Publishers and Editors, 1922-1951
Materials for an Incomplete Study of Lord Byron as a Dramatist, Collected By Vail Motter, 1829-1953
Vail Motter - "The Utopia of Gallantry"; Louis Beebe Profile - Restoration Comedy, 1922-1937
Papers, Letters, Notes, Class Plan of Study, and Examinations Pretaining to Shakespeare, 1934-1936
American Eastern Corporation and Other Middle Eastern Contractors - Proposal to Supply, 1944-1945
Review - Kermit Roosevelt's "Arabs, Oil, and History: The Story of the Middle East", Typscript, 1949
Historical Divisions Documents - Interviews, Iran Material, Correspondence and Notes, 1945-1950
Dean James M. Landis - "Middle East Challenge", Interview, White House Papers, Notes, 1945-1946
Princeton University Press Correspondence Regarding Leaders of Men, 1951 March 20-1954 February 4
Permissions, 1941-1951
Oberlin Address on Wilson, 1946
Miscellaneous, undated
W.H. Brookfield, 1968-1969
Wm. B. Donne, undated
W.W. Farr, 1968
John Frere, undated
J.M.G., undated
J.M. Gaskell, undated
W.E. Gladstone, undated
Henry Hallam, undated
Julia Elton Hallam, undated
Ellen Hallam, undated
Harry Hallam, undated
Leigh Hunt, undated
John Kemble, undated
"Mr. Editor", undated
Charles Merivale, undated
Richard Monkton Milnes, undated
Robert Monteith, 1832
E. Moxon, undated
John Pearson, undated
Robert Robertson, undated
Edw. Spedding, undated
Charlotte Sotheby, undated
Alfred Tennyson, undated
Charles Tennyson, undated
Emily Tennyson, undated
Frederick Tennyson, undated
G.C. Tennyson, undated
Septimus Tennyson, undated
R.C. Trench, undated
Wm. Whewell, undated
Anna Mildred Wintour, undated
Blakesley to Donne, undated
Henry Hallam to John Murray, undated
Henry Elton to A.H. Hallam, undated
A.H. Hallam Letters, undated
W. Sotheby to Henry Hallam, undated
Edw. Spedding to Donne, undated
R.M. Milnes to Henry Hallam, undated
Kemble to Donne, undated
Miscellaneous A.H. Hallam, undated
A.H. Hallam Research, 1829-1970
Adonais, Cambridge, 1829
Athenaeum Poems, undated
Byzantium, undated
"Blest be the Tower", undated
Englishman's Article, 1970
The Eton Miscellany, undated
On Jefferson, undated
The Northwest Passage, 1969
Notebook: Poetry, A.H.H.'s Hand, undated
Poems, undated
"Remains", undated
"Salve Lux Renata", undated
Sonnet, "Lady Whose Eyes", undated
Sonnet, "Oh Deem Not Lady", undated
Sonnets, "Ahi Vera Donna", undated
Sonnet, "Then What is Life", undated
Sonnets, "Vita Nuova", undated
Stanzas Written at Candebec, undated
On Sympathy, undated
Theodicaea Novissima, undated
Timbuctoo, undated
To Malek, undated
Translations and Imitations, undated
Alison on Taste, undated
Poems of 1830-Census, undated
Allen MS-John Allen's Diary, undated
Apostles, 1968
Elton Family, undated
Gladstone Diary, undated
Henry Hallam and Family, undated
Hallam Family Diaries, undated
Hartley, undated
Heath MS, undated
Leigh Hunt, undated
Inner Temple, undated
Arnaud de Marveil, undated
Memoirs and Articles, 1948-1969
Subject Miscellanous, undated
Robert Montgomery, undated
Oxford and Cambridge Club, undated
Periodicals, 1969
Illustrations, 1968-1969
Rev. John Rashdall's Diary, undated
The Rossetti Business, undated
Saint-Simon, undated
Somersby Tennyson's Family, undated
Tennyson d'Eyncourt, undated
Offprints, 1934-1968
A.H.H. Reviews of the Writings, 1943
Bibliography, undated
Names and Places, undated
Acknowledgments, 1968
Drafts and Revisions, undated
Harry Hallam Periodicals, 1946
Writings, undated
Handwriting, undated
Plan and Structure, 1969
Writings and Old Notes, 1943
A.H.H. After Death, undated
AT Poems on AHH, undated
Lotus Eaters in AHH's Hand, undated
AT Poems in AHH's Hand, undated
AT's Lover's Tale and AHH, undated
Sources MS AHH, undated
AHH Biography, undated
Correspondence on Writings, 1943
Correspondence Mrs. Chard, 1968
Correspondence S.G. Checkland, 1969
Correspondence Peter Clark, 1967
Correspondence A.S. Clay, 1950-1969
Correspondence Eltons, 1967-1970
Correspondence John Filor, 1969
Correspondence Joyce Gariner, 1969
Correspondence Vicente Llorens, 1969
Correspondence Morgan Library, 1940
Correspondence W.D. Paden, 1944-1968
Correspondence John Pettigrew, 1969
Correspondence on Poems, 1934-1968
Correspondence R.L. Purdy, 1969
Correspondence Gordon Ray, 1968
