University Players Collection, 1948-1961
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The collection consists mainly of playbills, photographs, and clippings of press announcements and reviews of the University Players, a youthful group of Princetonians aspiring toward careers in the performing arts. Not entirely comprised of Princeton alumni and undergraduates, however, the organization provided experience and training for many hopefuls who have in fact succeeded in that goal. Taking its name from an earlier group with the same ambitions and who also made great contributions to American theatre and film, it provided the Princeton community with some exciting and meritorious summer theatre for more than a decade.
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University Hotel Records, 1876-1886
The University Hotel existed at the corner of Railroad Avenue (today University Place) and Nassau Street from 1876-1887. Consists of three volumes of guest registers from the University Hotel.
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Collection of Documents Related to the Incarceration of Japanese Americans at Tule Lake Relocation Center, 1941-1945
Consists of a collection of thirty-one miscellaneous documents concerning the incarceration of Japanese Americans by the United States government during World War II at the Tule Lake Relocation Center (later Tule Lake Segregation Center) and other American concentration camps. Most of the materials in this collection relate to a 1943 loyalty questionnaire and the resulting segregation at Tule Lake of those labeled as "disloyal," which led to thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans deciding to renounce their U.S. citizenship and apply for repatriation to Japan. Materials document resistance efforts by organized groups, such as Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi-dan, as well as individual acts of resistance by incarcerees.
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Public Works Administration Photographs of the Bonneville Dam Project, 1934-1943
Consists of a collection of seventy-six photographs documenting the construction and installation of power-generating machinery for the Bonneville Dam project in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Oregon, beginning in the Great Depression and continuing through World War II.
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Graduate School -- L to R: Vijay Stokes; Alfred Wong; Mohammed Guessous; Roderick Gibbons; students at U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, VA., 1962 March 28
Image number: 5693. Folder or item number: 4.
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Princeton Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Records, 1948-1972
Princeton University's Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program was started in 1946 amidst a wave of enthusiasm for the ROTC that followed World War II. The collection consists of publications, bulletins, course materials, and manuals pertaining to the Navy ROTC program at Princeton.
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1st Canadian Regiment, Continental Army, Payrolls and Muster Rolls, 1776-1854 (mostly 1776-1780)
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Consists of forty-three payroll sheets and fifteen muster rolls, dating from 1776 to 1780, of the 1st Canadian Regiment, which supported colonial efforts during the American Revolution. Also included is a copy of Senate Bill S. 186 submitted to the 33rd Congress by the Committee on Revolutionary Claims in 1854.
Colonel James Livingston's Battalion Payrolls and Muster Rolls, 1776-1780
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Consists of 7 payrolls or pay abstracts, including those for the months of February, 1778, August and September, 1778, January, April, and May, 1779; and 2 muster rolls, including one dated June 21, 1776, and one for November and December, 1780; as well as a couple of fragments.
Captain John Baptist Allen's Company Payroll and Muster Rolls, 1778 June-September
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Includes 1 payroll of the "Late Capt. John Baptist Allens Company" for August and September, 1778; and 2 muster rolls, including one dated June 28, 1778.
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Philadelphia Custom House Records, 1824-1928
Consists of correspondence and various records of the Philadelphia Customhouse dating from the 19th century to the early 1920s.
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United States Colored Troops 39th Infantry Regiment Muster Rolls, 1864 August 31-October 31
Consists of a complete set of muster rolls for the 39th Infantry Regiment of United States Colored Troops for the period of August 31st to October 31st, 1864, documenting African American soldiers who fought in the American Civil War in Virginia under the command of Colonel Ozora Pierson Stearns.
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United Spanish War Veterans Mrs. Edmund Rice Auxiliary Meeting Records, 1906-1922
Consists of three meeting ledgers documenting the activities of the Mrs. Edmund Rice Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans, an American women's organization run by suffragists and philanthropists that advocated for veterans and their families during the first two decades of the 20th century, including during World War I.
