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Series 2: Correspondence, 1900-1952
26 boxes
The series contains letters both to and from Gauss. Correspondents include family, friends, Princetonians, politicians, and various prominent intellectuals and authors. Notable correspondents include Pearl S. Buck, Allen Dulles, Albert Einstein, Dwight D. Eisenhower, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Edward R. Murrow, Ezra Pound, Will Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, and Woodrow Wilson. The bulk of the letters relate to Gauss's professional relationships. Subjects of note include Princeton and higher education in America. In letters of a personal nature, Gauss not only discusses matters of family and business but also often offers his opinions on issues of the day, usually something related to civil liberties. Gauss also maintained a thirty-five year correspondence with his former pupil Edmund Wilson.
Series 4: Memorabilia, 1894-1951
1 box
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The series contains memorabilia and ephemera collected by Gauss. The bulk of the material relates to meetings and appointments, much of it dating from Gauss's time in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
World Congress on International Cooperation for the Advancement of Higher Education, 1943-1945
1 folder
Box 85, Folder 10
Box 89, Folder 7
The series contains a variety of documents related to various organizations and institutions associated with Gauss. The Princeton material consists of documents related to general administrative business. Subject matters include eating clubs, academic departments, student and university publications, and campus events. Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association material is related to Gauss's tenure as Dean of Princeton.
Box 90, Folder 6
Memorandum on the Place of Athletics in Princeton's Program
The series contains printed material. Documents include pamphlets on education and pamphlets and newspaper clippings related to World War II.
The series contains documents created by family and associates of Gauss. The bulk of the documents are correspondence related to the Gauss family.
Articles and Reviews, 1904-1979
4 boxes
Includes drafts of Florovsky's writings, primarily articles and reviews, in manuscript and typescript form, as well as some miscellaneous notes and printed materials. Writings are primarily in Russian and English.
Notes and Bibliographies, 1925-1980s
10 boxes
Box 79, Box 80, Box 81, Box 82, Box 83, Box b-000795, Box b-000796, Box b-000797, Box b-000798, Box b-000799
Consists of Florovsky's extensive reading notes and bibliographical citations in the form of loose pages of notes and notebooks. Topics include theology, church history, Christian and Russian art, and Russian literature. In addition to reading notes, there are also some miscellaneous materials, such as bookmarks on which Florovsky made notes, recipes, addresses and phone numbers, and examination books used for note-taking.
Box 77, Box 78
Consists of eight 3 x 5" bibliographical card files Florovksy kept with notes and reference information on various texts he studied, primarily in the areas of philosophy, religion, and church history, and they appear to pertain to a combination of books Florovsky personally owned and those he borrowed from libraries. Information written on the cards is in multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, and Russian. Some card file boxes contain index cards at the end that list additional information about each file's contents.
Writings, 1904-1979
16 boxes
Consists of Florovsky's writings, in the form of typescript and manuscript drafts of his articles and reviews, and related research materials, in the form of notes, bibliographies, and bibliographical card files.
Teaching Materials, 1938-1978
3 boxes
Consists of materials related to Florovsky's role as a professor at Harvard Divinity School, Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Boston University, Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, and Columbia University. Materials include course rosters, syllabi, and reading lists for his courses on church history, orthodoxy, and other topics; internal administrative documents and memos; student papers and examinations; and letters of recommendation and related files on his students.
