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Sergeant Family Collection, 1746-1843

C1192 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about three members of the Sergeant family and their relationship with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) during the Colonial period: Jonathan Sergeant, his son Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, and his grandson John Sergeant.

Princeton University Library Collection of Robert Frost Materials, 1924-1977

C1060 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence, poetry, photographs, and printed material of and relating to 20th-century American poet Robert Frost.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Collection, 1753-1771

C1064 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted German poet and dramatist, author of Faust.

Benno Elkan Collection of Goethe, 1775-1832

C0314 2 boxes 1.8 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous material of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet/dramatist/man of letters, collected by Benno Elkan.

Aaron Marc Stein Mystery Novels, 1930-1984

C0255 30 boxes 9.7 linear feet
Contains manuscripts for 47 mystery novels written by American detective fiction writer Aaron Marc Stein.

Charles H. Schultz Collection, 1952-1958

AC387 3 boxes
Charles H. Schultz is a member of the Princeton Class of 1954. The collection consists of scripts, sides, photographs, reviews, programs, clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to the University Players, Theatre Intime, and the Triangle Club of Princeton during the years Schultz was a participant in these groups.

John Elphinston Papers Relating to the Russo-Turkish War, 1769-1850 (mostly 1769-1771)

C0951 5 boxes
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The John Elphinston Papers Relating to the Russo-Turkish War consists of log books, letter books, letters, and documents.

Mechanical Engineering Department: Elasticity (EM) Technical Reports, 1960-1963

ENG020 3 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
The three reports in the series are M.S.E. theses. The research has been supported by Higgins Research Funds.

Black Justice League Records, 2014-2016

AC430 207 digital files 1 websites
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The Black Justice League (BJL) is a coalition of undergraduate students at Princeton University with the stated purpose of standing in solidarity with Ferguson (Missouri) and dismantling racism on the Princeton University campus. The collection consists of two of the organization's social media webpages as well as an online petition that states the organization's demands.
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Medium Page, 2015-2016

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This page, which is intended for the general Princeton community, contains blog posts written by the Black Justice League pertaining to the group's #OccupyNassau protest and the university's response regarding the status of several buildings named for Woodrow Wilson. Also included is an open letter to black students of the Class of 2020, published on the occasion of their first week on campus.

Harvey Smith Novels, 1941-1965

C0638 3 boxes 1.8 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction by American novelist Harvey Smith (Princeton Class of 1917).

George R. Beach Princeton Football Scrapbooks Collection, 1924-1969

AC287 35 Volumes
George R. Beach was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1926. Consists of bound scrapbooks assembled by George R. Beach documenting Princeton's football team.

Philosophy Manuscripts of Walter Kaufmann, 1947-1975

C0469 14 boxes 5.4 linear feet
The Philosophy Manuscripts of Walter Kaufmann consists of manuscripts, galleys, and page proofs of many of the writings and translations of the American philosopher, educator, and author Walter Kaufmann (1921-1980).

Selected Papers of Irina Skariatina, 1932-1944

C0350 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Irina Skariatina, reflecting her Russian emigre experience and her years as a war correspondent for Collier's during World War II.

Charles Mackay Correspondence, 1857-1872

C1125 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of letters to Charles Mackay and George Routledge from 19th-century English and American poets giving permission for their poems to appear in the Mackay/Routledge illustratedd poetry anthology The Home Affections Pourtrayed by the Poets (1858).

Princeton University Library Collection of Walter Livingston Wright Materials, 1925-1947

C0119 3 boxes 1.5 linear feet
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Walter Livingston Wright, Jr. (Princeton Class of 1921) relating to his work in Turkey, Princeton, and Washington, D.C., as well as papers of his father, Walter Livingston Wright (Class of 1892) who was president of Lincoln University (Pa.).

Elizabeth Dodge Huntington Clarke Collection of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Calligraphy, 1803-1916

C0723-306e 7 boxes
Collection of Ottoman Turkish berat (imperial certificates of award or authorization), calligraphy, mottos and tughras.
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Tughra, 1803

Tughra of Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808. Signed "Eser-i hame-yi Elhac Mehmet Emir an Hacegan-i Divan-i Hümayun mütevelli Nur Osmani Hala sene 1218," i.e. 1803 or 1804 A.D. Painted on linen (?). Includes depiction of an upholstered chair and two bonquets. Gold on blue background; chair cushion in green and white.
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Pen and ink drawing in two panels, undated

Left panel shows the Ḥaram al-Sharīf in Jerusalem. At the center is the portal of al-Aqṣá Mosque and two minarets. Around the central image are drawings of other Jerusalem landmarks. Framed by a gray border 1 cm. wide. Right panel is a similar rendering of the Ḥaram in Medina. Locations of important sites in that city are identified in writing. Also bordered in gray, line drawings are highlighted with brown, green and yellow. The panels are separated by a row of geometric patterns tinted in pale yellow. The pictures are identified in 'unwans at the top of each panel.