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United Service to China Records, 1934-1967 (mostly 1941-1950)
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The Records of United Service to China, Inc., known from 1941 to 1946 as United China Relief, Inc., document the activities of the organization from the early formation in 1940 to its official consolidation with the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China in 1966. In addition there is a limited amount of material from other Chinese relief agencies that predate the founding of United China Relief / United Service to China. The Records focus on UCR/USC attempts to raise money in the United States, to educate Americans about China and the Chinese people, and to carry on relief work in China. The collection consists primarily of correspondence among the various individuals and agencies involved with UCR/USC, along with other material produced by the agency, such as minutes and publicity material. In addition, the collection includes a series of photographs dealing with China during the 1940s and efforts in the United States to raise money for China during the same period.
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RCA Laboratories Contract: Technical Reports, 1957-1960
Consists of two technical reports created by the Department of Electrical Engineering. The research was conducted under contract with RCA Laboratories.
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Richard Ullman Papers, 1916-2006 (mostly 1960-2005)
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Richard Ullman (1933-2014) was a scholar of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. The collection documents Ullman's career as an academic, his service with the U.S. State Department and the Council on Foreign Relations, and his process of researching and publishing the three-volume Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1917-1971.
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James Ramsey Ullman Papers, 1915-1971 (mostly 1935-1970)
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Consists of the extant papers of James Ramsey Ullman (Princeton Class of 1929), American novelist, theatrical producer, world traveler, and mountain climber. Included are manuscripts of most of his major works, many shorter works, correspondence, and subject files.
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Collection of prayers, dates not examined
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Collection of prayers in Arabic attributed to the Bāb and Subḥ-i Azal.
Mirʼāt-i 38 (extract from Mirʼāt al-bayān?), dates not examined
Incipit: بسم الله الاحد الصمد فرد المعتمد العلى اول طرف مطرف متطرف مستطرف من استطرافات طزف مطرز طرّاز حضرت الطراف
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George C. Tyler Papers, 1899-1941
Consists primarily of correspondence between Broadway producer George C. Tyler and many well-known theater people including dramatists Eugene O'Neill and Booth Tarkington.
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Karl S. Twitchell Papers, 1911-1967
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Karl S. Twitchell was an American mining engineer who conducted extensive surveys in the Middle East, Europe, and South America between 1915 and the 1950s. His papers document the span of his career, particularly his interest in the Middle East, and include correspondence, journals, notes, reports, writings, topical files, photographs, and maps. Personal documents and correspondence with family and associates are also contained.
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Twining Family Papers, 1778-1934 (mostly 1845-1900)
Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature.
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Editorial Correspondence of The Independent, 1882-1899
This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton, 1856-1861 and 1864-1871, Henry Ward Beecher, 1861-1864, William Hayes Ward, 1868-1916, Kinsley Twining, literary editor, 1880-1899, and Hamilton Holt, 1897-1921. The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss [Susan Hayes] Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent.
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Margaret Tutwiler diaries, 1989-1992
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.
Margaret Tutwiler diaries, 1989-1992
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Douglas C. Tudor Naval Collection, 1905-1912
Consists of journals/logs and photograph albums of Royal Navy Midshipman Douglas C. Tudor, later a lieutenant.
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Joseph Tucker Papers, 1841-1875
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Consists of the ship's papers of Joseph Tucker while he was shipmaster of several Wiscasset, Maine, merchant ships. The materials reflect the trading activities of a thirty-year period (1841-1875) between ports including Charleston (SC), Savannah (GA), Liverpool, England, and Le Havre de Grâce (today, Le Havre), France.
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Kaiē Tsitselē Papers, 1898-2001
Consists of personal papers of Kaiē Tsitselē, Greek author and translator, who contributed to the dissemination of the Modern Greek literature outside Greece. The collection consists of manuscripts of some of Tsitselē's novels, short stories, radio scripts, and book reviews along with her English translations of Greek works. Correspondence with her friends and colleagues completes the collection.
