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Indians of Chiapas, Mexico, Film Negatives Collection, 1946-1964

WC058 4 boxes
Consists of 14 negatives (8x10 inches) of the Lacandón Maya by Giles G. Healey made at the same time he discovered the Maya murals at Bonampak while on assignment from The United Fruit Company in 1946, and approximately 1,500 negatives (120 format, 6 centimeters) of the Tzeltal and Lacandón Maya of the Chiapas Highlands taken by Ralph Hilt from approximately 1960 to 1964.
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Subseries 2B: Non-Sequential Negatives, undated

This subseries consists of negatives that were not assigned numbers as part of the larger sequential organization of the collection, or have no labeling of any kind. A numerical arrangement has been provided for physical control, but does not reflect an intellectual or chronological order.
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Subseries 2A: Sequential Negatives, undated

This subseries consists of negatives, both individual frames and strips of 3 or 4 frames, which were numbered by the creator and placed into numerical series based on subject and/or location. The arrangement is not necessarily chronological but does accurately represent intellectual distinctions between subjects. For example, all 3000s are images of San Cristóbal de las Casas but they are numbered regardless of the year in which they were photographed.

Lorenzo García Vega Papers, 1969-2008

C1411 7 boxes 2.8 linear feet
Lorenzo García Vega is a Cuban writer best known for his involvement in the literary group Orígenes. The collection consists of selected manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence and clippings.
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Subseries 1C: Published Articles, 2000-2008

Consists of clippings of articles written by García Vega for the "Artes y Letras" section of "El Nuevo Herald" (Miami, Florida). Contents span a nine-year period. Subjects range from profiles of writers, artists, and intellectuals (for example, Juan Sánchez Peláez, Reína María Rodríguez, Alejandra Pizarnik, Salvador Dalí, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Baudrillard) to book reviews of new publications.

Rudolf-Ernest Brünnow Papers, 1876-1897

C0396 54 boxes
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German Semitic philologist, Rudolf-Ernst Brünnow (1858-1917) was a professor of Semitics at Princeton (post-1910) in Greek, Latin, German, French, Turkish, Assyrian, and English. The collection consists of notes, photographs, inscriptions, tables, and descriptions by Brünnow.
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Selected Papers of George Alexander Thompson, 1797-1828

C0963 1 box 0.21 linear feet
Consists of corrected proofs, printed ephemera, and autograph letters of nineteenth-century English scholar and author George Alexander Thompson.
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"Subscriptions to Thompson's America and the West Indies: New Subscribers ... His Majesty King William the Fourth, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Hon. Wm. Hewley. His Grace the Archbishop of York, the Right Hon. Ed. V. Vernon..." (London: J. Carpenter, ), 1812-1815

A printed list of subscribers for an English translation by Thompson of Antonio de Alcedo's five-volume Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales ó America which was published as "Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies" (London: J. Carpenter, 1812-15).

French Press Photographs, 1930s-1990s

C1740 1 linear foot 1 box
Consists of several hundred print photographs (most are captioned) primarily from various French news outlets and agencies documenting people and events of numerous countries and geographic regions spanning the mid to late 20th century.
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers Collection, 1957-1961

C0297 2 boxes
Consists of papers (1957-1961), and accompanying letters, of scholars from both academe and industry dealing with advances in computer technology and sent to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers for presentation at the AIEE's general meetings.
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Everett S. Wallis Papers, 1935-1964

C0464 12 boxes 12.5 linear feet
This collection consists of correspondence, reports, articles, lectures, notes, and printed matter of American chemist, Everett Stanley Wallis, dating primarily from his tenure as Princeton professor of chemistry (1930-1965) and chairman of its biochemical sciences program, and as a research consultant for Merck & Co. of New Jersey and for other pharmaceutical companies.

Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., Files of Hemingway and Pound, 1932-1952

C0716 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected files from the offices of Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York City publishers.

Council of the Princeton University Community Records, 1965-2016 (mostly 1969-1976)

AC183 15 boxes 2 items
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The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) was born out of the Special Committee on the Structure of the University established by President Robert F. Goheen in May 1968. CPUC is primarily a deliberative and consultative body, with the authority to "consider and investigate" university policy, governance, and any general issue related to the welfare of the University. Much of the work of the Council takes place through its standing committees: the Executive Committee, the Committee on Rights and Rules, the Committee on Governance, the Committee on Priorities, the Committee on Resources, and the Judicial Committee.

Albert Mathias Friend Papers, 1913-1955

C0924 12 boxes
Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. (Princeton Class of 1915), was an officer and a scholar. Friend served in World War I and then did his graduate studies in art and architecture in Europe, studying and salvaging the great works of art and architecture that may have been damaged by the fighting. He then worked with Harvard's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library before becoming a professor at Princeton University. The collection contains notes and course materials from Friend's time as a student and as a professor, correspondence, and some of his research materials, photographs, and negatives, focusing on medieval art and architecture in Greece, Rome, and other Mediterranean cultures.
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Notes, photographs, correspondence, 1935-1955

Includes correspondence from the 1930s through 1950s, along with files labeled "American Academy in Rome," "Bicentennial Arrangements," "Religion and the Plastic Arts," "American School at Athens (Alex Robinson)," "Byzantine Exhibition Baltimore," "A. G. Cotton, Leofric's Landevennec Gospels," "Notes: Cotton," "Cotton, Leofric Gospels," "Florovsky," "McCormick," "Mommsen," "Schwarzenberg," "Rome, Vatican, Museo profano, Ivory disc of poet," "G. A. Canini, Iconografia Tav 28 Sophocles-inscribed Pindaros," "Gerasa: Trans-Jordan, Nymphaeum," "Antioch Great Theater Restoration," "Ephesos Theater," along with many folders of photographs and text relating to ancient philosophers and poets and theaters.

