Publication Files, 1917-2012 (mostly 1960-2005)
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Publication files comprise the majority of the collection and include correspondence, legal and financial documents, and editorial and production files related to specific authors and publications. While most of these materials are filed by author name and/or publication title, there are also some general files of manuscripts described as "rejected," "unsolicited," or "dead." Production files include photographs and illustrations, jacket covers, correspondence related to permissions, and other design-related materials.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Records, 1917-2012 (mostly 1960-2005)
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Consists of the publishing and administrative records of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a British publishing company founded by George Weidenfeld (1919-2016) and Nigel Nicolson (1917-2004), which specialized in literary fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on history, biographies and memoirs, books by world leaders and political figures, glossy illustrated books, travel guides, and reference books. The collection documents the operations of the firm from its establishment in 1948 through its sale in 1991, and also includes some later records from as recent as 2012 related to its continued operation as an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group.
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Office of Development Donor Files, 1885-2014
The Office of Development is the centralized administrative unit which oversees Princeton University's many fundraising programs. Consists exclusively of closed donor files created and maintained by Princeton University's Office of Development. No other administrative records are included.
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Sara Teasdale Correspondence, 1907-1972 (mostly 1912-1928)
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Consists primarily of letters received by American poet Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Ernest Filsinger) from over 100 poets, authors, editors, and friends, many of whom enclose examples of their work and discuss their own and Teasdale's poetry.
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Series 4: September 2005 Accession of Videotapes, 1886 November-2000 October
Series 4: September 2005 Accession of Videotapes, 1982-2000 and undated consists of recordings of television segments about Princeton, lectures, and events, as well as recordings created as part of the promotional material for fundraising campaigns.
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Philip Ashton Rollins Collection, 1887-1950 (mostly 1900-1930)
Consists of personal papers and material related to the American West collected by Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950).
Series 3: Documents, 1924-1950
This series consists of various documents belonging to or pertaining to Rollins. This series is organized as follows: miscellaneous documents (organized alphabetically), financial documents, Princeton documents (divided according to those from his time as an undergraduate and those from his time as an alumnus), legal documents, and various documents relating to Rollins. Included at the end of this series is the inaugural issue of Biblia.
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Series 2: Manuscripts of Other Writers, 1887-1958
Consists of manuscripts of other writings such as Ian Fytton Armstrong, Thomas Horan, and Captain Wesley Sweetser, as well as others.
Vodrey Collection of Arthur Machen Papers, 1915-1972
Consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Welsh writer Arthur Machen collected by Joseph Kelly Vodrey. It also contains an equal amount of manuscripts and correspondence of Machen admirers and collectors, particularly the members of the Machen Society, founded in 1948 after Machen's death.
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Celebration Materials, 1887-1993
Celebration Materials, circa 1887-1993, collects invitations, programs, mass mailings, event notices, pins, and correspondence relating to the celebration (similar materials can be found in the first scrapbook in Series 4). A typed draft of President Francis Landey Patton's sesquicentennial sermon with corrections, a photograph album of the event, and a published book of sketches from the celebration by William Silas Whitehead can be found in this series as well.
Sesquicentennial Celebration Records, circa 1887-1993 (mostly 1894-1904)
The collection consists of materials relating to the three-day Sesquicentennial Celebration in October 1896, at which the College of New Jersey became Princeton University. In addition to ephemera and printed material distributed at the celebration, the collection includes a typescript draft of President Francis Landey Patton's sermon, sesquicentennial memorial books, a published sketchbook, official congratulations from other institutions, and press releases and newspaper clippings reporting the events.
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W. B. Yeats Collection, 1888-1950 (mostly 1888-1937)
Consists of selected material by and about the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, including correspondence, a poetry manuscript, photographs, family items, and Cuala Press ephemera.
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Series 1: Biographical, 1888-1953
The Biographical series contains correspondence, memoranda, lecture notes, printed material, press releases, reports, and other material relating to Raycroft's career as an instructor in the physical education department at the University of Chicago and his position as chairman of the Health and Physical Education Department at Princeton University. This series also includes material documenting Raycroft's role as president of the Board of Managers of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane, as well as his involvement in various associations and committees, including his membership in the 1932 and 1936 American Olympic Committees. Also included in this series is a copy of the earliest radiograph (x-ray) used for medical diagnosis taken in 1897 by Raycroft and Professor Michelson, as well as written reports on physical education within high schools and universities and the development of intramural athletics at Princeton University. Lecture notes on topics such as Using and Misusing our Minds, A Paying Investment and a lecture syllabus on hygiene in schools can be found in the writings section. Various printed material such as the Boston YMCA gymnasium manuals, notes, and pamphlets on recommended weekly exercises and instructions for those exercises also be found in the writings section. Photographs and memorabilia relating to the Olympics may be found in series 4.
