Taylor Family Papers, 1850-1904 (mostly 1865-1890)
Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.
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Henry Robert Taylor Family Papers, 1849-1915
Consists of a group of family papers documenting Henry Robert Taylor's role in a California gold prospecting company called Cunningham & Co. from 1849 to 1851, his travels in South America from 1852 to 1857, his survey work in the Nebraska Territory in 1858 and 1859, and his family's efforts to publish his travel journals in the early 20th century.
Land Surveys and Maps, 1850-1908
Includes a pencil map-plan of Sacramento, California, showing Sutter's Fort, streets, and rivers; a pen and ink map describing, as recorded on the verso, "a more correct idea about the localities of the different Indian Rancherios in the vicinity, the different bars on the rivers other important points;" and two surveys of property belonging to David Longfellow on Whitneyville and Machias road in Marshfield, Maine.
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Booth Tarkington Papers, 1812-1956 (mostly 1899-1946)
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Consists of extensive writings -- novels, plays, short stories, articles, film scenarios, radio scripts -- and correspondence of "The Gentleman from Indiana" Booth Tarkington, noted American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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Theodore W. Tallmadge Papers, 1840-1903
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Consists primarily of letters by Theodore W. Tallmadge (Princeton Class of 1846), the bulk of which were sent to members of his family, especially to his parents, Darius and Sara Ann Tallmadge, from the College of Augusta in Kentucky (1841-1842), Ohio University (1842-1843), and Princeton (1844-1846).
Letters from Theodore Tallmadge, 1847-1890
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Biographical Materials, 1840-1903
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Includes autobiographical letter to sons (1903)
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Sutton and Cunliffe-Owen Collection, 1843-1947 (mostly 1890-1927)
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Consists of selected papers of E. F. H. Sutton (Princeton Class of 1895) and his collection of papers of his longtime friends, the former Countess Marguerite (de Godart) Cunliffe-Owen and her husband, Frederick Cunliffe-Owen.
Miscellaneous French documents, 1839-1864
Documents and letters, many related to the Gardes Nationale du Departement de la Seine
Miscellaneous documents of the Cunliffe-Owens, 1842-1862
Map; certificates and awards; legal documents; correspondence.
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Documents on Slavery in Brazil, 1758-1888
Consists of 77 miscellaneous legal and other documents, as well as one book, dating from 1758 to 1888, pertaining to the history of the history of slavery in Brazil as a Portuguese colony and later as the Empire of Brazil, until the abolition of slavery in 1887. These documents provide insight into the slave trade, plantation economy, and lives of enslaved Afro-Brazilians and their families.
Princeton University Library Collection on Slavery in the Americas, 1700-1888 (mostly 1790-1863)
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Consists of a closed collection of documents related to slavery, the trade of enslaved persons, and the colonial plantation economy, particularly in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Princeton University Student Christian Association Records, 1855-1967
The Student Christian Association and its predecessors were the dominant religious organizations at Princeton University for almost a hundred and fifty years. The Philadelphian Society, founded by a small group of students in 1825, was the quasi-official campus religious agency by the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1930 the Student-Faculty Association (SFA), organized by the Dean of the Chapel, took over the Society's programs, focusing on community service. In 1946 the Student Christian Association (SCA) replaced both the Society and the SFA, coordinating both religious and community service activities in campus. The Student Volunteers Council succeeded the SCA in 1967.
Series 1: Philadelphian Society, 1855 March-1970
Series 1, Philadelphian Society Records, 1855-1946, consists of bound volumes and files containing the Society's charter and by-laws, membership lists, and minutes of Society, board, and cabinet (undergraduate officer) meetings. (The bulk of the collection ends in 1930, while board minutes and correspondence continue until 1946, relating to business matters of the Princeton Summer Camp.) Files contain reports of general secretaries and committee chairs to the board and the cabinet. Committee records include bound volumes and files of membership and financial information, including information on the annual campus fund-raising drive, plus material relating to the Society's religious and social work. Among the Society's publications are several journals, the Student Handbook, and a newspaper. Files regarding Buchmanism contain testimony before President Hibben's committee of 1926, the committee's report, and clippings and correspondence related to the controversy. Several scrapbooks include correspondence, circulars and clippings regarding the Society's work on and off campus.
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Josiah S. Studdiford Family Correspondence, 1807-1862
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.
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).
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Philip G. Strong Collection on Espionage, 1776-1970 (mostly 1930-1965)
Consists mainly of printed matter collected by Strong (Princeton Class of 1922) relating to the field of strategic and scientific intelligence and espionage.
Series 3: Printed Records, Early Dates, 1776 June 3-1863
Series 3: Printed Records, Early Dates includes copies of "Secret Service" financial payment accounts in 1861-1863, copies of a letter from Nathan Hale to Enoch Hale and five letters from George Washington, and copies of a 1781-1782 Colonial Army intelligence report.
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Straus Autograph Collection, 1637-1905 (mostly 1778-1850)
Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.
Statesmen, 1813-1905
Approximately 40 various documents (ALsS, autographed photgraphs, playbills, DsS) of various statesmen.