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Series I: Literary Agency Records

Joseph McCrindle papers, 1895- 2003, bulk 1928-1985

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Series II: Personal Papers, 1895-2003

Subseries II.1: General and Correspondence, 1927-2003


Box 19 General

Box 19 Passports, 1929 1933 1937 1946 1950 1963 1968 1972 1978 1993 2003, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1946, 1950, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1993, 2003

Box 19 Driver's Licenses, Permits, Rations, 1940-50, 1970

Box 19 Identity Papers-Social Security, Birth Certificate, Travel Documents, 1920s-30s, 1947 1951 1958 undated, 1947, 1951, 1958 undated

Box 19 Art, Antiques, Books, Correspondence and Invoices


Box 22 1941-2000 undated, 1941-2000, undated


Box 25 1939 1943 1952-60, undated, 1939, 1943, undated


Box 22 Christmas Card List 1955 1957-60, undated, 1955, undated

Box 22 Clubs -- Correspondence, Invoices, Membership Details, 1944-59, undated

Box 22 Family Tree -- Feder, Mosler, undated

Box 22 Parents, Divorce, Etc, 1920s undated

(original folder title)

Box 22 Travel and Domestic Bills and Correspondence, 1946-71, 1990 undated

Transatlantic Review

Box 22 Correspondence, Customs Brokers, Clippings, 1960-62, undated


Box 23 Bills, 1960s undated

Box 23 Gifts, Charities, Trusteeships, Henfield Prize

Box 23 1947-2002 undated, 1947-2002, undated


Box 29 Henfield Prize correspondence, 1981-1999


Box 22 Trustee -- American Academy in Rome, 1983-90, undated


Box 23 Legal, Banking, Estates, Property

Box 23 Bills and Correspondence, 1929 1947-95, undated, 1929, undated, (2 folders)


Box 25 Bills and Correspondence, 1944 1950-60, undated, 1944, undated

(includes foreign currency)

Box 25 Museum Catalogue

Box 25 The McCrindle Gift, National Gallery of Art, Washington,, 2012


Box 26 Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle, by F. Den Broeder, The Art Museum, Princeton University,, 1991

(also includes original invitation to opening)


Box 23 Notes, Business Cards, Addresses, Itineraries, Drawings, Maps, undated

Box 23 Programs, Tickets, Brochures, 1938 1960s undated, 1938, 1960s undated

Box 23 Membership Cards, 1930s-50s, 1970s-80s, undated

Box 23 Certificates -- BOAC, 1948-51

Box 23 IATA Bulletin -- Major McCrindle, 1955


Box 25 Medical Documents, 1936 1950 1960 undated (1 photo), 1936, 1950, 1960 undated

Box 25 Stationery and Business Cards, McCrindle and Edith Fuller Feder, undated


Box 27 Medals and Pins, undated (1 box), undated


Box 30 Medalundated (, undated

Correspondence


Box 21 1930s-2007, (11 folders)

(Much of 1940-41 correspondence is undated but was found together in a Harvard box file; 1960s includes Paul Bowles, Francois Mauriac;1970sincludes Scott Turow, Joyce Carol Oates, Muriel Spark, Malcolm Bradbury, Iris Murdoch; 1980s includes Jonathan Ames and 1 photo)

Signed by McCrindle


Box 30 Correspondence with Jerry Stahl and Eugene Walter


Box 21 Feder, Edith Fuller 'Didi' (Grandmother), 1940s-50s, undated, (4 folders)

Box 21 Du Bourg, Odette Feder (Mother), 1930s-56, undated, (2 folders)

Box 21 McCrindle, Major Ronald J. (Father), 1930s-50s, undated


Box 22 Ertz, Susan (Stepmother), 1940s-59, 1970s undated

Box 22 Du Bourg, Antoine 'Tony' (Half-brother), 1940-57, undated

Box 22 Clemons, Walter, 1955-59

(includes manuscript-story 'The Selective Eye')

Box 22 Cooper, Jane, 1967-95, undated

Box 22 Den Broeder, Frederick A. 'Fred', 1960-2000 undated, 1960-2000, undated

Box 22 Fleetwood, Hugh, 1972-92, undated

Box 22 Hurd, Jim A.S., 1950-57, undated, (2 folders)

