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Princeton University Library Collection of American Revolution Materials, 1765-1783

C1284 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and other materials related to the U.S. Continental Congress and the American Revolutionary War era. Materials span from the mid-1760s through the early 1780s, and many concern the state of New Jersey, among other areas.

R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (mostly 1873-1899)

C0201 1 box 0.45 linear feet
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The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.

Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1799-1963 (mostly 1860-1963)

C0407 8 boxes 4.6 linear feet
This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1708-1950

C1007 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, dating from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as colonial governor of New Jersey.

R. A. Cecil Correspondence, 1946-1993

C0798 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters to English curator R. A. Cecil primarily concerning the writing and publication of books about the Trollopes.

Constantinople Records of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, 1750-1925

C0692 9 boxes
Consists of administrative records of the Constantinople "metochion" of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions, 1600-2024

C1771 7 linear feet 9 boxes 2 folders
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Consists of miscellaneous single-item acquisitions that span multiple collecting areas, topics, genres, and time periods.
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Document with an Excerpt from a 1773 Society of Friends Epistle and Response to It by Chief White Eyes, undated

Consists of a single sheet with a manuscript copy of an excerpt from a 1773 Epistle to the Indians from Philadelphia Meeting for Sufferings. The excerpt mentions providing religious instruction for children, refers to the Indigenous people as brethren, and is signed "Israel, Pemberton many other Friends." On the back of the sheet is a response attributed to Chief White Eyes (referred to as Capt. Whiteyes) written in the same handwriting. This text, dated Kekailammapaikung 28th 7th month 1773, states that the Quakers are brothers of the Delawares and says that they will share one religion.
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George Catlin Letter, undated

Manuscript letter signed "Geo. Catlin," addressed to "My Dear Sir," and written on three pages of a single folded sheet. The letter is about tickets Catlin presented to editors and other friends that have been loaned to others or lost. Catlin apologizes that he was not in when the addressee visited. He continues that his doorkeeper was following instructions and did not know the addressee. The letter is simply dated "Tuesday evening" below Catlin's signature.
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Me tē Deuterē Katochē by Klaras, Bampēs D.

Consists of an autograph text entitled "Με τη δεύτερη κατοχή. Έζησα το μεγαλείο και το δράμα της Αθήνας ... (Ο ματωμένος μήνας της Μεγάλης Πολιτείας)". Text is written in pencil in 163 loose numbered leaves, dimensions 200x 150 mm; verso is blank. Title in the beginning of the text. Also, included is another autograph text entitled "Κομάντος θανάτου", written in pencil in 40 loose numbered leaves, dim. 200 x 150 mm; blank the verso. Title in the beginning of the text. Both texts are most likely unpublished.

Igor Stravinsky Collection, 1964-1967

C1219 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and documents relating to the Princeton commission of Requiem Canticles by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, considered by many in both the West and his native land to be the most influential composer of 20th-century music.

Paul Vieillard Collection on Théâtre Noir et Blanc, 1919-1955

C1810 1 box 1 linear foot
Consists of typed manuscripts of plays from the repertoire of the Théâtre Noir et Blanc, including some illustrated with photographs and printed plates of shadow scenes, as well as typed and manuscript articles, advertisement leaflets, newspaper clippings, and a typed manuscript list of shadow plays in the French language.
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F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1880-1973 (mostly 1930-1957)

C0535 2 boxes 1.65 linear feet
Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.

Roger Nash Baldwin Papers, 1885-1996 (mostly 1911-1981)

The Roger Nash Baldwin Papers document the life and career of Roger Baldwin (1884-1981), a prominent and active American civil libertarian for almost all of his prodigiously long life. Baldwin is remembered first and foremost as a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. Many of the papers in this collection document his involvement with the conscientious objection movement that served as the forerunner to the ACLU and with the Union itself. He served as both its executive director from its foundation in 1920 to his retirement in 1950 and as an advisor from that date until his death in 1981. However, Baldwin cast his net much wider than just the ACLU. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was involved with various left-wing political organizations, including the Industrial Workers of the World. Following the end of World War II, he served as an advisor to the U.S. Army and the United Nations in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea, guiding the establishment of democracy in those countries, and he was for many years chair of the International League for the Rights of Man. He spoke and wrote widely, most often on issues of civil liberties and human rights, and also taught periodically throughout his life. The papers, which include correspondence, memos, writings, notes, and photographs, document all aspects of his public life, as well as some portion of his personal life.

