Author Archives: Rare Books and Special Collections

New finding aids include the following: Chester H. King Diaries (C1510) Consists of three diaries, two of which chronicle King’s overland journey to the southwestern frontier from Kansas along the Santa Fe Trail from 1881 to 1883. Claude Henri-Dufour Art … Continue reading →

New finding aids include the following: Abigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton (AC424) Abigail Klionsky is a member of the Princeton University undergraduate Class of 2014 who undertook an oral history project on Jewish student … Continue reading →

New finding aids include the following: Robert Fagles Papers (C1499) Robert Fagles (1933-2008) was an American professor, poet, and academic, best known for his contemporary translations of ancient Greek and Latin classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems … Continue reading →

  New finding aids include the following: Western Americana Photographs Collection (WC064) An open collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s. Subjects include … Continue reading →

The following finding aids for newly cataloged collections were added since the beginning of the year: Archives of Form Magazine C1489 Form was an international magazine focused on concrete poetry and kinetic art. Three Cambridge-educated academics, Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, … Continue reading →