Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280-1958 (mostly 1800-1939)
The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists of over 4,000 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department of the Princeton University Library. However, a brief listing of the collection's Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts is included.
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Delafield Family Papers, 1393-1985 (mostly 1800-1950)
The Delafields were avid collectors of family history and family-related memorabilia in the Hudson River Valley region of New York state. This collection consists of the papers of the Delafield family and related families, most prominently the Livingstons, containing both personal papers and papers collected for their genealogical and historical significance.
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John Ingram and John Godfrey Collection, 1557-1839 (mostly 1819-1834)
Little is known of the nineteenth-century lives of John Ingram and his son-in-law, John Godfrey, other than that Ingram spent much of his time traveling in Italy and was a patron of Francesco Guardi. The collection includes letters to Ingram as well as notes, maps, and building plans by Ingram and Godfrey, and travel documents collected by Ingram.
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Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material, 1626-1877
Gustave Bord was a French historian. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, legal papers, notebooks, and notes relating to French history, particularly the French Revolution, collected by Bord.
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Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (mostly 1812-1920)
The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.
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New Jersey Collection, 1648-1931
The New Jersey Collection, dating from 1648 to 1931, is a grouping of material relating to New Jersey history, with emphasis on some of the more notable people involved in politics, government, and the legal system. The collection includes correspondence, legal records, financial records, land records, estate records, government records, and military records.
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Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (mostly 1930-1975)
John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.
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Elmer Adler Papers, 1651-1961 (mostly 1925-1955)
Elmer Adler was a printer, publisher, editor, and author. This collection consists of the personal papers of Adler as well as the business archives of the Pynson Printers and The Colophon.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Modern Greek Materials, 1677-1967
Consists of an open collection containing miscellaneous source material related to Modern Greek studies, including letters, documents, artwork, and other unbound manuscript items.
Laskaratos, Andreas Letters to Spyridōn De-Viazēs, 1883-1895
Consists of autograph letters from Andreas Laskaratos to S. De-Viazēs. There is also a poem by Laskaratos titled "Ho kalogēros" in his last letter dated September 7, 1895.
Chapouthier, Fernand ALS to [Vourlakēs], [1929]-1948
Consists of (17) autograph letters in Greek signed by Fernand Chapouthier, archaeologist and Hellenist, to his friend and colleague Giōrgos [Vourlakēs] in Crete. The letters were sent from several places, Bordeaux (9), Dijon (1), "Anaskaphē Malliōn=excavations in Mallia (1), Athens (5), Milan (1) (eight postcards (14.4 x 9.1 cm.) with an autograph letter on the reverse) and one without a title. Included also are: (1) autograph letter from the archaeologist Pierre Demargne to an unidentified priest dated 1948 and (1) photograph depicting Giōrgos Vourlakēs in Mallia dated 1931.
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Ogden Family Collection, 1682-1853
Consists of miscellaneous letters and documents--originals as well as copies--relating to multiple generations of the Ogden family of Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown), New Jersey.