Contents and Arrangement Expanded View
Online

Collection Overview

Creator:
Rice, Howard C. (Howard Crosby), 1904-1980
Title:
Howard C. Rice Correspondence with Alexander D. Wainwright
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x059c735h
Dates:
1950-1980
Size:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists chiefly of correspondence between Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Alexander D. Wainwright, dating mainly during the time that Rice was working at the Collège de L'Europe Libre, in Strasbourg, France. Rice was an associate professor at Princeton University and Assistant Librarian for the Special Collections. Wainwright was a librarian at Princeton University Library for many years, serving as currator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists and as Assistant University Librarian for Acquisitions.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of thirty-three letters and seventeen cards of Howard C. Rice and Alexander D. Wainwright. Most of the letters are typewritten and date mainly from the time that Rice was working at the Collège de L'Europe Libre, in Strasbourg, France. Subjects discussed in the correspondence are Rice's position at the Collège de L'Europe where he was sent to manage its library; the Princeton University Library and the Department of Collections; the Princeton University Library Chronicle and articles that were to be published in different issues; the planning of exhibitions in the Department of exhibition catalogues being printed; the Friends of the Princeton University Library; manuscript collections; and the organization of the department's vaults. They also discuss several people associated with the library or with Princeton University, including Robert H. Taylor, William Dix (University Librarian), Elmer Adler (Curator of Graphic Arts), and Willard Thorp (Princeton professor). Included is a typewritten newsletter (7 leaves), which was sent by Howard and France Rice to all their friends. This newsletter includes several watercolor drawings by Rice. There is also a hand-drawn map to Rice's home in Brattleboro, Vermont. Some of the cards are signed by Rice and his wife, and a few are written in French. Also included is a typed manuscript (13 numbered leaves), with an autograph inscription to Wainwright titled, "Out of India into Vermont, Selections from Rudyard Kipling, with a commentary and interpolations by Howard C. Rice," dated December 1971.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged by accession number.

Collection Creator Biography:

Rice, Howard C. (Howard Crosby), 1904-1980

Historian and author, Howard C. Rice (1904-1980), directed Princeton's Special Collections during the 1960s.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift of Alexander D. Wainwright in October 1998 .

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 use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

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:

Howard C. Rice Correspondence with Alexander D. Wainwright; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x059c735h
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1