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Gifford Princeton Wrestling scrapbooks collection, 1934-1939

AC300 1 box
Eli "Giff" Gifford '37 (full name: Eli Garfield Gifford) was class president of the Princeton Class of 1937. He was an avid follower of Princeton wrestling, and his brother Joseph Tomlinson Gifford '39 was a varsity wrestler prior to his death in a car crash in his senior year. The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing clippings about the Princeton wrestling team.
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Gifford Princeton Wrestling scrapbooks collection, 1934-1939

Eli "Giff" Gifford '37 (full name: Eli Garfield Gifford) was class president of the Princeton Class of 1937. He was an avid follower of Princeton wrestling, and his brother Joseph Tomlinson Gifford '39 was a varsity wrestler prior to his death in a car crash in his senior year. The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing clippings about the Princeton wrestling team.

Glen Maitland Novels, 1957

C0497 3 boxes
Consists of the autograph and typed manuscripts of three unpublished novels by American writer Glen Maitland (Princeton Class of 1938).

Gülmez Frères Photographs Collection, 1880-1889

C1113 1 box 2 linear feet
Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Turkish photographers Gülmez Frères.
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The Praise of Folly by Hoyt H. Hudson, 1941

C0608 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of the printer's copy of Hoyt H. Hudson's 20th-century translation of The Praise of Folly, the 15th-century work by the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
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Gordon family correspondence, circa 1870-1902

AC482 3 boxes
The collection consists of letters written and received by members of the Gordon family of Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania between the 1870s and approximately 1905. Some of the letters cover the period when Clarence Gordon '1891, son of Jeremiah Smith Gordon '1853, was a student at Princeton, as well as when Mary Gordon and Clementine Gordon attended Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
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Gordon family correspondence, circa 1870-1902

The collection consists of letters written and received by members of the Gordon family of Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania between the 1870s and approximately 1905. Some of the letters cover the period when Clarence Gordon '1891, son of Jeremiah Smith Gordon '1853, was a student at Princeton, as well as when Mary Gordon and Clementine Gordon attended Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Graduate Alumni Public Files, 1921-1997

AC478 12 boxes
The Bureau of Alumni Records was established in January 1949 as an outgrowth of the records office maintained by the Graduate Council, the governing body of the Princeton University Alumni Association. The collection consists of public files of former graduate students of Princeton University.
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Graduate Alumni Records, 1839-2016

AC105 792 boxes
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The records consist of the academic files of former graduate students of Princeton University. The information contained in each file varies greatly but can include grades cards, Graduate School applications, a photograph of the student, letters of recommendation, as well as biographical information, lists of achievements, news clippings, and obituaries. Please see "Other Finding Aids" under "Find More" for a list of the five finding aids to the Graduate Alumni Records, divided by time period.
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Graduate Alumni Records, 1839-2016

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The records consist of the academic files of former graduate students of Princeton University. The information contained in each file varies greatly but can include grades cards, Graduate School applications, a photograph of the student, letters of recommendation, as well as biographical information, lists of achievements, news clippings, and obituaries. Please see "Other Finding Aids" under "Find More" for a list of the five finding aids to the Graduate Alumni Records, divided by time period.

Greek-American Community of New York Photographs, 1940s

C0949 1 box 1.5 linear feet
Consists of photographs of the Greek-American community of New York in the 1940s.

Greek Historical Documents, 1821-1873 (mostly 1821-1849)

C0933 0.4 linear feet 1 box
This collection consists of over 82 Greek historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution of 1821, ranging from 1821 to 1873.
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Official Documents and Letters, 1821-1873

Folders consist of official historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence. Included are autograph documents of the Provisional Administration of Greece to the Executive Body of the Ministry of Defense signed by the Minister Adam Douka, in Nauplion, 1825; Ministry of Finance to the National Treasury in order to provide money to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs to pay salaries to his soldiers and documents of the Ministry of Religious Affairs signed by the minister Iōsēph Androusēs. Document signed by the Minister of Finance Nikolaos Poneropoulos, in Nauplion, 1825. A similar document from the Minister of Defense signed by its president Geōrgios Kountouriōtēs and the members Iōannēs‏ Kōlettēs and Kōnstantinos Mauromichalēs. A document from the Ministry of Culture to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs regarding his promotion as a Colonel signed in Nauplion on July 26, 1824. There is also an identical copy of a document dated April 14, 1828 in Aigina that lists the number of the soldiers that Adam Doukas had under his command in the battle of Trikeri.