Joseph Raycroft Papers, 1888-1953, 1992
Joseph Edward Raycroft was Princeton University's Chairman of the Department of Health and Physical Education. The Papers contain correspondence, writings, press-releases, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia documenting Raycroft's personal life and career. Also included are library catalog lists and other material related to Raycrofts Library of memorabilia
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Lawrence Crane Woods Collection, 1888-1957
Consists of selected correspondence and student account books of Lawrence Crane Woods, a member of the Princeton Class of 1891 and vice president and assistant manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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Series 3: Correspondence, 1888-1969
The Correspondence series contains personal correspondence between Greenbaum and his family and friends. The alphabetical correspondence includes discussions of the World Wars. The chronological correspondence contains letters pertaining to Greenbaum's participation in his community and congratulations for earning the Rogerson Cup and Medal from Williams College in 1957.
Edward S. Greenbaum Papers, 1888-1969 (mostly 1930-1960)
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Edward S. Greenbaum (1890-1970) was a lawyer in New York City in the legal firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst who was involved in court reform efforts throughout his career. He also served in the War Department during World War II as executive officer to Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, negotiating contracts with the private sector for munitions and supplies. Greenbaum's papers document his career as a lawyer, as well as his government service, and include correspondence, legal documents, reports, and publications.
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Subject Files, 1888-1969
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Harwood Childs Papers, February 2012 Accession, 1888-1971
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Series 2: Letters From Paul Elmer More, 1888-1989
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Consists of letter written by Paul Paul More to individuals such as Irving Babbitt, Prosser Hall Frye, Louis T. More, and Alice More.
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Personal Papers, 1888-2011
Consists of personal photographs, ephemera, and correspondence with family and friends. Some materials in this series relate to McElderry's publishing career such as awards acceptance speeches and photographs from publishing events. Also includes some correspondence and photographs related to the McElderry family of Northern Ireland and Bronte family.
Margaret K. McElderry Papers, 1888-2011
The collection consists of the editorial files and personal papers of Margaret K. McElderry. Publisher files include editorial correspondence, legal documents, and production files related to specific authors and publications.
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Series 1: Musical Arrangements, 1888-2012
Series 1: Musical Arrangements contains original musical arrangements composed by the Princeton Nassoons.
Series 2: Correspondence and Administrative Files, 1939-2011
The records in Series 2: Correspondence and Administrative Files were accumulated by members of the Nassoons Alumni Association and document the group's concert, performance, and recording schedules over seven decades. Found in this series will be letters sent to the Nassoons from other colleges inviting them to perform on their respective campuses as well as notebooks pertaining to the group's administration. The series also contains intermittent group photographs of the organization.
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Selected Manuscripts of Rudolf Ladenburg, 1889-1953 (mostly 1935-1952)
Rudolf Ladenburg was a German-born scientist who became a nuclear physicist at Princeton University until his retirement in 1950. The collection contains some of Ladenburg's manuscripts, lecture and course notes, and notes on nuclear physics.
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Series XI, Photographs and Negatives, 1889-1963
Series XI, Photographs and Negatives, includes drawings and sketches completed by Hall as well as photographs and negatives. Photographs include scenes from his earliest hunting trips, world travels, aircraft, aerial reconnaissance, his Persia work, and also includes illustrations from his publications. Negatives include more images than the printed photographs.
Melvin A. Hall Papers, 1895-1972
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Melvin A. Hall's renaissance career as adventurer, aviator, soldier, agent, financial administrator and author spanned four and a half decades, and is well represented in this collection. The materials include: diaries; personal and business correspondence; official documents, reports and correspondence from his tenure with the American Financial Mission in Persia; copies of his published writings, including drafts of his books Journey to the End of an Era and Bird of Time; articles, reviews, speeches and military intelligence reports; copies of unpublished writings; subject files containing background and research notes; information on his medals, awards and commendations; diaries and correspondence from Hall's father, William Augustus Hall, Hall's wife Josephine Johnson Hall, a World War I field nurse; and photographs and scrapbooks.
