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John Frippo Brown Papers, circa 1873-1875

C1662 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a small collection of materials relating to Seminole chief John Frippo Brown (1842-1919) and his family, including a manuscript notebook, calling card, and five tintype photographs.
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Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798

C0233 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.
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Princeton University Archives

Robert Socolow's Time Capsule for Climate Change, Freshman Seminar Collection, 2017-2021

AC410 3 box 6.42 linear feet (7 containers)
The FRS 151: Time Capsules for Climate Change course was a freshman seminar taught by Professor Robert Socolow. During the fall semester, freshmen thought about climate change and the impact on their futures. This collection consists of sealed folders for each class ontaining the term papers written by the students, reflections from the students and instructors, as well as a letter from Daniel J. Linke, University Archivist.
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Robert Socolow's Time Capsule for Climate Change, Freshman Seminar Collection, 2017-2021

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University Archives
The FRS 151: Time Capsules for Climate Change course was a freshman seminar taught by Professor Robert Socolow. During the fall semester, freshmen thought about climate change and the impact on their futures. This collection consists of sealed folders for each class ontaining the term papers written by the students, reflections from the students and instructors, as well as a letter from Daniel J. Linke, University Archivist.
Princeton University Archives

American Agrarians: Ideas of Land, Labor, and Food Oral Histories, 2019-2023

AC498 32 GB
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This undergraduate course was taught by Tessa Lowinske Desmond in collaboration with Princeton Theological Seminary. This collection contains the interviews from the class.
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Stephanie Harris, 2019

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesAmerican Agrarians: Ideas of Land, Labor, and Food Oral Histories, 2019-20232019 Interviews, 2019
The interview with Stephanie Harris begins with discussing her personal story and the story of how she ended up in Hopewell Township, NJ, a town near Princeton, NJ. When discussing her background, Stephanie talks about hwo she learned to love the land, the soil, healthy organic foods, and farming. Her work was in Washington, DC before she settled in the Princeton area in the early 1980s. Since then, Stephanie has been a staple in the organic farming community in Princeton and New Jersey as a whole. She currently serves as the President of the New Jersey chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and owns and operates a commercial farm, Stone Hedge Farms.
Princeton University Archives

Princeton Women's Lacrosse Records, circa 1975-2010

AC415 13 boxes
Formed in the fall of 1972 under the direction of Coach Penny Hinckley, the Princeton Women's Lacrosse team was the first women's team at Princeton to reach an NCAA Final. The collection documents the history of the Princeton Women's Lacrosse team and contains a variety of records including clippings, statistics, schedules, practice notes, and a number of videorecordings of games. Also included are a limited amount of videorecordings, photographs and publications on women's field hockey.
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Princeton University Archives

Tiger Hockey Email Newsletters, 2007-2010

AC359 6 items
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Tom and Ellen Crane are the parents of a Princeton Class of 2010 men's hockey player. The collection consists of email newsletters written by the Cranes for the families and fans of the Princeton men's hockey team.
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Princeton University Archives

My Princeton Oral History Project Collection, 2020

AC488 0.1 GB
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The My Princeton Oral History Project creates a space for Princeton students, undergraduate and graduate, who feel left out of the dominant Princeton narrative by capturing and sharing their unique experience. This collection contains interviews conducted at any point during a student's tenure at Princeton.
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Tiger002 (Class of 2024), 2020 July 8

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesMy Princeton Oral History Project Collection, 20202020 Interviews, 2020
In the first section, the narrator explains their background as a low-income Afro-latinx student and how this influenced their decision to attend Princeton. They address their struggles to fit with fatphobia and academic pressures within Princeton's cultural environments but highlight sources of community they've found through the Freshman Scholars Institute, Woke Wednesdays, and SIFP.
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Tiger001 (Class of 2024), 2020 January 15

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesMy Princeton Oral History Project Collection, 20202020 Interviews, 2020
The narrator explains their family's historical background and the stories of his ancestors who immigrated to America and eventually settled in Texas. They discuss their passion for traditional Jewish religious and political values and how that emerges in personal discussions and political activism for Ted Cruz. Finally, they describe how they balance their familial, social, and educational priorities as a Princeton student.
Princeton University Archives

Lottery Records, 1749-1954 (mostly 1749-1772)

AC192 3 boxes
The collection consists of contemporary documents pertaining to five of the lotteries held in the eighteenth century to raise funds for the colonial College of New Jersey. Also included is some secondary source material about the lotteries.
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Rare Book Division

T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection, 1900-1969 (mostly 1913-1959)

TC052 8 boxes 5.7 linear feet
The collection consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering over forty-five years of play-going by T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) but includes some early 20th-century playbills from the London theater as well as foreign playbills from Greece, Turkey, Belgium, China, Japan, Denmark, Holland, and England.
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Princeton University Archives