Leonard L. Milberg '53 Collection of Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1762-2001

C0962 6 boxes 3.4 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of manuscript material related to print collections of Leonard L. Milberg (Princeton Class of 1953): Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry, Leonard L. Milberg Irish Theater Collection, and the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Jewish-American Writers.

Alvaro Yunque Correspondence, 1921-1981 (mostly 1924-1979)

C0784 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
The Alvaro Yunque Correspondence consists of letters, manuscripts of poems, essays and other printed and miscellaneous material by Alvaro Yunque and others.

Edward T. Cone Papers, 1924-1996 (mostly 1939-1996)

C1027 32 boxes 28.6 linear feet
This collection contains the musical manuscripts, musical sketches, and personal papers of Edward T. Cone, a composer and member of the Princeton University faculty.

Hugh MacNair Kahler Papers, 1900-1964 (mostly 1900-1950)

C0042 9 boxes 5.4 linear feet
Consists of writings, correspondence, documents, photographs, and other miscellanea of the American editor, novelist, and storywriter Hugh MacNair Kahler.

Princeton University Library Collection of Charles A. Young, 1873-1897

C0345 4 boxes 1.3 linear feet
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Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.
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President's Standing Committee on the Status of Women Records, 1989-2001

AC255 6 boxes 2 items
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The President's Standing Committee on the Status of Women was established in 1989 by president Harold Shapiro. Consists of the records of the committee including correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, subject files, and the records of the seperate task forces that have operated under the auspices of the committee.

Charles A. Eaton Papers, 1932-1953

MC040 1 box
The Papers of Charles A. Eaton (1868-1953), congressman from New Jersey, focus on Eaton's role as a delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, in 1945.

Henry Simonis Correspondence, 1914-1919

C0857 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of three volumes of correspondence of British journalist Henry Simonis concerning his literary, wartime, and charitable activities.

Marion Eppley Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918

C0803 1 volume 1.75 linear feet
This collection consists of an album of 38 photographs (5" x 7" and 9" x 11") taken during World War I and collected by Marion Eppley (Princeton Class of 1906).

Paul Nystrom and Pauline Steffen Manuscripts, 1950s-1974

C0529 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of three unpublished manuscripts on economic subjects by Paul Henry Nystrom and Pauline Steffen.

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures Records, 1994-2017

AC399 4 boxes 1 websites
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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures was formed from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in 2001 and offers an undergraduate major in Spanish and/or Portuguese as well as a graduate program in the field. The records consist of undergraduate course syllabi from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures for the academic years 1994/1995 through 2009/2010.

Frances de Chollet Collection, 1941-1990 (mostly 1941-1946)

Frances de Chollet (1900-1994) assisted Allen Dulles with obtaining the diaries of Galeazzo Ciano, the Foreign Minister of Italy from 1936-1943, from Ciano's wife, Edda, who was also the daughter of Benito Mussolini. The collection is mostly composed of correspondence written to Frances de Chollet from Edda Ciano, though letters from Allen Dulles and other correspondents are included to a lesser extent. The collection also contains a small amount of de Chollet's notes documenting her face-to-face meetings with Edda Ciano.

C. T. Lanham Papers on Ernest Hemingway, 1945-1978

C0305 3 boxes 1.25 linear feet
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Charles Trueman Lanham was a life soldier who retired as a general and was also friends with Hemingway. The papers consist of Xerox copies of correspondence between Lanham and Hemingway, a chronology of his time in World War II, correspondence about Hemingway, and a draft of Carlos Baker's biography of Hemingway.

Admission Office Records, 1854-2017 (mostly 1922-1998)

AC152 45 boxes 2 items 1 websites
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Restrictions may apply.
The Admission Office has determined who should be allowed to enroll as undergraduates at Princeton University since 1922. The actual composition and the desired composition of each class have been contentious campus issues since the introduction of selective admission. The debates over the value of recruiting and admitting alumni sons, war veterans, athletes, disadvantaged students (especially racial minorities), and women are reflected in the records of the Admission Office. This collection includes a number of reports and minutes, some of which are restricted, news clippings and releases about Princeton admission, historical materials, and a series of Admission Office publications.