To chameno patōma, 1977-1982
Consists of autograph and typed manuscripts of short stories published in the book To chameno patōma. Athens: Kedros, 1984. Most of the pieces have been translated into Greek by Nikos Phōkas. Included are: "Metaphrasē" ["Translation"] (Oct. 1977); "Epaneuthygrammisē" ["Re-Alignment"] (3 Nov. 1978); "Pōs na phtiaxeis hena dentro" ["To Make a Tree"]; "Enkōmio tēs stixēs" ["The Uses of Punctuation"]; two offprints of Dialogos 2 (1995) containing the article "The Uses of Punctuation: a story"; "Henas alliōtikos ēchos" ["Follow That Car"], date 1 Feb. 1981 is crossed out, (extract reprinted in Hē Lexē, 45 (June 1985), 546; "Hena cheri" ["A Hand"]; "Ho zōgraphos kai to montelo tou" ["The Painter and his Model"] (Spring 1982); "Gia kapnistes mono" ["Smokers Only"]; "Hē periptōsē tou chamenou patōmatos" ["The Case of the Missing Floor"]; "Hē phrasē pou teleiōse." There is also Tsitselē's autograph manuscript list of contents; autograph notes regarding the Greek translation of the book and typographical layout of texts; original and photocopies of the autograph and typed manuscript translations in Greek with handwritten emendations; autograph of an authorial note published at the end of the book, as well as the English and Greek blurb published on the back cover of her book. Apparently prepared for publicity material for Kedros (publisher) at Frankfurt book fair.
"Hē nychta chainei", 1991
Includes a notebook of an early draft for the short fiction "Hē nychta chainei" and a photocopy of an uncorrected autograph manuscript draft; a typed manuscript of the same story entitled "The Night, Agapē" translated from the Greek by Stauros Deligiorgis with handwritten emendations. There are also two typed manuscript drafts in Greek; on the verso of the last two pages there is an autograph letter by Pantelēs [Boukalas]. The story was original published in Hē Lexē, 101 (January-February 1991), 21-25.
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Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (mostly 1860-1900)
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Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.
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Gilbert Troxell Correspondence, 1939-1949
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.
Millicent Todd Bingham, 1948 January
A.L.S. to Troxell 25 January 1948 and TL from Yale Reference Librarian (unnamed) to Bingham, concerning a student who attended Yale in the 1820's.
Sinclair Lewis, 1939-1947
7 A.Ls.S. (all to Troxell) and 4 T.Ls.S. (1 to Mr. Tinker, 1 to James T. Babb, 2 to Troxell).
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William Cattell Trimble Papers, 1931-1976 (mostly 1954-1968)
William C. Trimble, Princeton University Class of 1930, was a career diplomat, serving as United States ambassador to Cambodia (1959-1962) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1965-1968) as well as serving in Brazil and Germany. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, and assorted memorabilia documenting Trimble's career.
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Luiz Forjaz Trigueiros Correspondence, 1935-1995
Consists of approximately 100 letters and postcards addressed to Trigueiros from seven correspondents: Jorge Amado (1967-1995), António S. Celestino (1973), Manuel Ferriera (1959-1966), Jesué Pinharanda Gomes (1960-1995), António Guedes de Amorim (1947-1971), Afonso Lopes Vieira (1935-1944), and José Rodrigues Júnior (1958-1987).
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Emily Treslove Diaries, 1818-1910
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Diaries spanning several years that belonged to Emily Treslove, wife of prominent English Barrister Thomas Crosby Treslove, as well various miscellaneous materials.
Diary, 1822
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Diary, 1831
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Series 1: P.L. Travers correspondence, drafts, notes, personal writing, 1905-1996 (mostly 1960-1996)
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A collection of correspondence, sketches, proofs, notes, personal writing, and legal documents relating to the life and career of P. L. Travers (1899-1996)
Princeton University Library Collection of Mary Shepard and P. L. Travers Materials, 1900s (mostly 1960-1996)
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A collection of correspondence, sketches, proofs, notes, personal writing, photographs, and legal documents related to the life and careers of P. L. Travers (1899-1996) and Mary Shepard (1909-2000).
Series 2: Mary Shepard Art and correspondence, photographs, 1943-1986 (mostly 1950-1975)
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Containing mostly Mary Shepard's original sketches for various Mary Poppins books, but also including Shepard's personal correspondence and various photographs of or with the Travers family.
