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

C0462 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.
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Daniel Webster Collection, 1824-1852

C1279 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents of and about Daniel Webster, the nineteenth-century American attorney, congressman, and secretary of state.
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Manuscripts Division

Frederic Vinton Correspondence, 1847-1899

C0344 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of Frederic Vinton, librarian at Princeton from 1873 to 1890.
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Baldwin Family Gold Rush Collection, 1809-1852 (mostly 1849-1852)

C1357 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists for the most part of California "Gold Rush" papers (1849-1852) of several members of the Baldwin family of Utica, N.Y. Images of this collection are also available online at Digital PUL.
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J. Arthur Hutton Angling Notebooks, 1886-1891

C1570 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of two notebooks or scrapbooks dating from 1886 to 1891 kept by noted English angler, J. Arthur Hutton that include a series of essays read before the Manchester Anglers' Association and monthly entries of descriptions of fishing flies.
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Notebook of Essays, 1886-1891

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionJ. Arthur Hutton Angling Notebooks, 1886-1891
Handwritten journal spanning 269 pages (some of which are blank) that primarily includes a series of essays read before The Manchester Anglers' Association: "Fishing in Derbyshire" (1886) with a map and illustration by the author along with a contemporary newspaper review of the talk with letters to the editor; "The Dove" (1887); "Grayling Fishing" (1887); "Water Flies" (1888), written for the Manchester Anglers' Notebook, with 3 printed color plates of flies; "Manchester Anglers' Notebook," a suggested preface which was not adopted; "Northern Angler's Conference," a speech to move a resolution in favour of better protection of grayling (Leeds November 17, 1888); "Angling Writers on the Distribution of Grayling" (1888); "500 Miles in Norway" (1888), in which Hutton recounts a fishing trip (56 pages); and "A Plea for the Grayling," the opening of a discussion on the advisability of introducing Grayling into the Ribble at Horton (1891).
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Fishing Scrapbook, 1886

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionJ. Arthur Hutton Angling Notebooks, 1886-1891
A monthly (January-July 1886) scrapbook of 55 handmade fishing flies (actual flies tipped in) with handwritten descriptions. Also included is a handwritten treatise of fly-tying with accompanying drawings by the author; and fishing ephemera, including clippings, cards (including a double-page card titled "Derbyshire Flies" and two of Hutton's membership cards for Ribble Angling Association (1884) and Birdsgrove Fly Fishing Club (1885)), letters, and flies.
Manuscripts Division

Fevzi Çakmak Diaries, 1911-1950

C0928 1 box 7 items 0.4 linear feet
The Fevzi Çakmak Diaries consists of diaries, a notebook, and a calendar of the Turkish military leader and government official Fevzi Çakmak.
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Rare Book Division

Ereunes ston Hellēniko agrotiko chōro, 1976-1977

RCPXR-7779025 8 boxes 3.2 linear feet
Consists of bound volumes of completed questionnaire forms relating to research project on Greek rural communities.
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Manuscripts Division

Nineteenth-Century New Mexico Military Collection, 1847-1883

WC024 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of nineteenth-century correspondence and documents relating to the procurement of supplies at Forts Craig, Cummings, Union, and Sumner in New Mexico.
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Manuscripts Division

Nicola Fergola Papers, 1769-1824

C0091 1 volume 0.1 linear feet
Consists of approximately 90 items relating to the Neopolitan mathematics professor Nicola Fergola.
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Manuscripts Division

Nicholas Biddle Collection, 1800-1838

C1013 2 boxes 1.5 linear feet
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Consists of material, primarily correspondence, relating to Nicholas Biddle, one of the first directors of the Bank of the United States and author of the official Lewis and Clark narrative.
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Manuscripts Division

Newton T. Hartshorn Collection, 1861-1864

C1073 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of thirty-six letters written by Captain Newton T. Hartshorn, U.S. Army, to his brother during the Civil War.
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Manuscripts Division

Intermission, by Calvin Tomkins, 1947-1951

C0476 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts of Calvin Tomkins (Princeton Class of 1947) for his first novel, Intermission (1951).
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Manuscripts Division

David Hellyer Business Records, 1793-1896

C0443 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of busines records relating to David Hellyer's ninetheenth-century weaving business in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Manuscripts Division