Box 22 Johnson, Bryan S., 1966-73, undated

(Includes manuscript -- stories by B.S. Johnson and Zulfikar Ghose)


Box 15 McCrindle, Joseph and Grandparents, 1927-1943 and undated, 1927-1943, undated, (12 folders)


Box 30 McCrindle, Joseph with Mother and Grandmother


Box 16 McCrindle, Joseph and Grandmother, 1944-1959, (15 folders)


Box 22 Millar, Ruby, 1949-70, (2 folders)

Box 22 Miller, Harry Davis 'H.', 1959-2001 undated, 1959-2001, undated

Box 22 Walter, Eugene, 1968-98, undated

Box 22 Williams, Heathcote, 1972-73, undated

Box 22 Aunts (Agnes, Margaret), undated (2 photos), undated

Box 22 Identified, undated

(includes Daniel Halpern, John Banville, Roger Shattuck, Shirley Hazzard, John, Johnny, Mike, Pete, Sheila, Tony, Trevor, Wally)

Box 22 Mostly Identifiable, undated, (2 folders)

Box 22 Invitations -- Dinners, Dances, Weddings, etc, 1940s 1950 1976 undated, 1940s, 1950, 1976 undated


Box 23 Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler (Legal, Accounting, Estate Planning), 1960s-80s,, undated, (2 folders)

Box 23 Postcards and Cards, 1930s-2001 undated, 1930s-2001, undated, (2 folders)


Box 25 Watson, David P.H., 1949-51, undated

Box 25 Palmer, Howard Longyear, 1938-48, 1969 undated


Box 28 VHS tapes

Subseries II.2: Diaries, Writings and Address Books, 1931-1985


Box 18 Diaries

Box 18 Childhood Journals, 1931-33, (2 folders)

Journals, 1942 1952, 1942, 1952


Box 19 Journals, 1950 1969 1983 1985, 1950, 1969, 1983, 1985


Box 30 Travel Journal-- Trip to Europe, 1930s


Box 19 Joint Travel Journal, 1971

(wonderful joint travel diary with someone in Italy, includes watercolors, one titled 'J. Brodsky in Palermo, July 18')

Box 19 1940s-70s, (9 folders)


Box 20 1980s-2000, (5 folders)

Writings

Box 20 1980?, undated, 1980, undated, (2 folders)

Box 20 Poems (unknown author), undated

Box 20 Notebooks, 1953


Box 30 Writings on the Transatlantic Review and the Role of the Literary Agent


Box 23 Writings, Diary Entries, Notes by McCrindle and others, 1935 1940 1960s undated, 1935, 1940, 1960s undated


Box 20 Address Books

Box 20 Mainly U.S., undated, (2 folders)

Box 20 U.S. and European, undated

Box 20 Mainly Europe and Paris Restaurant Guide, 1935 undated

Box 20 Notebooks, undated

Box 20 Subscribers, Transatlantic Review, circa 1959-60

Box 20 Index Cards, undated


Box 21 Professional, undated, (2 folders)

Box 21 Edith Fuller Feder, undated, (2 folders)


Box 20 Edith Fuller Feder, 1956 undated

Subseries II.3: Schooling and Military, 1929-1988


Box 17 School Notebooks, 1929-1930

Childhood and School Writings

Box 17 1931 1933-34, undated, 1931, undated


Box 27 Drawn Composition Book, 1933-34


Box 17 Buckley School

Play, Pictorial, Closing Exercises, 1934-35

Box 17 Term Books, 1930-39, (2 folders)

Box 17 Box 25 Report Cards, 1934-36

Box 17 St. James' Church School, 1931

Box 17 St. Paul's School, 1930s 1950s 1990s undated, 1930s, 1950s, 1990s undated

Box 17 Report Cards and Transcript, 1936-40

Box 17 The Record & Statement, 1936-40

Box 17 Horae Scholasticae, 1938-40, (2 folders)

Box 17 6th Form Yearbook, 1938-40 (3 folders; includes 3 photos)

Box 17 St. Timothy's School --Tit Bits, 1939

Harvard University

Box 17 Freshman Red Book, 1944

Box 17 Class Notebooks, 1941 undated, (3 folders)


Box 18 Class Notebooks, 1941-42, (7 folders)

