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Roger Sessions Scores, 1909-2001 (mostly 1909-1985)
C0288
27 boxes
24 Volumes
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985
The collection contains the manuscripts of composer and educator Roger Sessions. It includes compositions reflecting his use of the 12-tone system of composition and ranging from exercises and studies to concertos, sonatas, operas ("Lancelot and Elaine" and "Montezuma"), and symphonies (1 through 9). Also included are miscellaneous musical works such as divertimenti, nocturnes, chorale studies, quintets, and cantatas along with the manuscripts for two prose works.
Series 2: Board and Staff Members contains primarily correspondence with board and staff members of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, as well as a few sets of files maintained by the board or staff members themselves.
Toni Morrison Papers, 1908-2017 (mostly 1970-2015)
C1491
337 boxes
16 items
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Morrison, Toni
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, 1931-2019) was a Nobel prize-winning American author, editor, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. The material described in this finding aid consists of manuscripts, drafts, galleys, and proofs of Morrison's novels and other writings; personal correspondence; editorial files relating to Morrison's work at Random House and later publication of two posthumous works by Toni Cade Bambara; academic and teaching files, particularly pertaining to SUNY Albany and Princeton University; working files; press clippings; published books, photographs, audiovisual materials, and awards and memorabilia.
Mixed Publications, 1908-2016
3 boxes
The Mixed Publications subseries contains meet program magazines from various track field and cross country events, including the Heptagonal Track Field Championship and the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes (IC4A) Competition, as well as other published materials.
Publications, 1908-2016
3 boxes
The Publications Series contains meet program magazines from various track field and cross country events, including the Heptagonal Track Field Championship and the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes (IC4A) Competition, as well as other published materials.
Academic Articles and Papers, 1908-2016
3 boxes
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Includes academic articles and papers by other authors, often inscribed to Toni Morrison.
Printed Materials, 1908-2016
34 boxes
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Printed materials including various editions and translations of Toni Morrison's published books, books, manuscripts, and academic papers by other authors, and published scores and libretti.
Princeton University Archives Collection on the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, 1908-1999 (mostly 1928-1992)
AC023
26 boxes
1 websites
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American Whig-Cliosophic Society
The American Whig-Cliosophic Society (1941-present) is a literary, political and debating society which has had an important impact on the lives of generations of Princeton students. It provides students with both social alternatives and an opportunity to develop skills not emphasized by the University curriculum. The contents of the initial group of records were acquired between 1941 and 1993 in agreements between Princeton University and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society. The library initially cataloged some of these records into the P Collection. Subsequently, an attempt was made to organize some of these records in 1975.
John D. Davies Collection on Hobey Baker, 1908-1997 (mostly 1908-1969)
AC005
6 boxes
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Davies, John (John Dunn), 1918-1994
The John D. Davies Collection on Hobey Baker, located in the University Archives, contains research materials gathered by Davies for the publication, The Legend of Hobey Baker (Little, Brown & Company, 1966). These papers contain correspondence, research notes, manuscript drafts, photographs and printed material pertaining to Hobey A. H. Baker's career as an athlete at St. Paul's Preparatory School, at Princeton University, and as a member of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. Baker died in an airplane crash in 1918.
Series 12: Additions, 1907-2999
9 boxes
This series consists of unprocessed additional, including binders of notes relating to a myriad of topics (such as math, navigation, population, and social physics) (1931-1971), correspondence (1920-1972), and miscellaneous files covering Stewarts eclectic fields of interest. This series is roughly organized by material type (binders, reprints, correspondence, and other materials).
Series 8: Recordings, 1907-2016 November 19
13 boxes
2 items
132 digital files
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Series 8, Recordings contains audio and video of Triangle performances. Throughout the years different recording methods were used including but not limited to: phonographic records, cassettes, CD, DVD, and digital recordings. Please refer to item level description notes for more information about the type of recording.
Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students Records, 1907-2015
AC136
135 boxes
3 folders
6 items
1 websites
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Princeton University. Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
The Dean of Undergraduate Students, formerly known as the Dean of Students and the Dean of Student Affairs, is the University's administrative office charged with oversight of undergraduate residential life, extracurricular activities, and student discipline. The Dean of Undergraduate Students records contain correspondence, memos, and meeting minutes, as well as the financial records of student organizations.
Subseries 15C: Subject Files, 1907-2007
34 boxes
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Subseries 15C: Subject Files, 1907-1990 [bulk: 1936-1956], consists of a number of different subjects arranged alphabetically, including the A. P. Smith Manufacturing Case, Harold Dodds's personal correspondence, Margaret Dodds's diaries, the Eugene Higgins Trust, Alger Hiss, the Hoover Commission Task Force, the Madison Memorial Commission, the Princeton Local Government Survey, and World War II. Particulars about these subjects follow.
Clarence Brown Papers, 1907-2005
C1571
5 boxes
2.0 linear feet
Brown, Clarence, 1929-2015
Consists primarily of correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs of former Princeton University comparative literature professor Clarence Brown (1929-2015) relating primarily to his scholarship on Russian writers Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891-1938) and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980). Correspondence with writer and illustrator Guy Davenport as well as with poet W. S. Merwin, Princeton Class of 1948, is also included.
Series 1: Administrative, 1907-2001
31 boxes
2 items
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The Administrative series contains general files which pertain to the activities of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students. These include files on topics relating to student life, housing, and discipline, as well as correspondence with other university administrators and office staff.
Series 2: C.S. Titus Rowing Materials, circa 1907, 1998, consists of two shadow boxes of medals won by Princeton rowing coach C.S. Titus and three scrapbooks about the rowing career and life of C.S. Titus.
Brandt & Brandt Contract Files, 1907-1997
C0732
51 boxes
2 items
22.2 linear feet
Brandt & Brandt
The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.
Office of the Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel Records, 1906-2021 (mostly 1920-1981)
AC144
49 boxes
2 items
4 GB
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Princeton University. Office of the Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel.
The religious interests of members of the University are served through the offices of the Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel, which work with chaplains of different denominations and faiths on a variety of activities. The Dean of the Chapel records document the activities of the Office and the Chapel and include former dean files, historical material, minutes, and marriage, birth, baptism, and death records as well as adminsitrative files and programs of services and concerts.
Ziolkowski, Theodore
Consists of correspondence and printed materials collected by German studies and comparative literature scholar Theodore Ziolkowski (1932- ). The majority of the collection comprises Ziolkowski's files on Hermann Hesse, particularly pertaining to the reception of Hesse's work in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Other materials relate more broadly to 20th and early 21st century literature, with a focus on modern German authors and authors writing in German.
Consists of Ziolkowski's collection of printed materials documenting the popular and scholarly reception of Hermann Hesse and his work in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Some are annotated and accompanied by correspondence from those who sent materials to Ziolkowski to add to his collection. Included are reprints, journals, magazines, clippings, pamphlets, and ephemera, as well as copies of articles sent to him for review.
Series 1: Office of the Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel Records, 1906-2011
30 boxes
2 items
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Series 1 documents the activities of the Office. Materials include files for the tenure of Dean Robert Russell Wicks (1928-1947), Assistant Deans of the Chapel Laurence Fenninger (1930-1946), Burton MacLean (1946-1948), H. Keith Beebe (1949-1954), Wiley Crites (1954-1959), material for Richard Stillwell's history, "The Chapel of Princeton University" (Princeton University Press, 1971), minutes of the Chapel Congregation and Chapel Council (1938-1951), files relating to the Chapel organ reconstruction (1975-1992), historical subject files, and marriage, birth, baptism, and death registers beginning in 1952.
Box 283
This group of materials includes Ethel Forde Hillyer's 1906 diaries, Harold Medina's 1906 diary, and a transcript of each by their granddaughter, Meredith Hillyer Medina Murray in 1995. These diaries document their daily lives and their courtship while Medina was a second-year Princeton student.