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Robert F. Goheen Papers, 1889-2008 (mostly 1939-2000)
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The Robert F. Goheen Papers contain records that Robert F. Goheen kept mainly before and after he was president of Princeton University (1957-1972). They include files Goheen kept as a graduate student, instructor and professor in Princeton University's Department of Classics for the period 1939-1957. The collection also contains U.S. army records for 1942-1945, when Goheen had interrupted his studies for service in the Second World War, and for 1945-1956, when he served in the Officers Reserve Corps. The majority of the files concern Goheen's post-presidential years, when he was Chair of the Council on Foundations (1972-1977), Ambassador to India (1977-1980), and Director of the Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities (1981-1998), as well as Senior Fellow Public and International Affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. In addition, the collection contains some speech notes Goheen kept and some photographs of Goheen from his tenure as President of Princeton University.
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1890-1948
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Consists of approximately 500 letters from contemporaries of Gollancz, as well as family correspondence.
Sir Israel Gollancz Correspondence, 1890-1948 (mostly 1915-1929)
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Consists primarily of letters (approximately 500) from contemporaries of English editor and publisher Sir Israel Gollancz.
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Rowe Family Photographs, 1890-1950
Consists of over one hundred photographs documenting the Rowe family in Spokane and Edgecomb, Washington, and Lawrence County, Missouri. Photographs depict sawmills, steam engine threshers, store interiors, Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders," and snapshots of the Rowe family who operated engines and owned farms in Washington state, Missouri, and Kansas.
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Dorothy Shipley White Photograph Collection, 1890-1970
The Dorothy Shipley White Collection encompasses two sets of photographs, one on the life of Charles deGaulle and the other on French Africa. White presumably collected the photographs in preparation for her book, Black Africa and deGaulle (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1979). Mrs. White sent the photographs and negatives of the deGaulle photographs to Princeton in 1989.
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Series 10, Photographs, 1890-1977
Series 10, Photographs, circa 1890-1977, contains photographs arranged into four groups: photos relating to Louis Fischer; photos relating to Markoosha Fischer; family photographs; and others. Besides some photographs of his parents and school classes, the early Louis Fischer photographs are predominantly of his service in Britain's Jewish Legion 1917-1920. The period 1922-1938 includes images of the Soviet Union, photos with fellow foreign correspondents in Moscow and Eisenstein's film crew, cartoons of Fischer (1931), and photographs of Fischer in Spain and at the Geneva conference in 1938. The photographs for the period 1939-1946 include many photographs of Fischer with Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Photos from 1958 include a visit to Indonesia and the Rhodes conference.
Louis Fischer Papers, 1890-1977 (mostly 1935-1969)
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The Louis Fischer Papers include correspondence, interviews, articles and notes, lectures and speeches, photographs, and audiovisual materials that document his life as a journalist, writer, and commentator on international affairs. They also include the papers of his wife, Bertha Markoosha Fischer, an author in her own right, as well as family correspondence and papers. In the latter part of his life Fischer was affiliated with of the Institute for Advanced Study (1959-1961) and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (1961-1969).
Series 5, Financial and Administrative Records, 1896-1970
Series 5, Financial and Administrative Records, 1896-1970, contains tax returns, financial records, and appointment and address books arranged by document type. The tax return files include royalty statements and correspondence with accountants. Records of Fischer's professional and social appointments can be found in his annual appointment and address books (1937-1970), which he kept in addition to regular address books (circa 1948-1970).
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Subseries 3A: Photographs, 1890-1979
Consists of photographs of Angélica, Silvina, and Victoria Ocampo, as well as of Ocampo residences.
Series 3: Ocampo Family Papers, 1890-1979
Consists of photographs, correspondence, and documents of the Ocampo family.
Fraga and Peña Collection of the Ocampo Family, 1890s-1979 (mostly 1930-1979)
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Author Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was founder (1931) and editor of the magazine SUR, an important literary magazine published in Buenos Aires. The collection consists primarily of Ocampo family correspondence, particularly that of the sisters Victoria and Angelica Ocampo.
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Stella Bloch Papers Relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 1890-1985 (mostly 1917-1930)
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The Stella Bloch Papers Relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy consists of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, photographs, printed material, and postcards of the American dance critic, art historian, and artist Stella Bloch (1898-1999). This collection documents the relationship between Bloch and the Anglo-Indian art historian, philosopher, and author Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) who embodied the roles of mentor, husband, and friend. The papers primarily contain correspondence by Coomaraswamy to Bloch, as well as a small amount of other letters. Writing was a vital form of communication for Coomaraswamy and Bloch, especially during their marriage, since they always resided in different cities; he lived in Boston while she lived in New York. There are also drawings by Coomaraswamy and by Bloch, as well as photographs-some taken by Coomaraswamy-that include portraits and assorted images from their travels to India and Southeast Asia. The articles in both manuscript and printed form provide a sampling of Coomaraswamy and Bloch's writings on art, religion, and philosophy. Furthermore, there is a small selection of printed material about Coomaraswamy and Bloch, and a series of memento postcards.
