Mauricio Wacquez Papers, 1957-1983
Consists of selected papers of Chilean novelist Mauricio Wacquez.
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Vuelta Editorial Files, 1972-1998 (mostly 1976-1998)
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The Vuelta Editorial Files is comprised of the publishing files of Vuelta (1976-1998), the Mexican journal of literature, politics, art, and cultural commentary. Includes author files, correspondence between editors, writers, translators, scholars, and rights publishing companies, and administrative and project files. Includes original and photocopy typescript and handwritten manuscript submissions of articles, interviews, translations, narrative, and poetry. Related research materials such as press clippings and printed material are also found in the author files and correspondence. Included in the files are documents relating to Encuentro Vuelta - El Siglo XX: La Experiencia de la Libertad, a televised conference series program organized by Vuelta in 1990 about the rise of socialism in Eastern Europe. Series 6 includes various booklets and speech materials from the Nobel Prize ceremony in 1990, the year Octavio Paz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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P. Voorhoeve Collection of Batak Manuscript Translations, 1953-1985
The P. Voorhoeve Collection of Batak Manuscript Translations consists primarily of English translations of Batak manuscripts by Petrus Voorhooeve. Also includes some related articles (drafts) and catalogue descriptions.
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Von Hemert Autograph Collection, 1752-1908 (mostly 1780-1803)
Consists of photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert.
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Alexander von Enke Horoscopes, circa 1678
Collection consists of three horoscopes, circa 1678, in German and some Latin, all prepared for Baron Alexander von Enke (1650-1687), who served in the army of the Electorate of Saxony and fought against the Ottoman Turks during the Great Turkish War (1683-1699). Johann Henrich Voigt (1613-1691), an astronomer, astrologer, and almanac-compiler, prepared two of the volumes. The author of the third is unknown.
Horoscope No. 1, circa 1670-1687
The first horoscope (no. 1), prepared by Johann Henrich Voigt sometime during the 1670s or 1680s, includes a contemporary biographical note on inside front cover: "Joh. Henrich Vogts Nativitat über den H. Baron Alexander von Enken welcher zu Bremen 1650 d. 7 July gebohrn und 1687 im Martio auff der insul Zante an einem hitzgen Fieber gestorben als Chur Sächsischer Cammerherr und General Major und Chef der Chur Sächsischen Auxiliar Truppen in Morea…"
Horoscope No. 2, 1678
The second horoscope (no. 2), also prepared by Johann Henrich Voigt, is dated 1678. [fol. A recto] The following is noted: "Gründliches undt gantz außfürliches Judicium Chiromantico physiognomico Astronomicum Horoscopon oder nativitat ... zu großeren Nützen des Leibes undt der Seelen beschrieben… Anno 1678."
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Arthur von Briesen Papers, 1895-1929 (mostly 1905-1920)
The papers housed in the Arthur von Briesen Papers document the later years of Arthur von Briesen (1843-1920), a New York City lawyer and philanthropist. Von Briesen, a German-American patent lawyer, served as President of the Legal Aid Society of New York (1889-1916), and as president of the Alliance of Legal Aid Societies of America. Aside from emphasizing his work with the Legal Aid Society, the papers also highlight a variety of other areas--professional, political, and philanthropic--actively pursued by von Briesen. The papers illuminate the passionate side of von Briesen in the private correspondence with his family and others, as well as his cultural interests and engagement within the German-American community of New York City.
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Paul A. Volcker Papers, 1957-2018 (mostly 1957-1987)
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Paul A. Volcker (1927-) is an economist who has served in several prominent positions in the federal government, most notably as undersecretary of the Treasury (1969-1974), chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987), and chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (2009-2011). The collection contains Volcker's subject files, mainly created during his term as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and incoming and outgoing correspondence from his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The collection also includes documentation of some of Volcker's specific duties in these two roles, such as records from the meetings of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
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Vivilakēs Collection of Modern Greek Theater Playbills, 1948-1967
This collection contains playbills mostly from Greece and a few from other countries.
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Padua, 1543 March 4
Act with which Nicolo Contarini acquires some land in the region of Padua, in the name of Alvise and Leonardo, from Giovannino Salmazo
Alessandria, 1454 May 10
Release made by Tomaso de Salis and Gio de Longhi in favor of Antonio Guaschi of a house in the town of Alessandria
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Mario Vitti Papers, 1947-1992
Consists of papers of Mario Vitti, an Italian author, translator, and educator specializing in modern Greek literature. Included are letters (1947-1992) from Greek, Turkish, Italian, and other poets and authors, and manuscripts of Greek authors collected by Vitti.
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James R. Vitelli Collection on Van Wyck Brooks and Elmer Adler, 1910-1993 (mostly 1951-1985)
This collection consists of materials collected by Dr. James R. Vitelli, an English professor at Lafayette College, during his research on American literary critic Van Wyck Brooks and American book designer Elmer Adler.