Series 5: Later Activities, 1905 June-2013
38 boxes
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Series 5 documents Doar's legal career in private practice and his continued interest in civil rights matters from the 1960s. The majority of the series is composed of court documents pertaining to the investigation Doar led in the 1980s into the bribery charges laid against United States District Judge Alcee Hastings. A few other cases are also documented, though to a much lesser extent.
The Student Discipline series contains records relating to the Dean of Students' oversight of student discipline. The bulk of the records consist of files on individual students documenting specific disciplinary infractions and their corresponding penalties.
Princeton University Press Records, 1905-2014 (mostly 1940-1999)
C0728
554 boxes
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Princeton university press
The Princeton University Press Records document the business acitivities of Princeton University Press. They include extensive files on works published by the press, as well as staff files, review files, editorial board and board of trustees files, financial information, production files, and publications.
Series 5, Administrative Files and Business Correspondence contains general administrative files and correspondence particular to Triangle tours. The latter provides insight into travel arrangements, destinations, accommodations, and local support. The other material details the club's finances, fundraising, theatre management (both McCarter and the Casino), as well as containing information such as club constitutions, trustee meeting minutes, and press releases on performances.
Includes small publications by Mathey, diaries, photographs, medals, photo albums, and related materials.
Series 14: Additional Material, 1905-2006 (mostly 1990-2005)
33.0 linear feet
74 boxes
This series consists of additional personal and professional materials received prior to and following Stanley Kunitz's death in 2006. A diverse array of materials, including manuscripts, correspondence with friends, fans, and fellow literati, subject files, photographs, audiovisual materials and artwork, richly portrays Kunitz's illustrious career and the various literary and artistic communities to which he and his wife Elise Asher belonged. Kunitz was active professionally all the way up to his death, a remarkable feat for anyone, much less a centenarian. This addition of materials to his papers best represents the period of 1995-2006, in which he published three books: Passing Through (1995) The Collected Poems of Stanley Kunitz (2000) and The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden (2005). While most of the materials date from the mid-1990s until 2006, older materials in this series fill gaps in the first acquisition.
Subseries 14E: Photographs, 1905-2005
2.0 linear feet
3 boxes
A mix of candid shots and posed portraits, the photographs in this collection do more than document Kunitz's life; they allow the observer inside some of the twentieth century's most important artistic circles. Stanley Kunitz and Elise Asher counted Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, Giorgio Cavallon, Robert Lowell, Galway Kinnell, and Dore Ashton among some of their closest personal friends. The photographs show these figures in both casual encounters and more formal compositions, offering an intimate view into the artistic and literary communities to which Kunitz and Asher belonged.
Includes files on a variety of topics related to student, faculty and staff matters, academic programs and gifts to Princeton.
Series 1: P.L. Travers correspondence, drafts, notes, personal writing, 1905-1996 (mostly 1960-1996)
2 boxes
2 items
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Travers, P.L. (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996
A collection of correspondence, sketches, proofs, notes, personal writing, and legal documents relating to the life and career of P. L. Travers (1899-1996)
Steven Barclay Collection, 1904-2008 (mostly 1920-1940)
C1487
6 boxes
3.0 linear feet
Barclay, Steven
A collection containing original manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, association copies of books, and other printed material, chiefly by or pertaining to Adrienne Monnier (1892-1955) and Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), and their respective bookshops in Paris: La Maison des Amis des Livres and Shakespeare & Company.
Selected Papers of Edward T. Chase, 1904-2002 (mostly 1979-2002)
C1348
4 boxes
1 folder
3.67 linear feet
Chase, Edward T. (Edward Tinsley)
Consists of selected papers of Edward T. Chase (1919-2005) including correspondence, manuscripts and other documents relating to Chase's professional career as a book editor at several New York publishing companies spanning the years 1972-1995.