- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Princeton University Library Collection of Lawrance Thompson Materials
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rf55z7748
- Dates:
- 1894-1970 (mostly 1938-1964)
- Size:
- 7 boxes and 2.6 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-5; B-000885; B-000886
- Language:
- English
Abstract
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.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of selected papers of Lawrance Thompson assembled from various sources, including manuscripts for Thompson's books on Robert Frost and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, corrected typescripts of lectures, 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.
- Arrangement
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Materials were assembled from various sources, including as gifts of the author in 1964 (AM 18232) and 1967 (AM 19239), a gift of Lawton M. Patten in 1975 (AM 22016), a transfer from the General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (C0140) in 2009 (AM 90-19), and gifts of Mason Lowance in 2017 (AM 2017-98, AM 2017-108).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder list written by Lisa Yankowitz '13 in January 2012. Finding aid updated by Kelly Bolding in February 2017.
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.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Princeton University Library Collection of Lawrance Thompson Materials; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rf55z7748
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-5; B-000885; B-000886
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Publications by Thompson: Robert Frost, the Early Years (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966), Selected Letters of Robert Frost (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964), Young Longfellow, 1807-1843 (New York: Macmillan, 1938)
- Subject Terms:
- Poets, American -- Biography.
- Genre Terms:
- Biographies -- 20th century.
Lectures -- 20th century.
Manuscripts -- 20th century. - Names:
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Thompson, Lawrance, 1906-1973