"The Warfare Over Tradition: T. S. Eliot and Van Wyck Brooks", 1965-1972
two drafts of Vitelli's essay, one with holograph corrections and accompanied by TLS from George H. Douglas; 1 page of autograph notes; photocopied chapter from Edmund Widsom's The Triple Thinkers; The Indian P.E.N., March 1965, with article on a speech by Vitelli.
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Albert Einstein in Princeton, 1941
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Consists of four 10 x 13" silver gelatin prints of photographs taken by Roman Vishniac in the fall of 1941, showing Einstein seated in his office on the ground floor of Fuld Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, as well as standing and writing computations on a large blackboard, possibly at another location.
Princeton University Library Collection of Albert Einstein Materials, 1913-1975 (mostly 1930-1955)
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Consists of a wide range of miscellaneous material by or about the Nobel Prize-winner and world famous physicist Albert Einstein, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, ephemera, medical records, and printed material.
Address Delivered at Swarthmore College, Including Translations By Dr. Peterson, 1938 June
Missing: 1 TLS to Prinz Loewenstein 1939 February 14.
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Virginia Colonial Records Project Collection, 1955-1958
Consists of survey reports and correspondence of the Virginia Colonial Records Project (1955-1958).
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Sarah Anne Vinton Papers on Leonard Alden, 1816-1889
Consists largely of correspondence between Sarah Anne Vinton and her cousin Leonard Case Alden, a Harvard graduate and lieutenant in the Civil War.
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Jacob Viner Papers, 1909-1979 (mostly 1930-1960)
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Jacob Viner (1892-1970) is considered one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. His career was spent at the University of Chicago and Princeton University, and he also frequently served as an advisor to the United States government. His primary academic interests included international economics, international economic relations, and the history of economic thought, but his investigations ranged across many disciplines. Viner's papers document his scholarship, as well as his government service, and include correspondence, manuscripts, reports, and research materials.
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Oscar Hermes Villordo Papers, 1972-1991
Consists of three diaries of Argentine writer Oscar Hermes Villordo, accompanied by typed transcriptions (in Spanish) by Alicia Dellepiane Rawson.
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Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave's Collection on Alina d'Eldir, circa 1829 - 1950s (mostly 1829-1845)
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Consists of correspondence and other materials collected by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave relating to Alina d'Eldir, including her biography, her work with magnetism treatments, and the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle.
Alina d'Eldir Biographical Materials, circa 1840s
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Includes a portrait of Alina d'Eldir; a handwritten, short biographical statement in Italian; and handwritten copies of correspondence from the early 1820s regarding Alina d'Eldir's background in India. Identified correspondents include the Governor in Council at Bombay, James Pattison at the East India House, Edouard Alletz, A. Passchiers-Bisson, and Charles Mercier d'Eldir. An unidentified correspondent writing in Persian could be Gulam Mushi-ud-din. Some letters are in English and Persian; English letters have translations into French and some parts of the Persian letters are romanized. There are notes in pencil on the portrait and in some of the margins. These copies are undated.
Letters from Charles Mercier d'Eldir to Villenave, 1829-1844
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Includes letters addressed to Matthieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave in Paris, written on Alina d'Eldir's behalf by her husband, Charles Mercier. The letters relate to the publication of La vérité du magnétisme, the activities of the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle, her colleagues, and her patients and remedies. Also included here is a note in Mercier's handwriting about d'Eldir's treatment of the Duchess of Bourbon.
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Joaquín Villalobos - Archivo de la insurgencia salvadoreña, circa 1970-2005 (mostly 1978-1994)
El archivo se compone de material referente a la insurgencia salvadoreña que documenta los acontecimientos políticos, sociales y militares ocurridos durante y después del conflicto armado en El Salvador. Incluye folletos, textos de estudio, entrevistas, reportes, informes, boletines, artículos, partes de guerra, cuadernos y libretas, cartas, agendas, comunicados, publicaciones, recortes de prensa, cartografía, afiches, fotografías y negativos.
Folletos y otros materiales, alrededor de 1981-1990
Incluye la propuesta del FMLN presentada en San José, Costa Rica: "El unico camino para construir la democracia en El Salvador" (Octubre de 1989).
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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.
Agenda "Actividad Semanal" (poemas de 1952-2003), 1941-2006
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Agenda con actividad semanal y anotaciones varias. Contiene poesías manuscritas no incluidas en su Poesía completa con fecha de 1952 a 2003. Incluye un poema fechado en 1941, 8 hojas a máquina con poemas, 2 invitaciones a eventos, un email, fotocopia de un artículo de prensa y dos recortes de hojas manuscritas.
Cuaderno "Bachiller", sin fecha
Libreta bachiller verde con unas pocas páginas manuscritas con anotaciones sobre Antonio Machado. Hojas escritas arrancadas.