Blair Clark Papers, 1921-1997

Blair Clark was a journalist and political activist who held many positions in both spheres. His papers contain items related to his employment with CBS News, his role in the establishment of the Edward R. Murrow Chair at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and personal correspondence.

John Howell Westcott Collection, 1915

C1267 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of manuscript material for an edition of Einhard's Vita Caroli Imperatoris (or The Life Charlemagne) by classicist John Howell Westcott..

Ezra Pound Translations of Greek Drama, 1957

C0301 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of typescripts, with holograph emendations, of American poet Ezra Pound's English translations of Sophocles' Electra and The Women of Trachis.

Princeton University Library Collection of Clarke Family Materials, 1732-1870

C0550 6 boxes 2.1 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke.

Mina Mauerstein-Bail Papers, 1985-2012

MC264 23 boxes
Mina Mauerstein-Bail is a development professional with extensive international experience in the links between health and economic development. These Papers include reports, study papers and background materials collected over the course of her career and reflecting her areas of expertise: HIV and development, water and sanitation, and supporting local government and community capacity to address HIV/AIDS issues.

James R. Vitelli Collection on Van Wyck Brooks and Elmer Adler, 1910-1993 (mostly 1951-1985)

C1164 3 boxes
This collection consists of materials collected by Dr. James R. Vitelli, an English professor at Lafayette College, during his research on American literary critic Van Wyck Brooks and American book designer Elmer Adler.

Sirleaf Market Women's Fund Records, 1998-2017

MC289 10 boxes 110 items
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The Sirleaf Market Women's Fund (SMWF) was a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the livelihoods of market women in post-war Liberia. The collection documents the operations of SMWF International, the fundraising arm of SMWF, including its administration, governance, outreach, finances, fundraising, and programming.

George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919

C1417 6 boxes 3.87 linear feet
George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping with typical family issues, as well as sickness and death.

John Foster Dulles State Department Records, 1953-1959

MC074 20 boxes 184 items
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Restrictions may apply.
Consists of 192 reels of microfilm, totalling 131,000 frames, of selected U.S. State Department records from the years Dulles served as secretary of state, 1953-1959, under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The Catholic Church in Cuba, 1996-2000

LAE051 99 items 1.5 linear feet
This collection contains pamphlets and serials published and distributed by the Catholic Church and affiliated organizations throughout Cuba between 1996 and 2000.

John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987

C1290 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.

Boarded Hall Estate (Barbados) Plantation Records, 1676-1887 (mostly 1712-1845)

C1227 2 boxes 1.5 linear feet
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Consists of eighteenth and nineteeth-century records of Boarded Hall Estate, a slave plantation in Barbados in the West Indies. The material was found on the estate in the 1820s by George Harnage, the son of its last English owner, and annotated by him in subsequent years.
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End papers, dates not examined

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End papers of the original binding of the manuscripts. It contains notes by Harnage regarding a letter he received from "Mr. Crichlow," December 28, 1838, about the main house on the estate having been blown down by the hurricane of 1831, about Goring owning a store in Bridgetown, and about another letter from "Mr. Pyle," proprietor of Brighton Estate which is also in the Parish of St. George.

Edward D. Duffield Correspondence with Josephine Curtis, 1890-1903

C0810 13 boxes 6.2 linear feet
Edward D. Duffield (Princeton Class of 1892) was a general solicitor of the Prudential Insurance Company of America and eventually became president. The correspondence consists of letters between Duffield and Josephine Curtis, his future wife. The letters date primarily from their courtship, which a few later letters and two family photograph albums.

Miscellaneous European Documents Collection, 1500-1900

C1286 5 boxes 2 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous documents and manuscripts from European and North African countries about politlcal, religious, or colonial matters between the 16th and 19th century. The countries include England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and Poland.
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John Keats Memorial Volume Collection, 1920-1921

C0899 2 boxes
Consists of the original articles, essays, and poems written by prominent literary figures as contributions to the John Keats Memorial Volume (1921), edited by G. C. Williamson.

