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George A. Vaughn, Jr. Papers, 1917-1991

AC343 1 box
George "Bob" Vaughn, Jr., Class of 1919, was a decorated World War I pilot and a pioneer in the aviation field. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, scrapbook pages, photographs, filmed interviews, an autobiographical manuscript and other materials that document the life and aeronautical career of George Vaughn.
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John Cobb Cooper Papers, 1917-1966

AC341 1 box
John "Judge" Cobb Cooper (1887-1967) was a Princeton University graduate and a pioneer in the field of Aerospace Law. The collection is composed of correspondence and other materials pertaining to Cooper's activities as Curator of Class Records and as an active member of the Friends of the Library and the Graduate Council.
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George Madison Priest Papers, 1917-1941

C0329 9 boxes 6.5 linear feet
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Consists of papers of American literary historian George Madison Priest
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George Madison Priest Papers, 1917-1941

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The collection contains a translation by Priest (Princeton Class of 1894) of Goethe's Faust (1932) and the typescript of his Anthology of the Classical Period of German Literature (1934), as well as a revision of W. P. Andrew's translation of Faust (1929) by Priest and K. E. Weston. Also included are Priest's lectures in German literature on Klopstock, Lessing, von Scheffel, and Sudermann, a speech, and a report for the FBI regarding suspected German sympathizers in 1917. Miscellaneous additional material includes some of Priest's correspondence, an original pastel drawing of Goethe by Sebbers, a pencil sketch of Priest, and printed material.

Collection of Lantern Slides of Macedonia, Greece, 1917-1918

C1729 0.4 linear feet 4 boxes
Collection of 189 lantern slides of several places in Macedonia, Greece by Newton & Co.
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Thessalonikē Everyday Life

Consists of (90) black-and white lantern slides showing views of the city of Thessalonikē, a sea shore, the White Tower, panoramic views of the city after the fire, and Saint Sophia church. Included also are slides depicting scenes of daily life, such as rural people in front of a fountain, a Greek farm, woman at the loom, local women spinning cotton, peasants in the fileds, a priest standing in front of an altar, people going to a wedding, grinding wheat in a manual millstone, agricultural workers, livestock workers, group of Greek kids outside of their houses or in the fields, family portraits, man in Greek ethnic costume (foustanella), a Greek funeral; interiors of churches; a Turkish family; a Rumanian person on a horse; and stork nests on houses and trees. The majority of the lantern slides bear handwritten numbers: 1-21, 23-28, 30, 34-36, 38-39, 44-45, 47-57, 59-63, 65-83, 85-87, 89-91; the rest are unnumbered. Some of them bear handwritten titles in pen on top of the image.

Harrington DeGoyler Green Letters, 1906-1917

AC018 1 box
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This collection contains the personal letters of Harrington De Goyler Green (1891-1914) to his parents James Albert Green and Louise Coy Green of Peoria, Illinois and later of Cincinnati Ohio. The bulk of the letters were written by Harrington Green as an undergraduate student at Princeton University from 1908 to 1913 and provide a first hand account of student life at Princeton. Green sent-other letters from summer camp at Pointe au Baril, Ontario, Canada in 1906 and while vacationing in Europe during the summer of 1908. The collection also contains copies of written examinations given in various subjects; letters written by Green from New York City, as he sought employment in the spring of 1913; a book of Green's poems; and letters of condolence upon his sudden death in August 1914.

Lucius Hopkins Miller Correspondence, 1903-1917

C0506 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of personal and professional correspondence between Lucius Hopkins Miller (Princeton Class of 1897), a professor in Princeton's Department of Religion, and Princeton colleagues, including Woodrow Wilson, fellow educators at other institutions, and publishers, such as Henry Holt.

Senior Council Records, 1915-1926

AC253 2 boxes
The Senior Council was an undergraduate student government organization that existed at Princeton University from 1905 to 1927. The collection documents the activities of the Senior Council. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets, and by-laws.
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Sergei Alekseyev Correspondence, 1915-1987, (mostly 1964-1970)

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Consists of correspondence, photographs, and emphera sent to Ina Tillman from her friend Sergei Alekseyev in the Soviet Union (Siberia). Tillman and Alekseyev were pen pals, and, as Esperantists, they used Esperanto to communicate with each other. The collection spans 1915 to 1987, with a bulk of the collection being their correspondence from 1964 to 1970.

Visiting Fellow and Incidental Student Records, 1915-1981

AC293 13 boxes
Princeton's Graduate School, established officially by the Trustees in late 1900, began its operations in the fall of 1901. These records consist of files of incidental students who earned less than a full semester's worth of credits, as well as the records of visiting fellows.