Alfred Eisenstaedt Photographs of the Class of 1973, 1969

AC497 7 boxes
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Alfred Eisenstaedt was a photojournalist known for work published in LIFE Magazine. The collection consists of prints made from digital copies of photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE Magazine in 1969, when women undergraduates admitted as part of the coeducational Class of 1973 were arriving on campus.
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Rare Book Division

Burgi Collection of Modern Greek Theater Playbills, Second Series, 1936-2001

RCPXR-6386612 6 boxes 2.2 linear feet
This collection contains playbills from Greece.
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Manuscripts Division

F. Britten Austin Collection, 1911-1929

C1330 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected letters and typescripts of English novelist and storywriter F. Britten Austin.
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Manuscripts Division

Fanny Davenport Collection, 1870s-1890s

TC108 9 boxes 5 linear feet
Consists of papers of Fanny Davenport, a popular nineteenth-century American actress and theater manager.
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Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827

C0002 1 box
Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of Penelope Pennington, who was part of the social and literary women's group that was centered around the English diarist and patron of the arts Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzii (1741-1821).
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Clare Beecher Kummer Papers, 1890s-1955

TC104 21 boxes 10.2 linear feet
Consists of the papers of song-writer, playwright, and poet Clare Beecher Kummer. Included are manuscript plays, musical compositions, songs, verse, and correspondence.
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Manuscripts Division

Rae Family Estate Collection, 1800-1857

C1222 4 boxes 1.4 linear feet
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Consists of nineteenth-century legal and financial records relating to the estates of Scotchmen James Rae and his brothers, John and William, in England, Scotland, and Jamaica. These family records shed light on the economic conditions in Jamaica and the administration of estates there, which, in turn, reflect the island's social and racial conditions and the importance of trade between England and its colonies in the West Indies.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Picton Collection, 1768-1807

C1171 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts of New Jersey Rev. Thomas Picton.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Philip Le Fanu Papers, 1868-1942

C0856 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected Irish theater related records of Thomas Philip Le Fanu, an official working in the Public Record Office in Dublin.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Naylor Stanford Collection, 1818-1865

C1233 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and ephemera relating to nineteenth-century New York City publisher and bookseller Thomas Naylor Stanford.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Nast Scrapbooks, 1871-1909

C0328 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and some letters chronicling the life of Nast when he was caricaturist for Harper's Weekly.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Nast Manuscript Collection, 1860-1922

C1135 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of American political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast's popular artwork influenced presidential elections in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and the letters in this collection reflect both the professional and personal sides of his life.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas James Wise Collection, 1894-1932

C1298 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas James Wise, the English bibliographer and noted forger of the early 20th century
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Thomas Howard "A Sketch of the Interest of Great Britain in her American Colonies, with Some Remarks upon the Policy, Trade, and Commerce of America" Manuscript and Letter, circa 1774-1777

C1555 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of an unpublished manuscript treatise, dating from the late 1760s, most likely authored by British military officer, Thomas Howard (1735–1778), as well as an 8-page letter from Howard written while he was commander of the Grenadier Guards during the American Revolution.
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Thomas Howard "A Sketch of the Interest of Great Britain in her American Colonies, with Some Remarks upon the Policy, Trade, and Commerce of America" Manuscript and Letter, circa 1774-1777

Firestone LibraryManuscripts Division
Consists of an unpublished manuscript treatise, dating from the late 1760s, most likely authored by British military officer, Thomas Howard (1735–1778), as well as an 8-page letter from Howard written while he was commander of the Grenadier Guards during the American Revolution.
Manuscripts Division

David Hosack Family Papers, 1793-1916 (mostly 1818-1850)

C0687 1 box 0.4 linear feet
David Hosack (1769-1835) was an American physician, botanist, educator, and graduate of Princeton University (Class of 1789). This collection consists of correspondence, deeds, indentures, wills, maps, printed materials, and other assorted family papers related to estates and land owned by David Hosack and his family. Many of the papers concern land in the Lackawanna River valley of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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Manuscripts Division

Felix Limongi Collection of Louisiana Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1722-1872 (mostly 1802-1872)

C0033 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of several small groups of papers regarding slavery, the American Civil War, and related legal matters in Louisiana, primarily during the 19th century, which were assembled by collector Felix Limongi. Materials include estate records of Marie Claire Chabert (1769-1847), a formerly enslaved free African American woman who purchased and manumitted her family members and owned land in New Orleans; correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893); papers of the law firm Durant & Hornor regarding legal cases brought against the Union Army after the Civil War; as well as some miscellaneous documents and correspondence pertaining to Louisiana history.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Craig Correspondence, 1882-1899