Max Beerbohm Caricatures, 1900

C0324 1 box 1.3 linear feet
Consists of six original drawings by English parodist Sir Max Beerbohm: caricatures of Sir Arthur W. Pinero, Harry Furniss, William Watson, Stephen Phillips, Hall Caine, and the Prince of Wales (Edward VII).

Elias Boudinot Collection, 1773-1950 (mostly 1777-1820)

C0230 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and Revolutionary statesman, serving as member of the Continental Congress (president, 1782), secretary of foreign affairs (1783-84), New Jersey congressman (1789-95), and director of the U.S. Mint (1795-1805). The collection consists of miscellaneous letters and documents of Boudinot, many of which concern his land dealings.

Princeton University Library Collection of Patrick Henry Materials, 1743-1796

C1165 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscript material by and about American attorney, politician, and planter Patrick Henry (1736-1799).
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William Couper Collection, 1769-1849 (mostly 1822-1844)

C0325 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence betwen American tea merchant William Couper and his family during the years (1831-1844) when he was traveling abroad to Europe and the Far East.

Georges Braive World War I Photographs of the Macedonian Front, 1917-1918

C1581 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists of over 1,000 military and ethnographic photographs of the Macedonian Front of World War I taken by French architect Georges Braive (1884-1963) during his service as a lieutenant commander of the Armée d'Orient's "Section sanitaire automobile 27."

Jan Valtin Papers, 1930s-1959

C0731 23 boxes 9.6 linear feet
Consists of papers of "Jan Valtin," the literary pseudonym of Richard Julius Herman Krebs.

Selected Papers of Smith Thompson, 1823-1949

C0354 2 boxes 2.0 linear feet
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Consists of documents and correspondence of Smith Thompson (Princeton Class of 1788) covering, for the most part, the years (1823-1843) when he served on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Robert H. Barton Family Correspondence, 1849-1890

C1498 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Robert H. Barton (1811-1898) of Providence, Rhode Island, from his family that begins in the winter of 1849 when Barton left his wife and four children to head to the California gold fields. The 70 plus letters, which continue until the early 1870s, are from various family members and friends all with the common theme of "come home." Also included are a few letters from Barton; some family photographs; and Barton's account statement from Gregory & Waite Groceries & Provisions (Nevada City).

Peter R. Decker Collection, 1830-1843

C0993 1 box 1.6 linear feet
Consists chiefly of a nineteenth-century diary of Peter R. Decker, resident of Shawangunk, N.Y.

Princeton University Library Collection of Frédéric Boissonnas Photographs, circa 1900-1920

C1147 1 box 1.7 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of photographs sites in Greece by Swiss photographer Frédéric Boissonnas.

Archivo de Salvador Novo, 1955-1996 (mostly 1955-1973)

C1685 1.67 linear feet 1 oversize folder
La colección consiste principalmente en correspondencia sostenida entre Salvador Novo y Carlos I. Guajardo. También se incluyen poemas, guiones teatrales, conferencias, recortes, separatas, tarjetas, invitaciones y algunas fotografías.

John S. Hart Papers, 1826-1875

C0308 3 boxes 2.8 linear feet
The John S. Hart Papers contains speeches, essays, English lectures, sermons, and poems written by Hart (Princeton Class of 1830), as well as family correspondence and letters which reflect Hart's professional role in teaching and administration at the Edgehill School, Central High School in Philadelphia, the State Normal School of New Jersey, and at Princeton University.

Eleanor L. Dulles Papers, 1863-1989 (mostly 1955-1989)

Eleanor L. Dulles (1895-1996) was an economic specialist for the U.S. State Department from 1942 to 1962. She was most prominently known for her work in rebuilding West Berlin from 1952 to 1960. Dulles's papers document her political writings after her retirement from the State Department in 1962, as well as her fundraising work with the John Foster Dulles Memorial Fund, and include drafts of her articles and books, topical files, and some correspondence.