New Series of Islamic Manuscripts, 1300-1920

C0765 2400 items 195 linear feet
Consists of approximately 5000 texts in 2194 volumes.
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Manuscripts Division

New Mexico Documents Collection, circa 1777-1890

C1397 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of retained copies of 66 notarial documents for primarily 19th-century land transactions in what is now the state of New Mexico.
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Princeton University Archives

New Jersey Board of University Extension Records, 1914-1916

AC298 1 box
The New Jersey Board of University Extension was proposed in 1915 by Princeton president John Grier Hibben to formulate a strategy for the coordination of the university extension programs of the various colleges in the New Jersey area. The records consist of organizational materials pertaining to the formation of the Board as well as plans and conference minutes. Also included are letters from conference invitees, indicating their intentions to attend.
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New Jersey Board of University Extension Records, 1914-1916

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPrinceton University Archives
The New Jersey Board of University Extension was proposed in 1915 by Princeton president John Grier Hibben to formulate a strategy for the coordination of the university extension programs of the various colleges in the New Jersey area. The records consist of organizational materials pertaining to the formation of the Board as well as plans and conference minutes. Also included are letters from conference invitees, indicating their intentions to attend.
Manuscripts Division

New Granada Slavery Collection, 1757-1812

C1052 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 58 manuscript leaves, comprising 27 Spanish documents, relating to the buying and selling of slaves in the Kingdom of New Granada (now Colombia).
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Manuscripts Division

J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind, 1937

C0011 1 box
The J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind consists of galley proofs of the book by the American educator, psychologist, and author J. B. (Joseph Banks) Rhine (1895-1980).
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Manuscripts Division

Nelson A. Miles Memorabilia, 1897

WC016 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of a scrapbook of memorabilia collected by U.S. Army officer Nelson A. Miles while in England representing the United States at Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897.
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Lewis Science and Engineering Library

Mechanical Engineering Department: Heat Transfer (HT) Technical Reports, 1960-1963

ENG022 5 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
The collection consists of five M.S.E and Ph.D theses on topics related to heat transfer. Part of the research has been supported by Higgins Research Funds.
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Princeton University Archives

Nassau Hall War Memorial records, 1946-1950

AC274 1 box
In 1946 the University unveiled a memorial to those students who had been lost during the Second World War in Nassau Hall. The records document the planning and execution of the memorial including pictures, preliminary lists of honorees, correspondence with parents and campus groups, and programs from the memorial's unveiling ceremony.
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Manuscripts Division

Mrs. Humphry Ward Marcella Manuscripts, circa 1894

C0184 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of holograph drafts of several chapters, and other manuscript material, for Marcella, a novel by British novelist Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920) who wrote under her married name as Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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Manuscripts Division

M. Roberts Yaquis photographs collection, 1909

C1401 1 box .5 linear feet
Consists of 12 silver gelatin photographs (8 measuring 8x10 inches; 4 measuring 5x7 inches) of the Yaquis extermination by M. Roberts of Hermosilla, some with manuscript notations on the verso.
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Manuscripts Division

Mowry Family of Rhode Island Collection, 1722-1785

C1137 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of account books of members of the Mowry family, who were among the first settlers of Providence, Rhode Island.
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Manuscripts Division

Morris Weeks Manuscripts, 1969

C0620 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts of Hello Mexico (1970), a work by Morris Weeks (Princeton Class of 1934) which describes the history, government, and culture of the people of Mexico.
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Manuscripts Division

Granville Wilcox Correspondence, 1852-1857

C1261 1 box 0.2 linear feet
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Consists chiefly of letters sent by Granville Wilcox to members of his family in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a member of the Class of 1856.
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Manuscripts Division

Moore Furman Collection, 1793-1808

C1063 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected eighteenth-century letters and documents of businessman Moore Furman, deputy quartermaster general of New Jersey during the American Revolution.
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Rare Book Division

Arthur Friedman Collection of Programs and Playbills, 1893-1973

TC019 4 boxes 13 Volumes 7 linear feet
Arthur Friedman is an American collector in music and theater. His collection consists of bound scrapbooks of opera programs and playbills for theater and concert performances covering eighty years of regular attendance by Friedman in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and various legitimate theaters.
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Manuscripts Division

Francis Vielé-Griffin Collection, 1875-1932

C0198 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Contains manuscripts and miscellany, but the bulk of the collection consists of family and literary correspondence of the American-born French poet Francis Vielé-Griffin.
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Manuscripts Division

