- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Raymond, Landon Thomas, 1897-1988.
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Landon T. Raymond Papers on the Class of 1917
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pz50gw123
- Dates:
- 1913-1973
- Size:
- 4 boxes and 2 folders
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-4
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of typescripts of letters by Landon T. Raymond (Princeton Class of 1917) to his parents and other family members while at Princeton University and overseas during World War I; a diary for 1918; a file of correspondence related to his collection of books by and about members of the Class of 1917, especially F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of typescripts of letters (1913-1919) by Raymond (Princeton Class of 1917) to his parents and other family members while at Princeton University and overseas during World War I; a diary for 1918; a file of correspondence related to his collection of books by and about members of the Class of 1917, especially F. Scott Fitzgerald; and subject files about Fitzgerald and others. Correspondents include Matthew Bruccoli, Sheilah Graham, Henry Dan Piper, and Andrew Turnbull.
- Collection Creator Biography:
A member of Princeton's Class of 1917, Landon T. Raymond was a businessman and book collector.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Landen T. Raymond '1917.
- Archival Appraisal Information:
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information:
This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions for Reproduction and 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:
Landon T. Raymond Papers on the Class of 1917; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pz50gw123
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA(609) 258-3184
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- Subject Terms:
- Book collecting -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Fathers and sons -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Diaries. - Names:
- Princeton university
Princeton University. Class of 1917
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