Thomas J. Kofodimos Papers, 1927-1998

C1706 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of documentation that Thomas Kofodimos pulled together, when he was trying to find a United States publisher for his English translation of Lephousēs' book Asēmina Laiou. Also, includes letters from Ēlias Lephousēs to Thomas Kofodimos and to Joan Kofodimos, family photographs, and miscellaneous photographs of ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army) leaders, materials related to Kofodimos' escape from Greece to the United States, information about his career after coming to the United States, various memoirs and personal history, death notices and obituaries of Kofodimos' published both in the United States and in Greece.
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Moe Berg Papers, 1866-1991 (mostly 1943-1958)

C1413 25 boxes 19 linear feet
Morris "Moe" Berg (1902-1972) was a Major League Baseball player, linguist, and lawyer who became a spy in World War II. The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous and printed materials covering all aspects of his life and work, but relating primarily to Berg's work with multiple government agencies.

Nassau Hall Iconography, 1760-1981

AC177 6 boxes 1 folder
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The collection contains representations of Nassau Hall and other historic buildings of Princeton University. Most of them are reproductions, some photographic.

Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Modern Greek Theater Playbills, 1948-2019

C1761 4 boxes 1 archival box and 1 half-archival box 1.4 linear feet
A collection of playbills for theater mainly in the United States and Greece, as well as in Canada and Europe. Included also are a few playbills for Greek Concert Performances in the United States and Europe (Series 4).

Patrick J. Kelleher Papers, 1942-1984

Patrick J. Kelleher was the Director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1962-1973. Consists of correspondence, publications, notes, press releases, schedules, and photographs collected by Patrick J. Kelleher over the course of his directorship of the Princeton University Art Museum.

Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Pamphlets of Institutions Relating to Greek Culture, 1968-2020

C1759 8 boxes 3.2 linear feet
Consists of pamphlets relating to institutions around the world with the goal of preserving and promoting the Greek history, language, and culture.

Theodore Ziolkowski Papers, 1964-2001

AC402 4 boxes
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Restrictions may apply.
Theodore Ziolkowski was a Princeton University professor in the departments of Modern Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature from 1964 to 2001, and Dean of the Graduate School from 1979 to 1992. The papers include teaching-related materials such as research notes, lectures notes, course syllabi and examinations, as well as materials relating to Ziolkowski's governance of the Graduate School.

Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater Papers, 1852-1883

C0792 4 boxes
Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater was a nineteenth century theologian and scholar. His papers include lectures, notes, published essays, printed matter, and some correspondence, as well as a volume of lecture notes from Atwater's son, Edward Atwater, and articles authored by various people for The Princeton Review.

Pershing Collection of Emily Dickinson, 1945-1972

C0294 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of material related to the collection of Emily Dickinson works compiled by Margaret Jane Pershing.

Theodore Ziolkowski Collection on Literature, 1906-2018 (mostly 1960-2001)

C1618 7 boxes
Consists of correspondence and printed materials collected by German studies and comparative literature scholar Theodore Ziolkowski (1932- ). The majority of the collection comprises Ziolkowski's files on Hermann Hesse, particularly pertaining to the reception of Hesse's work in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Other materials relate more broadly to 20th and early 21st century literature, with a focus on modern German authors and authors writing in German.

Gawine Drummond Document Collection, 1701-1819

C1282 1 box 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous legal documents of Gawine (also spelled Gavin, Gawen, and Gavine) Drummond, county clerk for Monmouth County Court House in the state of New Jersey, and several members of his family.

Clarke Family Papers, 1710-1906 (mostly 1802-1890)

C0403 1 box 0.45 linear feet
The Clarke family lived and farmed in the Stony Brook - Quaker Bridge area of Middlesex County, New Jersey, now known as Clarkesville of Mercer County. The collection includes documents of the Clarke family such as deeds, wills, and mortgages of various generations of Clarkes.

Program in Continuing Education records, 1970-1988

AC275 3 boxes
Restrictions may apply.
The Office of Community and Regional Affairs oversees a variety of programs geared towards strengthening ties between the University and the surrounding communities, including a continuing education program for area residents. The records contain advertisements, faculty committee minutes, fundraising reports, statistics on attendance, director's files, and scholarship applications.

Sir Israel Gollancz Correspondence, 1890-1948 (mostly 1915-1929)

C1079 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters (approximately 500) from contemporaries of English editor and publisher Sir Israel Gollancz.