Princeton University Library Collection of Stockton Family Materials, 1701-1942 (mostly 1750-1820)

C0491 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
Consists of selected material of various members of the prominent Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey, currently ranging from a 1701 deed to notes on Nassau Inn written in 1942.
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Guild Family Collection, 1787-1823

C0435 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and documents of the Guild family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, including papers of brothers Benjamin and Ralph Guild.

Hacienda San Diego (Mexico) Records, 1634-1902

C1349 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of two volumes of certified copies of land titles and estate records of the estate known as Hacienda San Diego, situated in the Armadillo Valley of the northern state of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), a silver mining region, covering the period from its origin, in a 1634 grant from Viceroy Pacheco y Osorio to Diego del Castillo, to 1902, when John A. Wright bought the estate on behalf of George W. Brackenridge, a prominent citizen of San Antonio, Texas.
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Hacienda San Diego (Mexico) Records, 1634-1902

Consists of two volumes of certified copies of land titles and estate records of the estate known as Hacienda San Diego, situated in the Armadillo Valley of the northern state of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), a silver mining region, covering the period from its origin, in a 1634 grant from Viceroy Pacheco y Osorio to Diego del Castillo, to 1902, when John A. Wright bought the estate on behalf of George W. Brackenridge, a prominent citizen of San Antonio, Texas.

Simone de Beauvoir Letters to Françoise and Hélène de Beauvoir, 1914-1968 (mostly 1918-1968)

C1667 0.4 linear feet 1 box
This collection consists of over 400 letters from French writer, philosopher, and feminist theorist Simone de Beauvoir to her mother, Françoise de Beauvoir, and sister, Hélène de Beauvoir (also referred to as Henriette), dating from October 1918 to December 1968.

Hank Adams Papers, 1958-1978

WC031 2 boxes
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Consists of copies of court documents, correspondence, and clippings of Hank Adams, an Assinboine-Sioux Indian, who worked for the National Indian Youth Council and the National Congress of American Indians, and as national director (1968- ) of the Survival of American Indians Association (SAIA).
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Hank Adams Papers, 1958-1978

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Consists of copies of court documents, correspondence, and clippings of Hank Adams, an Assinboine-Sioux Indian, who worked for the National Indian Youth Council and the National Congress of American Indians, and as national director (1968- ) of the Survival of American Indians Association (SAIA).

Harold McGraw Papers, 1978-1992

C1002 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selcted papers, primarily photocopies, of publisher Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Project Editor's Records, 1943-1974

AC218 5 boxes
The Thomas Jefferson Papers Project was conceived of in 1943 by Princeton University history professor Julian P. Boyd, who was serving at the time as the historian of the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission. Contained in the records is correspondence with Princeton presidents Harold T. Dodds and Robert F. Goheen, who were active advisors in the early years of the project. Also included are financial records, including Boyd's original cost estimations for the project. Other materials consist of an initial project proposal, annual reports, directives on handling of materials, typography, and editing procedures, and some photographs.

Harry Z. O'Brien Correspondence, 1896-1899

AC336 1 box
Harry Zebulon O'Brien (1878-1907), from Clarksboro, New Jersey, was a member of the Class of 1899. The collection documents student life at Princeton just before the turn of the 20th century.
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Haskell Institute scrapbook, 1935-1936

WC092 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of a scrapbook entitled "Annual Report of the Girls' Advisors of Haskell Institute, 1935-1936."
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Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932

C0859 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.
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Hawthorne Daniel Papers, 1951-1952

MC039 3 boxes
Contains Daniel's notes, holograph and corrected-typescript drafts, and galley proofs for his book JUDGE MEDINA, A BIOGRAPHY (1952). There is also some correspondence with Harold R. Medina, the book's subject, and other members of the Medina family.
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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.