Wilhelm Groener correspondence, 1915-1938

MC066 1 box
Consists of copies of Groener's correspondence held in the National Archives, Washington D.C.

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.

Winthrop M. Daniels Correspondence, 1911-1942

C0734 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Contains selected correspondence of economics professor Winthrop M. Daniels (Princeton Class of 1888).

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.

Collection of Blackfeet Nation and Glacier National Park Photographs, 1915

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This collection contains several photographs which feature racist and colonialist imagery.
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Theodore Watts-Dunton Collection, 1878-1914

C1266 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and a poem by the English critic and poet Theodore Watts-Dunton.

Selected papers of Louis E. Laflin, 1914-1966 (mostly 1916-1926)

TC036 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of letters by Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) to Helen D. Hill, covering his years at the Lawrenceville School and Princeton University, and typescripts of four of his plays based on religious themes.
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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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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

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.

Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915

1 box .2 linear feet
The postcard "After the Battle - Ravine Where the Dead Have Been Thrown," dated November 3, 1914, features a photograph image of dead bodies.
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Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915

Consists of 64 pictorial postcards written by Samuel Woodfill, mostly addressed to Lorena "Blossom" Wiltshire. Written during Woodfill's time serving in the U. S. Army, the postcards feature images of San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Laredo, and Mexico and its inhabitants. Woodfill writes of camp life, daily activities, weather, training, and conflicts on the Texas-Mexican border.

Madeira-Mamoré Expeditions Collection, 1875-1914

C1121 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of postcards, photographs, wood engravings, memorabilia, and printed material collected by Robert Hopewell Hepburn relating to expeditions sent down to tropical South America in an attempt by the Brazilian government to construct a railroad along the Madeira River. Robert Hopewell Hepburn, a young engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad System and a Princeton graduate of the Class of 1871, made the trip in 1878. He son undertook the same effort twenty-nine years later, sending back postcards to his father from Brazil.

Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s

C1420 4 boxes 5.8 linear feet
Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.
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Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s

Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.

Theodore Spicer-Simson Correspondence and Etchings, 1913-1933 (mostly 1921-1922)

C0244 1 volume 0.1 linear feet
Consists mainly of letters received by sculptor and medallist Theodore Spicer-Simson during the preparation of his Men of Letters of the British Isles:Portrait Medallions from the Life (1924).
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William Elliot Griffis Collection, 1873-1903

C1243 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and manuscripts related to the history of the 1859 mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in Japan and the role of James Curtis Hepburn in making it a success, collected by William Elliot Griffis for the purpose of writing a book.

Princeton Crusader Fellowship Records, 1912-1979

AC270 1 box
The Princeton Crusader Fellowship is a Christian reform organization founded by a group of Princeton students on Commencement Day in 1912. The records consist of member lists, constitutions, speeches, articles, newsletters, and correspondence of the Princeton Crusader Fellowship.
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Rose Cecil O'Neill letters to Mr. and Mrs. William Curtis Gibson, 1912-1927

C1153 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters by Rose Cecil O'Neill, the American children's book author and illustrator, and inventor of the Kewpie doll, to her friends William Curtis and Fannie Gibson.
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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.

Douglas C. Tudor Naval Collection, 1905-1912

C0995 2 boxes 2.4 linear feet
Consists of journals/logs and photograph albums of Royal Navy Midshipman Douglas C. Tudor, later a lieutenant.

Edmund Gosse Collection, 1884-1925

C0115 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse.

William Vaughn Moody Collection, 1894-1910

C0176 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts, letters, and miscellany of the American poet and playwright Wiliam Vaughn Moody.

Edward Robert Hughes Letters, 1883-1914

C0743 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of approximately 155 letters by English painter Edward Robert Hughes to his friend and patron Mrs. Sydney Morse.
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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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Messina Earthquake Photographs Collection, 1908

C1129 1 box 0.6 linear feet
Consists of one hundred and seventeen black-and-white, silver gelatin prints of the destruction and the aftermath caused by the earthquake in Messina, Italy, in 1908.

James Bryce Correspondence, 1885-1916

C1023 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence of James Bryce, a British statesman and historian.

A.C. McClurg & Co. Letters from F. G. Browne to C. F. Cazenove, 1905-1906

C1553 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 47 letters from F. G. Browne on behalf of the Publishing Department at Chicago-based American publisher A.C. McClurg & Co. to the firm's London literary agent C. F. Cazenove, regarding the sale of American titles in England, financial transactions, and other business matters related to publishing.
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Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, 1906

C1678 0.2 linear feet 1 box
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Consists of a collection of photographs documenting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, taken by various photographers including Willard Elmer Worden, Charles C. Pierce, Frederick Arthur Webster, A. Blumberg, Shaw and Shaw, and others.
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Samuel A. Farrand Collection, 1848-1906

C1333 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand, an American educator who was headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908.