Caroline Gordon Collection, 1939-1982 (mostly 1970-1980)

C0806 1 box 0.40 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of American novelist Caroline Gordon, including some of her correspondence with various family members, friends, and literary associates.

Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920

C1521 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.
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Henry R. Labouisse Papers, 1785-2004 (mostly 1940-1987)

MC199 52 boxes 2 items
Henry R. Labouisse (1904-1987) was a distinguished American diplomat and international public servant. He served as director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from 1954 to 1958 and as executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) from 1965 to 1979. He also served as a United States government official working on the formation and implementation of foreign economic policies during World War II and the 1960s. Labouisse's papers document his career with the United Nations and with the State Department and include correspondence, speeches and publications, as well as biographical and genealogical material.

Floyd H. Black Papers, 1860-1983 (mostly 1939-1977)

C0651 3 items 4 Volumes 1.6 linear feet
Contains seven bound volumes of transcripts of Floyd H. Black's papers, including an unpublished autobiography, diaries, and correspondence.

Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907

C0237 3 boxes
Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

Hanna Fantova Collection of Albert Einstein, 1945-1958

C0703 2 boxes 1.5 linear feet
Consists of Hanna Fantova's collection of Albert Einstein material, as well as some of her own personal papers.

Jean Clarence Lambert Collection of Octavio Paz, 1951-1992

C1314 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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.

C. Bernard Shea collection on Princeton University Athletics, 1869-1960

AC278 2 boxes
Christian Bernard Shea was a member of the Princeton Class of 1916 and an avid supporter of Princeton athletics. The collection consists of Princeton University athletics statistics and newspaper clippings compiled by C. Bernard Shea between approximately 1901 and 1960.

Selected Papers of Alfred H. Bill, 1956-1957

C0144 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of American author, Alfred H. Bill (1879-1964).

William M. Armstrong Collection on E.L. Godkin, 1833-1978

C0560 14 boxes 6.5 linear feet
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This collection consists of American historian William M. Armstrong's works and research material on Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1831-1902), a founder and editor of The Nation (1865-1881) and editor of the New York Evening Post (1883-1900). The collection contains typed manuscripts of Armstrong's biography on Godkin along with other writings, as well as photocopies, microfilms, and typescripts of correspondence.

James Penrose Harland papers, 1906-1969

AC239 3 boxes
James Penrose Harland was a graduate of the Princeton University Class of 1913. The collection consists of James Penrose Harland's diaries, as well as clippings, photographs, postcards, and some correspondence.

Roy Heath Class of 1954 Advisee Project Interviews, 1950-1979 (mostly 1950-1954)

AC004 19 boxes
Restrictions may apply.
Roy Heath was a member of the Princeton University class of 1939. He later served on the faculty as professor of psychology and was appointed director of a sweeping study of undergraduate education at Princeton, the results of which were published in The Reasonable Adventurer (1964). The collection comprises materials related to a study that Heath, a clinical psychologist, conducted on 36 members of the Class of 1954 during their years at Princeton.

W. Michael Blumenthal Papers, circa 1961-1979

MC246 81 boxes
W. Michael Blumenthal is a businessperson and economic adviser who served as Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter Administration. The W. Michael Blumenthal Papers document Blumenthal's service as Secretary of the Treasury.

Alba Houghton Warren Papers, 1864-1940 (mostly 1938-1940)

C0462 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.

Information Sciences and Systems Laboratory Technical Reports, 1966-1995

ENG010 22 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of technical Reports created by the Information Sciences and Systems Laboratory at Princeton University from 1966 to 1995. The Information Sciences and Systems Laboratory is a division of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University.

Norman Armour Papers, 1913-1983

MC028 2 boxes
The Norman Armour Papers are comprised primarily of Armour's correspondence with State Department officials, American presidents, and foreign leaders.Reports, telegrams, transcripts of speeches and newspaper clippings documenting Armour's diplomatic career, and personal correspondence are also preserved in the collection.

Firestone Library Architectural Drawings Collection, 1931-1963

AC411 4 boxes 1 folder
R. B. O'Connor & W. H. Kilham, Jr. is the New York City architictural firm that was appointed in 1944 to design Princeton University's Firestone Library, which opened in 1948. The collection includes architectural drawings, plans and photographs of Firestone Library (1948) and the later addition of the John Foster Dulles Library of Diplomatic History (1962).