Faculty Oral History Project, 1995-1998

AC475 2 boxes
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The Faculty Oral History Project was conducted by Richard Challener, Class of 1944, under the direction of Princeton University Archivist Ben Primer. The collection consists of audio files of interviews with faculty members of Princeton University about their experiences at Princeton.
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Tucker, Albert by Richard (Dick) Challener, 1997 March 19

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The interview deals with the history of the Department of Mathematics, the teaching of Army and Naval officers during WWII and war research, the department during the 1930s, the relationship with the Institute of Advanced Studies, Fine Hall, Presidents Harold Dodds and Bob Goheen. The original audiotape of the interview is not present.

Morris W. Croll Collection, 1905-1930

C0312 8 boxes 3.5 linear feet
Consists of the notes for lectures, articles, and books of Morris W. Croll, who taught literature at Princeton.

Steering Committee for the 20th Anniversary of Coeducation Records, 1988-1990

AC182 2 boxes
In the Fall of 1998, President Harold T. Shapiro, recognizing that many groups, individuals, and organizations were interested in planning events and projects related to the 20th anniversary of undergraduate coeducation, appointed a Steering Committee to coordinate and help support these activities. These records document the planning, implementation, and assessment of the actions of the Steering Committee.

Harold R. Medina Papers regarding Service to Princeton University, 1942-1966

AC392 2 boxes
Harold R. Medina was a well-known judge and active Princeton alumnus. These records document Judge Harold Medina's role as a trustee of Princeton University, a member of the Graduate Council, and a member of the advisory council for modern languages and literatures.
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John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842

C1237 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution." One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.

Princeton University Library Collection of Robert H. Taylor, 1900-2023 (mostly 1910-1986)

C1750 1 linear foot 3 boxes 2 folders
Consists of drafts of speeches, articles, and other writings; correspondence; obituaries and tributes; photographs; and interviews of Robert H. Taylor, a collector of books and manuscripts of English and American literature.

Steven Barclay Collection, 1904-2008 (mostly 1920-1940)

C1487 6 boxes 3.0 linear feet
A collection containing original manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, association copies of books, and other printed material, chiefly by or pertaining to Adrienne Monnier (1892-1955) and Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), and their respective bookshops in Paris: La Maison des Amis des Livres and Shakespeare & Company.
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Trois Agendas d'Adrienne Monnier, 1960 January 20

89 pp. Glassine dust jacket over wrappers. Published in limited edition five years after Monnier's death, and meant as a memorial keepsake for her friends, the volume gathers materials from her personal diaries from three distinct periods of her life. One copy bears the name of Roger Haour; the other is blank.

Moe Berg Papers, 1866-1991 (mostly 1943-1958)

C1413 25 boxes 19 linear feet
Morris "Moe" Berg (1902-1972) was a Major League Baseball player, linguist, and lawyer who became a spy in World War II. The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous and printed materials covering all aspects of his life and work, but relating primarily to Berg's work with multiple government agencies.
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Subseries 3B: Photographs by Topic, circa 1890s-1988

This subseries consists of photographs arranged by topic, such as baseball or portraits of Berg, without geographic distinctions. This subseries also consists of images of others and images by others, such as documentary prints of Moe Berg by the collector Charles Owen. These are identified at the folder-level when known. Additional information on specific origin and identified individuals is provided at the folder-level when known.

Samuel W. Lewis Papers, 1977-2010

MC303 5 boxes 14.67 linear feet
Samuel W. Lewis (1930-2014) was an American diplomat who is best known for his 1977-1985 service as U.S. Ambassador to Israel and active presence during the 1978 Camp David Summit. The Samuel W. Lewis Papers consist of speeches, correspondence, journals, oral history transcripts, and scrapbooks documenting Lewis's long career in the U.S. foreign service.

Louis Jefferson Collection on John Foster Dulles, 1954-1959

MC291 1 box
Louis Jefferson (1927-2006) served as John Foster Dulles's personal security guard for five years until Dulles's death in 1959. The collection is composed of scrapbooks created by Jefferson documenting his travels with Dulles.