C1040 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas Bewick Collection, 1818-1826

C1009 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of several letters and woodcuts of 19th-century English engraver Thomas Bewick.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Collection, 1856-1898

C1216 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and manuscripts of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, an influential nineteenth-century American poet, short story writer, and editor.
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Manuscripts Division

Thomas A. Edison Collection, 1880-1925

C1048 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of correspondence, both original and photocopies, of Thomas A. Edison, the most influential American inventor of the twentieth century.
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Thomas Adams Papers, 1852-1859

C1452 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Thomas Adams (1830-1900) was a civil engineer, topographer, and surveyor who traveled west with Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), the newly-appointed governor of the Washington Territory. From 1853 to 1859, Adams served the party as meteorologist, topographer, sketch artist, and eventually, as assistant to Lieutenant John Mullan (1830-1909), who was in charge of the surveying. This collection consists of four journals and one letter book documenting Adams's life from 1852 to 1859. In addition to detailed descriptions of Adams's experiences, the journals also contain expertly drawn sketches of landscapes and forts, Native Americans, and animals, as well as home-made dictionaries of the Flathead language.
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Thomas Adams Papers, 1852-1859

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Firestone LibraryManuscripts Division
Thomas Adams (1830-1900) was a civil engineer, topographer, and surveyor who traveled west with Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), the newly-appointed governor of the Washington Territory. From 1853 to 1859, Adams served the party as meteorologist, topographer, sketch artist, and eventually, as assistant to Lieutenant John Mullan (1830-1909), who was in charge of the surveying. This collection consists of four journals and one letter book documenting Adams's life from 1852 to 1859. In addition to detailed descriptions of Adams's experiences, the journals also contain expertly drawn sketches of landscapes and forts, Native Americans, and animals, as well as home-made dictionaries of the Flathead language.
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Journal, "Volume II", 1854 June 26-1855 April 26

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Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionThomas Adams Papers, 1852-1859
"Volume II," as Adams titled it, contains approximately 86 pages of text and drawings and features many more extensive, anecdotal, and undated entries than the first journal. Beginning in June 1854, Adams, as a part of three parties of the expedition, left Cantonment Stevens. Adams accompanied Harry Pierson to Olympia on the Puget Sound; crossing the Missoula River, proceeding up the Snake River to Fort Walla Wallah, to the Cascades, down the Columbia River by steamboat to Vancouver, to Portland and Oregon City, and to Olympia. In Olympia, Adams waited for Governor Stevens' return, and during that time, traveled to Fort Steilacoom, Hudson Bay Trading Post, Vancouver, Portland, and the Coeur d'Alene Mission. He finally traveled to Fort Owen.
Princeton University Archives

Chicano Press Organization Records, 1975-1986

AC457 1 box
The Chicano Press Organization was a student news group established at Princeton University in the late 1970s with the purpose to publish newsletters, open letters, articles, leaflets, and other publications pertaining to Chicano affairs at Princeton, at other Ivy League universities, and around the world. Founding officers of the Organization include Michael Montoya (Class of 1982) as President, Robert E. Barragan (Class of 1984) as Vice President, and Anthony Carrick (Class of 1984) as Secretary and Treasurer. The Chicano Press Organization Records are mainly comprised of the group's publications and newsletters Nuestros Voces and Sol del Este.
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Manuscripts Division

Kernodle Collection of Louis E. Laflin, 1940-1973

TC037 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
The collection consists of letters by American educator and playwright Louis Ellsworth Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) to George R. Kernodle (a friend from Yale Drama School), written over thirty-three years. Also included are Laflin's notes and papers on Asian/Indian, Egyptian, and Greek drama, copies of six plays written by him, and copies of two essays on the founding and history of Princeton's Theatre Intime.
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Manuscripts Division

Lovett Fielding Edwards Papers, 1948-1970s

C1366 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of English author Lovett F. Edwards.
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Princeton University Library Collection of John Davidson Materials, 1879-1945 (mostly 1890-1909)

C0215 4 boxes 1.4 linear feet
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John Davidson was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Scottish poet hailed for his provincial, melancholy body of work. This collection contains letters, manuscripts, reports, galley proofs with Davidson's holograph corrections, documents, and clippings pertaining to his literary career.
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Manuscripts Division

The World of the Great Forest: Novel by Paul Du Chaillu, 1900

C0153 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of the autograph manuscript of The World of the Great Forest by the French-American traveler and anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu.
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Manuscripts Division

The Hardy Players Collection, 1882-1926

C0897 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of material relating to productions of plays adapted from Thomas Hardy novels and short stories by the English amateur theater company The Hardy Players.
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Manuscripts Division

Historical Novels of Jere Wheelwright, 1948-1954

C0449 5 boxes
Consists of signed typescripts and galley proofs for four works of historical fiction by author Jere Wheelwright (1905-1961), (Princeton Class of 1927).
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Manuscripts Division

Oden Meeker Manuscripts, 1954-1968

C0504 4 boxes
The Oden Meeker Manuscripts collection consists of writings and photographs of the American freelance author Oden Meeker (1918-1976), a former director of the humanitarian organization CARE.
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Manuscripts Division

The Watchman by Davis Grubb, 1961

C0164 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of drafts of The Watchman, a novel by Davis Grubb.
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Lewis Science and Engineering Library

Office of Naval Research Contract N6onr-270 Task Order V Technical Reports, 1948-1958

ENG015 12 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
The reports in this collection describe research in the field of sound propagation and acoustic signal detection. In the early years of the research, the project was knows as the Underwater Sound Transmission Project. The research was funded by the Office of Naval Research Contract N6onr-270, Task Order V.
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Civil War Letters of Adam Badeau, 1862-1909

C0097 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 79 autograph letters from Adam Badeau to Union general James Harrison Wilson, dated 1862 to 1865, most of which were written while Badeau was General Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary in the Civil War.
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Manuscripts Division

Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence, 1789-1924

C0015 6 Volumes
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Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.
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Manuscripts Division

Selected Papers of Thomas W. Hotchkiss, 1891-1935

C0166 1 box 0.4 linear feet
The Selected Papers of Thomas W. Hotchkiss consists of articles, notes, correspondence, and clippings of the American lawyer, editor, magazine writer, professional researcher, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1889) Thomas W. (Thomas Woodward) Hotchkiss (1867-1953).
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Charles Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes, 1872-1907

C0802 6 boxes 3.25 linear feet
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Charles Greene Rockwood was a professor of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton Unviersity, and had many interests in seismology and general scientific study. Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed matter compiled by Charles Greene Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences.
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French Family Collection, 1835-1893

C0427 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.
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Samuel J. Bayard Papers, 1830-1886

C0083 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
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Consists, for the most part, of autograph manuscripts in prose and verse of Bayard (Princeton Class of 1820) and correspondence of Bayard, the Bayard family, John B. Guthrie, and Bayard Guthrie.
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Manuscripts Division

F. Marion Crawford Novels, 1887-1897

C0151 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of four autograph manuscripts of novels by American writer F. Marion Crawford.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Nelly's Sougioutzoglou-Seraidarē Photographs, 1930s

C0991 1 box 1.75 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Greek photographer Nelly's Sougioutzoglou-Seraidare.
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The Theseion; Tower of the Winds; Mount Athos, undated

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionPrinceton University Library Collection of Nelly's Sougioutzoglou-Seraidarē Photographs, 1930s
Consists of four photographs (7,9 x 11,3 cm each), mounted on both sides of a mat board. Images depict monks in Mount Athos; the Theseion and the Tower of the Winds in Athens (Greece); and a general view of the city of Athens. Photographs are numbered and they bear handwritten titles in pen on the mat board and the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse.
Lewis Science and Engineering Library

Metallurgy Report (James Forrestal Research Center), 1954-1960

ENG026 23 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of technical reports created by the James Forrestal Research Center. Some reports were issued as Ph.D. theses. All reports cover topics related to metals and alloys.
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Manuscripts Division

C. Lawton Campbell Papers, 1904-1974 (mostly 1914-1962)

TC008 28 boxes 11.2 linear feet
Charles Lawton Campbell (Princeton Class of 1916) was an American playwright and advertising writer. His collection contains ninety-four drafts, fragments, and fully-conceived plays, as well as poems, essays, and an autobiography covering fifty years of his life as a devotee of the theater.
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Princeton Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, 1700-1900

C1296 2 boxes 207 items
Consists of an open collection of Ethiopic magic scrolls.
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Phillips Family Papers, circa 1880-1973 (mostly 1900-1940)

C1387 6 boxes 4.0 linear feet
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Consists of photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and ephemera relating to Edward H. Phillips (1868-1944), his wife Marie Kempton Phillips (1881-1946), and their daughter Jean Sarah Phillips (1908–1985) that document ranch life in and around Montana around the turn of the 20th century as well as Ed Phillips' involvement in Wild West shows, including Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and his career as a Hollywood actor.
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Research Materials, circa 1970s

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionPhillips Family Papers, circa 1880-1973 (mostly 1900-1940)
Includes research materials on Ed and Marie Phillips; the Kempton family and their ranch as well as other cattle ranches; photographers Evelyn Cameron and L. A. Huffman who documented the Kemptons and Ed Phillips; and illustrator Charles Russell. Includes notes, photocopies of original materials found in the collection, articles and other secondary sources, and contact prints of some of Marie Kempton Phillips' negatives.
Manuscripts Division

Meade Minnigerode Collection on The Terror of Peru, 1940

C0010 1 box
Consists of the typed manuscript and galley proofs of the novel The Terror of Peru by the American biographer and historical novelist Meade Minnigerode.
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Public Policy Papers

Barton Gellman Papers, 1965-2014

MC262 10 boxes
Barton Gellman is a well-known journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The records in this collection document Gellman's work as a journalist and political advisor.
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Lewis Science and Engineering Library

Plastics Laboratory Status and Technical Reports, 1946-1954

ENG011 168 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of quarterly status reports and technical reports created by the Plastics Laboratory at Princeton University from 1946 to 1954. The Laboratory which was established in 1946 conducted basic research involving problems of a fundamental nature as well as towards the development of plastics and materials with specific properties.
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James Creese Papers, 1822-1960

C0412 5 boxes 2.1 linear feet
Consists of some undergraduate and graduate papers of James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918), as well as papers from his tenures as successive presidents of the Stevens and Drexel Institutues of Technology.
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Manuscripts Division

The Heart of Maryland and Other Plays, by David Belasco, 1941

C0131 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of the manuscript, marked for typesetting, of American playwright David Belasco's The Heart of Maryland and Other Plays (1941), edited by Glenn Hughes and George Savage, as volume 18 in its series America's Lost Plays.
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DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907

C1045 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.
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Derek Patmore Papers, 1929-1963

C0722 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of English poet Derek Patmore.
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Collection of Lantern Slides of Macedonia, Greece, 1917-1918

C1729 0.4 linear feet 4 boxes
Collection of 189 lantern slides of several places in Macedonia, Greece by Newton & Co.
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Thessalonikē Everyday Life

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionCollection of Lantern Slides of Macedonia, Greece, 1917-1918
Consists of (90) black-and white lantern slides showing views of the city of Thessalonikē, a sea shore, the White Tower, panoramic views of the city after the fire, and Saint Sophia church. Included also are slides depicting scenes of daily life, such as rural people in front of a fountain, a Greek farm, woman at the loom, local women spinning cotton, peasants in the fileds, a priest standing in front of an altar, people going to a wedding, grinding wheat in a manual millstone, agricultural workers, livestock workers, group of Greek kids outside of their houses or in the fields, family portraits, man in Greek ethnic costume (foustanella), a Greek funeral; interiors of churches; a Turkish family; a Rumanian person on a horse; and stork nests on houses and trees. The majority of the lantern slides bear handwritten numbers: 1-21, 23-28, 30, 34-36, 38-39, 44-45, 47-57, 59-63, 65-83, 85-87, 89-91; the rest are unnumbered. Some of them bear handwritten titles in pen on top of the image.
Manuscripts Division

Stephen French Whitman Collection, 1880-1950

C0178 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists primarily of manuscripts of Stephen French Whitman (Princeton Class of 1901), as well as correspondence and documents concerning their publication and the career of the author.
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George F. Shrady Collection, 1885-1951 (mostly 1885-1906)

C0499 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Contains papers of George F. Shrady relating primarily to his role as Ulysses S. Grant's physician during Grant's last illness in New York in 1885.
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Henry De Wolf Smyth Papers, 1898-1988

C1343 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth, the American physicist and diplomat who figured prominently in the development of atomic energy, the Manhattan Project, and the production of the atomic bomb.
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Princeton University Archives

Department of Classics Records, 1894-2017 (mostly 1894-1935)

AC225 3 boxes 3 Volumes 1 websites
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The Department of Classics at Princeton University offers courses, both in English and in the original languages, that treat the whole range of ancient culture, from its mythology to its philosophy, law, and literature. Consists of the records of the Department of Classics from the late 19th and early 20th century.
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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).
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Princeton University Library Collection of Spyros Meletzēs Photographs, 1900-1999

C1389 1 box 1 linear foot
Consists of an open collections of Spyros Meletzēs photographs.
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Pearce Family Collection, 1802-1917 (mostly 1820-1863)

C1158 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.
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Ernest Poole Collection, 1922-1927

C0180 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of three manuscripts of American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernest Poole, as well as some other papers and correspondence..
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Tennessee Williams Manuscripts, 1947-1961

TC081 1 box 6 items 0.45 linear feet
This collection consists of early versions of seven works by American playwright, novelist, and storywriter, Tennessee Williams.
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Roswell H. Lamson Papers, 1845-1894

