J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind, 1937
The J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind consists of galley proofs of the book by the American educator, psychologist, and author J. B. (Joseph Banks) Rhine (1895-1980).
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J. Bryan Papers, 1935-1985
Joseph Bryan was an author and editor who worked with many prominent magazines and published several novels in the first half of the twentieth century. This collection contains letters to Bryan from his friends H. Allen Smith (about 160 letters, 1954-1976), Frank Sullivan (about 100 letters, 1938-1975), and Finis Farr (about 500 letters, 1935-1981). It also contains page proofs from Merry Gentlemen and a typescript of "Man of Letters: Finis Farr, 1904-1982."
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J. Douglas Brown Papers, 1910-1978 (mostly 1930-1970)
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J. Douglas Brown (1898-1986) was an economist and Princeton University administrator who was an expert in the field of industrial relations, especially on the subjects of Social Security and personnel and manpower issues. He was one of the leaders in the development of the Social Security program and also served in the War Department during World War II on manpower issues. Brown's papers document his career as a government consultant, as a scholar, and as a university administrator and include his correspondence and writings, reports, meeting minutes, notes, and publications.
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J. Duncan Spaeth Collection, 1865-1957
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of J. Duncan Spaeth, a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton.
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Jean Clarence Lambert Collection of Octavio Paz, 1951-1992
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Consists of 122 letters (1952-1992) by Mexican poet Octavio Paz to French critic and translator Jean Clarence Lambert; approx. a dozen photographs; and "Carnet Bleu" (French, "vers" 1951), Lambert's blue notebook containing his French translations of Paz's "Libertad Bajo Palabra," bearing some holograph annotations by Paz.
Correspondence, 1952-1992
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Jeanette Mirsky Collection on Aurel Stein, 1874-1943
This collection consists of reference files collected by Jeanette Mirsky for her book Sir Aurel Stein, archaeological explorer (1977). It includes original material passed on by the family as well as reproductions from a number of archival collections.
Correspondence, 1874-1984
Consists largely of correspondence with Ernst Stein; some other family members and correspondents are represented.
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Jean Labatut Papers, 1915-1983 (mostly 1920-1979)
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The Jean Labatut Papers consists of the professional papers of Jean Labatut (1899-1986), which include correspondence with prominent twentieth-century architects, landscape architects, and designers, the architectural files for his major and minor projects, and the administrative papers and teaching materials that he accumulated while he was the Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture at Princeton University (1928-1967), the position for which he is best remembered. Also included are Labatut's family papers, containing albums of photographs compiled by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, while she helped to operate a convalescence home founded by her husband in France for soldiers in World War I.
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Jeffrey E. Fuller Papers, 1941-1970
Jeffrey Fuller (1917-1970) worked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1948 to 1966 and also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Fuller's papers document his service in the U.S. military and his work for the ACLU and include his personal and professional correspondence, memoranda, and diaries.
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Jelal A. Azal Papers, 1967-1971
Consists of letters by Jelal A. Azal, an Iranian Bayani scholar in Cyprus, to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago.
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Jerome Karabel Papers, 1936-1999
Jerome Karabel is an American sociologist known for his research on university admissions policies. Consists of materials compiled by Jerome Karabel while researching for his 2005 book The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The papers contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documents.
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Jesse Lynch Williams Papers, 1892-1922
Consists of selected manuscripts, diaries, and notebooks of American dramatist and novelist Jesse Lynch Williams.
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Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers, 1856-1900
Consists of correspondence, both personal and business, five ledgers (1859-1880), two photographs, and a diary (1869) of Jesse Smith Blydenburgh, a nineteenth-century importer-exporter in New York City.
Correspondence, clippings, invitations, 1857-1923
2 letters concerning the wehreabouts of friends in Yokohama after an earthquake, 1923; clippings of articles related to earthquake; account of the "largest bag of game ever brought back by one shooting party" reprinted from Shanghai Daily News, 1878; invitation to Grand National Inauguration Ball for Presidnet James Buchanan, 1857 and invitation to Grand Ball in honor of the Ladies of the Late Fair, 1864, both sent to Miss Harriet Swan.
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Jessica Lanier Collection of Woody Allen Set Photographs, 1997-2000
The collection consists of set decorator Jessica Lanier's set photographs for several of Woody Allen's films, including Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Small Time Crooks (2000), and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), as well as her copies of shooting scripts and revisions. Photographs consist of contemporary color prints and Polaroids, as well as some negatives.
