Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005
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.
Anna Akhmatova, 1913-1966
Includes a few photographs, including a family portrait of Nikolay Gumilyov, Anna, and their son, Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov, and a couple of photographs of Anna presumably taken at her funeral.
Correspondence, 1945-2005
Most of the correspondence is with Brown's close friend, Guy Davenport. Correspondence with W. S. Merwin is primarily about their collaborative translation work: Osip Mandelstam: Selected Poems (1974) and includes translations of Osip Mandelstam's poetry. Letters with Nadezhda Mandelstam relate to her memoir, Hope Against Hope.
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Claribel Alegría Papers, 1924-2010
Contains notebooks and drafts of the Nicaraguan-born Salvadoran writer Claribel Alegría's poetry, articles and essays, novels, short stories, speeches, and translations. Also includes correspondence with publishers, family, and such writers as Mario Benedetti, Julio Cortázar, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Alfonso Quijada Urías, and Sergio Ramírez. Additionally, the collection contains photographs, audiovisual material, and writings of others on Alegría.
Early poems, 1942-1951
Contains the June/July 1945 (number 15) issue of La poesía sorprendida, a poetry journal based in the Dominican Republic and edited by Freddy Gatón Arce, E. Fernández Granell, Rafael Américo Henríquez, Antonio Fernández Spencer, Alberto Baeza Flores, and Franklin Mieses Burgos.
Jiménez, Juan Ramón and Zenobia, 1945-1956
Photocopies of 7 ALsS and three postcards; one ALS by Zenobia Jiménez
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Clark Gesner Papers, 1940-2005 (mostly 1965-1990)
Clark Gesner (1938-2002) was an American composer, lyricist, and writer most famous for his theatrical production You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. His papers document his entire career and include scripts and scores, as well as production notes, correspondence, publicity and reviews, and photographs.
Series 5: Addition Donated by Melissa McGann, 1940-1999
This series includes all the materials donated to the Mudd Library by Melissa McGann. The work found here is mostly from Gesner's early years and collegiate years. The folders contain early plays, songs, and scripts.
Series 7: Oversize Music, Scrapbook and Posters, 1940-1990
This last series contains all of Gesner's oversize work from the collection. The oversize contents include sheet music, manuscripts, conductor's scores, posters, a scrapbook, and Gesner's diploma from Princeton University.
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Class Reunion Books Collection, 1867-2021
The collection consists of class yearbooks that are published to mark class reunions and to provide updates on the lives of alumni.
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Claude Fayette Bragdon Collection, 1899-1946
Consists of correspondence of the American architect and author Claude Fayette Bragdon, as well as related printed material.
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C. Lawton Campbell Papers, 1904-1974 (mostly 1914-1962)
Charles Lawton Campbell (Princeton Class of 1916) was an American playwright and advertising writer. His collection contains ninety-four drafts, fragments, and fully-conceived plays, as well as poems, essays, and an autobiography covering fifty years of his life as a devotee of the theater.
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Cleveland Memorial Tower Visitor Logs collection, 1913-1954
Included as part of the final gothic design of Princeton's Graduate School was a 173-foot tower, a national memorial to former U.S. President Grover Cleveland who was also chairman of the trustees' graduate school committee. The collection consists of 11 log books signed by visitors to the Cleveland Memorial Tower.
Series 1: Cleveland Memorial Tower Visitor Logs, 1913-1954
Series 1: Cleveland Memorial Tower Visitor Logs consists of 11 log books signed by visitors to the Cleveland Memorial Tower.
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Clifford Nickles Carver Papers, 1885-1965 (mostly 1910-1918)
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Consists primarily of correspondence relating to the work of Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918).
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Clinton A. Decker Papers, 1917-2008 (mostly 1917-1922)
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Clinton A. Decker traveled to Russia as part of the American Advisory Commission to Russia of Railway Experts (1917) and later became a member of the Inter-Allied Technical Board (1919-1922). The collection contains personal and business correspondence and photographs documenting Decker's travels in Russia, China, and Japan.
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Clinton Wilder Collection, 1934-1979
Clinton Wilder (Princeton Class of 1943) was an American theatrical producer. His collection consists of playbills he collected as well as typescripts and production materials of plays he produced.