Subseries 3A: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 1919-1977
This subseries consists of both pen-and-ink and pencil drawings, as well as three prints and one tracing. The primary subject is female figures, but there are also two portraits and a small selection of miscellaneous drawings. Three drawings, "Relaxation," "Memory," and "Extension" [circa1919-1920], were published in Twenty-eight Drawings [see also Box 7, Folder 1]. Furthermore, this subseries contains three prints of drawings of Bloch. This subseries is organized by subject and then by medium, with miscellaneous material located at the end.
Series 3: Drawings, 1919-1977
Consists of both pen-and-ink and pencil drawings, as well as three prints and one tracing. The primary subject is female figures, but there are also two portraits and a small selection of miscellaneous drawings. Three drawings, "Relaxation," "Memory," and "Extension" [circa1919-1920], were published in Twenty-eight Drawings [see also Box 7, Folder 1]. Also consists of unbound pencil drawings and two sketchbooks from Bloch's travels, one each from Bali (1919) and Java (1919-1920). The primary subject of the unbound drawings is Coomaraswamy and Bloch, while that of the sketchbooks is indigenous people and dancers of Bali and Java. Also included in the Bali sketchbook are two drawings of Coomaraswamy, one of him wearing a typical Balinese hat, and two prints of a Balinese dancer, one hand-colored [see also Box 8, Folder 1].
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Mexican Ephemera Collection, 1890-2000
Consists of books, maps, scrapbooks, posters, and other materials.
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Series 9: Miscellaneous Materials, 1890 August 25 - 2011
The series contains non-photographic materials related to and derived from the collection.
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Clare Beecher Kummer Papers, 1890s-1955
Consists of the papers of song-writer, playwright, and poet Clare Beecher Kummer. Included are manuscript plays, musical compositions, songs, verse, and correspondence.
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Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach, 1890s-1988 (mostly 1955-1988)
This collection consists of selected papers of Frederic Dennis regarding Sylvia Beach, including correspondence of Sylvia Beach and members of her family, as well as letters from Noël Riley Fitch from 1977-1988, photographs of Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Co., her friends and family, and assorted clippings and other miscellany.
Letters from Sylvia Beach, 1930-1956
Includes one letter from Sylvia to her father (dated July 18 1930) in which she discusses James Joyce and his vision problems.
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Postcards of Princeton-related Sites, Buildings and Landmarks, 1891-1957
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Approximately 200 postcards of Princeton University sites, buildings and landmarks. Some postcards have writing and postmarks and some are unmarked. Most of the postcards have black and white photographic images, while some are colorized.
Series 6: Postcard Additions, circa 1890-1960
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This series consists of postcards that have been donated since the processing of the collection in 1996.
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Joseph Raycroft Periodicals, Publications, and Olympic Games Material, 1891-1980
Series 3 includes material with a clear or inferred relation to Joseph Raycroft (1867-1955), who was Chairman of Health and Physical Education at Princeton from 1911 to 1936, when he received emeritus status (Raycroft's papers form the collection AC 146 in the University Archives—see that collection for a longer biographical note). The series here includes mainly publications and periodicals ranging from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, and reflects Raycroft's association with the University of Chicago and the Worcester Academy as an alumnus, as well as his interests in rare books, intramural sports, football and basketball, physical training for the military, and the Olympic Games, among various others. Raycroft served on the Olympic Committees of 1932 and 1936, and attended the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He became Vice President of the American Olympic Committee. Material on the Olympic Games forms the latter half of this series, including programs for the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919, minutes of the Olympic Congress of Berlin in 1930, and some Olympic Committee correspondence from 1939 and 1951-1953.
Dillon Gym Library Collection, 1891-2003 (mostly 1930-1991)
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The Dillon Gym Library was housed in Dillon Gym, which opened in 1947. Dillon Gym is now mainly used as the headquarters for the Campus Recreation program, and includes various administrative and varsity athletic coaches' offices. The majority of the collection is made up of published material such as athletic handbooks, rule guides and technique charts; athletic organization convention and conference reports; and university publications (sports schedules and programs, admissions material, faculty, staff, and alumni guides and fundraising publications). The collection contains several areas of focus—notably, material on women's sports at Princeton.