Hale Family Collection, 1884-1945

C1069 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected family papers of Princeton resident and historian Henry Ewing Hale.

Business Correspondence of Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850-1908

C0004 1 box
Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith relating to the Cornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and other publishing business of Smith, Elder, and Co., the London publishing firm.

Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records, 1984-1985

AC057 2 boxes 2 items
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
Princeton University's Department of Mathematics, founded in 1904 under the chairmanship of Henry Burchard Fine, saw the development of a unique mathematical community in the 1930s that was unlike any other in America before that time and perhaps afterwards, and that had important consequences for American mathematics. The collection consists of written transcripts of 42 interviews with surviving faculty and students of the mathematics community in Princeton in the 1930s, as well as recordings of the interviews, microfilm of interview transcripts, background information on the project, and an archived website that was created in 1999 to provide online access to the interview transcripts and related information.

Princeton Peace Network Records, 2001-2006

AC479 1 box 1 websites
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
The Princeton Peace Network (PPN) was a student organization that formed in September 2001. These records contain protest materials, flyers, news articles about the Iraq War, material used in the PPN's teach-ins, and their public website.

Dimitri H. Gondicas '78 Collection of Offprints Relating to Hellenic Studies, 1940-2017

C1763 7 boxes 2.8 linear feet
Consists of offprints relating to Modern Greek literature, poetry, art and archaeology, theater, history, and politics.

Undergraduate Student Government Records, 1962-2022 (mostly 1982-1997)

AC185 7 boxes 6 items 2 websites 0.1 GB
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG), established in 1975, was founded on the principles of representation and independence fostered during the student agitation and institutional reforms of the previous decade. The bulk of the collection consists of the records and publications of the Undergraduate Student Government from 1982 to 1997. Campaign and publicity records from the Princeton University Democrats, and student activism files from the office of Princeton University Professor Stanley Kelley are included in the collection as well.

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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Hugh Lenox Scott Papers, 1898-1923

MC119 8 boxes
Consists of papers of Scott relating primarily to his mission as a military member of the Special Diplomatic Commission headed by Elihu Root, which was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wilson in 1917.

Princeton University Library Single Photograph Acquisitions, 1860-1967

C1778 4 boxes 5.33 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous single-item acquisitions of photographs that span multiple collecting areas, topics, genres, and time periods.
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Four Photographs of José Pepe Chan Bor, undated

Consists of four black and white photographs of José Pepe Chan Bor. Other people who appear in the photographs are a man named Jorge from near the Jatate River, Carmen Na Bor, and Lacanja Chansayab President Juan Chan Bor. Captions written by Gertrude Duby Blom appear on the back of three of the photographs identifying the people in them.

William Beebe Papers, 1830-1961 (mostly 1920-1959)

C0661 22 boxes 9.2 linear feet
Consists of papers of American naturalist William Beebe, primarily relating to his association with the New York Zoological Society (NYZS).

James Carnahan Collection, 1802-1858

C1029 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, documents, and a fragment of a sermon by James Carnahan, ninth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton).

Sutton and Cunliffe-Owen Collection, 1843-1947 (mostly 1890-1927)

C0487 23 boxes 15 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of E. F. H. Sutton (Princeton Class of 1895) and his collection of papers of his longtime friends, the former Countess Marguerite (de Godart) Cunliffe-Owen and her husband, Frederick Cunliffe-Owen.
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Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection, 1911-1915

WC127 1 box 1.5 linear feet
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The Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection contains 10 wanted posters for horse theft, larceny, counterfeiting, and murder from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

William H. Short Collection on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1956-1962

C0348 2 boxes 0.9 linear feet
Consists of papers relating to the building of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City and Frank Lloyd Wright, its architect, collected by William H. Short (Princeton Class of 1946), the project supervisor for the building.

Religion in Perú, 1871-2001

LAE079 262 items
This microfilm consists primarily of pamphlets published in Peru relating to church and religion. Themes covered include history, indigenous peoples, internal church affairs, youth, social issues, politics, biographies and art. The bulk of the material was published during the 1990s.

Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931

C0181 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.
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