Princeton University Library Collection of Spyros Meletzēs Photographs, 1900-1999

C1389 1 box 1 linear foot
Consists of an open collections of Spyros Meletzēs photographs.
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Henry Wikoff Collection, 1836-1884

C1270 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence and other material by and about nineteenth-century American author and adventurer Henry Wikoff.

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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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Letters to Emily Ashley-Cooper, 1836-1837

C1525 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 15 letters, dating from August 1836 to January 1837 from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, to his putative daughter Emily Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury, referred to in the letters as "Mrs. Ashley," along with a portrait engraving of Maria Ann Ashley-Cooper.
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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.

Herbert Weld Blundell Photographs of Greco-Turkish War, 1897

C1788 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 58 original black-and-white photographs by Herbert Joseph Weld Blundell, who was covering the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.
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Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence, 1789-1924

C0015 6 Volumes
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.
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Hetty Church and Sally Phillips Letters, 1801 January 3-1804 July 11

C1782 .2 linear feet
Consists of correspondence between teenage girls and friends Hetty Church and Sally Phillips. Twenty-seven of the letters are from Church to Phillips, and 30 are from Phillips to Church, totaling 57 letters. The letters convey the friendship between the two young women, along with happenings in their own lives and those of family and friends. Both Church and Phillips detail their thoughts and emotions in their own handwriting. Topics include maintaining house, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and fathers and brothers away at sea. On September 30, 1804, Sally married Hetty's eldest brother, William, around which time some of her salutations change from "friend" to "sister."
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Hetty Church and Sally Phillips Letters, 1801 January 3-1804 July 11

Consists of correspondence between teenage girls and friends Hetty Church and Sally Phillips. Twenty-seven of the letters are from Church to Phillips, and 30 are from Phillips to Church, totaling 57 letters. The letters convey the friendship between the two young women, along with happenings in their own lives and those of family and friends. Both Church and Phillips detail their thoughts and emotions in their own handwriting. Topics include maintaining house, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and fathers and brothers away at sea. On September 30, 1804, Sally married Hetty's eldest brother, William, around which time some of her salutations change from "friend" to "sister."

Hikoichi Orita Diary, 1872-1876

AC033 1 box
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This photocopied two-volume diary was written by Hikoichi Orita (1849-1920), a Japanese student, while he attended Princeton University between 1872 and 1876. Upon his graduation from Princeton, Orita returned to Japan and became a leading educational reformer. Orita made entries in English for each day of his time at Princeton, including accounts and bills paid, as well as memoranda written in Japanese. For the most part, the entries are brief, listing classes and recitations, visits to the chapel, letters from friends, the weather, and some personal notes such as visits with faculty and friends, illnesses and his loneliness. He also writes of travels to New York City, New Brunswick and New England.
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Hikoichi Orita Diary, 1872-1876

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This photocopied two-volume diary was written by Hikoichi Orita (1849-1920), a Japanese student, while he attended Princeton University between 1872 and 1876. Upon his graduation from Princeton, Orita returned to Japan and became a leading educational reformer. Orita made entries in English for each day of his time at Princeton, including accounts and bills paid, as well as memoranda written in Japanese. For the most part, the entries are brief, listing classes and recitations, visits to the chapel, letters from friends, the weather, and some personal notes such as visits with faculty and friends, illnesses and his loneliness. He also writes of travels to New York City, New Brunswick and New England.

Hilaire Belloc Letters to Maria Hornor Lansdale, 1898-1937

C0142 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of British author Hilaire Belloc.

Historical Photograph Collection: Digital Photographs Series, 1967-1981

AC396 1 box 2 items
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The Historical Photograph Collection: Digital Photographs Series consists of digital images of Princeton University-related subjects. These may include digital facsimiles of physical photographs or born-digital images.
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Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) Demonstrations, circa 1967-1981

Includes digital images of many aspects of IDA demonstrations such as participants, onlookers, building damage, graffiti, and related documents ranging from 1967-1981. Images were created in preparation for Dr. Lee P. Neuwirth's book Nothing personal : the Vietnam War in Princeton 1965-1975. Many images are copies of prints from private collections and from the IDA.

Notes of George L. Denny on Woodrow Wilson Lectures, 1899-1900

C0416 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of four notebooks of George L. Denny (Princeton Class of 1900) containing notes on lectures in history, politics, and jurisprudence delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.
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James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry, 1930-1949

C0493 11 boxes
Consists of papers of James G. Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton, related to New Jersey industrial history.