Athletic Rulebooks, Handbooks and Publications, 1902-2003
General athletic files contain published rulebooks and guidebooks for individual sports, especially from the mid-twentieth century and the 1970s, many printed by the NCAA, as well as copies of periodicals such as Modern Gymnast and football programs from Princeton and elsewhere. There are also printed NCAA championship booklets, convention bulletins, manuals, rules and regulations. Much of the material is not specific to Princeton, but some Princeton programs and press releases are included in the football, basketball, hockey, soccer, track, and wrestling files.
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Series 3: Photographs, 1892-1955
This series includes photographs of mediums and demonstrations of psychic phenomena, as well as stills from the film series "The Mysteries of Myra," written by Carrington, and autographed pictures inscribed to Carrington by the principal actors.
Series 2: Correspondence, 1899-1959
Consists of correspondence between Carrington and a variety of notable spiritualists, psychic researchers, and others.
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Herbert Cecil Potter Papers, 1892-1955 (mostly 1893-1919)
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Potter was a lifelong British military officer who attained the rank of brigadier-general. He served in Ireland (1898), South Africa (1901-1902), Egypt and Sudan (1903-1913), and World War I (1914-1918); he retired in 1927. Consists primarily of Potter's lengthy correspondence with his mother and future wife while stationed abroad, often during significant British military operations, including censor-stamped envelopes.
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Country Files, 1892-1989
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The Country Files series documents Lewis's work as an economic advisor, as well as his involvement with Caribbean economic policies and politics. The majority of the papers are related to his work in the Caribbean and Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). The Caribbean papers focus on the formation and dissolution of the West Indies Federation and the East Caribbean Federation, and also include reports on the economies, education systems, and social conditions of several of the islands. The Ghana papers contain reports by Lewis to the government of Ghana and his later publications on the country concerning the country's economic development plans and the implications of the Volta River project. The series also includes a small number of documents about Guyana (formerly British Guiana) and Nigeria.
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"Literary Landmarks of Princeton" Exhibition Collection, 1892-1971 (mostly 1967-1968)
The "Literary Landmarks of Princeton" Exhibition Collection consists of author files and miscellaneous materials related to the "Literary Landmarks of Princeton" exhibition curated by Alfred L. Bush in 1967. The exhibition chronicled works of fiction, drama, and poetry written in Princeton by over 100 authors from the early 18th century to the mid-1960s.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (mostly 1950-1969)
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The Georges Florovsky Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia of clergyman, teacher and author, Georges Florovsky.
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Series 5: Personal Papers, 1892-1980
This series contains correspondence between Harry Dexter White and Anne Terry White, his wife; correspondence from Harry Dexter White to his daughter Joan White; a photograph album of the family's time in California in the 1920s; about 100 pages from a scrapbook on Harry Dexter White compiled by Anne Terry White; as well as some later correspondence of Joan White Pinkham and Ruth White Levitan regarding their father.
Harry Dexter White Papers, 1895-2000 (mostly 1935-1948)
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Harry Dexter White (1892-1948) was an economist with expertise in international finance and monetary issues. White served in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1934 to 1946, rising to the position of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and was one of the principal architects of the Bretton Woods agreements in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. White's papers document his service in the Department of the Treasury and include correspondence and memoranda, notes, and writings.
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Series 22: January 2010 Accession, 1892-2001
Consists of records transferred to the University Archives in January 2010. The records pertain to investments and gifts, as well as other miscellaneous topics.
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Department of Biology Records, 1892-2007 (mostly 1910-1969)
The study of biology began at the College of New Jersey with the appointment in 1830 of botanist John Torrey into a part-time faculty position; it expanded with the formation of the School of Science in the 1870s; and was established as a department in 1904. The collection primarily consists of the records of the Department of Biology assembled during the tenures of Department Chairmen Edwin G. Conklin and Elmer Butler. Included are correspondence, general subject files, and records pertaining to grants, research endowments, publications, and administrative matters such as budgets and staffing. Also includes sponsored research reports and student grade cards.
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Series 3: United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), 1893-1972
Armstrong served as one of the principal delegates of the United States to the United Nations Conference on International Organization [UNCIO] in San Francisco in 1945 which drafted the United Nations charter. Armstrong's official title was Special Adviser to the Secretary of State, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. During the Conference he maintained a full set of records of his activities, which provide a highly detailed account of the meetings he attended. In addition, Armstrong retained a nearly complete set of documents for both the United States delegation and the UNCIO.
