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Edith Hamilton Collection, 1930-1971: Finding Aid
C0253
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Published in 2002
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963.
- Title and dates:
- Edith Hamilton Collection, 1930-1971
- Abstract:
- Edith Hamilton was a classics scholar with a particular interest in Greek civilization. The collection consists of typescript and galley proofs of her book The Ever-Present Past, notebooks on classical civilization, and correspondence.
- Size:
- 1.35 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Call number:
- C0253
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Manuscripts Division.
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library.
Biography of Edith Hamilton
Hamilton became well-known through her writings as a popularizer of classical values and Greek civilization. A full-time writer from 1922 on, she became an honorary citizen of Athens, Greece, in 1950.
Description
The collection contains typescript and galley proofs of Hamilton's work The Ever-Present Past, 29 notebooks on various topics relating to Greek/Roman civilization, and correspondence, consisting of letters to John Mason Brown (1931-1961) and from Storer B. Lunt, her publisher at W. W. Norton (1957). There are also copies of letters to Hamilton from John Mason Brown (1930-1963), some newspaper clippings, and some obituary material.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
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. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks, Cristela García-Spitz, and Diann Benti on April 13, 2007. Created from MARC record via MarcEdit and XSL stylesheets in 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edith Hamilton Collection, Box and Folder Number; Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century.
- Classicists -- United States -- 20th century.
- Civilization, Greco-Roman.
- Women authors, American -- 20th century.
- Greece -- Civilization.
- Notebooks.
- Galley proofs (Printing)
- Manuscripts (for publication)
- Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969.
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Contents List
Series 1: Writings
“The Ever-Present Past”:
TMss (with holograph corrections)
Box 1, Folder 1 TMs (with holograph corrections): pp. 1-99
Box 1, Folder 2 TMs (with holograph corrections): pp. 100-194
Box 1, Folder 3 galley proof
Box 1, Folder 4 galley proof
Box 1, Folder 5 notebooks (27): original AMss
Box 2 speeches: Tmss (including speech on centennial of Vassar College)
Box 3, Folder 1 fragments of AMss
Box 3, Folder 2 Series 2: Correspondence
Brown, John Mason and Catherine by Hamilton, Edith, (1931-1961): 71 letters
Box 3, Folder 3 Brown, John Mason to Hamilton, Edith, (1930-1963): photocopies, 67 letters
Box 3, Folder 4 Lunt, Storer B (Publisher, W.W. Norton & Co.), letters to (1957): 66 letters and other misc. matter
Box 3, Folder 5 Reed, Doris Fielding, letters received by (1963-1968): 5 letters
Box 3, Folder 6 miscellaneous: 8 letters
Box 3, Folder 7 Series 3: Material about Edith Hamilton
clippings
Box 3, Folder 8 “The Heritage of Edith Hamilton: 1867-1963” by Brown, John Mason and other obituary material (copies)
Box 3, Folder 9
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