H. L. Mencken Correspondence with Dent Smith, 1938-1945

C1429 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 108 letters by Mencken to Dent Smith between the years 1938 and 1945, with Smith's side of the correspondence present in carbon copies.

H. L. Mencken Letters to David Warren Ryder, 1922-1955

C1231 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of 110 letters by influential magazine editor and critic H. L. Mencken to David Warren Ryder, a San Francisco area journalist, written mainly from Baltimore and New York between the years 1922 and 1947.
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Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954

C1080 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists primarily of family correspondence of John Henry Hobart, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Holland Donan, Class of 1951, Papers, 1952-1994

AC390 2 boxes
Holland "Hollie" Donan, class of 1951, played defensive tackle for the Princeton Tigers from 1948-1950. Collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs relating to Donan's football career at Princeton and his 1984 induction into the National Football Hall of Fame.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Stephanos Stournaras Photographs, circa 1880

C1630 1.3 linear feet 1 box
Consists of an open collection of Stephanos Stournaras photographs of Greece.
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Holy Monasteries of Meteora and Kalabaka, circa 1880

Consists of three mounted photographs of monasteries of the Holy Meteora and one photograph of Kalabaka. Images show: the Monastery of the Holy Trinity (28 x 21.5 cm), photographer's signature and title on the print, in white ink. Handwritten captions on card board in French, in black ink, "Thessalie. Les Météores. Couvent la Sainte Trinité"; the Monastery of Saint Stephanos (28 x 22.7 cm), part of the title "Hagiou Stephanou" in Greek on the print; and the Monastery of Varlaam (28 x 21.3 cm), part of the title "Meteora V[arlaam] on the print in white ink. Handwritten caption on card board in black ink reads "Thessallie. Les Meteores."

Homer Dodge Martin and Elizabeth G. Martin Letters to William Crary Brownell, 1874-1901

C1127 1 box 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of personal letters by the American landscape painter Homer Dodge Martin and his wife, Elizabeth G. Martin, to friend and editor William Crary Brownell and his first wife, Virginia Shields Swinburne.
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Horace and Thomas Meeker Papers on Admission to Princeton University, 1925-1930, 1949-1956

AC337 1 box
Horace and Thomas Meeker were father and son graduates of Princeton University. The papers document the University's admission processes circa 1925 and 1950.

Horton Davies collection of Frederick Buechner, 1943-1982 (mostly 1978-1981)

C0820 1 box 0.5 linear feet
Horton Davies was a Princeton University professor of religion; his wife, Marie-Helene Davies, is author of LAUGHTER IN A GENEVAN GOWN: THE WORKS OF FREDERICK BUECHNER, 1970-1980 (1983). Consists of papers relating to the novelist Frederick Buechner (Princeton Class of 1947) collected or created by Davies.
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Howard F. Taylor Black Leadership Network Study Papers, 1984-1992

MC238 9 boxes
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The collection documents Howard Taylor's 1980s research regarding black leadership networks. The Black Leadership Network Study combined sociometric and survey methodologies to examine the structure of black leadership networks in the U.S.
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Samuel Ladd Howell Family Collection, 1797-1838

C0455 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of selected eighteenth- and nineteenth-century papers of Samuel Ladd Howell and other members of the Howell family of Woodbury, Gloucester, and Princeton, New Jersey.

H. Struve Hensel Scrapbooks, 1943-1954

MC167 1 box
Herman Struve Hensel (1901-1991) was an international lawyer. This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, press releases, photographs, articles and speeches relating to Hensel's service as assistant secretary of the Navy and to the Army-McCarthy Hearings.
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Hubertis M. Cummings Papers, 1945-1962

C0415 4 boxes
Consists of works, some accompanying correspondence, and photographs of poet, essayist, and church historian, Hubertis M.Cummings (Princeton Class of 1907).
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Washington Irving Collection, 1831-1858

C1088 1 box 0.2 linear feet
Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Washington Irving, often called the first American man of letters.

James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist by Irving Brant, 1940

C0296 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of the original typed draft with holograph corrections of Irving Brant's biography James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist