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Randolph Family of Virginia Collection, 1771-1833

C1184 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia--one of the great extended dynastic families of late colonial Virginia.

Ralph Ginzburg Letters to Leonard Lyons, 1963-1970

C1338 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of thirty-four letters and note cards of American periodical publisher Ralph Ginzburg to his friend Leonard Lyons, syndicated columnist of the "The Lyons Den" with the New York Post. The letters discuss Ginzburg's trial concerning his publication of the "obscene" periodical Eros, as well as his later publications, Fact and Avant Garde magazines.
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Ralph Ginzburg Letters to Leonard Lyons, 1963-1970

Consists of thirty-four letters and note cards of American periodical publisher Ralph Ginzburg to his friend Leonard Lyons, syndicated columnist of the "The Lyons Den" with the New York Post. The letters discuss Ginzburg's trial concerning his publication of the "obscene" periodical Eros, as well as his later publications, Fact and Avant Garde magazines.

Ralph Barton Perry Papers, 1917-1946

AC349 1 box
Ralph Barton Perry was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1896, a Harvard Philosophy Professor, and a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer producing works on philosophy, history, and politics in his lifetime. The Ralph Barton Perry Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, clippings, and other materials documenting Ralph Barton Perry's life as an alumnus of the Princeton Class of 1896.
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Ralph Barton Perry Papers, 1917-1946

Ralph Barton Perry was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1896, a Harvard Philosophy Professor, and a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer producing works on philosophy, history, and politics in his lifetime. The Ralph Barton Perry Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, clippings, and other materials documenting Ralph Barton Perry's life as an alumnus of the Princeton Class of 1896.

Edith Wharton Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Austin, 1903-1927

C1277 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of letters (1903-1927) sent by the American novelist Edith Wharton to her English friends Alfred and Hester Austin. During that period Wharton lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and several places in France.
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Pyne Honor Prize Records, 1930-1969

AC251 1 box
The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1922 in honor of Moses Taylor Pyne '77, is the highest distinction conferred on an undergraduate student at Princeton University. The collection documents the annual awarding of the Pyne Honor Prize from 1939-1960. Within each year's file is correspondence, biographical and academic information about the recipients, and award statements.
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Pyne Honor Prize Records, 1930-1969

The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1922 in honor of Moses Taylor Pyne '77, is the highest distinction conferred on an undergraduate student at Princeton University. The collection documents the annual awarding of the Pyne Honor Prize from 1939-1960. Within each year's file is correspondence, biographical and academic information about the recipients, and award statements.

A.C. McClurg & Co. Letters from F. G. Browne to C. F. Cazenove, 1905-1906

C1553 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 47 letters from F. G. Browne on behalf of the Publishing Department at Chicago-based American publisher A.C. McClurg & Co. to the firm's London literary agent C. F. Cazenove, regarding the sale of American titles in England, financial transactions, and other business matters related to publishing.

Faber and Faber Author File on Jacob Peter Mayer, 1943-1989 (mostly 1943-1960)

C1683 0.2 linear feet 1 box
Consists of an author file kept by the British publishing house Faber and Faber and editor T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) on Jacob Peter Mayer (1903–1992), a German-born scholar of Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber and professor at the University of Reading. There are letters from T. S. Eliot and other Faber and Faber editors to Mayer, as well as related contracts, publication lists, publishers' catalogs, and book proposals.
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Faber and Faber Author File on Jacob Peter Mayer, 1943-1989 (mostly 1943-1960)

Consists of an author file kept by the British publishing house Faber and Faber and editor T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) on Jacob Peter Mayer (1903–1992), a German-born scholar of Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber and professor at the University of Reading. There are letters from T. S. Eliot and other Faber and Faber editors to Mayer, as well as related contracts, publication lists, publishers' catalogs, and book proposals.

Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records, 1978-2015

AC423 1 box 1 websites
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The Princeton University Asian American Students Association (AASA) was organized in 1971 to address the needs of Asian American students at Princeton through social, cultural, political, and educational programs. The Asian American Students Association Records chiefly consist of correspondence, petitions, reports, and proposals that document the campaign for developing an Asian American Studies program at Princeton as well as records that document campus events and activities led and sponsored by the Asian American Student Association.
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Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records, 1978-2015

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The Princeton University Asian American Students Association (AASA) was organized in 1971 to address the needs of Asian American students at Princeton through social, cultural, political, and educational programs. The Asian American Students Association Records chiefly consist of correspondence, petitions, reports, and proposals that document the campaign for developing an Asian American Studies program at Princeton as well as records that document campus events and activities led and sponsored by the Asian American Student Association.

George Macloskie Papers, 1857-1906

C0498 7 boxes 7.5 linear feet
George Macloskie was a Princeton professor of biology (1875-1906) and an ordained Presbyterian minister and lawyer. His collection consists of notebooks related to his class lectures and papers, scrapbooks, printed material, and a commonplace book (1906).

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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Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Faculty Research Materials, 1882-1965

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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.

Public Works Administration Photographs of the Bonneville Dam Project, 1934-1943

C1690 0.2 linear feet 1 box
Consists of a collection of seventy-six photographs documenting the construction and installation of power-generating machinery for the Bonneville Dam project in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Oregon, beginning in the Great Depression and continuing through World War II.
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Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies Records, 1981-2017 (mostly 1981-1992)

AC216 1 box 1 websites
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Princeton University's Program in Women's Studies was founded in 1981. The collection consists of articles related to women's issues from the Daily Princetonian and other local publications, as well as clippings on other subjects such as University investments in South Africa and the program's public website.
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Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies Records, 1981-2017 (mostly 1981-1992)

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Princeton University's Program in Women's Studies was founded in 1981. The collection consists of articles related to women's issues from the Daily Princetonian and other local publications, as well as clippings on other subjects such as University investments in South Africa and the program's public website.

Department of Psychology Records, 1880-2017

AC397 1 box 1 websites
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The Department of Psychology dates from 1893, but was not officially established as an independent department until 1920. This collection includes group portraits and portraits of deparment faculty as well as some photos of individuals and locations that may not be Princeton-related.
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Latinx Studies Independent Concentration Application Materials, 2016

AC447 7 digital files 1 websites
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Arlene B. Gamio Cuervo is an undergraduate student in the Princeton Class of 2018. This collection contains applications, support letters, and planning documents created and used by Arlene B. Gamio Cuervo '2018 during the spring semester of 2016 in their proposal for an independent concentration in Latinx Studies.
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Application Materials, 2016 February 26 - 2016 May 11

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This series consists of Cuervo's proposal and application materials submitted to the Office of the Dean of the College in pursuit of an independent concentration in Latinx Studies, which the Office ultimately rejected. Also included in this series are email messages exchanged between Cuervo and fellow students, professors (Patricia Fernandez-Kelly), and administrators (President Christopher L. Eisgruber and Dean of the College Jill S. Dolan). Most of the emails from fellow students are in protest of the Office's rejection of Cuervo's application.

Clay Project Records, 2016

AC440 22 digital files
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The Princeton Clay Project is an initiative launched in January of 2016 by two first-year undergraduate students, Avigail Gilad and Chiara Ficarelli, to raise funds and awareness for the Amal Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships for Syrian refugees at the Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan to attend college. The Clay Project Records document the initiative's first semester of fundraising activities for the Amal Scholarship Fund.
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Concerned Alumni of Princeton Records, 1970-1980

AC305 1 box
The Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) was a group of politically conservative former Princeton University students that existed between 1972 and 1986. The records consists of correspondence, by-laws, and publicity items related to the Concerned Alumni of Princeton organization.
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Gisèle Freund Correspondence, 1959-1986

C1541 4 boxes 1.4 linear feet
Correspondence of the German-born French photographer and photojournalist Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) with her New York-based literary agents, Marie Rodell, Frances Collin, and Joan Daves, as well as her literary agents' correspondence with others involved in the publishing of Freund's works and some related chapter drafts, publishing agreements, photograph lists, and publicity materials.
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Bob Guldin Interviews with George F. Kennan, 1989-1999

MC269 1 box
Bob Guldin is a writer and editor, who writes about public policy, foreign affairs and nonprofit advocacy. These records include recordings of two interviews with George F. Kennan and subsequent publications from which they resulted.

Edwin Plimpton Adams Papers, 1900-1945

C0378 3 boxes 1.35 linear feet
Consists of writings, correspondence, notebooks, and printed matter of Princeton physicist Edwin Plimpton Adams relating to Meteor Crater (formerly Coon Mountain) in Arizona and the Elliptic Function Formula.
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Publications, 1899-1943

6 typed lectures titled "Introduction to Mathematical Rheology" given by Markus Reiner at Princeton University, 1932. Professional correspondence including requests for work on the flow of a liquid around a parallelopiped; a typed work titled "The Values of the Theory of the Potential to the Corrosion Engineer" by Charles Kasper, 1943; requests from DuPont for work on two problems in connection with a war project; letters from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and others concerning the publication of a series of lectures by Adams on Radioactivity, 1913. Printed works including "Propagation of Long Electrical Waves" by M.I. Pupin, 1899; sections of "Townsend on Transofrmers" and "Pupin on Wave Transmission over Cables and Long-Distance Air-Lines", and "A New Trandmission Dynamometer" by W. Elewell Goldsborough, 1900. Handwritten notes and calculations on Electrical Waves and Oscillations, 1910.