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Jessie Wilson Sayre Collection, 1886-1933
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Jessie Wilson Sayre was the daughter of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and was a political activist. The Jessie Wilson Sayre Collection documents the close relationships amongst the Wilson and Axson families in the early twentieth century and provides details into their lives.
2016 Addition, 1901-1933
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Appenzeller, Alice, 1908-1915
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Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection, 1842-1940
The Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection consists of manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and correspondence relating to research by the American historian and Princeton professor Jeter A. (Jeter Allen) Isely (1913-1954) and his wife, Elizabeth ["Lisette"] Riggs Isely (1914-1957).
"A Note on George Ripley and the Beginnings of New England Transcendentalism," TMs, dates not examined
Posthumously published essay co-authored by JAI and ERI
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J. G. Cobo Borda Papers, 1951-2018
Consists of personal and working papers of Cobo Borda, a Colombian poet, essayist, journalist, and diplomat, primarily manuscript poems and essays as well as correspondence, spanning the period from 1970 to 2017. There are also manuscripts of speeches and interviews, nonfiction works, documents, photographs, a few papers of others, scrapbooks, and a small amount of printed material.
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J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (mostly 1880-1939)
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Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.
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J. H. Faucher Letters to His Family, 1866-1867
Consists of thirteen letters by J. H. Faucher to his parents while he was a seaman aboard the USS Augusta on its official rip to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1866-1867.
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J. H. Stocqueler Letters to John Philippart, 1846-1871
Consists of 34 letters of British author J. H. Stocqueler to military writer John Philippart.
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Jimmy Stewart Collection, 1930-1979
The Jimmy Stewart Collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about the life and career of American actor, James Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932). Also included in the collection are film stills and other photographs.
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Jimmy Tarlau Collection on the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1965-1975
Jimmy Tarlau, Class of 1970, was a member of the national Students for a Democratic Society and other student activist activities at Princeton. This collection contains personal records of Princeton's chapter from Tarlau, The New Left Notes newspaper, and subject files of local and national activist movements.
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J. J. Jusserand Collection, 1905-1924
Consists of correspondence and a typescript of J. J. Jusserand, French author and ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925.
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J. L. Lundy Manuscripts, 1876-1886
Consists of four book-length manuscripts by American clergyman J. P. Lundy (Princeton Class of 1846) regarding ancient Christianity and prehistoric American religion.
"Aboriginal Civilization and Religion of Prehistoric America" Lecture III Manuscript, 1884
Lecture on "The American Theophany-Quetzacoatl's Earthly Paradise"
"Aboriginal Civilization and Religion of Prehistoric America" Lecture II Manuscript, 1884
Lecture on "American Monuments and Symbols"
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J. M. Langford Correspondence, 1848-1881
The J. M. Langford Correspondence consists of letters received by J. M. (Joseph Munt) Langford from an assortment of English authors and noblemen, as well as the indenture for Langford's apprenticeship as a stationer. Langford was born in 1809, the son of John Langford, a farmer in Wallingford, County of Berks, England. In 1825, Langford began a seven-year stationer's apprentice to James Nesbit, for which his brother paid £250. Later, Langford became the trusted assistant to John Blackwood, the head of William Blackwood and Sons publishing and the editor of Blackwood's Magazine. He died in 1884.
1849 February 4, 1849 February 4
[to Messieurs Blackwoods Co.] Sending his friend Mr. Gibson to collect the fifty copies of his book (probably Letter Addressed to the Citizens of Rome, published in 1849).
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J. Monroe Thorington Collection, 1848-1983 (mostly 1920-1964)
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about mountaineer J. Monroe Thorington (Princeton Class of 1915), as well as some papers of other people.
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Joanna Southcott Collection, 1793-1864
Southcott, an English domestic servant, began hearing voices at the age of 42 and believed these to be divine communications prophesying the Second Coming of Christ. She dictated her prophecies primarily to her secretaries, Ann Underwood and Jane Townley, and these were often copied by others and then circulated among the believers. Consists of a collection of manuscripts of Southcott and material related to her. Included are 12 notebooks and 63 pamphlets or loose writings containing copies (1793-1814) in various hands of Southcott's divine communications, letters, poems, and prayers.
