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- Access & Use
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Steese, Edward
- Title:
- Edward Steese Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/br86b3646
- Dates:
- 1878-1984
- Size:
- 40 boxes and 19.5 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-40
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of American architect and poet Edward Steese, including diaries, manuscripts, and architectural drawings.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of works, correspondence and related papers, architectural assignments, diaries (1915-1975), photographs, scrapbooks, miscellaneous papers, and newspaper clippings by Steese (Princeton Class of 1924). The works contain two autobiographical manuscripts, Reconstruction (1902-1920) and All in One Decade (1920-1930), a fictional work, The Two Anthonies, short stories, articles, essays, and two volumes of poetry, These Busy Years and Locked Doors (1984), compiled posthumously, as well as miscellaneous poems, including some written during his freshman year at Princeton (1920-1921). The collection includes drawings and photographs of his architectural projects, architectural notebooks, pencil sketches, blueprints, and the drawings for Steese's MFA degree (1927) from Princeton.
- Arrangement
Series: I. Works; II. Correspondence and Related Papers--A. Chronological (1930-1969), B. Alphabetical, C. Subject Matter; III. Architectural Works; IV. Miscellaneous Papers; V. Clippings and Photographs; VI. Diaries and Scrapbooks; VII. Oversize Material.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Steese, Edward
A graduate of Princeton University (Class of 1924), Edward Steese was an American architect and poet.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Edward Steese Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/br86b3646
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-40