Craig House Medical Records on Zelda Fitzgerald, 1932-1934

C0745 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Zelda Fitzgerald, American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of the American novelist and storywriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote of their turbulent life and marriage in her novel Save Me the Waltz (1932). This collection consists of psychiatric evaluations, correspondence, and reports concerning Zelda Fitzgerald when she was a patient at Craig House, Beacon, N.Y., under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum.
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Psychiatric Reports, 1930-1934

The psychiatric reports consists of copies of evaluations that were forwarded to Dr. Slocum at Craig House from Johns Hopkins Hospital. The majority of the evaluations are from the records at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and among the forwarded material were copies of reports (in French) from Dr. Bleuler and Dr. Forel in Prangins, Switzerland. There are typewritten duplicates of a couple of these forwarded medical histories, one of which is the report entitled, "Five Year Chronological Record." The summary of Dr. Bleuler and Dr. Forel's consultation is also duplicated in a typewritten document. In addition to these reports and histories is a stenographic transcript of a conversation between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dr. Thomas Rennie, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The conversation took place in the Fitzgeralds' Maryland home in 1933.
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Craig House Medical Records on Zelda Fitzgerald, 1932-1934

Zelda Fitzgerald, American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of the American novelist and storywriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote of their turbulent life and marriage in her novel Save Me the Waltz (1932). This collection consists of psychiatric evaluations, correspondence, and reports concerning Zelda Fitzgerald when she was a patient at Craig House, Beacon, N.Y., under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum.
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Correspondence, 1932-1934

The correspondence consists of letters, telegrams, and notes that were exchanged between Zelda Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mrs. A. D. Sayre (Minerva "Minnie" Sayre), and Zelda's various doctors (and an unnamed secretary). The corresponding doctors include Dr. C. M. Gilmore, Dr. Chilton Thorington, Dr. Eleanor Pavenstedt, Dr. C. J. (Clarence Jonathan) Slocum, Dr. Rex Blankenship, and Dr. Ross Chapman. The letters discuss Zelda's treatment at Craig House, her medical and mental health history, previous treatments, and her progress. Some of the notes list items that Zelda was requesting be bought and/or sent to her, one of which is attached to a clipping of a book review. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1934, and letters from this time period also document Zelda Fitzgerald's transfer to Sheppard Enoch Pratt, where she was under the care of Dr. Ross Chapman.

Meir David Loewenstein Papers Related to the Establishment of the State of Israel, 1948-1950

MC316 1 linear feet (1 box)
Meir David Loewenstein was an Israeli politician who served on a number of early Israeli government bodies. The collection consists of official letters of the three Provisional Institutions active prior to the establishment of the State of Israel and during its first year of existence: The People's Council – Moetzet HaAm; The People's Administration – Minhelet HaAm; and The Provisional State Council – Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit, later named The Constituent Assembly and eventually named: The First Knesset.

Alfred Thayer Mahan Collection, 1883-1977 (mostly 1883-1913)

C1126 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of letters by Alfred Thayer Mahan to his publisher regarding his writings about United States naval history. Mahan was a U.S. naval officer in the Civil War, and his work on the importance of adequate navies and merchant marines influenced the policies and philosophies of national leaders across the globe, including those of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

Platform Magazine Collection, 1927-1957

C1161 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous papers related to the short-lived, twentieth-century British literary periodical Platform.
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Miguel Angel Asturias Papers, 1963-1969

C0624 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence of Guatemalan author Miguel Angel Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias's works and their publication in the United States and abroad.
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Alice Raphael Collection of Faust Materials, 1938-1960

C1431 1 box 1.2 linear feet
The Alice Raphael Collection of Faust Materials contains photographs and epherema relating to the Yale bicentennial of Goethe's Faust , for which Alice Raphael's translation was used, as well as information about other productions of Faust and about Raphael's other work.

Lewis Cass Collection, 1832-1873

C1031 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Lewis Cass, a nineteenth-century senator from Michigan, had prominent roles in the administrations of Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. This collection consists of selected correspondence, printed material, and ephemera of Cass.
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Lewis Cass Collection, 1832-1873

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Lewis Cass, a nineteenth-century senator from Michigan, had prominent roles in the administrations of Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. This collection consists of selected correspondence, printed material, and ephemera of Cass.

French Revolution Collection, 1771-1821

C1062 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and documents from the time of the French Revolution.

Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material, 1626-1877

C0429 12 boxes
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Gustave Bord was a French historian. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, legal papers, notebooks, and notes relating to French history, particularly the French Revolution, collected by Bord.
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Paporet de Maxilly, Antoine, Seigneur de Maxilly, Bacquencourt, Vaux et Beauvillers (1726-1789) Letters received, 1761-1790

Paporet de Maxilly was the member of a family of Parisian magistrates, who was ennobled during the reign of Louis XV of France with the honorary title of "Secretaire du Roi." The letters seem to pertain to the fiscal and judicial administration, chiefly in the 1770s and 1780s, of landed estates in Aubusson, Guéret, and other places in the Départment de Creuse, located about 200 miles south of Paris. The letters were sent by Étienne Martinon, Michel de la Chabans, Françis Xavier Rochon de Valette, and other local officials. For information about Antoine Paporet de Maxilly and his family, see Christine Favre-LeJeune, Les Secrétaires du Roi de la grande Chancellerie de France (Paris: Sedopols, 1986), vol. 2, 1034 (call # DC131.8.F39).

Auguste Plée Sketchbook, 1821

C0532 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of microfilm strips and prints from microfilm of French botanist Auguste Plée'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.

Edmund David Osinski Photographs of the Philippines, 1931-1933

C1719 1 box
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Consists of photographs of landscapes and peoples of the Philippines, particularly the Bontoc/Bontok and other Cordilleran, or Igorot, peoples, photographer Edmund David Osinski (1909-1983) took while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1931-1933.
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John Ellsworth Peters Papers, 1876-1918

C0544 3 boxes 1.35 linear feet
Consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed matter of John Ellsworth Peters (Princeton Class of 1870).
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James S. Woods Papers, 1840-1847

C0980 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists mainly of family correspondence of James S. Woods, from his entrance into the military academy at West Point in 1840, through his graduation in 1844, and into his Mexican War experience in Matamoros, Mexico, in June 1846.

Chester W. Burton Family Papers, 1809-1956 (mostly 1850-1910)

C1523 8 boxes 4.0 linear feet
Consists mostly of correspondence along with some financial records, legal documents, such as deeds and land indentures, ephemera, and photographs dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries that relate to Chester W. Burton, a farmer from Chautauqua County, New York, and his family. Among other topics, the collection documents aspects of the Civil War and early settlement and gold mining in the west.

Dutch Treat Club Collection, 1994-1995

C0826 2 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists of a collection of records and video recordings of the Dutch Treat Club.
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Henry E. Eccles' Writings on Naval Logistics, 1946-1965

C0424 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of mimeographed copies of Rear Admiral Henry E. Eccles' working papers, articles, and lectures dealing with naval logistics and the Naval War College.

Ford Family Papers, 1881-1924

C0656 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of papers of Princeton politics professor Henry Jones Ford and genealogical material relating to the Ford family.

New York Urban League Correspondence, 1922-1979 (mostly 1922-1933)

C0869 7 boxes
The New York Urban League was founded circa 1913. Its stated goals were to "promote sympathetic understanding between white and colored people" and to improve the economic status of African-Americans through health, housing, and recreation programs as well as an effort to increase the number and the quality of jobs for minorities. The League's motto: "Not alms, but opportunity." This collection is comprised mainly of the correspondence of Arthur C. Holden, president of the N.Y. Urban League from 1922-1931, and a member of the executive board until 1943. It contains general files of the organization's correspondence predominantly spanning the years 1922-1933, with a few items from the years 1968-1979.

Gertrude Claytor Collection of Edgar Lee Masters, 1915-1961

C0150 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected material by and about the American poet Edgar Lee Masters, collected by Gertrude Claytor, a friend and fellow poet.

Nancy Mitford Collection, 1966-1973

C1204 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters by Nancy Mitford, Britsth novelist and biographer, to Elizabeth Forbes, manager of the London bookstore G. Heywood Hill, Ltd.

Charles Henry Smyth Journals, 1892-1908

C0823 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of journals kept by Princeton geology professor Charles Henry Smyth, from 1905 until his retirement in 1934.

Gertrude Claytor Collection, 1941-1956

C1292 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence, photographs, and printed material of the American poet Gertrude Claytor, some of which is related to the author Edgar Lee Masters.
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Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages, 1938-1969

C0647 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of letters by Erwin and Dora Panofsky to the artist Mildred Burrage and her sister Madeleine ("Bob").

Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959

C0572 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Contains approximately 175 letters by Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections.
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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1937-1959

2 ALsS from Rosamund Frer, 1937. 31 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1938-1952. 37 ALsS to Mrs. Troxell, 1953. 3 ALsS to Mrs. Troxell from Dorothy Hawksley. 1 to Cockerell from "Margaret", 1953. 1 from "Janet", 1953. 1 from not legible [Mrs. Troxell], 1953. 46 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1954. 9 to Troxell from Dorothy Hawksley, 1954. 1 to Cockerell signed "Anna", 1954. 1 to Cockerell from [Janet Troxell]. 20 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1955, 4 are written by Hawksley but signed by Sir Sydney. 9 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1956. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell, written by Hawksley but signed by Cockerell, 1957. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell from Dorothy W. Hawksley, 1957. 1 ALsS to Cockerell from "Gilliam", 1957. 1 to Janet Troxell, written by Hawksley, but signed by Cockerell, 1958. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1958. 1 ALS to Janet Troxell, 1959. TL to Cockerell, Xmas not signed [Troxell]. TL to Cockerell, not signed [Troxell]. 3 TL to Cockerell? not dated or signed. 1 ALS to "Dearest Carlie", 1920, by John Ruskin Jevern.

Herbert Sidney Langfeld Papers, 1906-1958

C1501 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1879-1958) was an American professor of psychology and prominent academic. This collection includes his diaries, professional correspondence, drafts of lectures and notes, photographs, and various printed material.
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Alice Cort Holden Papers, 1870-1978 (mostly 1870-1919)

C1669 0.8 linear feet 2 boxes
Consists primarily of correspondence and printed material, along with two diaries from 1926, a matted postcard, a photogravure plate, and a piece of hair jewelry. These family papers primarily center on Alice Holden (née Cort), as the correspondence are letters between members of the Cort family, or letters to her from her children. The collection largely documents the relationships of the Holden and Cort families in New York state between the 19th and 20th centuries.

Princeton University Library Collection of Marquis de Lafayette Materials, 1781-1834

C1105 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who was a general in the American Revolutionary army and a close friend of George Washington.
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Cecil Beaton Papers, 1938-1979

C1194 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists chiefly of correspondence of Cecil Beaton, English fashion and portrait photographer and Academy Award winning stage and constume designer for film and theater, with his author friend Hal Burton.

Joseph Bloomfield Collection, 1794-1813

C1011 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of correspondence between New Jersey mayor and governor Joseph Bloomfield and Nicholas Biddle, David Brearley, Aaron Burr, Thomas P. Johnson, Samuel McLane, Edward Miller, and Rev. Andrew Hunter.

Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918-1948

C1321 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected letters by authors and publishers addressed to American reporter and editor Barton Currie and his wife, Florence.

Princeton University Library Collection of Booth Tarkington Materials, 1903-1947

C0717 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of miscellaneous letters and memorabilia of American novelist and dramatist Booth Tarkington (1869-1946).

Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions Collection, 1886-1909

C0562 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Contains field notes on Greek, Latin, and Semitic inscriptions taken by William Kelly Prentice (Princeton 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.
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Princeton University Women's Organization Records, 1973-1978

AC172 1 box
The Princeton University Women's Organization (PUWO) was formed in the winter of 1972 to provide a body through which the women of Princeton University community (employees and students) could monitor and discuss issues related to employment and student life. Consists of clippings, correspondence, reports, and studies pertaining to issues such as tenure, staff relations, and student recruitment.
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Princeton University Women's Organization Records, 1973-1978

The Princeton University Women's Organization (PUWO) was formed in the winter of 1972 to provide a body through which the women of Princeton University community (employees and students) could monitor and discuss issues related to employment and student life. Consists of clippings, correspondence, reports, and studies pertaining to issues such as tenure, staff relations, and student recruitment.

Bicentennial of the American Revolution Committee Records, 1971-1976

AC247 1 box 1 folder
In 1971 Princeton president Robert F. Goheen formally organized a committee of faculty, staff, students, and alumni for the purpose of planning the University's observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, then five years away. The records document the organization and activities of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution Committee, and include correspondence, proposals, reports, and meeting minutes.
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Bicentennial of the American Revolution Committee Records, 1971-1976

In 1971 Princeton president Robert F. Goheen formally organized a committee of faculty, staff, students, and alumni for the purpose of planning the University's observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, then five years away. The records document the organization and activities of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution Committee, and include correspondence, proposals, reports, and meeting minutes.