Series 9: Memorabilia, 1893-1972
The memorabilia is arranged alphabetically by subject. It contains Armstrong's autograph book (1919-1946), Princeton memorabilia, passports, and military records, as well as files on real estate, birth certificates, and Princeton classmates. The series also contains juvenalia (mostly drawings and letters) and school reports from Armstrong's childhood, an article recommending him for the position as Secretary of State, and booklets from two events he attended: a dinner for Winston Churchill in 1949 and the Harvard Honorary Degree Awards ceremony in 1963. There is also material in oversize and the hood and diploma from Armstrong's honorary Princeton degree (1961) were transferred to the University Archives.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong Papers, 1893-1973 (mostly 1916-1973)
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The Hamilton Fish Armstrong Papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, memoranda, material from 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization, writings especially in relation to Peace and Counterpeace and Tito and Goliath, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs. The papers document Armstrong's career as editor of Foreign Affairs, his participation in the activities of the Council on Foreign Relations, and his professional involvement and interest in foreign policy from World War I through the 1970s. Included is correspondence with many well known political and literary figures of the time period. Some materials of a personal nature are included but the bulk of the papers relates to Armstrong's professional life. The papers also document Armstrong's participation in many philanthropic activities associated with Yugoslavia.
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Arthur Friedman Collection of Programs and Playbills, 1893-1973
Arthur Friedman is an American collector in music and theater. His collection consists of bound scrapbooks of opera programs and playbills for theater and concert performances covering eighty years of regular attendance by Friedman in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and various legitimate theaters.
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Virginia Card Collection of Historical Photographs, 1893-1989
Consists of historical photographs purchased by Virginia Card at yard sales and auctions, including photographs of the West and photographs of families.
Series 4: Photographs, 1893-1989
This series consists of Virginia Card's personal photographs and her historical photograph collection (totaling approximately 450 photographs). The personal photographs include photographs of herself, friends, and family members as well as photographs of the Sacramento Indian Center and other Native American groups and events, ranging from 1935-1989. The historical photograph collection (1893-1979) consists of lots purchased at auctions and yard sales, which Card maintained out of interest. It contains groups of photographs related to Western Americana, including historical postcards and photographs of gold mining in the West, Yosemite, and portraits of Native Americans. In addition, it includes historical photographs of several other families and one set of photographs showing a parade with a Greek mythology theme. Formats in this series include Polaroid, silver gelatin and albumen prints, and 35mm color prints, among others.
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Archivos adicionales, 1893-1999
Los archivos adicionales incluyen libros de la biblioteca personal de Vilariño, principalmente libros anotados escritos por otros autores como Narciso Pizarro, Octavio Paz, Pablo Rocca, José Santos Gónzalez Vera, Ernesto Sábato, Daniel Vidart, Mario Benedetti y Rubén Dário. También incluye libros anotados por y sobre la autora; dos poemas escritos a mano firmados por Vilariño; una carta de la hermana de Vilariño, Poema; y un cuaderno de poemas inéditos escritos por Jorge Liberati. La descripción se basa principalmente en la descripción del comerciante.
Archivo de Idea Vilariño, 1893-2007
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La colección consiste de borradores y pruebas de la poesía de Idea Vilariño; correspondencia con sus hermanas/os Numen, Poema, Azul y Alma; fotografías personales de la familia; cuadernos de investigación; material impreso sobre Vilariño y una colección anotada de libros sobre crítica literaria y otros temas, como Shakespeare, Homero, Rubén Darío y Octavio Paz, entre otros.
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Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s
Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.
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Edward Mead Earle Papers, 1894-1954
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The Papers of Edward Mead Earle (1894-1954) document the career of Earle, a specialist in the role of the military in foreign relations. He was a university lecturer, author, and consultant to various departments of the U.S. government. The papers reflect Earle's work as a professor at the School of Economics and Politics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. The collection emphasizes Earle's major work of establishing a seminar designed to research issues associated with military and foreign policies of the United States during World War II. It also highlights a number of other professional activities during his time at the Institute.
Books, 1922-1951
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Princeton University Library Collection of Lawrance Thompson Materials, 1894-1970 (mostly 1938-1964)
Consists of selected papers of Lawrance Thompson, including manuscripts for his books on Robert Frost and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lecture typescripts, and a small amount of correspondence (1936-1942) from the time he was Princeton University Library's Curator of Manuscripts and editor of the Princeton University Library Chronicle.