- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Tobey, Carl, 1918-1991
- Title:
- Carl Tobey Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/nc580m68f
- Dates:
- 1940-1977 (mostly 1955-1976)
- Size:
- 11 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-11
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists mainly of correspondence and manuscripts of Tobey (Princeton Class of 1940) from the period (1955-1976) when he was a member of the staff of the Turkish Ministry of Education in Samsun, Turkey, teaching English.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists mainly of correspondence and manuscripts of Tobey (Princeton Class of 1940) from the period (1955-1976) when he was a member of the staff of the Turkish Ministry of Education in Samsun, Turkey, teaching English. There are 21 binders of correspondence, photographs, and cards from various friends, family, and associates reflecting his interests in Turkish literature and music, horticulture, and the collecting of botanical specimens. Also included are poems, prose, lyrics, musical scores, phonograph records of Turkish songs, manuscripts for one published and two unpublished works of poetry and prose-- Poems of a Twelve-Month Year (1954), The Hundred-Petalled Rose, and A Conception of Place--and an album of photographs of flowers (Samsun, 1972-1976), entitled Ahmet's and My Garden.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Tobey, Carl, 1918-1991
Carl Tobey was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1940 and was a member of the staff of the Turkish Ministry of Education in Samsun, Turkey, where he taught English from 1955-1976.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
This collection was a gift of Carl Tobey in November, 1977.
- Appraisal
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Processing Information
Inventory created by Tal Eisenzweig in August 2008.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- 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:
Carl Tobey Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/nc580m68f
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-11
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Published under same title (London: Fortune Press, 1954).
- Subject Terms:
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Turkey -- 20th century.
Gardens -- Turkey -- 20th century.
Gardens, Islamic -- Turkey -- 20th century.
Horticulture -- Turkey -- 20th century.
Music -- Turkey -- 20th century
Plant collectors -- Turkey -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Turkish literature -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Manuscripts.
Phonograph records.
Photographs. - Names:
- Turkey
- Places:
- Turkey -- Social conditions -- 20th century.