Princeton University Library Collection of William Holman Hunt Materials, 1853-1926

C1071 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of selected correspondence of William Holman Hunt, the British painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Princeton University Library Collection of Stephanos Stournaras Photographs, circa 1880

C1630 1.3 linear feet 1 box
Consists of an open collection of Stephanos Stournaras photographs of Greece.
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Holy Monasteries of Meteora and Kalabaka, circa 1880

Consists of three mounted photographs of monasteries of the Holy Meteora and one photograph of Kalabaka. Images show: the Monastery of the Holy Trinity (28 x 21.5 cm), photographer's signature and title on the print, in white ink. Handwritten captions on card board in French, in black ink, "Thessalie. Les Météores. Couvent la Sainte Trinité"; the Monastery of Saint Stephanos (28 x 22.7 cm), part of the title "Hagiou Stephanou" in Greek on the print; and the Monastery of Varlaam (28 x 21.3 cm), part of the title "Meteora V[arlaam] on the print in white ink. Handwritten caption on card board in black ink reads "Thessallie. Les Meteores."
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Princeton University Library Collection of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, Materials, 1796-1840

C1134 2 boxes 1.8 linear feet
Consists of selected letters and documents of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Princeton University Library Collection of Maria Chrousakē Photographs, 1938-1950s?

C1354 1 box 1 linear foot
Consists of an open collection for Maria Chrousakē photographs of several places in Greece and Cyprus mostly Byzantine churches and monasteries and archaeological sites.
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Princeton University Library Collection of James Payn Materials, 1864-1898 (mostly 1891-1894)

C1156 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists primarily of letters by James Payn, the English novelist and editor, to William Morris Colles, his literary agent, regarding the possible sale of his stories and books.

Princeton University Library Collection of Dēmētrēs A. Charisiadēs Photographs, approximately 1950

C1756 1 box 2 linear feet
Open, growing collection of photographs of Greece by Greek photographer Dēmētrēs A. Charisiadēs.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Amiri Baraka Materials, circa 1963-1986

C1668 0.2 linear feet 1 box
An open collection of manuscripts and other papers related to the writings of American author Amiri Baraka (1934-2014).
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Primitive World: An Anti-Nuclear Jazz Musical Notebook, circa 1984

A spiral notebook titled Job Book that contains various notes by Baraka on a number of topics, including travels, meetings, contracts, and debts, mostly regarding his play Primitive World: An Anti-Nuclear Jazz Musical. The notebook includes 15 pages of writing and is signed within the text.
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Primitive World: An Anti-Nuclear Jazz Musical Materials, circa 1984

Includes multiple materials of Baraka's "Anti-Nuclear Jazz Musical in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.": two photocopied typescripts, one 52 pages and the other 47 pages; more than a dozen contracts for various members, most signed by Baraka; 17 pages of autograph notes, in ink on various sizes of paper, regarding changes, costumes, contracts, debts, etc.; as well as flyers, press releases, etc.

Princeton University Doctoral Dissertations, 1877-2010 (mostly 1950-2010)

AC100 1242 linear feet
The dissertations represent doctoral work in over forty graduate departments. They date from 1877 to the present and they are arranged chronologically.
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Princeton University Bulletin Correspondence, 1899-1901

AC377 1 box
The Princeton University Bulletin, a quarterly publication edited by the president and members of the faculty, was published from 1889 to 1904. The collection contains a single letterpress copybook of business correspondence.
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Princeton University Balloon Club records, 1976-1980

AC281 1 box
The Princeton University Balloon Club was the creation of Gordon Sadler '76, who sought to create an organization on campus that would provide students, alumni, faculty, and staff with the ability to participate in the increasingly popular activity of ballooning. The records consist of a scrapbook documenting the existence of the Princeton University Balloon Club.
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Princeton University Balloon Club records, 1976-1980

The Princeton University Balloon Club was the creation of Gordon Sadler '76, who sought to create an organization on campus that would provide students, alumni, faculty, and staff with the ability to participate in the increasingly popular activity of ballooning. The records consist of a scrapbook documenting the existence of the Princeton University Balloon Club.

Princeton Prize in Race Relations Records, 1999-2011

AC400 4 boxes
The Princeton Prize in Race Relations was established in 2003 by alumni volunteers to recognize and encourage high school students who have made efforts to improve racial harmony. The Princeton Prize in Race Relations Records consist of the files of the founder of the Princeton Prize, Henry Von Kohorn '66.

Princeton Symposium on World Affairs Audio Recordings Collection, 1963

AC238 1 box
In July of 1963, Princeton University hosted the Princeton Symposium on World Affairs, the theme of which was "The Pursuit of Excellence in Creative Arts." The collection consists of reel-to-reel audio tapes of the panel discussions on architecture, painting, and prose.
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Princeton Swara Records, 2014-2016

AC443 207 digital files
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Princeton Swara is a student organization that promotes Indian classical music. The Princeton Swara records document the group's activities through spring 2016.
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Princeton Publishing Company Records, 1900-1919

AC273 1 box
The Princeton Publishing Company was incorporated in 1900 to oversee the printing of the Alumni Princetonian, a forebear to the Princeton Alumni Weekly. The records consists of materials which document the activities of the Princeton Publishing Company, largely relating to financial matters.
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Princeton Print Club Records, 1941-1953