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Princeton University Athletics Scrapbooks and Clippings Collection, circa 1914-1967, 1914-1967
Organized competitive athletics appeared on the Princeton campus in the 1850s and 1860s through the formation of intramural and intercollegiate athletics clubs which evolved over the ensuing century into the modern collegiate athletic system. The collection consists of scrapbooks and sets of clippings about sports and athletes at Princeton.
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Oral History of Theft of University Clapper, 1942, circa 2015
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Consists of an oral history video, recorded circa 2015, of Charles D. Towers, Jr. '1945 recounting his theft of the University Clapper in May of 1942. Also consists of the stolen clapper itself, which is also available for immediate research use.
Princeton University Class Records, 1798-2023
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The Class Records consist of a diverse set of materials documenting the history and activities of Princeton University classes during their time as undergraduates and as alumni. In the collection are correspondence, newsletters, publications, photographs, and memorabilia, all of which pertain to a particular Princeton University graduating class and its members.
Class of 1953 Reunion Films and Slides, 1949-1983
Consists of three super 8mm reels of color movies of the Class of 1953 at Princeton Reunions from 1960-1964, 1968, 1973, 1978 and 1983. Also contains two trays of 35mm slides of the class during its undergraduate years.
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Danubio Torres Fierro Papers, 1952-2003 (mostly 1971-2003)
Consists of selected correspondence of the Uruguayan writer and editor Danubio Torres Fierro.
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Ridgely Torrence Papers, 1833-1952 (mostly 1890-1951)
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Ridgely Torrence was an American poet, playwright, and editor of The New Republic, and his papers document the literary activity and relationship of a large group of American writers between the years 1890 and 1950. Particularly well-represented are American poets William Vaughn Moody and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
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Intermission, by Calvin Tomkins, 1947-1951
Consists of manuscripts of Calvin Tomkins (Princeton Class of 1947) for his first novel, Intermission (1951).
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John Payne Todd Correspondence, 1792-1824 (mostly 1810-1824)
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Consists of selected correspondence of John Payne Todd, stepson of President James Madison.
36 Letters and 1 Document, 1792-1824
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Carl Tobey Papers, 1940-1977 (mostly 1955-1976)
Consists mainly of correspondence and manuscripts of Tobey (Princeton Class of 1940) from the period (1955-1976) when he was a member of the staff of the Turkish Ministry of Education in Samsun, Turkey, teaching English.
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William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001
Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.
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William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, 1866-1889
The Tinsley brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries, and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. Consists of 77 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England.
Scott, Clement, 1874 April 25
Autograph letter signed, on printed letterhead of 8 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C., 25 April 1874. To the publisher Tinsley, informing him: "Read the enclosed. I have often thought of adding of course the full cast of every celebrated play. We might once more adopt the subscription plan for this . . . which would commend itself to playgoers. . . ."
Sketchley, Arthur [Pseudonym Of George Rose], 1878 July 19
Autograph letter signed ("George Rose"), 96 Glos'ter Place, Portman Square, 19 July 1878. To William Tinsley ("Respected Governor"), on literary business: "I must have the £25. offered by Routledge for the shilling edition. . . . I'll draw on you for £50 as you propose, let £25 stand over against the next book. . . . Dickens Evans have sent proofs, but the first chapter they have made a mull of to which I have called their attention. . . . Please understand that 'the Match in the dark' aint a circumstance to 'A Marriage of Conscience.'"
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Charles W. Tinckam Collection, 1866-1873
Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century English editor Charles W. Tinckam with about 45 poets, authors, songwriters, or their representatives, seeking permission to use their poems in his anthology The Poets' Year, Being Pastoral Pictures of the Season, which was published in 1874.
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Paul D. Tillett, Jr. Papers, 1952-1979
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The Paul D. Tillett, Jr. Papers contain research material Tillett compiled for his study entitled, "Social Costs of the Loyalty Program." The never-published research contended that the loyalty-security programs of the federal government profoundly affected political and social institutions within the United States. In particular, Tillett asserted that the government initiated and executed the loyalty-security programs without regard for the long-term effects on individuals and institutions.
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Simon Hastings by F. M. Tibbott, 1942
Consists of a draft of author F. M. Tibbot's novel Simon Hastings (1942).