Office of Career Services Records, 1943-1977

AC421 1 box
Originally established in 1912 as the Self-Help Bureau, the Office of Career Services is an organizational unit of the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life that provides career resources and programming for both undergraduate and graduate students. The records include three bound volumes of annual reports from the Princeton University Office of Career Services spanning the years 1943 to 1977. Topics covered include alumni appointments, work-study, study services and academic support.
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Office of Career Services Records, 1943-1977

Originally established in 1912 as the Self-Help Bureau, the Office of Career Services is an organizational unit of the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life that provides career resources and programming for both undergraduate and graduate students. The records include three bound volumes of annual reports from the Princeton University Office of Career Services spanning the years 1943 to 1977. Topics covered include alumni appointments, work-study, study services and academic support.

Harold Ruland Papers on Sebastian Munster, 1934-1961 (mostly 1950-1960)

C0512 4 boxes 4.5 linear feet
Consists of research material of American educator and historian Harold Ruland relating to his study of Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) and the history of cosmography and early cartography.

Pennington Satterthwaite Collection, 1883-1893

C1145 1 box 1.4 linear feet
Consists of one hundred and twenty-seven original pen-and-ink sketches and watercolor drawings by architect Pennington Satterthwaite, including some sketches and designs he did for the Nassau Herald and other Princeton University publications while he was a student (Princeton Class of 1893).

Marcus Lester Aaron Correspondence, 1916-1923

AC420 2 boxes
Marcus Lester Aaron was a member of the Class of 1920, the president of the Homer Laughlin China Company, and a member of the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Marcus Lester Aaron Correspondence collection primarily contains letters written from Aaron to his parents in Pittsburgh during his four years as an undergraduate at Princeton University from October 9, 1916 to June 9, 1920.
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Marcus Lester Aaron Correspondence, 1916-1923

Marcus Lester Aaron was a member of the Class of 1920, the president of the Homer Laughlin China Company, and a member of the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Marcus Lester Aaron Correspondence collection primarily contains letters written from Aaron to his parents in Pittsburgh during his four years as an undergraduate at Princeton University from October 9, 1916 to June 9, 1920.

Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins, 1891-1892

C0445 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
The Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins consists of notebooks of the American educator and German linguist John Preston Hoskins (1867-1935) covering the period that he was a graduate student in Germany. Hoskins later had a lengthy career as a professor of German at Princeton University, teaching from 1895 to 1935.
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J. Duncan Spaeth Collection, 1865-1957

C0351 11 boxes
Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of J. Duncan Spaeth, a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton.

Student Dances Collection, 1838-1936

AC282 1 box
Dances at Princeton, especially popular in the years prior to the Second World War, were generally held in the gymnasium and were organized by a committee of faculty and staff. This collection consists of materials documenting dances attended by the students of Princeton University in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Princeton Student Aid Association records, 1866-1932

AC280 2 boxes
The Student Aid Association was formed in 1866 as the Princeton Charitable Institution by a group of trustees and faculty for the purpose of furnishing needy beneficiaries with the housing, textbooks, and other material items necessary for a collegiate education. The records contain the minutes, financial records, by-laws, and correspondence of the Princeton Student Aid Association and its predecessor, the Princeton Charitable Institution.
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Princeton Student Aid Association records, 1866-1932

The Student Aid Association was formed in 1866 as the Princeton Charitable Institution by a group of trustees and faculty for the purpose of furnishing needy beneficiaries with the housing, textbooks, and other material items necessary for a collegiate education. The records contain the minutes, financial records, by-laws, and correspondence of the Princeton Student Aid Association and its predecessor, the Princeton Charitable Institution.

Josiah S. Studdiford Family Correspondence, 1807-1862

C1495 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of the personal correspondence of Josiah S. Studdiford (1837-1862), documenting his service with the 4th New Jersey Infantry during the U.S. Civil War, including battles in which he was involved; his capture and time as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison (Va.) in the summer of 1862; and his death during the Battle of South Mountain (Md.) on September 14, 1862. Also included is the largely personal correspondence of several of Studdiford's relatives, including his grandfather, John Neely Simpson (1770-1832); his brother, Peter Augustus Studdiford (1828-1886); and his uncles, James Hervey Simpson (1813-1883) and Josiah Simpson (1815-1874). Many of those represented were Princeton University graduates.
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Studdiford, Josiah S., 1859 February, 1861 August-1862 October

Most of the letters are from Studdiford to his family. Two letters are photocopies, including one dated July 5, 1862 from Chaplain Camp to Peter O. Studdiford regarding his son's capture, and one from Major General John E. Wool granting permission for Studdiford's brothers to bring his remains back to New Jersey (September 19, 1862).

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.

Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company Correspondence, 1907-1940 (mostly 1907-1908)

C1362 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company concerning development and production work on specific properties in the Cripple Creek District. (Colo.) covering chiefly during the years 1907 and 1908.
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Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation Records, 2016-2019

AC480 78 digital files
The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is a consortium of 13 academic libraries including Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. Key initiatives include the Borrow Direct Program and the IPLC Web Collecting Program. This collection includes administrative records kept by the Confederation for internal use, including charters, strategic plans, policy documentation, working group charges, program guides, annual reports, and minutes.

Princeton University Library Collection of Stockton Family Materials, 1701-1942 (mostly 1750-1820)

C0491 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of selected material of various members of the prominent Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey, currently ranging from a 1701 deed to notes on Nassau Inn written in 1942.

Dyckman and Martine Family Papers, 1782-1909

C0422 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of the Dyckman and Martine families of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, New York.

Peggy Lamson Collection on Roger Baldwin, 1917-1976 (mostly 1973-1976)

MC082 4 boxes 1 folder
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This collection contains interview transcripts, cassette tapes, and background material collected by Peggy Lamson for her authorized biography, Roger Baldwin, Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union: A Portrait. Much of the background material was provided, and in some cases annotated, by Baldwin and documents both his professional and personal life.

Princeton University Library Collection of Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy Correspondence, 1789-1799

C1506 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of correspondence of Germano-French diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy (1754-1817), who served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim in Philadelphia and New York from 1787 to 1792, including 19 letters dating from October 19, 1789 to October 10, 1791, to fellow French diplomat Eléonore-François-Elie, marquis de Moustier (1751-1817), with a 10-page letter with the title "Bulletin," dated January 18, 1790; and two letters from Otto's father-in-law J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, from February 23, 1799, and August 27, 1799, recounting his journeys through upper Pennsylvania and the state of New York.

Steward and Refectory Records, 1782-1869

AC032 1 box
The Steward and Refectory records relate to various expenses incurred by students while at Princeton. They are divided into two series. The first, refectory accounts, consists predominantly of lists of students and the amounts due from each for itemized expenses including room and board, tuition, library, servant wages, washing, damages and fuel. Other materials include bills, various accounts and reports, an inventory of furniture belonging to the kitchen in 1816, and bills, accounts and reports relating to the building of a new refectory in 1834-35. The second series consists of accounts, vouchers, correspondence, receipts and statements of expenses relating to the University Steward. The 1869 Steward's file consists of a list of local boarding houses and the owners, student residents and payments.
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Steward and Refectory Records, 1782-1869

The Steward and Refectory records relate to various expenses incurred by students while at Princeton. They are divided into two series. The first, refectory accounts, consists predominantly of lists of students and the amounts due from each for itemized expenses including room and board, tuition, library, servant wages, washing, damages and fuel. Other materials include bills, various accounts and reports, an inventory of furniture belonging to the kitchen in 1816, and bills, accounts and reports relating to the building of a new refectory in 1834-35. The second series consists of accounts, vouchers, correspondence, receipts and statements of expenses relating to the University Steward. The 1869 Steward's file consists of a list of local boarding houses and the owners, student residents and payments.
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Series 2, Steward's Accounts, 1782-1869

Series 2, Steward's Accounts, 1782-1869, includes accounts, vouchers, correspondence, receipts and statements of expenses relating to the refectory and steward's duties. The 1869 file consists of a list of boarding houses and owners, resident students, and payments. Some interesting steward records include an agreement by the Board of Trustees to pay Elis Woodruff for a lean-to he had built in the refectory kitchen (1787); a letter from Henry Clow (1843), presumably to the College President, expressing his concern over the yearly lack of funds to adequately operate the steward's office; and various lists of foods and supplies purchased for the refectory (1854-1855).
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Series 1, Refectory Accounts, 1810-1869

Series 1, Refectory Accounts, 1810-1869, indicates, by year, class and student name, the amounts paid for various expenses including room and board, tuition, library, servant wages, washing, damages and fuel. There are significant records for the years 1829-1842, 1849, and 1851. Records for the other years in this series include bills, various accounts and reports, and an inventory of furniture belonging to the kitchen in 1816. The file for 1834-1835 also contains records relating to the building of the new refectory.

Department of African American Studies Records, 1969-2016

AC020 2 boxes 1 websites
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The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University is an academic department of Princeton University. The records consist of course proposals and descriptions, proposals for a post-doctoral program, and meeting minutes and correspondence of the interdepartmental committee as well as past versions of the department's website.
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Steve Slaby Files, 1970-1991

Steve Slaby Files, consists of course proposals and descriptions, proposals for a post-doctoral program, and meeting minutes and correspondence of the interdepartmental committee. Much of the material pertains to the appointment of new program chairman Cornel West in 1987-88. Also included is a report to the Rockefellar Foundation describing the Program's graduate and faculty research from 1970-1977.

Steven Runciman Letters to Jeffrey Schaire, 1983-1991

C1236 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters by British medieval historian and Byzantine art scholar Stephen Runciman to his friend Jeffrey Schaire, editor of Arts and Antiques magazine.

Steuben Society of America files, 1923-1932

MC123 1 box
Consists of a small group of papers from various local chapters of the Steuben Society of America.