Henri Lemoine Diamond Fraud Collection, 1904-1907

C1403 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Henri Lemoine was a French charlatan who, in 1904-1907, defrauded Sir Julius Wernher, a German-born British owner of South African diamond mining companies, out of thousands of pounds in a scheme to produce synthetic diamonds. The collection consists of papers relating to the men's contractual agreements: correspondence, contracts, letters of intent, and other documents.
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Manuscripts Division

F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1880-1973 (mostly 1930-1957)

C0535 2 boxes 1.65 linear feet
Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.
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David Schankler Papers on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, 1967-2013 (mostly 1967-1971)

C1694 .75 linear feet 2 boxes 1 digital file .44 GB
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Consists of various literature, ephemera, correspondence of, and a video interview with, Princeton alumni and anti-war activist David Schankler '71 concerning the antiwar movement of the period 1967-1971 broadly as well as related events and activities at Princeton University while he was a student.
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Miscellaneous Princeton University-Specific Materials, 1967-1971

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionDavid Schankler Papers on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, 1967-2013 (mostly 1967-1971)
Includes pamphlets, newsletters, clippings, petitions, calls for protest, and other writings and ephemera of related to activities and events at Princeton University. These include copies of the Princeton Notice, The Dissenter (the local SDS newsletter), position papers by the SDS Revolutionary Youth Movement Princeton chapter about IDA (the Institute for Defense Analysis), and others. A list of those active in the movement at Princeton is also included.
Manuscripts Division

Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893

WC008 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.
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Princeton University Archives

Frederick H. Osborn Papers, 1941-1963

AC322 1 box
The Papers of Frederick H. Osborn, Class of 1910, (1889-1981) cover some of Osborn's service to, and interest in, the University as a charter trustee from 1943-1955 and as a member of several advisory boards, including the Curriculum Committee and Psychology Department Council.
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Manuscripts Division

Douglas Goldring Collection, 1926-1960

C1066 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of Douglas Goldring, English writer and journalist.
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F. Anstey Collection, 1884-1920

C1068 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas Anstey Guthrie ("F. Anstey"), a popular British writer of humorous fantasy novels.
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Manuscripts Division

John Bright Letters, 1845-1908

C0203 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of over forty letters by John Bright written while he was a member of Parliament and addressed to various individuals.
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Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous Ottoman Turkish Collection, 1802-1929

C1251 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected official and legal documents from the period of the late Ottoman Turkish Empire.
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John Dunn Gardner Papers, 1855-1859

C0785 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected papers of John Dunn Gardner, a nineteenth-century high sheriff of Cambridgeshire, England.
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Manuscripts Division

John Jay by Frank Monaghan, 1935

C0332 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of the original typescript of history professor Frank Monaghan's John Jay (1935), a biography of the American founding father.
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Emily Hale Collection, 1929-1967 (mostly 1929-1930)

C1294 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of selected letters of J. J. Hayes sent to Emily Hale related to the Irish theater in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
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Manuscripts Division

Kenneth Roberts Letters to Malcolm Johnson, 1936-1955

C1461 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of letters by the American historical novelist Kenneth Roberts to his Doubleday editor, Malcolm Johnson.
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A. J. A. Symons collection, 1910-1993 (mostly 1910-1929)

C1301 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of the twentieth-century British biographer and bibliophile A. J. A. Symons.
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James Creese Letters to Thomas H. English, 1918-1971

C0678 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of approximately 175 letters by college president James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918) to his Princeton classmate and friend Thomas H. English, who became a professor of English at Emory University, Georgia.
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C. P. Heaslop Letters to His Wife, 1870-1880

C0715 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 150 letters (1870-1880) by Major C. P. Heaslop to his wife describing his service in the Royal Marine Artillery while stationed primarily in the Mediterranean.
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Manuscripts Division

England - Argentina Trade Collection, 1859-1885

C1287 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents relating to Liverpool (England) merchants and their shippers and counterparts in Buenos Aires (Argentina) during the second half of the nineteenth century. Correspondence (1882-1885) between Alexander Gifford (Liverpool) and his brother Edward (Buenos Aires) forms the bulk of the material.
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Levering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (mostly 1963-1971)