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Joaquín Villalobos - Archivo de la insurgencia salvadoreña, circa 1970-2005 (mostly 1978-1994)
El archivo se compone de material referente a la insurgencia salvadoreña que documenta los acontecimientos políticos, sociales y militares ocurridos durante y después del conflicto armado en El Salvador. Incluye folletos, textos de estudio, entrevistas, reportes, informes, boletines, artículos, partes de guerra, cuadernos y libretas, cartas, agendas, comunicados, publicaciones, recortes de prensa, cartografía, afiches, fotografías y negativos.
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Joe Walker Kraus Collection, 1977-1983
Joe Walker Kraus was an American librarian. His collection includes working papers for two publishers and bibliographies of books they published, some working papers, and some correspondence.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Collection, 1753-1771
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted German poet and dramatist, author of Faust.
4-line religious quotation, undated
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"Eile Freuden dieszu reichen..." Poem, 1826 March 1
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John and Janet Wallach Papers, circa 1973-1990
John Wallach was Foreign Affairs Editor of the Hearst Newspapers and Hearst News Service from 1968 to 1994 as well as an author and founder and President of Seeds of Peace, an international youth organization; Janet Wallach is a journalist, author, scholar, and President Emeritus of Seeds of Peace. The John and Janet Wallach Papers contain mostly interview transcripts and background information on topics relevant to John Wallach's career.
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John and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Letters, 1808-1837
Consists of selected letters by brothers John and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, both early 19th-century graduates of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton).
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John and Martha Bowen Letter Book Concerning Bowen Hall Sugar Plantation, 1822-1848
Consists of 136 letters from John Bowen (1794-1835) and his wife Martha Powell Anthony Bowen (1797-1849) of Philadelphia (Pa.) documenting in great detail the management of Bowen Hall, their sugar plantation located in Vere, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, including its varied finances, seasonal production and export of sugar and rum, and the treatment allocated to its enslaved workers and newly-emancipated population. The letters provide insights into the final throes of the institution of slavery in Jamaica and the abolishment of the practice in 1834; the Jamaican sugar industry; and British politics of the early 19th century in relation to its colonies and trade.
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John and Robb Carson Letters, 1903-1908
This collection contains the personal letters of John Renshaw Carson (1886-1940) and his twin brother Joseph Robb Carson (1886-1953) to their parents in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The Carson letters provide a first hand account of life at Princeton University in the early twentieth century. The bulk of the letters were written when John and Robb were undergraduates at Princeton (Class of 1907). The letters of 1903 to 1904 contain the most detail about student life at the university.
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John and Stella Burgess Papers, 1884-1971
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Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, a commonplace book, a genealogy, and printed matter of John Burgess (Princeton Class of 1905) and his wife, Stella Fisher Burgess, poet and translator.
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John Anstis Collection, 1700-1715
Consists chiefly of family documents of John Anstis (1639-1714) of Lunna in the parish of St Neot in Cornwall, including materials regarding his daughter, Mary Hooper.
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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936
The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.
Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s Financial Ledger, 1871-1915 (mostly 1904-1915)
Includes notes about wire sizes, product information and specifications, and cost estimates for various orders and projects, along with some related clippings.
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John Bartlow Martin Papers on Adlai Stevenson, 1966-1967
The John Bartlow Martin Papers contain research materials compiled in preparation for the writing of Martin's two-volume biography Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (1976) and Adlai Stevenson and the World: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (1977). The collection illuminates Stevenson's personal life, law practice, and political and diplomatic career.
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John Beatty Family Collection, 1768-1804
Consists primarily of 18th-century letters and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1769) and New Jersey politician John Beatty and other Beatty family members.
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John Biggs Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald Estate Papers, 1936-1978 (mostly 1940-1949)
Consists of the correspondence and legal documents of John Biggs (Princeton Class of 1918) accumulated as executor and trustee of the estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Princeton Class of 1917).
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John Bright Letters, 1845-1908
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Consists of over forty letters by John Bright written while he was a member of Parliament and addressed to various individuals.
A Signed Note with a Quotation from Herodotus, 1864
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Letter from John Bright to Algernon Cooper, 1868 September 6
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A.L.S. declining to give for publicationi the content of his speech in the "H. of C."
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John Brooks Novels, 1947-1957
Consists of manuscripts for three novels by American writer John Brooks.
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John Butler Yeats Collection, 1909-1978 (mostly 1911-1922)
Consists of original manuscripts, drawings, correspondence, miscellaneous materials, photographs and portraits, articles, clippings, and other printed material by and related to the Irish portrait painter John Butler Yeats.