Princeton Student Aid Association records, 1866-1932

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

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

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.

19th-Century Maritime Collection, 1781-1928

C0501 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of correspondence, documents, financial material, and printed matter of Caleb Bates, captain of the Juno of Boston, John B. Church, marine insurance underwriter, and others involved in predominantly nineteenth-century American maritime trade.

Princeton University Library Collection of Stereographs of Greece, 1903-1905

C1371 1 box
Consists of stereoscopic images of Athens by the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft A.G. [New Photographic Society] and White Co, H.C.
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Antiquities of Athens, Greece, 1905

Consists of ten pairs of stereoscopic images (mostly 7.4 x 7.1 cm.) of Athens by the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft A.G. [New Photographic Society], ca. 1905. Included are views of the Acropolis, the Propylaea, the temple of Erechtheum, the Theater of Herodes Atticus, the Theater of Dionysus (or Bacchus), the Arc of Adrian, the Olympieion, the Temple of Theseus, panoramic view of the city of Athens from the Acropolis with Syntagma Square and the Parliament building and Lykabettus Mount in the background. Number and printed captions in French and German at the bottom of the images.
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The Acropolis from Philopappos hill; Greek peasants, 1903 April 14

Consists of one pair of photographic prints of the Acropolis from Philopappos hill (8.9 x 17.8 cm.), mounted and one pair "Greek peasants driving Home-Donkey-Packs Laden with fuel" (8.9 x 17.8 cm.); printed captions at the bottom of the image and in the margins, studio's company information: "H.C. White CO., New York, London, Gen'l Office and Works, North Bennington, VT., U.S.A." and "The 'Perfect' Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903. Other Patents Pending."

Thomas W. Smillie Photographs of a Yankton Sioux Delegation, 1904

C1197 2 boxes 2.0 linear feet
Consists of twenty-two photographs of a delegation of Yankton Sioux Indians that visited Washington, D.C., in 1904, taken by Thomas William Smillie for the Smithsonian's Department of Preparation's Section of Photography.

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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Frances Bragdon West Autograph Collection, 1873-1942

C1268 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of letters and autographs of authors, poets, critics, politicians, clergy, musicians, scientists, and other prominent personlities, as well as letters of friends and family, collected by Frances Bragdon West, wife of Princeton's first curator of numismatics.

James W. Alexander Scrapbooks on Princeton University, 1875-1905

AC371 20 boxes
James W. Alexander, member of the Princeton class of 1860, was a prominent New York City insurance official and financier, an active alumnus, and a member of the Princeton Board of Trustees. The collection consists of 19 scrapbooks containing clippings about Princeton University from Philadelphia, New York and Princeton newspapers, arranged chronologically with occasional correspondence and ephemera from the University.

Robert Sewall Browne Letters on Prospecting, 1896-1904

C1606 1 box
Consists of letters from Robert Sewall Browne (1866-1904) to his wife Alice E. Gray Browne in Maine, detailing his overland travels and work as a prospector, miner, and rancher in Colorado, Wyoming, and the Yukon Territory from 1896 to 1901.

Channing Pollock plays, 1903-1944

TC057 2 boxes 2 linear feet
Consists chiefly of typescripts of plays written by Pollock over a forty-year period but includes sheet music of songs containing his lyrics, playbills, and printed matter.
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Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905

C1157 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

Henry B. Fine Collection on Woodrow Wilson, 1902-1922

MC217 1 box
Consists of eleven letters from Woodrow Wilson to Princeton professor Henry B. Fine and other documents related to Wilson.
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Percy H. Williams Autograph Collection, 1852-1944

C0900 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of approximately 50 original autographs, including signatures of Washington Irving, Henry van Dyke, and Charles Guiteau (assassin of President James Garfield), and a letter written by Wendell Willkie.

Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1840-1901 (mostly 1849-1866)

C1446 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of a closed collection of miscellaneous source material--letters, documents, and other separate, unbound manuscript items--pertaining to the history of the American West and Southwest, largely from the perspective of white settlers, acquired by the Library from 2013 to 2020.
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Charles August Cooke Outgoing Letter, 1901 May 1

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Three-page letter by Charles August Cooke to an unidentified recipient about Onkweonwe (Mohawk for "Aboriginal people," a Mohawk language newspaper conceived, compiled, edited, and published by Cooke) and a grammar dictionary of the Mohawk language.