WC037 2 boxes 0.60 linear feet
Consists of papers of journalist Levering Cartwright (Princeton University Class of 1926) relating to the association of "Death Valley Scotty" (Walter Scott, 1872-1954), an eccentric prospector, Wild West show entertainer, and hoaxer, with his friend and financier, Albert M. Johnson, an insurance company executive.
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Miscellaneous, dates not examined

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionLevering Cartwright Collection on "Death Valley Scotty", 1939-1973 (mostly 1963-1971)
Contains 12 folders, of which 3 folders have correspondence (1939-1973, undated); 1 contains transcripts and reel-to-reel tapes of William F. Keys interviews; 2 contain approximately 75 color and black-and-white photographs of Scott, Keys, and Scott's home, "Death Valley Castle," primarily dating from the 1960s; 1 contains a photographic postcard (silver gelatin print) signed by Scotty and others, dated 1908; 1 contains postcards from the Death Valley area; and 4 contain newspaper clippings.
Manuscripts Division

C. Hart Merriam Collection, 1891-1925

WC124 4 boxes
Consists of a fragment of the Merriam archive on the Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) as well as other materials relating to documentation of Alaskan wildlife and native peoples in the early 1890s. Most of the material is the result of proofing the illustration of a series of published papers documenting the expedition and its findings.
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Miscellaneous, dates not examined

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionC. Hart Merriam Collection, 1891-1925
Contains documents and illustrations pertaining to botany, specifically sets of proofs of black-and-white and color prints (including photogravures) of Alaskan flora. Illustrations of Alaskan wildlife are also included, as well as other illustrations (maps, diagrams, etc.) and headpieces, all for publication. A proof-draft of the C.C. Nutting's 1901 publication of The Hydroids (Washington Academy of Sciences) is also included, with illustrations.
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Miscellaneous, dates not examined

Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionC. Hart Merriam Collection, 1891-1925
Contains over 70 gravures and photogravures of Alaskan environs and fauna, along with documents and typewritten manuscripts related to publication. There is also some correspondence and over 35 printed maps, some of which are duplicates. This box also contains 10 silver gelatin and albumen photographs of varying sizes, from 20x24 cm. to a stereograph (17x8 cm.). Some materials in this box pre-date the Harriman Expedition (1899).
Manuscripts Division

Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950

C0303 7 boxes 2.8 linear feet
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.
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Brigham Young Collection, 1846-1968 (mostly 1846-1872)

WC004 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Contains selected correspondence of American pioneer and religious leader Brigham Young. Images of this collection are also available online at Digital PUL.
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Manuscripts Division

Alyse Gregory Correspondence, 1944-1967

C0306 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence of the American suffragette Alyse Gregory with her friend A. H. Degenhardt.
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Princeton University Archives

Brooke Stoddard Collection on the University Press Club, 1935-2005

AC481 1 box
Brooke R. Stoddard, Class of 2005 is a member of the University Press Club (UPC), who wrote a senior thesis about the history of the UPC in 2005. The collection contains correspondence and interviews with Princeton UPC alumni that Stoddard used for his research, as well as copies of clippings and printed materials.
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Manuscripts Division

Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave's Collection on Alina d'Eldir, circa 1829 - 1950s (mostly 1829-1845)

C1624 1 box
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Consists of correspondence and other materials collected by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave relating to Alina d'Eldir, including her biography, her work with magnetism treatments, and the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle.
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Materials Related to the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle, circa 1834-1912

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Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionMathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave's Collection on Alina d'Eldir, circa 1829 - 1950s (mostly 1829-1845)
Includes a typewritten statement and bibliography regarding d'Eldir and Ordre Asiatique contemporaries, J. B. M. Gence and Agricol-Joseph Fortia d'Urban; original certificates and a handwritten copy of a certificate from the Cercle de la Noble Porte and the Ordre Asiatique to Villenave and le Baron de Saint-Mexant, Armand-Charles; printed and handwritten copies of speeches by Alina d'Eldir; a handwritten copy of the statutes of the organization; a handwritten timeline of the founding of the organization; and on the verso of the timeline a handwritten inventory of letters from Fortia d'Urban and Villenave. The copies are undated.
Manuscripts Division

H. L. Mencken Letters to Rev. Dr. Herbert Parrish, 1914-1925

C1208 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 108 letters by the influential American editor, author, and critic H. L. Mencken to Rev. Dr. Herbert Parrish, who was the rector of Christ Church in New Brunswick, N.J.
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George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1971 (mostly 1953-1955)

C0782 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Greek poet and Nobel Prize winner George Seferis.
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Princeton University Archives

Association of Princeton Puerto Rican Alumni Records, 1980-1989

AC461 1 box 44 digital files
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
The Association of Princeton Puerto Rican Alumni or APPRA was formed in September 1982 to assist in increasing the recruitment and admissions of Puerto Rican students to the university, and to encourage a thriving Puerto Rican community on campus. This collection consists of paper and digital records including: financial records, bylaws, recruitment material, and correspondence.
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Manuscripts Division

Cole Family Papers, 1883-1913

C1465 2 boxes 1.7 linear feet
Consists of the papers of Harriet and Alma Cole, wife and daughter of Charles K. Cole, largely relating to the women's stakes in mining operations in Montana and Colorado.
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Public Policy Papers

Mildred Harford Correspondence with Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva), 1973-2007

MC265 1 box
This collection contains letters, cards, photographs and clippings from Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva) to her friend Mildred Harford. After defecting from the Soviet Union, Peters lived a transitory life in the United States, at one point denouncing the west and returning to the USSR, and eventually retunring to the United States, where she died in 2011.
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Mildred Harford Correspondence with Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva), 1973-2007

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryPublic Policy Papers
This collection contains letters, cards, photographs and clippings from Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva) to her friend Mildred Harford. After defecting from the Soviet Union, Peters lived a transitory life in the United States, at one point denouncing the west and returning to the USSR, and eventually retunring to the United States, where she died in 2011.
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"Migrant Pennsylvanian" by Marcus S. Hottenstein, 1966

C0454 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of a typescript copy (carbon) of Migrant Pennsylvanian, an unpublished autobiography by lawyer Marcus S. Hottenstein, in which he reflects on the changes in transportation, economics, politics, and entertainment which took place during the decades from his birth in 1876 up to 1966.
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Manuscripts Division

James Baldwin Playboy Interview, 1967-1968

C1557 2 boxes
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Consists of sound recordings, a transcription, and editorial notes documenting an interview of American writer James Baldwin conducted by Alex Haley (1921-1992) and Jim Goode (James A. Goode, d. 1992) in late 1967 and early 1968 for Playboy but never published in the magazine. The interview is conversational and wide-ranging, with Baldwin responding to questions about his personal and artistic life, as well as about larger social issues surrounding racism, sexuality, politics, economics, and activism.
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James Baldwin Playboy Interview, 1967-1968

SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Firestone LibraryManuscripts Division
Consists of sound recordings, a transcription, and editorial notes documenting an interview of American writer James Baldwin conducted by Alex Haley (1921-1992) and Jim Goode (James A. Goode, d. 1992) in late 1967 and early 1968 for Playboy but never published in the magazine. The interview is conversational and wide-ranging, with Baldwin responding to questions about his personal and artistic life, as well as about larger social issues surrounding racism, sexuality, politics, economics, and activism.
Manuscripts Division

James Robertson Collection, 1781-1804

C1211 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of later eighteenth and early nineteenth-century correspondence and documents regarding monies owed to James Robertson by the estate of Lord James Drummond, the Earl of Perth.
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Manuscripts Division

James Clement Moffat Collection, 1832-1861

C1128 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts and corresondence of the nineteenth-century Scottish-born church historian and educator James Clement Moffat.
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Manuscripts Division

Einstein in Japan Collection, 1920-1923

C0904 3 boxes 3.7 linear feet
Consists of memorabilia from German physicist Albert Einstein's 1922 trip to Japan.
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Manuscripts Division

George Wingrove Cooke "Memoirs of Lord Bolingbroke" Manuscript, 1834-1835

C1494 1 box 1.0 linear foot
A bound volume of the complete manuscript of "Memoirs of Lord Bolingbroke" by British lawyer and historian George Wingrove Cooke (1814-1865).
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Manuscripts Division

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

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

Charles P. Staubach World Cruise Collection, 1930

C0985 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of photographs and ephemera from the beginning part of a 1930 world cruise taken by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Staubach of Glen Ridge, N.J.
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Maxwell Bodenheim Collection, 1923-1955