Stephen Thurston Farwell Collection, 1856-1893

C1382 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists mainly of diaries of Stephen Thurston Farwell, a retail clerk living in Chicago during the Civil War who later travels overland to Denver.
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Stephen Simpson Letters to His Wife, 1813-1829

C1239 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of a group of fifteen letters by Philadelphian Stephen Simpson, who enlisted in the War of 1812 and distinguished himself at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. The letters were sent from different cities where Simpson was stationed to his wife, Mary, who was living in Philadelphia in his father's house.
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Stephen Simpson Letters to His Wife, 1813-1829

Consists of a group of fifteen letters by Philadelphian Stephen Simpson, who enlisted in the War of 1812 and distinguished himself at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. The letters were sent from different cities where Simpson was stationed to his wife, Mary, who was living in Philadelphia in his father's house.

Corporate and Foundation Relations Records, 1980-1997

AC407 2 boxes
Corporate and Foundation Relations is an office within the department of Research at Princeton that raises funds to support education, research, and scholarship at the University. The collection includes annual reports (1980-1997), department statistics (1988-1993), and campaign status reports (1981-1985).

Princeton Draft Information Center records, 1960-1970

AC382 3 boxes
The Princeton Draft Information Center was a project of the Fellowship of Reconciliation during the Vietnam war era to provide counselling to young man subject to the draft.

New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation Records, 1960-1966 (mostly 1964-1965)

MC099 3 boxes
The New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation formed in July of 1964 in response to a Congressional effort to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Reynolds v. Sims. The New Jersey Committee for Fair Representation document the committee's history through correspondence, reports and miscellaneous files.
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Series 3: Subject Files, 1960-1965

The Miscellaneous Files Series consists of files compiled during the tenure of the committee, most likely by Princeton professors Alpheus T. Mason and Duane Lockard along with Joseph Harrison. Documents include charts, maps, bills, resolutions, meeting minutes, lists, financial statements, press releases, and newspaper clippings. Items of note include documents pertaining to the Jackman v. Bodine case, maps drafted by the committee documenting county demographic changes in New Jersey, and committee meeting minutes.

Statistical Unit records, 1962-1963

AC302 1 box
The Statistical Unit at Princeton University was founded in 1961 for purpose of collecting and analyzing student data regarding education, career plans, and pre-college and post-graduate attitudes and life. The records consist of research reports and administrative bulletins of the Statistical Unit.
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Fidel Castro Photographs Collection, 1950s-1980s

C0870 1 box 0.3 linear feet
This collection contains approximately 200 black and white photographs of Cuban prime minister, lawyer, and revolutionist Fidel Castro and associates.

Daniel Chamier Revolutionary War Financial Documents, 1774-1798 (mostly 1777-1798)

C1560 2 boxes 2.0 linear feet
Consists of financial documents and letters pertaining to the accounts of Daniel Chamier, Commissary General of the British Army in North America from 1774 to 1777, detailing the funds expended for provisioning the British Army at the beginning of the American Revolution.
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State of the Money Attached by Government Belonging to the Estate of Daniel Chamier, circa 1793

Two documents that were likely prepared by Chamier family lawyer Edward Smith, considering several aspects of the settlement of Daniel Chamier's estate. One includes an extract from Chamier's will, dated 1774, and the other contains a four-page manuscript addendum detailing some of the Chamier accounts.
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Statement of Surcharges in the Account of Daniel Chamier, 1793 June 14

The document begins with a letter from Jonathan Wigglesworth in the Office for Auditing Public Accounts to Chamier family lawyer Edward Smith and also includes the office's register of the surcharges on the account of Daniel Chamier, showing that there is a balance due from him of 17,608.13.11 pounds in "New York currency." The document provides details about various sums reimbursed to Chamier in his duties, with information on amounts, dates, and who delivered the services or goods.
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Major John Morrison Letter to Daniel Chamier, 1778 January 30

Two-page letter from Deputy Commissary John Morrison in Newport, Rhode Island, to Auditor General Daniel Chamier, in which Morrison asks Chamier to receive General William Howe's approval of several warrants he had paid for personally. He then goes on to describe his efforts to provide bread for General Henry Clinton's army: "With the consent of Genl. Clinton I baked, for the Army, on the same footing the Bakers at N. York did, that was to deliver a pound of Bread, for every pound of Flower; and had Mr. Fraser been the man I took him for, great advantages might have been made, without the Crown's being in the least injured, and it is very immaterial to the public, whether a Commissary or a Baker receives the profit."

Fulton McMahon Collection, 1882-1911 (mostly 1882-1884)

C1119 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of academic documents of American politician Fulton McMahon while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

Robert Smith Collection, 1755-1790 (mostly 1755-1758)

C1209 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and documents of carpenter-architect Robert Smith, the leading building professional in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century, chiefly concerning the building of Nassau Hall at The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the house of the college president.
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Nassau Hall Bible Society Records, 1813-1877

AC038 2 boxes
The Nassau Hall Bible Society was a student religious organization at the College of New Jersey, active from 1813 through the 1840s and from 1864 through the 1880s. It distributed Bibles and New Testaments throughout New Jersey and across the country. These records contain minutes and financial records of the Society's work.

Goodwin Weinberg Collection of Aldous Huxley, 1908-1961 (mostly 1920-1955)

C0589 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Contains approximately 110 letters by Aldous Huxley written to various friends and associates, including Arnold Bennett, Basil Ashmore, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, and the American photographer Sanford Roth, collected by Goodwin Weinberg (Princeton Class of 1929).

Gamaliel Bailey Correspondence, 1839-1868

C1482 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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One of America's leading antislavery journalists, Gamaliel Bailey (1807-1859) played a prominent role in shaping the direction of the country's abolitionist movement, and helped found the Republican Party. The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Gamaliel Bailey and his close friends and associates, statesman Salmon P. Chase and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean.

Committee for the Bicentennial of Nassau Hall Records, 1953-1956 (mostly 1956)

AC191 3 boxes
The Nassau Hall Bicentennial Committee was established to plan the 200th anniversary of Nassau Hall over a two-day period beginning on September 22, 1956. The collection documents the activities of the Committee through correspondence, publications, news articles, and press releases.

John E. Rovensky Papers, 1920-1968 (mostly 1920-1929)

MC116 3 boxes
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John E. Rovensky (1880-1970) was a banker and economist. As a banker, he held the position of vice president at the National Bank of Commerce, Bank of America, and City Bank. As an economist, he was a member of the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy, the National Monetary Association, and the Stable Money Association. Rovensky's papers document his work as an economist, including his tenure as president of the Stable Money Association in 1927. The papers are comprised of correspondence, offprints, and newspaper clippings.
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Series 1: Associations, 1920-1968

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This series documents Rovensky's participation in the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy, the National Monetary Association, and the Stable Money Association, including his tenure as president of the Stable Money Association in 1927. The papers include discussions of logistics and operations, policies, and recruitment. Rovensky's participation ranges from merely paying dues and commenting on publications to active research, writing, and meeting attendance. The Stable Money Association papers also include discussions of the formation of the group and its mission statement, literature, and meeting minutes and agenda.

A. Jacobi Papers, 1794-1955 (mostly 1880-1919)

C0724 6 boxes 2.3 linear feet
The A. Jacobi Papers consists of offprints of writings and lectures, correspondence, memorials, and other miscellanea of the German physician, pediatrician, author, and first professor of children's diseases in the United States Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919).

Friends of the Princeton University Library: Whitney Darrow Collection, 1931-1935

C0161 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Friends of the Library Dinners given for several special occasions in the 1930s, collected by Whitney Darrow, secretary of the Friends.
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Jacob D. Beam Papers, 1920-1980

MC186 5 boxes
Jacob D. Beam, class of 1929, was a career diplomat, serving as United States ambassador to Poland (1957-1961), Czechoslovakia (1966-1969), and the Soviet Union (1969-1973). The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs and assorted memorabilia, documenting sixty years of Ambassador Beam's life and service.

Markos Veremēs Papers, 1908-1970

C1378 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists of personal papers of Markos Veremēs, a Greek engineer. Included are photograph and postcard albums of Greece, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey, and Romania; lantern slides and glass-plate negatives of Alaska, correspondence (professional and personal), typed manuscripts, official documents, and printed matter.
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George Black Stewart Papers, 1896-1950 (mostly 1896-1917)

C0637 3 boxes 2.8 linear feet
Consists of photograph albums, diaries, engagement calendars, and documents of George Black Stewart (Princeton Class of 1906) who was treasurer (1906-1950) of the American University of Beirut.
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Erwin Panofsky Correspondence with William S. Hecksher, 1936-1980 (mostly 1945-1968)

C0680 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of copies of correspondence primarily between art historian Erwin Panofsky and his student and fellow art historian William S. Hecksher, spanning the years from 1936 until Panofsky"s death in 1968.

Howard McClenahan Collection on World War I Belgian Relief, 1914-1920

C0590 2 boxes 1.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, articles, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of Howard McClenahan (Princeton Class of 1894) relating to his trip to England, Holland, and Belgium in 1914-1915 on a mission sponsored by Princeton University to examine and report on the amount and effectiveness of civilian relief provided for Belgium.
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Henry F. Lee Family Correspondence, 1890-1930

C0698 4 boxes 1.6 linear feet
Contains correspondence of Henry F. Lee (Princeton Class of 1855), a pastor of the Mariners' Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Isaac W. Carpenter Papers, 1954-1961 (mostly 1954-1957)

MC009 3 boxes
Carpenter served as assistant secretary and controller for the Department of State from 1954 to 1957. Consists of seventeen notebooks containing a summary record of Carpenter's term in office as assistant secretary and controller for the Department of State from 1954 to 1957.

Spanish Papal Nuncio Records, 1656-1675

C0758 2 boxes .8 linear feet
Consists chiefly of financial records, household accounts, inventories of moveable property, and some correspondence of Galeazzo Marescotti (1627-1726), who seved as papal nuncio to the royal court of King Carlos II of Spain from 1670 to 1675.
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Arthur Poillon Papers, 1885-1918 (mostly 1899-1906)

MC108 4 boxes
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Consists of papers of Poillon mainly related to the Philippine Islands where Poillon was stationed (1899-1906) as a lieutenant with the U.S. 14th Cavalry.

Spanish Military Documents Relating to 19th Century Cuba, 1845-1976

C0646 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of Spanish legal and military documents relating to the administration of Cuba in the 19th century.
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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.

American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979

TC004 4 boxes 1.6 linear feet
The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. The collection consists of programs of performances of the Ballet Theatre dance company from its first performance in 1940 until 1979.

Frédéric Gaillardet Manuscripts, 1836-1877

C1519 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of several manuscripts, some of which are unpublished, by French lawyer, politician, and writer, Frédéric Gaillardet (1808-1882), including a partial manuscript draft of L'Aristocratie en Amérique (Paris, 1883) and several other manuscripts, notes, documents, and clippings, primarily relating to Gaillardet's time and travels in the United States, Canada, and Cuba from 1837 to 1848, particularly his time in Louisiana, Mississippi, and other southern states. Also included are manuscript drafts of unpublished plays and other writings.
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Roy Heath Class of 1954 Advisee Project Interviews, 1950-1979 (mostly 1950-1954)

AC004 19 boxes
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.

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, Letter Book and Commonplace Book, 1659-1706

C1598 1 box
Consists of a letter book with unpublished letters and a commonplace book likely compiled by or for Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), granddaughter of James I of England.
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David Potter Manuscripts, 1950s

C0528 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of four unpublished manuscripts by David Potter (Princeton Class of 1896) relating to various naval experiences and American military figures.

Kenneth McKenzie Fable Collection, 1898-1949

C0494 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of papers of Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949), a former professor of Romance languages at Princeton, relating to fables.

Society of the Claw Records, 1912-1940

AC036 1 box
The Society of the Claw Records describe the brief history of an organization created by the Class of 1894. Society members pledged to attend Princeton reunions annually, either for five-year periods or during their lifetimes. Members received a charm for their watch chains which included a genuine tiger claw to remind them of their pledge. The Society's principal long-term accomplishment was the proposal and subscription of the bronze stars placed on university dormitories in memory of World War I war dead.
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Society of the Claw Records, 1912-1940

The Society of the Claw Records describe the brief history of an organization created by the Class of 1894. Society members pledged to attend Princeton reunions annually, either for five-year periods or during their lifetimes. Members received a charm for their watch chains which included a genuine tiger claw to remind them of their pledge. The Society's principal long-term accomplishment was the proposal and subscription of the bronze stars placed on university dormitories in memory of World War I war dead.

Robert Ross Papers on Development and Investment in Latin America and Africa, 1956-2011

MC245 3 boxes
Robert Ross is an economist specializing in developing Countries. This collection contains reports on the U.S.S.R.; investment proposals; government reports; internal documentation from the Adela Investment Company; documents on the Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation and the Société Internationale Financière pour les Investissements et le Développement en Afrique; and Richard Boyle's correspondence with Eugene Gonzalez and Ernst Keller.
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Series 4. 2014 Accession, 1966-2011

This accession is comprised of materials related to the Adela Investment Company, Inc. It contains some of the company's internal documentation, such as memoranda and the text of a presentation on divestiture given at a staff meeting. It also contains several reports, including notes on a talk by Peter F. Drucker summarizing an Adela management meeting, a report by Richard Boyle on the mobilization of capital, and a 1996 U.S. Agency for International Development study on venture capital. There is also correspondence between Richard Boyle and Eugene Gonzalez, the former Executive Vice President of Adela who later became President of the Board of Management, and a file on Ernst Keller, the Managing Director of Adela for its first ten years. Ernst Keller's file is mainly comprised of correspondence between himself and Richard Boyle. Both men's correspondence with Boyle mainly pertains to Boyle's project to collect stories on Adela's history.

Bernardo Canal Feijóo Correspondence, 1922-1981 (mostly 1930-1945)

C0690 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Bernardo Canal Jeijóo was a lawyer and poet in Argentina during the twentieth century. His correspondence consists of letters with other writers and artists about both the arts and everyday life.

General John J. Pershing Expedition Photographic Postcard Collection, 1916-1917

C1359 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Photographic scenes of military camp life, soldiers, equipment, and battle scenes, including the identification and disposal of Mexican causalities during General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916.

Smith Ordway Collection, 1880-1927

C0536 4 boxes
Consists of diaries written by Smith Ordway while he was an undergraduate at Princeton (1880-1884), a seminarian (1885-1888) at Auburn Theological Seminary (N.Y.), a traveler to Europe and the Middle East (1907), and a Presbyterian minister to congregations mainly in New York State (1888-1923). The collection also contains an album of photographs of members of the Class of 1884, scenes of Princeton, and Ordway family members.
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Smith Ordway Collection, 1880-1927

Consists of diaries written by Smith Ordway while he was an undergraduate at Princeton (1880-1884), a seminarian (1885-1888) at Auburn Theological Seminary (N.Y.), a traveler to Europe and the Middle East (1907), and a Presbyterian minister to congregations mainly in New York State (1888-1923). The collection also contains an album of photographs of members of the Class of 1884, scenes of Princeton, and Ordway family members.

Paul Cavicchia Collection of American Ships' Photographs, 1860-1929

C1281 1 box 1.25 linear feet
Consists of approximately 325 photographs (mostly copies) of American vessels, including steamboats, river and ferry boats, and ocean liners, that sailed from the 1860s to the 1920s, collected by Paul Cavicchia.
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Small Prints of Various Sizes, 1860-1929

Sorted alphabetically by name of ship at time of photograph. List of ships' names, most preceded with S.S. or U.S.S.: Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Bear Mountain, Bells Island, Benjamin Bodell, Berkshire, Chauncey M. Depew, City of Keansburg, City of New York, Empire State, Francis Scott Key, Hendrick Hudson, Mary Powell, Mobjack, Naushon, New York, Penaquid, Peter Struvvesant, Pocahontas, Potomac, Rennselaer, Richard Peck, Robert Fulton, Smithfield, St. Johns, Susquehanna, Talbot, Ticonderoga, Trojan, Washington Irving, Wauketa,

Marquis Du Bouzet, Letters to his Mother, 1826-1831

C1631 0.2 linear feet 1 box
Consists of 62 ALsS by Marquis du Bouzet to his mother, written while on service in the French Navy in the Mediterranean. The letters range in date from 1826 to 1831.
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Chile Photographic File, 1984-1990

C0683 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 223 slides and 77 photographs taken during the last years of the Augusto Pinochet regime in Chile.

Elizabeth Benson Papers, 1966-2016

AC467 1 box
Elizabeth P. Benson is a curator and historian of Pre-Columbian art who has published and edited many works on the art of the ancient Americas. This small collection of Benson's papers contains material that reflects Benson's relationship with her friend and colleague Gillett G. Griffin, whose papers are also housed in the Princeton University Archives.

Quipfire! Records, 1992-1995

AC360 6 boxes 1 websites
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Quipfire! is Princeton University's first student improvisational comedy group. The records contain promotional material, performances and founding documents for Quipfire!
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Romus Broadway Photographs of the Witherspoon-Jackson Community of Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1955-2005 (mostly 1970-2005)

C1689 49 linear feet 24 boxes
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Consists of 90 photograph collage boards, 30,000 photographic negatives, 760 color slides, and several hundred loose photographic prints, comprising Romus Broadway's body of work documenting the history of the Black community in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton, New Jersey, from the late 1950s through the early 2000s.
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Romus Broadway Photographs of the Witherspoon-Jackson Community of Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1955-2005 (mostly 1970-2005)

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Consists of 90 photograph collage boards, 30,000 photographic negatives, 760 color slides, and several hundred loose photographic prints, comprising Romus Broadway's body of work documenting the history of the Black community in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton, New Jersey, from the late 1950s through the early 2000s.
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Photographs, circa 1955-2005

Consists of several hundred photographic prints, some of which are loose and others in unlabeled albums. While most of the prints are in color, there are also some black-and-white photographs. These photographs include source material used in Broadway's collages, as well as additional snapshots.

Benjamin Franklin Collection, 1753-1771

C1059 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of selected correspondence and documents, both original and copies, of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most prominent of the founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States.

Lauretta McDowell Photograph Albums and Memoir, 1947

C1726 0.4 linear feet 1 box
This collection consists of two photograph albums and a typewritten memoir documenting Lauretta McDowell's six-month period of work as a cadet nurse at the Tacoma (Cushman) Indian Hospital on Puyallup land in Washington State. The albums include photographs of Puyallup and other Indigenous patients, as well as McDowell's fellow nurses and doctors.
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Lauretta McDowell Photograph Albums and Memoir, 1947

This collection consists of two photograph albums and a typewritten memoir documenting Lauretta McDowell's six-month period of work as a cadet nurse at the Tacoma (Cushman) Indian Hospital on Puyallup land in Washington State. The albums include photographs of Puyallup and other Indigenous patients, as well as McDowell's fellow nurses and doctors.

Dag Hammarskjöld Collection, 1958-1961

C1074 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected copies of correspondence and manuscripts of Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-1961) and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Sir William Rothenstein Letters, 1898-1943

C0923 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 34 letters and postcards by the English painter Sir William Rothenstein to four correspondents: Henry Davray, Elizabeth Jungmann, F. H. Sunderland, and E. G. Wolfe.
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Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh Letters, 1900-1918 (mostly 1900-1904)

C1182 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of twenty-seven autograph letters by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, English critic and essayist, to his English publisher, Edward Arnold.

Sir Richard Owen Collection, 1824-1866

C1152 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscript material of Sir Richard Owen, the nineteenth-century English biologist and paleontologist who coined the term "dinosaur."

Sir Paul Rycaut Letters to William Blathwayt, 1692-1699

C0689 2 Volumes 0.6 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of letters by English diplomat Sir Paul Rycaut to William Blathwayt (1649?-1717), who served James II and William III of England as secretary-at-war and was also William III's commissioner of trade, 1696-1706.
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Sir Hall Caine Letters, 1882-1928

C1024 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected letters by British novelist and playwright Sir Hall Caine to Curtis Brown, Sir Martin Conway, Ford Madox Brown, James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, and several others.
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Sir Edwin Arnold Letters, 1861

C1328 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of fifteen letters (1861) by the English author Sir Edwin Arnold to London publisher Smith, Elder, and Co. regarding his work The Book of Good Counsels.
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Collection, 1871-1940

C0739 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of 48 letters by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones to his daughter, Margaret Burne-Jones (1866-1953), who married J. W. MacKail, a biographer of William Morris, in 1888.

Sin, One Way, Economy Class, 1976

C0570 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of a typescript, with a few corrections, for Sin, One Way, Economy Class (1976) by author Lucy Caldwell, concerning her work in Vietnam in support of the American armed forces during the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
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Dorothea Lieven Letters to Klemens Metternich, 1820 January 6-1826 December 12

C1620 2 boxes
Consists of annotated copies of Dorothea Lieven's (1785-1857) letters, dating from 1820 to 1826, to Klemens Metternich (1773-1859), which she documented in a series of 36 notebooks.

Sinclair Lewis: An American Life by Mark Schorer, 1961

C0336 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of a photoduplicated copy of Schorer's original typescript, with holograph corrections, for his 1961 biography of the American novelist, Sinclair Lewis.
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Gilbert Troxell Correspondence, 1939-1949

C0179 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters to Gilbert Troxell from Sinclair Lewis, John O'Hara, and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, the wife of Eugene O'Neill, discussing the donation of manuscripts to the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University.
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Sinclair Hamilton Papers, 1942-1970

C0439 7 boxes 6.65 linear feet
Consists of a manuscript and correspondence of Sinclair Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906).

Simone de Beauvoir Letters to Françoise and Hélène de Beauvoir, 1914-1968 (mostly 1918-1968)

C1667 0.4 linear feet 1 box
This collection consists of over 400 letters from French writer, philosopher, and feminist theorist Simone de Beauvoir to her mother, Françoise de Beauvoir, and sister, Hélène de Beauvoir (also referred to as Henriette), dating from October 1918 to December 1968.
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H. V. Tebbs Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Photographs, 1866-1897 (mostly 1866-1868)

C0988 3 boxes 5.75 linear feet
Consists of 76 cards of mounted photographs of drawings and paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his wife Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, and a few other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. The group seems to have been put together by or for Henry Virtue Tebbs, lawyer and patron of the arts: he was a close friend and admirer of Rossetti.
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Simeon Johnson Papers, 1805-1807

C1589 1 box
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Consists of papers of Simeon Johnson (1770-1807), an American merchant residing in Gonaïves, Haiti, following the Haitian Revolution, including a journal about the conflicts between rival Haitian leaders Henri Christophe (1767-1820) and Alexandre Pétion (1770-1818), as well as legal documents signed by Henri Christophe and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) and financial documents and correspondence pertaining to Johnson's business and social affairs.
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Simeon Johnson Papers, 1805-1807

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Consists of papers of Simeon Johnson (1770-1807), an American merchant residing in Gonaïves, Haiti, following the Haitian Revolution, including a journal about the conflicts between rival Haitian leaders Henri Christophe (1767-1820) and Alexandre Pétion (1770-1818), as well as legal documents signed by Henri Christophe and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) and financial documents and correspondence pertaining to Johnson's business and social affairs.

14 Africans vs. One American by Frederic Fox, 1962

C0159 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of the corrected typescript and corrected galley proof of the book 14 Africans vs. One American (1963) by American journalist Frederic Fox (Princeton Class of 1939).
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Latinx Collective Records, 2015

AC431 35 digital files 1 website
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The Latinx Collective formed as an unofficial student organization in the fall of 2015 with the goal to support Latinx students on campus and encourage University administration to respond to the state of their lived and varied student experiences. The records include information about activism for the Princeton Latinx community, including meetings with administrators, town hall meetings, and proposal documents.
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Petition of Latinx Students Calling for a Better Princeton, 2015

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This file contains drafts and the press release of the petition Latinx Students Calling for a Better Princeton. The petition includes concerns that Latinx students raised during the Collective's Town Hall on November 18, 2015. Among other things, the petition calls for an expanded Latinx studies program, centralization of campus resources for students of color, and improved support structures for undocumented students.

Gordon Alexander Craig Papers, 1946-1956

AC353 1 box
Gordon Alexander Craig was an American historian specializing in German and diplomatic history who taught at Princeton and Stanford. The Gordon Alexander Craig Papers document several projects the historian was involved with while a professor at Princeton including the Marine Corps History Project for which Craig served as chairman of the editorial board, and the Princeton response to the loyalty oath controversy at the University of California in 1950-1951.

Andrew Jackson Collection, 1821-1841

C1092 1 box 1.7 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, the bulk of which dates from the time of his presidency (1829-1837).

Sidney D. Gamble Photographs, 1911-1919

C0319 2 boxes
Consists of eleven photograph albums of Sidney D. Gamble (Princeton Class of 1912). Two contain photographs taken during his senior year at Princeton; the remaining albums are filled with photographs which reflect the life he knew in China as a Y.M.C.A. official (1918-1919, 1924-1927).
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Sidney D. Gamble Photographs, 1911-1919

Consists of eleven photograph albums of Sidney D. Gamble (Princeton Class of 1912). Two contain photographs taken during his senior year at Princeton; the remaining albums are filled with photographs which reflect the life he knew in China as a Y.M.C.A. official (1918-1919, 1924-1927).

Showles Circus Costume Collection, 1866-1870

TC067 6 boxes 6.5 linear feet
William Showles (1856-1924) was an American circus equestrian. The Showles Circus Costume Collection consists of parts of costumes--caps, shoes, jackets, tights, and an equestrian hat--worn by members of the Showles family, equestrians who traveled with small circuses from the mid-1800s until after the beginning of this century.
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Showles Circus Costume Collection, 1866-1870

William Showles (1856-1924) was an American circus equestrian. The Showles Circus Costume Collection consists of parts of costumes--caps, shoes, jackets, tights, and an equestrian hat--worn by members of the Showles family, equestrians who traveled with small circuses from the mid-1800s until after the beginning of this century.

David Graham Phillips Manuscripts, 1902-1950

C0124 14 boxes 5.6 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, essays, and articles of American journalist and author David Graham Phillips (Princeton Class of 1887).