AC267 1 box
The Princeton Print Club was founded in late 1940 by a group of students seeking to advance the appreciation of graphic arts among the campus community. The records consist of financial accounts, correspondence, and pamphlets which document the activities and membership of the Princeton Print Club.
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Princeton Municipal Improvement, Inc. records, 1956-1957

AC277 1 box
Princeton Municipal Improvement, Inc. was a group comprised primarily of alumni investors, the mission of which was to maintain the preservation and beautification of the community surrounding the Princeton campus. The records document Princeton Municipal Improvement, Inc.'s Palmer Square development project.
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Princetoniana Collection, circa 1870-2009

AC108 850 linear feet
Each volume or set of volumes in the Princetoniania Collection is represented in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog, which is searchable by title, author, or call number.
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Princeton History of New Jersey Series collection, 1929-1960

AC224 1 box
Thomas J. Wertenbaker was a professor of history at Princeton from 1910 to 1936, serving as department chairman from 1928-1936.

Princeton Greek Manuscripts Collection, 1601-1900

C0879 57 Volumes 6.8 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of bound Greek manuscripts dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
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Princeton Crusader Fellowship Records, 1912-1979

AC270 1 box
The Princeton Crusader Fellowship is a Christian reform organization founded by a group of Princeton students on Commencement Day in 1912. The records consist of member lists, constitutions, speeches, articles, newsletters, and correspondence of the Princeton Crusader Fellowship.
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Princeton Collection of Syriac Manuscripts, 1239-1900 (mostly 1600-1709)

C0941 7 Volumes 1.5 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of manuscripts written in the Syriac alphabet.
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Historical Photograph Collection, Student Photograph Albums, 1851-1995 (mostly 1860-1920)

AC061 209 boxes
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The Student Photograph Albums Series of the Historical Photograph Collection (HPC) contains 180 photographic albums created by Princeton University students. These albums, along with the other photograph collections in the University Archives, help document the experiences of students, faculty, and staff at Princeton University. The albums date from 1851 to 1995, although the bulk date from the 1860s to the 1910s. New accessions are added regularly to the collection.
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Princeton Action for Chile Records, 1976-1978

AC450 1 box
Princeton Action for Chile (PAC) was a student organization established in October of 1976 following the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of flyers, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications collected following the assassination that document resistance and responses to the Chilean junta under General Pinochet.
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Princeton Action for Chile Records, 1976-1978

Princeton Action for Chile (PAC) was a student organization established in October of 1976 following the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of flyers, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications collected following the assassination that document resistance and responses to the Chilean junta under General Pinochet.

Panhellenic Liberation Movement (P.A.K.) Papers, 1968 May - 1972 March

C1640 0.2 linear feet 1 box
This collection consists of archives from the time of the establishment of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement (Panellēnio Sosialistiko Kinēma, P.A.K.) against the junta. Included are letters, statutes, press releases, speeches, and articles written in Greek, English, and German dated May 1968 - March 1972.
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Collection of Press Photographs of African American Civil Rights Leaders and Politicians, 1960s-1980s

C1701 0.2 linear feet 1 box
Consists of a collection of forty-eight publicity and wire service press photographs of African American civil rights leaders and politicians issued between the 1960s and the 1980s.

Diaries of Frans and Gertrude Blom, 1943-1959 1943-1959

WC040 14 Volumes
Consists of copies of diaries kept by Blom and his wife, Gertrude Duby Blom, from 1943 to 1959, while searching for Maya ruins in Chiapas, Mexico, in 14 volumes.

John Everett Millais Letters to His Daughter Effie, 1874-1889

C1471 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of a series of over forty autograph letters by the English artist John Evereet Millais to his daughter Effie.
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George R. Collins Papers, 1937-1985

C0362 4 boxes 3.5 linear feet
Consists of notebooks and notes taken by George R. Collins during his years as an undergraduate and graduate student at Princeton (Classes of 1939, 1942) in the fields of art and architecture.

L'Ecole Française d'Athènes Correspondence of Gustave Fougères, 1915-1919

C1306 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence (1915-1919) of Gustave Fougères with scholars during his directorship at l'École française d'Athénes in Athens, Greece.

