Collection of Kahlil Gibran Manuscripts Donated to Princeton University Library
The family of Lebanese-American physician, researcher, and professor, William H. Shehadi, has donated his collection of working manuscripts and notebooks of four well-known books by Kahlil Gibran to the Princeton University Library.
The library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is now home to the William H. Shehadi Collection of Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931). In addition to papers pertaining to Gibran's principal work, "The Prophet (1923)," the Shehadi Collection also includes manuscripts and notebooks of "The Madman: His Parables and Poems" (1918), "The Fore-Runner: His Parables and Poems" (1920) and "The Earth Gods" (1931).
William Shehadi's son, Albert Shehadi, earned an MPA in 1986 from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. William's brother, Fadlou Shehadi, earned his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1959 from the University. He is a longtime Princeton resident and a retired Rutgers University faculty member.
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