Box 18 Exams and Admissions, 1940-43

Box 18 Correspondence, 1940s


Box 25 Documents and Correspondence, 1940 undated


Box 18 Yale Law School

Papers and Correspondence, 1947-48, 1956 1988 undated, 1956, 1988 undated

Box 18 Essays, 1947 undated

Box 18 Notebook, undated

Box 18 Certificates -- School, University and Club, 1937-48

Box 18 Summer Schools and Language Courses (Oxford, Hungary, Berlitz), 1947-49

Box 18 St. John's University School of Law Exam, 1949

Box 18 State Board of Law Examiners

Box 18 Military

Box 18 Certificates and Discharge Documents, 1944-53

Box 18 General and Correspondence, 1940s undated

Subseries II.4: Photos, 1899-1991


Box 23 Baby Book 'The Annals of Babyhood', 1923-31 (includes photos)

Box 23 Class Photos, undated (3 photos), undated

Box 23 Military (some with McCrindle), undated (10 photos), undated

Box 23 Photos from 'The Annals of Babyhood', 1923 (38 photos, negatives), 1923


Box 30 Miscellaneous Photographs


Box 24 Framed Portraits

Box 24 Unidentified Woman (Odette Feder du Bourg?), undated (1 photo), undated

Box 24 Group, Unidentified (includes Odette Feder du Bourg?), undated (1 photo), undated

Box 24 Unidentified Man and McCrindle (Fred den Broeder?), undated (2 photos), undated

Box 24 Feder, Edith, 1899 undated (2 photos), 1899 undated

Box 24 Feder du Bourg, Odette (young), with Edith Fuller Feder?, undated (2 photos), undated

Box 24 Feder du Bourg, Odette (3 originally framed together), undated (4 photos), undated

Box 24 Unidentified Man, with car, undated (2 photos), undated

Box 24 Baby Photos, Edith and Joe Fuller Feder, undated (2 photos), undated

Box 24 Mosler, Gustave?, 1876 undated (2 photos), 1876 undated

Box 24 Unidentified Man, undated, (1 photo)

Box 24 Unidentified Boy (Antoine 'Tony' du Bourg?), undated (1 photo), undated

Box 24 Unidentified Man (broken daguerreotype), undated (1 photo, 1 daguerreotype-broken), undated

Box 24 Feder, Joseph and Edith Fuller, McCrindle?, undated (1 photo), undated


Box 27 Young, undated (1 photo), undated

Box 27 Family Portrait -- McCrindle with Odette and Tony, undated (1 photo), undated

Box 27 Unidentified Woman (Odette?), undated (1 photo), undated

Box 27 Unidentified Man, undated (1 photo), undated

Box 27 Velvet Photo Ball, undated


Box 23 Portraits, Joseph McCrindle

Box 23 Young, undated (6 photos), undated

Box 23 Baby, and with mother, 1923 (2 photos), 1923

Box 23 Young Adult, undated (9 photos, 1 slide), undated

Box 23 Headshots, 1940s undated (81 photos), 1940s undated

Box 23 School Cards, undated (14 photos), undated


Box 24 Older, undated (1 photo), undated


Box 27 Military Uniform, undated (3 photos), undated


Box 23 Portraits

Group, Yale?, undated (1 photo), undated

Box 23 School Friends (signed cards), undated (18 photos), undated

Box 23 School Theatre Group, undated (12 photos), undated


Box 24 Unidentified Women (among them Edith Fuller Feder and Odette Feder du Bourg?), 1956 undated (31 photos), 1956 undated

Box 24 Unidentified Man (Fred den Broeder?), some with McCrindle or others, undated (1 photo), undated

Box 24 Unidentified Woman and Baby (series), undated (3 photos), undated

Box 24 Unidentified Men, 1899 1939 1947 undated (30 photos), 1899, 1939, 1947 undated

Box 24 Friends (Walter Clemons, Eugene Waters, Harry Dallas Miller), 1978 undated (4 photos), 1978 undated

Box 24 Groups with McCrindle, 1991 undated (20 photos), 1991 undated

Box 24 Groups without McCrindle, 1981 1991 undated (18 photos), 1981, 1991 undated

