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Collector:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Title:
Autograph Book Collection
Repository:
Princeton University Archives
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1z40ks81r
Dates:
1825-1884 (mostly 1848-1882)
Size:
43 boxes
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 1-42; S-000137
Language:
English

Abstract

This collection contains more than two hundred autograph books from more than two hundred members of classes between 1825 and 1884. The books were used to collect not only the autographs of classmates, but also good wishes, bits of favorite verse, letters of farewell, or reminiscences of shared events during undergraduate years.

Autograph Book Collection Content List
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Hiester, Joseph M1825Box 1
Younge, David Easton1843Box 1
Banks, Robert L1848Box 1
Marx, William S1848Box 1
Pitney, Henry C1848Box 1
Stratton, Charles P1848Box 1
Clymer, George Edward1849Box 1
Hollingsworth, Robert1849Box 1
Holmes, George D1849Box 2
Waddell, William B1849Box 2
Bolling, Robert1850Box 2
Montgomery, William B1850Box 2
Murray, William H1851Box 2
Quitman, Frederick H1851Box 2
Magie, William J1852Box 2
Rogers, Charles Platt1852Box 40
Williams, Joseph John1852Box 2
Edwards, William S1853Box 3
Falls, William K1853Box 3
Gurnee, John D1853Box 3
Levis, Franklin B1853Box 3
Tyler, Robert B1853Box 3
Alexander, Henry C1854Box 4
Berrien, James Hunter1854Box 4
Condit, Benjamin Smith1854Box 4
Dod, Albert B1854Box 4
Glatz, Abraham Hiestand1854Box 4
Knapp, Sanford R1854Box 4
Mehaffey, George W1854Box 39
Nassau, Robert H1854Box 5
Patrick, Thomas C1854Box 5
Thompson, Sidney1854Box 37
Villalonga, Julius A1854Box 5
Wadhams, Calvin1854Box 5
Woodhull, Addison W1854Box 6
Andrews, Robert H1855Box 6
Brown, John Wilson1855Box 6
Fisher, William A1855Box 6
Gansevort, Henry S1855Box 6
Harrison, Charles J1855Box 7
Hedges, Charles E1855Box 7
McMurran, John T., Jr1855Box 7
Malloy, Randolf1855Box 7
Moore, John Augustine1855Box 7
Murray, Stirling1855Box 8
Roberts, Frederick C1855Box 8
Browning, Warfield T1856Box 8
Cayce, Ellis P1856Box 37
Ford, George W1856Box 8
Magie, David1856Box 8
Mercer, George A1856Box 9
Overton, Edward1856Box 9
Ross, Charles W.1856Box 38
Ross, Charles W., Engraved Portrait Book1856Box 40
Sutphen, John C1856Box 9
Tabb, Thomas1856Box 9
Wood, William J1856Box 9
Woodhull, Alfred A1856Box 10
Berry, Thomas W1857Box 10
Blauvelt, Isaac Alstyne1857Box 34
DeWitt, Wallace1857Box 10
Hall, Caldwell K1857Box 10
Ketcham, Kneeland1857Box 11
Kibbee, Charles1857Box s-000137
Minniece, Walter R1857Box 11
Parker, John M1857Box 11
Potts, Stacy G., Jr1857Box 11
Depue, Abe1858Box 12
Elliott, Robert H1858Box 12
Hart, Charles E1858Box 12
Hetrick, Andrew J1858Box 12
Holt, Bolling H1858Box 12
Hunt, William B1858Box 13
Nixon, James H1858Box 13
Perrine, Richard V.R.1858Box 13
Sams, Richard Fuller1855-1858Box 39
Shields, William S1858Box 14
Stratton, Morris H1858Box 14
Stryker, William S1858Box 14
Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt, Jr1858Box 14
Walker, Charles W1858Box 14
Wood, Frank G1858Box 14
Brearley, Anderson L1859Box 15
Foreman, William C1859Box 15
Ketcham, George W1859Box 15
Lyon, Augustine Aurelius1859Box 36
McKaig, Thomas J1859Box 15
Magie, David, Jr1859Box 16
Reese, James W1859Box 16
Rodney, John H1859Box 16
Van Syckel, Chester1859Box 16
Woodbridge, Sylvester, III1859Box 17
Alexander, James W1860Box 17
Brown, Walter Scott1860Box 17
Conover, Edwin D1860Box 17
Condit, John S1860Box 18
Corn, Samuel Thompson1860Box 42
Cross, Eben J.D.1860Box 18
Dennis, Samuel King1860Box 18
Hart, James M1860Box 18
Magee, George J1860Box 18
Neill, George Hale1860Box 18
Armstrong, James S1861Box 19
Combs, William S1861Box 19
Emery, John R1861Box 19
Lane, William B1861Box 19
Lippincott, James D1861Box 20
Ludlow, James M1861Box 20
