks, 1916-1939

C0346 68 Volumes 7.21 linear feet
Educated in California and at Harvard, Willard Huntington Wright became editor of The Smart Set (1913-1914). After suffering a serious illness in 1925, he turned to writing detective novels under the pseudonym of "S. S. Van Dine". His papers consist 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).
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Rosario Ferré Papers, 1970-2005 (mostly 1972-1980)

C1117 4 boxes 1.4 linear feet
Consists of papers of Rosario Ferré, a Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who edited Zona de carga y descarga, a prominent Puerto Rican literary magazine, between 1972 and 1975.
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John Daggett Collection, 1880s-1914

C0954 1 box 0.8 linear feet
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The John Daggett Collection consists primarily of 41 photographs taken by Daggett documenting his mining life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area in the late 1800s.
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Robert M. McClung Manuscripts, 1969-1980

C0372 10 boxes 2 items 3.6 linear feet
Robert M. McClung (Princeton's Class of 1939) was an American writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, especially about animals and natural history. His papers contain five manuscripts of published works by McClung on wildlife conservation and endangered species. The collection includes the original edited typescripts, outlines, workbooks and notes, page and galley proofs, Xerox copies, reference material, maps, and illustrations of the books, as well as related correspondence.
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Molly Shenstone Collection on Thomas Mann, 1939-1969

C0525 3 boxes 2.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, photographs, souvenirs, printed material, and other miscellanea collected by Molly Shenstone about her friend Thomas Mann (1875-1955), the German novelist, essayist, playwright, and lecturer in the humanities at Princeton University.
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Lewis B. Stilwell Papers, 1886-1939

C0584 49 boxes 22.5 linear feet
The collection consists of American electrical engineer and Princeton trustee Lewis B. Stillwell's engineering reports, correspondence, photographs, blueprints, maps, and printed matter. His professional correspondence relates to his work as an electrical engineer with several energy companies, while his personal papers contain material related to his service as a Princeton trustee.
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Jack Iams Mystery Novels, 1946-1950

C0049 5 boxes
Jack Iams (Samuel Harvey Iams, Jr.), Class of 1932, was a noted mystery writer in the first part of the twentieth century. The collection includes notes, drafts, outlines, and typescripts for seven of Iams's mysteries, as well as several assorted items, such a book jacket proofs and page proofs.
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Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Faculty Research Materials, 1882-1965

C1568 2 boxes 2 linear feet
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Consists of research materials of faculty members of Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies, most likely Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978) and/or his son-in-law, R. Bayly Winder (1920-1988). Materials include photocopied materials relating to Jurji Zaydan (Georgie Zeidan) (1861-1914), and Aramco records, primarily Arabian Research Division, Government Relations Division translations of Current Affairs Radio Broadcasts from 1954 to 1956.
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Archery Papers of Robert P. Elmer, 1914-1952

C0425 21 boxes 9.1 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Archery Hall of Fame member Robert P. Elmer (Princeton Class of 1899) related to archery.
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence Collection, 1765-1813

C0197 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Contains one or more letters and/or documents of each of thirty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892

C0521 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
This collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of eighteenth-century lawyer and legal clerk Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), of Trenton, New Jersey, as well as legal records created by others following his death. The materials mainly reference land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington, Monmouth County, and other localities.
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Samuel Carter Hall Papers, 1843-1893

C0998 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence and poetry of Samuel Carter Hall, a Victorian poet and editor of The Art-Union.
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Coventry Patmore Collection, 1803-1935 (mostly 1823-1896)

C0219 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists primarily of some 200 letters written to and by English poet and critic Coventry Patmore.
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John Miller Papers, 1841-1917

C0632 6 boxes 4 linear feet
Consists of works, correspondence, a diary (1851), financial papers, biographical material, a bibliography, and printed matter of American Presbyterian clergyman and Confederate chaplain John Miller (Princeton Class of 1836).
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Richard Powell Novels, 1956-1970

C0026 12 boxes
Consists of manuscript notes, typescripts with autograph corrections, and galley proofs to eight novels by Richard Powell (Princeton Class of 1930).
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Thomas Potts Johnson Collection, 1769-1846

C0471 8 boxes 3.2 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Potts Johnson's legal practice covering the New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex; papers pertaining to his position as New Jersey attorney general; and two family photograph albums.
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Thomas Colchie '64 Collection on Jorge Amado, 1946-1991

C1450 2 boxes 0.5 linear feet
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The collection consists of twenty-four audiocassette recorded interviews conducted by Thomas Colchie (Princeton University alumnus, Class of 1964) of or about Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. Recordings include interviews with Jorge Amado and other writers and artists speaking about Amado. Also includes photocopy documents about Amado's political involvement as an elected representative in Brazil's National Constituent Assembly from 1945-1947, and photocopy documents of Brazil's National Intelligence Service (SNI) file on Amado.
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James Carnahan Collection, 1802-1858

C1029 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, documents, and a fragment of a sermon by James Carnahan, ninth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton).
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Boudinot Family Collection, 1772-1852