Box 24 Children, 1955 undated (11 photos), 1955 undated

Box 24 Pets, undated (10 photos, 1 slide), undated

Box 24 Jim Hurd Signed, with and without McCrindle (6 photos)

Box 24 Art, Property, Objects, 1935 1952 1954 1973 undated (45 photos, 4 slides), 1935, 1952, 1954, 1973 undated

Travel

Box 24 1978 undated (58 photos), 1978 undated

Box 24 Childhood, 1930s ? (213 photos), 1930s

Box 24 Childhood and Family, 1929 undated (62 photos), 1929 undated

Box 24 School, Childhood, undated (158 photos), undated

Box 24 Friends and Family, 1931 1950 1958 undated (344 photos and 224 photos and 492 photos and 301 photos), 1931, 1950, 1958 undated, (4 folders)


Box 25 Friends, Family, Princeton, 1966 undated (19 photos), 1966 undated


Box 24 Negatives

Box 24 Contact Strips, Glass Plates, undated

Box 24 Loose, undated

Box 24 Series, 1948 undated


Box 27 Rolls, undated (1 box), undated


Box 24 Tourist Photocards

Box 24 Italy (in original packaging), 1930s ?, 1930s

Box 24 Loose, 1920s ?, undated, 1920s, undated


Box 25 Original Packaging, 1930s ?, undated, 1930s, undated

Postcards

Box 25 Blank, undated

Box 25 Yacht (Kihna?), undated (39 postcards), undated

Box 25 Harvard? (with negatives), undated (2 photos), undated


Box 23 Signed or Sent as Correspondence, 1939 1953 undated, 1939, 1953 undated


Box 27 Kodak Reels, 1931 1932 1936 undated (14 boxes), 1931, 1932, 1936 undated

Subseries II.5: Edith Fuller Feder Papers and Correspondence, 1898-1956


Box 25 Art and Antiques -- Bills, 1914-27, 1950

Box 25 Blank Postcards and Business Cards, undated

Box 25 Clippings, 1899 1908 1931 1950s undated, 1899, 1908, 1931, 1950s undated

Drawing and Reproductions

Box 25 1898 ?, undated, 1898, undated


Box 27 Reproduction of portrait of Edith Fuller Feder by Henry Mosler


Box 25 Feder du Bourg, Odette

Box 25 Personal Papers and Correspondence, 1930s-40s

Box 25 Sympathy Correspondence, 1944

Box 25 Feder, Joseph Fuller -- Personal Papers and Correspondence, 1907 1913 1914 1920-37, 1941, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1941

Box 25 Legal, Banking, Estates, Property -- Bills and Correspondence, 1916 1944-46, 1916

Box 25 Medical Results, 1941

Box 25 Notebooks, 1914 1958 undated, 1914, 1958 undated

Box 25 Notes and Writings, undated

Box 25 Passports, 1927 1940 1952 1956, 1927, 1940, 1952, 1956

Box 25 Patent Application, 1931


Box 30 Patent File, 1931


Box 25 Programs, Guides, Maps, 1930s-50s, undated

Box 25 Sailing -- Yacht Plans and Fleet Map, 1930 1953, 1930, 1953

Box 25 St. Paul's School-Bills and Correspondence, 1936-41

Box 25 Travel and Domestic Bills, 1900-53, undated, (2 folders)

(includes almost daily bills 1916-17)

Box 25 Untitled Document, Author Unknown, 1938


Box 26 Correspondence

Box 26 Correspondence, 1898-1950s undated, 1898-1950s, undated, (6 folders)

Box 26 Du Bourg, Antoine 'Tony' (Grandson), 1945 1949 1954 1956 undated, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1956 undated

Box 26 Du Bourg, Odette Feder (Daughter), 1911 1928-29, 1931-41, 1949-50, 1952 undated, 1911, 1952 undated

Box 26 Feder, Joseph Fuller (Husband), 1898 undated, (2 folders)

(items in folder 2 were found tied together)

Box 26 Mosler Family, 1900-1907 undated, 1900-1907, undated, (3 folders)


Box 27 Sympathy Cards, Joseph Fuller Feder's death, 1944 (1 box), 1944


Box 26 Sympathy Cards, Notes and Cables

Joseph Fuller Feder's death, 1944, (2 folders)

Box 26 Odette Feder du Bourg's death, 1956, (2 folders)