McClure, Ewing Graham1861Box 38
McGowan, Thomson1861Box 20
Morrison, William J.P.1861Box 20
Purviance, Winfield1861Box 20
Tupper, Henry Clay1861Box 42
Wilde, Edward S1861Box 21
Butler, Walter1862Box 21
Dod, Charles H1862Box 21
Foster, William E1862Box 36
Haight, John T1862Box 21
Munn, Joseph L1862Box 21
Purnell, George W1862Box 22
Richardson, Reuben Henry1862Box 36
Cross, Richard Kelson1863Box 38
Foster, Daniel R1863Box 36
Hall, Henry Rodney1863Box 34
Hunt, Gavin Drummond, Jr1863Box 34
Littell, William H1863Box 22
Nichols, Walter Smith1863Box 22
Stryker, Samuel1863Box 22
Mathers, Louis E.1863-1864Box 41
Berghaus, Valentine H1864Box 37
Boyd, Samuel M1864Box 23
Gardner, Samuel1864Box 35
Jacobus, Samuel H.1864Box 35
Matson, Thomas H1864Box 23
Webster, William S.C.1864Box 23
Baldwin, Silas1865Box 23
Hewitt, John Dunbar1865Box 23
Gibby, Alexander1865Box 24
Richardson, Charles F1865Box 24
Shelly, William F1865Box 24
Wetherill, William Delany1865Box 24
Fithian, Edward M1866Box 34
Haines, Edward W1866Box 24
Hall, John A1866Box 25
Harris, William W1866Box 25
Murray, Logan C1866Box 25
Owen, Henry James1866Box 36
Crocheron, John J1867Box 25
Stretch, Richard G1867Box 25
Dorrance, Benjamin F1868Box 25
Hood, Edward C1868Box 26
Howell, William Frederick1868Box 26
Johnson, Russell Hampden1868Box 40
McKaig, Alpheus Beall1868Box 26
Mellier, Kennedy R1869Box 26
Toadvin, Edward S1869Box 34
Alexander, Charles Beatty1870Box 26
Culbertson, Sam1870Box 35
Green, Elmer E1870Box 26
Hooper, George H1870Box 27
Imbrie, Charles F1870Box 27
Joline, Adrian Hoffman1870Box 27
Joline, John Forsyth1870Box 28
Kinkead, George B., Jr1870Box 35
Pennington, Elias M1870Box 28
Peters, John E1870Box 28
Scudder, Edmund Drake1870Box 28
Higgins, Cecil C1871Box 28
Joline, Charles V.D.1871Box 29
Mayers, Henry L1871Box 29
Terbell, Edward D1871Box 29
Van Cleve, Alex G1871Box 29
Johnston, Tobias W1872Box 35
Van Dyke, John M1872Box 29
Bissell, Artemas1873Box 29
Condit, Issac Hiram1873Box 38
Crane, John Joseph1873Box 37
Van Dyke, Henry1873Box 40
Van Voorhis, Isaac S1873Box 30
Field, Richard Edgar1874Box 37
Wilson, William T1874Box 30
Eichelberger, Edward S1875Box 30
Johnson, William C1875Box 30
Rodgers, Robert C1875Box 30
Davis, Henry Edgar1876Box 30
Kaufman, William Talmage1876Box 31
Schenck, Harris Rogers1876Box 31
Butler, William M1877Box 31
Flickinger, Jonas Rudy1877Box 31
Johnson, Baker1877Box 31
Libbey, William, Jr1877Box 31
Canfield, William B1877Box 36
Kerr, John Henry1878Box 32
Garmany, Frances C1879Box 32
Duffield, Henry G1881Box 32
Bannister, James B1882Box 32
Benton, Samuel Hart1882Box 32
Hallock, Gerard B.F.1882Box 32
Mills, Alfred E1882Box 33
Parker, Charles W1882Box 33
Dunning, Charles1883Box 38
Thomas, Claude M1884Box 33

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

This collection contains more than two hundred autograph books from more than two hundred members of classes between 1825 and 1884.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by class year and then students' last name.

Collection History

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Carl Esche in the Autumn of 1995. Finding aid written by Carl Esche in the Autumn of 1995. Subsequent additions have been processed individually. There is room in Box S-000137 for additions.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. For instances beyond Fair Use, if copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of materials from the Princeton University Archives.

For instances beyond Fair Use where the copyright is not held by the University, while permission from the Library is not required, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

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:

Autograph Book Collection; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1z40ks81r
Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 1-42; S-000137