George C. Fraser Collection, 1886-1935

WC038 11 boxes
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Consists of twelve diaries (1886-1922) containing typed or hand-written notes, approximately 2,110 photographs, approximately 350 lantern slides, and 100 postcards of Fraser (Princeton University Class of 1893) relating to his trips to the Southern and Southwestern United States and Canada with different family members and one (1886-1889) from several trips as a youth to Europe and the Middle East.
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Trip in Southern Utah, 1914

Typescript diary additionally titled "Memoranda of trip taken by G.C. Fraser, Sr., and Jr., to Southwestern Utah and Northwestern Arizona." Dated Sunday June 28, 1914 to Thursday, August 6, 1914. Includes approximately 370 silver gelatin snapshots and photographic postcards (ranging from 4x6 cm. to 18x12.5 cm.), and approximately 15 printed postcards. Most of the photographs have type-written or hand-written caption information, which also correspond to a guide to illustrations provided at the front of the diary. Additionally there are clippings, hand-drawn diagrams, etc.

Religion in Cuba: Protestant Churches in Cuba, 1926-1999

LAE076 183 items 6.5 linear feet
This collection contains materials published and / or distributed in Cuba by Protestant churches and organizations, and issued between 1926 and 1999.

Triangle Club Board of Trustee Records, circa 1966-1992, 2006-2011

AC368 4 boxes 2 items
The Triangle Club Board of Trustees, which is composed of Triangle Club alumni, was established in 1901 in order to promote the Club, enhance its reputation, make arrangements for the annual tour, and ensure a record of its activities. The collection documents the governance of the Triangle Club by its graduate Board of Trustees, particularly under the chairmanship of John Ball '52 (1973-1985), and includes bylaws, correspondence, reports and meeting agendas and minutes. The collection also includes minutes of the board of trustees meetings for 1983-1992 and 2006-2011.
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Triangle Club Board of Trustee Records, circa 1966-1992, 2006-2011

The Triangle Club Board of Trustees, which is composed of Triangle Club alumni, was established in 1901 in order to promote the Club, enhance its reputation, make arrangements for the annual tour, and ensure a record of its activities. The collection documents the governance of the Triangle Club by its graduate Board of Trustees, particularly under the chairmanship of John Ball '52 (1973-1985), and includes bylaws, correspondence, reports and meeting agendas and minutes. The collection also includes minutes of the board of trustees meetings for 1983-1992 and 2006-2011.

Princeton University Jazz Ensemble Recordings, 2010-2017

AC453 74688 digital files 1 websites
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The Princeton University Jazz Ensemble was a student-run jazz and swing band founded in the fall of 1974 by Gary Getz (Class of 1976) and Eva Lerner-Lam (Class of 1976). The Ensemble, whose first director was Mark Reboul (Class of 1977), formed independent of the University's Department of Music and remained so for much of its history. The Princeton University Jazz Ensemble Recordings contain primarily digitized audio recordings (raw and edited) of performances, web captures of the Ensemble's public wiki, and scant organizational records of the Ensemble from its inception in the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Also included in the collection are digitized recordings dating back to the 1940s from other student jazz bands and individuals at Princeton, including Stan Rubin, Sons of Bix, Prospective Sound, and Princeton 8-Balls.

Benjamin Franklin Bunn Papers, 1919-1963

AC024 3 boxes
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The Benjamin Franklin Bunn Papers consist of financial, business and administrative records which Bunn maintained for many Princeton clubs and associations during his 50 years at Princeton University. The papers also contain correspondence with many Princeton and Phillips Exeter Academy classmates, Princeton administrators, and family members. The Triangle Club material contains letters from F. Scott Fitzgerald and notable members of stage and screen.
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Series 2: Organizations, 1919-1962

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, financial materials, minutes, bylaws and constitutions, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, and other materials from the many organizations with which Bunn was involved. Organizations represented include the Princeton Class of 1907, Bric-a-Brac, Committee of Supervision, The Daily Princetonian, Nassau Sovereign, Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton Tiger, Triangle Club, Princeton Summer Theater, and Princeton University Band.

Civil Service Reform Association files, 1881-1896

MC037 3 boxes
Consists of some files of the Civil Service Reform Association and its affiliates, containing correspondence and reports urging that appointments to the Civil Service be based upon a competitive examination.

American Committee for Devastated France Records, 1919-1926

MC026 2 boxes 1 folder 2 items
The American Committee for Devastated France collection contains the annual reports, promotional pamphlets and minutes of this post-World War I relief organization. Newspaper clippings and routine correspondence between the group's treasurer and other staff members are also included in the collection.

Howard W. Ambruster Papers, 1927-1958

C0388 6 boxes 6.5 linear feet
The collection consists of American consulting engineer and newspaper columnist, Howard W. Ambruster's works, correspondence, miscellaneous material, and printed matter.

Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach, 1890s-1988 (mostly 1955-1988)

C1540 5 boxes 4.09 linear feet
This collection consists of selected papers of Frederic Dennis regarding Sylvia Beach, including correspondence of Sylvia Beach and members of her family, as well as letters from Noël Riley Fitch from 1977-1988, photographs of Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Co., her friends and family, and assorted clippings and other miscellany.

Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection, 1832-1954

C0341 20 boxes
Consists of the personal papers of Ernest Cushing Richardson, librarian of Princeton University Library from 1890 till 1925.

Heath Bowman Papers, 1923-1989

C0762 5 boxes 4.4 linear feet
Heath Bowman was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1931. After graduating, Bowman traveled extensively and later became a public affairs officer involved in Chile, Italy, France, and Yugoslavia. The papers consist of Bowman's 68 diaries from 1923 to 1989 and some of his photographs from the West Indies and South America.

Harpur Allen Gosnell Papers, 1890-1937

AC350 1 box
Harpur Allen Gosnell was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1912 who went on to become an engineer and a member of the Naval Reserve. The Harpur Allen Gosnell Papers consist of various documents pertaining to Gosnell's ultimately unsuccessful efforts to initiate a Princeton University chapter of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps between 1927 and 1930. Also in the papers are several items of a more personal nature relating to Gosnell's childhood.

Princeton University Library Collection of Triantaphyllos Pittas Materials, 1936-1984

C1612 0.2 linear feet 1 box
Consists of personal papers of Triantaphyllos Pittas, one of the most important writers of short stories in Greece.
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John Ingram and John Godfrey Collection, 1557-1839 (mostly 1819-1834)

C1078 2 boxes 1.4 linear feet
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Little is known of the nineteenth-century lives of John Ingram and his son-in-law, John Godfrey, other than that Ingram spent much of his time traveling in Italy and was a patron of Francesco Guardi. The collection includes letters to Ingram as well as notes, maps, and building plans by Ingram and Godfrey, and travel documents collected by Ingram.

Trapping Diaries of Donald Phillips, 1904-1940

WC060 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
Consists of thirteen diaries (1903, 1906-1908, 1912-1918, 1922-1923) by Donald Phillips describing his adventures as a trapper and hunter in Alberta, Canada, and the typed manuscript "Tracks Across My Trail" (1940), a transcription of the diaries edited by J. Monroe Thorington.
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Selected Manuscripts of Rudolf Ladenburg, 1889-1953 (mostly 1935-1952)

C0264 7 boxes 2.35 linear feet
Rudolf Ladenburg was a German-born scientist who became a nuclear physicist at Princeton University until his retirement in 1950. The collection contains some of Ladenburg's manuscripts, lecture and course notes, and notes on nuclear physics.

Communications Laboratory Technical Reports, 1964-1966

ENG008 13 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of technical Reports created by the Communications Laboratory at Princeton University from 1964 to 1966. The Communications Laboratory is a division of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University.

John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936

C1483 2 boxes 1.4 linear feet
The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.
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Princeton University Library Collection of William Cowper Materials, 1634-1877 (mostly 1770-1820)

C0137 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of the correspondence of renowned poet William Cowper as well as the correspondence of family, friends, and associates, much of which relates to Cowper.

Thomas Maxwell Henry Translations, 1911

C0582 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of English translations of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac and three of Theophile Gautier's short stories by Thomas Maxwell Henry (Princeton Class of 1879), an American lawyer.

Department of Electrical Engineering Solid State Electronics Laboratory Technical Reports, 1966, 1966

ENG025 2 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of two technical reports created by the Solid State Electronics Laboratory of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University in 1966.

Digital Systems Laboratory Technical Reports, 1960-1967

ENG013 54 Volumes 1.0 linear feet
Consists of technical reports created by the Digital Systems Laboratory of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. The reports issued after 1967 are associated with the Computer Science Laboratory.

Alexander Hamilton Collection, 1784-1803

C1067 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Alexander Hamilton, often regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Samuel Reber Collection, 1947-1957

C1255 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of several official documents from the years just following World War II, when Samuel Reber was Acting Deputy Director for the Office of European Affairs with the U.S. Department of State and, later, Acting United States High Commissioner for Germany.
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Samuel Reber Collection, 1947-1957

Consists chiefly of several official documents from the years just following World War II, when Samuel Reber was Acting Deputy Director for the Office of European Affairs with the U.S. Department of State and, later, Acting United States High Commissioner for Germany.