C0475 4 boxes
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Consists of correspondence, diaries (1864, 1870, 1887), photographs, documents, memorabilia, and printed matter of U.S. Naval officer Roswell H. Lamson.
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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.
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Princeton University Archives

Princeton Footnotes Records, 1961-2016 (mostly 1961-1987)

AC449 187 digital files 1 websites
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The Princeton Footnotes is an all-male a cappella group at Princeton University that was founded in 1959. The organization that became the Footnotes emerged as a dispute within the Glee Club, which resulted in twelve of the Club's members leaving the Club to form a separate group, the Prospectors. The Princeton Footnotes Records consists primarily of digitized recordings of former Footnotes albums released between 1961 and 1987.
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John Brooks Novels, 1947-1957

C0298 4 boxes 1.6 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts for three novels by American writer John Brooks.
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Society of Friends Collection, 1775-1829

C1337 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts, epistles, minutes and other documents related to the Society of Friends, members of which are informally known as Quakers.
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The Praise of Folly by Hoyt H. Hudson, 1941

C0608 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of the printer's copy of Hoyt H. Hudson's 20th-century translation of The Praise of Folly, the 15th-century work by the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
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Maurice Kelley Collection, 1935-1971

C0457 4 boxes 2.7 linear feet
Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter of American educator and librarian, Maurice Kelley (Princeton Class of 1934).
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Bernard C. Meyer Collection on Joseph Conrad, 1961-1967

C0058 2 boxes
Consists of material relating to American psychiatrist Bernard C. Meyer's book Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography (1967).
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Glen Maitland Novels, 1957

C0497 3 boxes
Consists of the autograph and typed manuscripts of three unpublished novels by American writer Glen Maitland (Princeton Class of 1938).
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Eirlys Roberts Collection, 1935-1977

C1263 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous material of Eirlys Roberts primarily relating to her United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation work in Italy and Albania during World War II and at the Consumers' Association, a consumer rights organization in the United Kingdom.
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Philippos Margaritēs photographs collection, 1854

C1299 1 box 1.25 linear feet
Philippos Margaritēs studied painting in Rome and taught drawing in Athens. Around 1846 he met Philibert Perraud in Athens, where Perraud taught him photography. Margaritēs thereafter established the first photography studio in Greece, based out of his house, where he photographed Athens' high society. He was active as a photographer from the early 1850s until around 1863. Margaritēs specialized in portraits and topographical views. He was believed to have taught his drawing students about the principles of photography, but he did not instruct them in the practical darkroom techniques. In addition to daguerreotypes, Margaritēs produced salt prints and albumen prints and also made cartes-de-visite [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1739]. Consists of an open collection of photographs by Greece's first professional photographer, Philippos Margaritēs.
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Philippos Margaritēs photographs collection, 1854

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Philippos Margaritēs studied painting in Rome and taught drawing in Athens. Around 1846 he met Philibert Perraud in Athens, where Perraud taught him photography. Margaritēs thereafter established the first photography studio in Greece, based out of his house, where he photographed Athens' high society. He was active as a photographer from the early 1850s until around 1863. Margaritēs specialized in portraits and topographical views. He was believed to have taught his drawing students about the principles of photography, but he did not instruct them in the practical darkroom techniques. In addition to daguerreotypes, Margaritēs produced salt prints and albumen prints and also made cartes-de-visite [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1739]. Consists of an open collection of photographs by Greece's first professional photographer, Philippos Margaritēs.
Princeton University Archives

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Project Editor's Records, 1943-1974

AC218 5 boxes
The Thomas Jefferson Papers Project was conceived of in 1943 by Princeton University history professor Julian P. Boyd, who was serving at the time as the historian of the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission. Contained in the records is correspondence with Princeton presidents Harold T. Dodds and Robert F. Goheen, who were active advisors in the early years of the project. Also included are financial records, including Boyd's original cost estimations for the project. Other materials consist of an initial project proposal, annual reports, directives on handling of materials, typography, and editing procedures, and some photographs.
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Project Editor's Records, 1943-1974

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University Archives
The Thomas Jefferson Papers Project was conceived of in 1943 by Princeton University history professor Julian P. Boyd, who was serving at the time as the historian of the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission. Contained in the records is correspondence with Princeton presidents Harold T. Dodds and Robert F. Goheen, who were active advisors in the early years of the project. Also included are financial records, including Boyd's original cost estimations for the project. Other materials consist of an initial project proposal, annual reports, directives on handling of materials, typography, and editing procedures, and some photographs.
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Series 1: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Project Records, 1943-1974

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson Project Editor's Records, 1943-1974
Series 1: The Papers of Thomas Jeffersion Project, 1943-1974 documents the Thomas Jefferson Papers Project from its conception and initial proposal in 1943 until the death of its first editor Julian P. Boyd in 1980. Contained in the records is correspondence with Princeton presidents Harold T. Dodds and Robert F. Goheen, who were active advisors in the early years of the project. Other notable correspondence is with Jefferson scholars, board members of the New York Times, and Jefferson Papers Project advisory board members. Also included are financial records, including Boyd's original cost estimations for the project. Other materials consist of an initial project proposal, annual reports, directives on handling of materials, typography, and editing procedures, and some photographs.
Lewis Science and Engineering Library

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences Technical Reports, 1967-1970

ENG014 3 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
The technical reports created by the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences describe results of research on viscoelasticity, micromorphic mechanics and micropolar elasticity. Some reports have also been issued as PhD dissertations. The reports are bound in 3 volumes.
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Selected Papers of W. Scott Watson, 1822-1924 (mostly 1896-1904)

C0461 11 boxes 5.5 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of American Presbyterian clergyman and missionary W. Sott Watson.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Konstantinos Dimitriou Photographs, 1889

C1365 1 box
Konstantinos Dimitriou (dates unknown) worked in Athens from ca. 1875 to 1900. He photographed towns, archaeological sites, and monuments, producing large-format pictures for the tourist trade. [http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/guides_bibliographies/photography_greece/photographers.html] Consists of an open collection for Dimitriou photographs of classical sites in Athens, including the Syntagma square, theTemple of Olympian Zeus, the Erechtheum, the Propylaea, the arch of Hadrian, the Acropolis, the Odeion of Herodes Atticus, the Byzantine church of Saints Theodore, and two grave-markers. There is also an image of Piraeus signed by Dimitriou.
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The Olympieion - Hill of Areopagus (Athens, Greece), circa 1880

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionPrinceton University Library Collection of Konstantinos Dimitriou Photographs, 1889
Consists of two albumen prints (25.5 x 19 cm each) mounted on both sides of a mat board. The first image depicts the Temple of Olympian Zeus, with handwritten title on the image "Jupiter Olympien." On the reverse, the second image depicts the Hill of Areopagus with handwritten title "Aréopage" and the photographer's signature "K. Dimitriou", on the negative.
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Theodore Wratislaw Collection, 1928-1933

C1276 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, typescript poems, and corrected proofs of the British poet Theodore Wratislaw. The bulk of his correspondence is with John Gawsworth, pseudonym of British writer and poet Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong.
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Theodore Weiss Publishing Correspondence, 1966-1982

C1601 1 box
Consists primarily of correspondence between American poet and editor Theodore Weiss and his editors at Macmillan Publishing, Arthur Gregor and Ray Roberts. Also included are a few clippings, advertisements, event programs concerning Theodore Weiss' work, and a printed interview with the poet.
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Theodore Spicer-Simson Correspondence and Etchings, 1913-1933 (mostly 1921-1922)

C0244 1 volume 0.1 linear feet
Consists mainly of letters received by sculptor and medallist Theodore Spicer-Simson during the preparation of his Men of Letters of the British Isles:Portrait Medallions from the Life (1924).
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Theodore Spencer Journals, 1937-1947

C1056 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of personal journals of Theodore Spencer, American poet and essayist, and distinguished Harvard University literature professor.
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Public Policy Papers

Theodore Roosevelt Family Letters to the Russell Family, 1881-1925

MC114 1 box
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The Roosevelt and Russell families became acquainted in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, where both had homes. Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican politician, was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. Alexander G. Russell and his son Gordon M. Russell were both Presbyterian pastors, Alexander Russell in Oyster Bay and Gordon Russell in Merchantville, New Jersey. The majority of the Theodore Roosevelt Family Letters to the Russell Family collection consists of personal letters written by Theodore Roosevelt and members of his family to Gordon M. Russell.
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Theodore Roosevelt Family Letters to the Russell Family, 1881-1925

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPublic Policy Papers
The Roosevelt and Russell families became acquainted in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, where both had homes. Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican politician, was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. Alexander G. Russell and his son Gordon M. Russell were both Presbyterian pastors, Alexander Russell in Oyster Bay and Gordon Russell in Merchantville, New Jersey. The majority of the Theodore Roosevelt Family Letters to the Russell Family collection consists of personal letters written by Theodore Roosevelt and members of his family to Gordon M. Russell.
Princeton University Archives

Abigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton, 1979-2014 (mostly 2013-2014)

AC424 32 items
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Abigail Klionsky is a member of the Princeton University undergraduate Class of 2014 who undertook an oral history project on Jewish student life at Princeton as part of her senior thesis. The collection consists of fifteen transcripts of Klionsky's interviews with Jewish alumni and also includes a copy of a transcript of Henry Morgenthau III's interview with David Frisch in 1979.
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Theodore Perlman '1946, 2014 February 01

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesAbigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton, 1979-2014 (mostly 2013-2014)
Perlman recounts his experiences growing up in Trenton as a second-generation Princeton student and his experiences at Princeton during World War II. He compares his experience as a Jewish student in comparison to his father, a amember of the Class of 1916. Also mentioned are anecdotes about Frank Glick, a Jewish football player.
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Robert Bloom '1951, 2013 October 28

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesAbigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton, 1979-2014 (mostly 2013-2014)
Bloom explains the development of his Jewish experience from growing up in a seldom observant home to his involvement in Jewish services at Princeton and after graduation. He recounts his interactions with famous individuals including Albert Einstein, whom he met while attending the first formal Jewish service on campus. Also mentioned are Bloom's experiences as a member of the Prospect Club.
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Morton Kahan '1964, 2014 March 04

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesAbigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton, 1979-2014 (mostly 2013-2014)
Kahan talks about his experiences as a "Frum" or conservative Jewish student at Princeton including his role in starting the Yavneh House, a Jewish kosher dining facility with the help of Rabbi Teich and Abe Kaufman. He also discusses his membership in Wilson Lodge, which was an alternative to the club system, his responsibilities as president of Hillel and his overall views of Jewish life while attending an all- male university in the 1960s.
Manuscripts Division

L. Ashton Sly Collection of Musical Scores, 1922-1958

TC068 8 boxes
The L. Ashton Sly Collection of Musical Scores is a 137 volume collection of vocal scores and/or libretti for one hundred twenty-three musical comedies, comic operas, and operettas, including twenty-eight full production promptbooks. These are arranged alphabetically by title and housed in 8 record center cartons.
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Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932

C0859 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.
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Public Policy Papers

Roman Bitsuie Papers, 1972-1987

MC257 11 boxes
Roman Bitsuie is associated with Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office and these papers document his service on the Navajo Tax Commission, the Navajo Tribal Council and the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Commission
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Eva Maria Garrick Estate Papers Concerning David Garrick, 1750-1832

C1590 9 boxes
Consists primarily of printed materials, as well as correspondence, documents, objects, and ephemera concerning British actor David Garrick from the estate of his wife, Eva Maria Garrick.
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J. L. Lundy Manuscripts, 1876-1886

C0485 2 boxes 1.4 linear feet
Consists of four book-length manuscripts by American clergyman J. P. Lundy (Princeton Class of 1846) regarding ancient Christianity and prehistoric American religion.
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Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin Collection, 1918-1936

C0824 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected papers in Russian and English of Russian playwright, novelist, and storywriter Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin, primarily after 1931, when he emigrated to Paris, France. Included are autograph and typed manuscripts, articles, and letters.
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Lewis Science and Engineering Library

FLD Technical Reports, 1960-1963

ENG028 3 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of technical reports created by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Princeton University Archives

Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926

AC406 2 boxes
Princeton students have formed clubs for social, charitable, religious, political and other purposes nearly since the school's founding. Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 consists of bound volumes including minute books, financial ledgers, and other record books from student-organized campus clubs including the Nassau Hall Education Society (1821-1839), Literary Sharpshooters (1887-1888), the Philosophical Club (1889-1894), the Hill Club (1900-1904), and the Internaional Polity Club (1914-1926).
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Series 1: Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University ArchivesPrinceton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926
Series 1: Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 consists of bound volumes including minute books, financial ledgers, and other record books from student-organized campus clubs including the Nassau Hall Education Society (1821-1839), Literary Sharpshooters (1887-1888), the Philosophical Club (1889-1894), the Hill Club (1900-1904), and the Internaional Polity Club (1914-1926).
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Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University Archives
Princeton students have formed clubs for social, charitable, religious, political and other purposes nearly since the school's founding. Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 consists of bound volumes including minute books, financial ledgers, and other record books from student-organized campus clubs including the Nassau Hall Education Society (1821-1839), Literary Sharpshooters (1887-1888), the Philosophical Club (1889-1894), the Hill Club (1900-1904), and the Internaional Polity Club (1914-1926).
Manuscripts Division

Coventry Patmore Collection, 1803-1935 (mostly 1823-1896)

C0219 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists primarily of some 200 letters written to and by English poet and critic Coventry Patmore.
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Henry Markinfield Addey Papers, 1873-1910

C1392 1 box .4 linear feet
Henry Markinfield Addey was a London publisher who is known for publishing Gustave Doré in England and for publishing the first English edition of Edgar Allan Poe's complete poems. Consists of family correspondence, memoir drafts, and one scrapbook.
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