C0725 3 boxes 2.6 linear feet
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The collection consists of correspondence and documents of various members of the Boudinot family of New Jersey, regarding family, business, and political affairs. Most of the correspondence is related to Elias Boudinot IV (Trustee of Princeton University, 1772-1821) and his brother Elisha but many other family members are also represented.
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F. Wallis Armstrong Collection of Christopher Morley, 1914-1945

C0177 1 box 0.4 linear feet
The F. Wallis Armstrong Collection of Christopher Morley consists of writings and assorted miscellanea of the American poet, essayist, and novelist Christopher Morley (1890-1957) collected by the American engineer Francis Wallis Armstrong (1907-1956).
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Garland Publishing, Inc., Records, 1969-1991

C0850 38 boxes
This collection consists of correspondence of various Garland Publishing, Inc. staff members with authors, editors, and others, concerning permissions, copyrights, and production and editorial matters relating to their publication of facsimile and reprint editions of works by established writers. Also present are company catalogs and brochures arranged in two series, chronologically (1987-1996) and by subject.
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Sonja Karsen Papers, 1897-1993 (mostly 1950-1973)

C0813 4 boxes
Sonja Karsen, born in 1919, was a professor of Spanish at Skidmore College and intensively researched Jaime Torres Bodet and Guillermo Valencia, two Latin American politicians and poets. The Sonja Karsen papers contain much of her research on these two figures.
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Jesse Lynch Williams Papers, 1892-1922

C0252 14 boxes 5.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts, diaries, and notebooks of American dramatist and novelist Jesse Lynch Williams.
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Maurice Kelley Collection, 1935-1971

C0457 4 boxes 2.7 linear feet
Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter of American educator and librarian, Maurice Kelley (Princeton Class of 1934).
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Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers, 1835-1969

C1565 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Maria Hornor Lansdale Correspondence, 1884-1931 (mostly 1900-1928)

C0631 4 boxes 1.7 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and miscellanea of the American author Maria Hornor Lansdale (b. 1860).
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Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931

C0181 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.
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Lorenzo García Vega Papers, 1969-2008

C1411 7 boxes 2.8 linear feet
Lorenzo García Vega is a Cuban writer best known for his involvement in the literary group Orígenes. The collection consists of selected manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence and clippings.
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Cyril E. Black Papers, 1932-1989

C0676 13 boxes 5.2 linear feet
Consists of papers of Cyril E. Black, a Princeton University professor of history.
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China Papers of Grace Newton, 1864-1915

C0520 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
The China Papers of Grace Newton consists of letters and assorted papers of the American Presbyterian missionary and teacher Grace Newton (1860-1915) related to her missionary work in China.
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Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005

C1571 5 boxes 2.0 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs of former Princeton University comparative literature professor Clarence Brown (1929-2015) relating primarily to his scholarship on Russian writers Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891-1938) and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980). Correspondence with writer and illustrator Guy Davenport as well as with poet W. S. Merwin, Princeton Class of 1948, is also included.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Robert Garrett Materials, 1901-1992 (mostly 1920-1945)

C0627 4 boxes 2.3 linear feet
The Robert Garrett Papers consists of correspondence and documents primarily concerning the Robert Garrett Collection and other collecting interests of Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897.
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Charles Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes, 1872-1907

C0802 6 boxes 3.25 linear feet
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Charles Greene Rockwood was a professor of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton Unviersity, and had many interests in seismology and general scientific study. Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed matter compiled by Charles Greene Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences.
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Edwin H. Denby Papers, 1823-1942 (mostly 1900-1939)

C0625 7 boxes 5.13 linear feet
Consists of drawings, correspondence, photographs, documents, a genealogy, financial papers, and printed matter of Edwin H. Denby.
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Mirhan Iranyan Photographs Collection, circa 1880

C0972 1 box 0.85 linear feet
This is an open collection of photographs by Mirhan Iranyan. Currently, there are 73 photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey.
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Gamaliel Bailey Correspondence, 1839-1868

C1482 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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One of America's leading antislavery journalists, Gamaliel Bailey (1807-1859) played a prominent role in shaping the direction of the country's abolitionist movement, and helped found the Republican Party. The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Gamaliel Bailey and his close friends and associates, statesman Salmon P. Chase and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean.
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Manuscript Maps Collection, 1700-1900

C1311 6 boxes 9.1 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of manuscript maps. Included is the eastern section of the Mason-Dixon Line drawn by Charles Dixon and Jeremiah Dixon in 1768.
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Collection on New Poems, 1943, Edited by Oscar Williams, 1943-1944

C0107 0.42 linear feet 1 container
Consists of correspondence, galley proofs, and a typed manuscript relating to the poetry anthology New Poems, 1943 by the American poet and editor Oscar Williams (1900-1964).
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Patrick J. Kearney Collection on the Olympia Press, 1960-2001

C1262 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of material gathered by Patrick J. Kearney in the preparation of his bibliography of the Olympia Press, Paris Olympia Press, published by Liverpool University Press in 2007.
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