Galbraith Ward and Marquand Ward Letters to Margaret Heyerdahl, circa 1890s-1952 (mostly 1905-1918)

AC493 2 boxes
Galbraith Ward, Class of 1915, and Marquand Ward, Class of 1917, were both Princeton graduates who served and died in World War I. This collection consists of many letters and postcards they wrote to their childhood nurse, Margaret Heyerdahl, plus a photograph album compiled after their deaths.
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Guy Warszawski Correspondence, Postcards, and Ephemera Related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, 1950-2019 (mostly 1970-2019)

C1714 0.8 linear feet 2 boxes
This collection comprises correspondence, postcards, and ephemera related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, collected by Guy Warzawski, a Polish-Belgian professor. The Collège de 'Pataphysique was founded in Paris in 1948 and is dedicated to the furtherment of pataphysics, a parodistic "science of imaginary solutions" invented by French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry.
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Guy Warszawski Correspondence, Postcards, and Ephemera Related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, 1950-2019 (mostly 1970-2019)

This collection comprises correspondence, postcards, and ephemera related to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, collected by Guy Warzawski, a Polish-Belgian professor. The Collège de 'Pataphysique was founded in Paris in 1948 and is dedicated to the furtherment of pataphysics, a parodistic "science of imaginary solutions" invented by French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry.

Madeira-Mamoré Expeditions Collection, 1875-1914

C1121 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of postcards, photographs, wood engravings, memorabilia, and printed material collected by Robert Hopewell Hepburn relating to expeditions sent down to tropical South America in an attempt by the Brazilian government to construct a railroad along the Madeira River. Robert Hopewell Hepburn, a young engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad System and a Princeton graduate of the Class of 1871, made the trip in 1878. He son undertook the same effort twenty-nine years later, sending back postcards to his father from Brazil.

John Foster Dulles Collection, 1943-1974

AC351 2 boxes
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), was a graduate of the Princeton Class of 1908 who served as Secretary of State of the United States for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The John Foster Dulles Collection consists of a small group of materials documenting Dulles' connection to Princeton, including materials on his undergraduate career and the Dulles Library.
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Elizebeth Avery Seggerman (née Bakewell) Correspondence and Ephemera, circa 1953-1973

Includes an invitation and program for John Foster Dulles' memorial service, a letter from Polly Oakleaf Bakewell (niece by marriage of Janet Avery Dulles) to her mother describing Dulles' memorial service, a thank you note to the Oaklfeafs, and invitations from John Foster and Janet to her sister, Elizabeth Avery Seggerman, née Bakewell. Additionally, there is a booklet "In Remembrance of Things Past" by Eleanor Lansing Dulles.

Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers, 1856-1900

C0390 7 boxes 3.8 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, both personal and business, five ledgers (1859-1880), two photographs, and a diary (1869) of Jesse Smith Blydenburgh, a nineteenth-century importer-exporter in New York City.
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Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956

C0321 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1883

C1049 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, engravings, documents, and printed material related to Oliver Ellsworth, the eighteenth-century Connecticut senator and jurist.

Gwendolyn (Steele) Fortson Waring Third World Center and Black Collegiate Life Photographs, 1973-1977

AC458 1 box 204 digital files
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This collection provides a photographic glimpse of Gwendolyn (Steele) Fortson Waring's time at Princeton. These images consist of events and programs produced by the Third World Center, now the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, and a general snapshot of black life at Princeton in the 1970s.

Mark Twain Collection, 1872-1921 (mostly 1872-1908)

C1036 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Collection consists of material by or about the celebrated American writer Mark Twain, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter Collection, 1808-1850

C1174 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material by and about the two Scottish sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porter, who were novelists in the first half of the 19th century.

Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of Papal Seals, 1484-1903

C1516 1 box 0.4 linear feet
This collection consists of twelve lead papal seals, ranging in dates from the 15th century to the late 19th and early 20th century.

Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Offprints Relating to Modern Greek Culture and Politics, 1940-2017

C1763 4 boxes 2.0 linear feet
Consists of offprints relating to Modern Greek literature, poetry, art and archaeology, theater, history, and politics.

Notes of George L. Denny on Woodrow Wilson Lectures, 1899-1900

C0416 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of four notebooks of George L. Denny (Princeton Class of 1900) containing notes on lectures in history, politics, and jurisprudence delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.
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John R. Krueger Collection of Gennadiĭ Aĭgi and Chuvash Poetry, 1972-1992

C1167 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of Krueger's correspondence with Peter France and Gennadiĭ Aĭgi regarding a Chuvash poetry anthology (published by UNESCO in 1991) and Kreuger's Chuvash language manual, as well as poems (in Russian and English) used in the anthology.
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Enrique Lihn Collection, 1965-2006 (mostly 1966)

C1170 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of letters written to Nathalie Waag by Enrique Lihn, a Chilean poet.

Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972

C0866 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Robert Charles Dallas, 1782-1826

C0884 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and manuscripts by and related to Robert Charles Dallas collected by Alexander Dallas Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939).