Correspondence Aron Stavisky, 1969
Correspondence G.G. Watson, 1967
AM-2015-22, 1907-1970
This file group includes correspondence of Vail Motter with various libraries, universities, and former students, along with drafts, outlines, and notes for his writings, including nonfiction book projects and reports on his travels, reviews, fiction, plays, and poetry.
Original order was maintained.
Vail Motter Notes to JK, 1969-1970
Vail Motter Addresses, 1929-1969
Vail Motter Reviews, 1931-1948
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence reflecting the historical and literary interests of Motter (Princeton Class of 1922), including drafts, notes, and relevant correspondence for his book The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia (1952); drafts, notes, and correspondence with Bernard Baruch, Henry W. Bragdon, Charles G. Osgood, William M. Sloane, and others relating to the editing of Woodrow Wilson's book Leaders of Men (1952); and other notes and articles about Woodrow Wilson.
Also present are drafts, notes, illustrations, relevant correspondence, and reviews of The School Drama in England (1929); scripts for a play, Heaven on Friday (1930); articles and notes on Victorian poetry, and a great deal of material used in the preparation of The Writings of Arthur Hallam (1943), collected and edited by Motter. Hallam (1811-1833) was a poet and close friend of Alfred Tennyson. Motter's papers include transcripts and copies of Hallam's poems and letters, bibliographies, articles, reviews, and correspondence on Hallam and Tennyson subjects.
In addition, there are letters by Edith Bolling Wilson, Motter's cousin, to Motter, Mrs. Murray Galt Motter, and Margaret Motter, and letters from Edith Hamilton and Doris Fielding Reid to Motter.
A later accession includes additional correspondence of Vail Motter, along with drafts, outlines, and notes for his various writings, published books, books, reviews, plays, and poetry.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Motter, T. H. Vail
T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) received a Ph.D. from Yale University and spent two years in the Middle East during World War II, prior to serving as Chief of Middle East Section, Office of the Chief of Military History.
Motter, T. H. Vail
T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) received a Ph.D. from Yale University and spent two years in the Middle East during World War II, prior to serving as Chief of Middle East Section, Office of the Chief of Military 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. A later 2014 accession was a gift of Dickinson College (AM 2015-22).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory prepared by Alex Rodgers '2013 in 2011. Inventory for 2014 accession added by Kristine Gift.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- 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:
T. H. Vail Motter Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/707957699
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-10
- Existence and Location of Copies
Publications: The School Drama in England (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1929); Heaven on Friday, A Fantasy in Three Scenes (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1930); The Writings of Arthur Hallam (New York: Modern Language Association of America, Oxford University Press, 1943), collected and edited by Motter; The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia (Washington: Dept. of the Army, 1952); Leaders of Men by Woodrow Wilson (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952), edited by Motter.
- Subject Terms:
- College and school drama, English -- 19th century.
Economic assistance, American -- Soviet Union -- 20th century.
English poetry -- 19th century.
Leadership.
Poets, English -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- 20th century.
Presidents' wives -- United States -- 20th century.
Theater -- England -- 19th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Iran.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union. - Names:
- Hallam, Arthur Henry, 1811-1833
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. - Places:
- Persian Gulf Region.