C1316 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of correspondence of the American poet and novelist Maxwell Bodenheim.
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Max Beerbohm Caricatures, 1900

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

Matthew Phipps Shiel Collection, 1892-1946

C1199 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence of Matthew Phipps Sheil, a prolific British writer of fantasy fiction, with editors, literary agents, publishers, and other authors.
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Mathematics Correspondence of Sylvester Robins, 1880-1899

C0515 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of nineteenth-century correspondence of Sylvester Robins discussing mathematical questions, computations, and solutions.
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Public Policy Papers

Lucy Kleppel Collection on the Democratic National Convention, 1972

MC299 1 box
Lucy Kleppel traveled from Evanston, Illinois to Miami in 1972 to volunteer at the Democratic National Convention. The collection consists of material she gathered there.
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Princeton University Archives

Master's Theses Collection, 1894-2010

AC101 2100 Volumes
Graduate work in a formal sense emerged at Princeton in the 1870s when President James McCosh added new faculty and graduate fellowships. This collection consists of theses submitted toward the fulfillment of requirements for master's degrees at Princeton University.
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Manuscripts Division

Lincoln Gilmore Smith Collection, 1950-1966

C1205 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of miscellaneous material of Lincoln Gilmore Smith, a physicist and professor of physics at Princeton University, relating to his construction and use of mass spectrometers.
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Manuscripts Division

Mary Randolph Letters to Penelope Pennington, 1813-1819

C1180 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of seventeen letters of English socialite Mary Randolph to her literary friend Penelope Pennington.
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Manuscripts Division

Mary Mapes Dodge Collection, 1873-1904

C1324 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, the American children's writer.
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Mary Anne Hughes Letters to J. T. J. Hewlett, 1842-1844

C1300 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters by Mary Anne Hughes to nineteenth-century English novelist J. T. J. Hewlett.
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Manuscripts Division

Francis C. Brown Collection of French Royal Marriage Contracts, 1607-1846

C0610 33 Volumes 2.7 linear feet
Consists of 32 bound volumes, each containing an original, French, royal marriage contract with supplementary biographical sketches and portraits of the witnesses who signed the contracts, collected by Francis C. Brown (Princeton Class of 1958). The first two volumes are alphabetical catalogues of the marriage contracts
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Manuscripts Division

Marquis Astolphe de Custine Letters to Comtesse Merlin, 1836-1855

C1577 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 273 letters, most of which are from French aristocrat, writer, and socialite Marquis Astolphe de Custine to his close friend, María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de Merlin. Reflecting on a myriad of topics, Custine's letters offer insight into the political, intellectual, social, and cultural happenings in Europe during a time of great change while also providing insight into his own character.
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Marquis Astolphe de Custine Letters to Comtesse Merlin, 1836-1855

Firestone LibraryManuscripts Division
Consists of 273 letters, most of which are from French aristocrat, writer, and socialite Marquis Astolphe de Custine to his close friend, María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de Merlin. Reflecting on a myriad of topics, Custine's letters offer insight into the political, intellectual, social, and cultural happenings in Europe during a time of great change while also providing insight into his own character.
Manuscripts Division

Maria P. Hedden Diaries, 1892-1925

C1737 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 24 diaries kept by Maria P. Hedden of Edgartown, Massachusetts, on Martha's Vineyard.
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Margarita Aguirre Correspondence, 1958-1981

C0267 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence between Chilean author Margarita Aguirre and novelist and fellow countryman José Donoso.
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Margaret White Correspondence with William Malliol, 1962-1989

C1608 2 boxes
Consists of correspondence between Margaret White and American author William Malliol (William T. McInenly).
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Public Policy Papers

Margaret Tutwiler diaries, 1989-1992

MC252 1 box
Four diaries document the work and life of Margaret Tutwiler during her time as Assistant Secretary of State during the George H. W. Bush presidential administration.
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Benson Lossing Collection, 1853-1889

C1112 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material of the nineteenth-century American author and illustrator Benson Lossing.
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Anne Squire Correspondence, 1889-1920 (mostly 1900-1920)

C1269 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of primarily of letters to Anne Squire from literary figures and friends.
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Barrows Dunham Manuscripts, 1947-1953

C0154 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of the typed manuscripts of two books of philosophy by American professor Barrows Dunham: Man Against Myth and Giant in Chains.
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Malcolm Cowley Collection Related to The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1949-1950

C1323 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of related correspondence, typescripts, editorial notes, and galley proofs for The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Selection of 28 Stores, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1951, which American author and critic Malcolm Cowley edited and introduced.
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Main Line: A Philadelphia Novel Collection, 1949

C0143 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of the original manuscripts (both holograph and typed) of Main Line: A Philadelphia Novel by American author, Livingston Biddle (Princeton Class of 1940).
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MacMartin Family Correspondence, 1827-1878

C0495 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists predominantly of nineteenth-century correspondence between members of the MacMartin family of New York and New Jersey.
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Joline Family Collection, 1814-1950 (mostly 1869-1912)

C1144 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of members of the Joline family of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Lucy A. Merrill Diaries, 1873-1931

C1738 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of 25 diaries, primarily kept by Lucy Amanda Merrill of Hudson, New Hampshire.
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John G. Reynolds Journal, 1837

WC011 1 box 0.2 linear feet
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Consists of a journal containing daily notations and copies of correspondence between Reynolds and his military superiors and the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs during an emigration expedition (1837) of Creek Indians.
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Doubleday & Company File of Louis Kronenberger Correspondence, 1959-1981 (mostly 1970-1979)

C1579 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of letters from critic, novelist, and biographer Louis Kronenberger to his editors at Doubleday & Company.
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John and Martha Bowen Letter Book Concerning Bowen Hall Sugar Plantation, 1822-1848

C1490 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 136 letters from John Bowen (1794-1835) and his wife Martha Powell Anthony Bowen (1797-1849) of Philadelphia (Pa.) documenting in great detail the management of Bowen Hall, their sugar plantation located in Vere, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, including its varied finances, seasonal production and export of sugar and rum, and the treatment allocated to its enslaved workers and newly-emancipated population. The letters provide insights into the final throes of the institution of slavery in Jamaica and the abolishment of the practice in 1834; the Jamaican sugar industry; and British politics of the early 19th century in relation to its colonies and trade.
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John and Martha Bowen Letter Book Concerning Bowen Hall Sugar Plantation, 1822-1848

Firestone LibraryManuscripts Division
Consists of 136 letters from John Bowen (1794-1835) and his wife Martha Powell Anthony Bowen (1797-1849) of Philadelphia (Pa.) documenting in great detail the management of Bowen Hall, their sugar plantation located in Vere, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, including its varied finances, seasonal production and export of sugar and rum, and the treatment allocated to its enslaved workers and newly-emancipated population. The letters provide insights into the final throes of the institution of slavery in Jamaica and the abolishment of the practice in 1834; the Jamaican sugar industry; and British politics of the early 19th century in relation to its colonies and trade.
Princeton University Archives

James Penrose Harland papers, 1906-1969

AC239 3 boxes
James Penrose Harland was a graduate of the Princeton University Class of 1913. The collection consists of James Penrose Harland's diaries, as well as clippings, photographs, postcards, and some correspondence.
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James Agee Letters, 1932-1938

C1329 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected letters by the American author, journalist, and screenwriter James Agee, addressed to his first wife, Olivia Saunders. Several of them date from the period Agee was in Alabama working on what would become Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941).
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James Agee Letters, 1932-1938

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Consists of selected letters by the American author, journalist, and screenwriter James Agee, addressed to his first wife, Olivia Saunders. Several of them date from the period Agee was in Alabama working on what would become Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941).
Manuscripts Division

George Morgan Collection, 1759-1806

C1394 1 box 0.4 linear feet
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
Consists of an open collection of material related to George Morgan, a Princeton farmer and landowner. Included are a journal containing a survey register for lands in western Pa., a personal account book, and miscellaneous correspondence.
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Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott, 1829-1858

C0338 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of three hundred forty-six account sheets kept by American lawyer John Morin Scott (Princeton Class of 1805) covering his legal work in Philadelphia from June 1829 through March 1858.
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Ingersoll Family Collection, 1797-1954 (mostly 1797-1865)

C1090 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of letters of the Constitution signer and Philadelphia lawyer Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
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Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938

C1160 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Bliss Perry, an American scholar and editor especially noted for his work in American literature.
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Herbert Trench Correspondence with Joseph Holbrooke, 1907-1913

C1238 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of letters by the Irish poet and playwright Herbert Trench to the English composer Joseph Holbrooke.
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