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Delaware Boundary Case Collection, 1664-1932

C0419 7 boxes 5.9 linear feet
Consists of photostats of documents collected by assistant New Jersey attorney general Duane E. Minard regarding a state boundary case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, October term, 1929, in which New Jersey was the plaintiff and Delaware the defendant.

Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons, 1615-1960 (mostly 1745-1785)

C0513 42 boxes 16.2 linear feet
Consists of a collection compiled by American clergyman Stewart M. Robinson (Princeton Class of 1915), including photostats of sermons, letters, pamphlets, and communications to newspapers by clergymen in colonial America, which he used as research material for a proposed book entitled "The Political Thought of the Colonial Clergy."
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Straus Autograph Collection, 1637-1905 (mostly 1778-1850)

C0077 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet
Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.
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Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker Papers, 1910-1959

C0359 60 boxes 25.8 linear feet
Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker was an American historian who taught at Princeton from 1910 to 1947. He was internationally recognized and wrote a number of important historical works. In 1947, he was president of the American Historical Association. His papers consist of Wertenbaker's works, correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed matter.

Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material, 1626-1877

C0429 12 boxes
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Gustave Bord was a French historian. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, legal papers, notebooks, and notes relating to French history, particularly the French Revolution, collected by Bord.
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R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (mostly 1873-1899)

C0201 1 box 0.45 linear feet
The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.
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William Denton Correspondence, 1633-1893 (mostly 1830-1893)

C1185 1 box 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of about a hundred autograph letters by nineteenth-century British politicians, clergymen, and men of letters to clergyman and reformist William Denton.
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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.
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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.

Eva Maria Garrick Estate Papers Concerning David Garrick, 1750-1832

C1590 9 boxes
Consists primarily of printed materials, as well as correspondence, documents, objects, and ephemera concerning British actor David Garrick from the estate of his wife, Eva Maria Garrick.
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Don M. Wolfe Collection on John Milton, 1640-1660

C0446 1 box 0.4 linear feet
Consists of copies of English poet John Milton's pamphleteering (1640-1660) that was used in the preparation of a volume in a series about the poet, edited by Don M. Wolfe.
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Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (mostly 1812-1920)

C0614 474 boxes 253 linear feet
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The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.
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On Great Britain, 1640-1840 (mostly 1836-1840)

Includes extracts titled "From the Journals of the House of Commons / From the Journals of the House of Lords" (1641-1768, transcribed later), "From the United Service Journal" (London, February 1836), and "History of British India Vol. III pages 56, 57"; writings titled "The Working Class of Great Britain," "Balance of Trade" (April 5, 1832), "Settlement of Accounts," "Lord Melbourne and Mrs. Norton" (circa 1836), "England," "Ship Money," and "The Boundary Question;" along with other calculations and writings.
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Contributions to the Globe, 1640-1858

Consists of materials submitted for publication in the Globe, including manuscript drafts of essays and articles, letters to the editor, summaries of congressional proceedings and addresses, and handwritten extracts copied from correspondence, reports, and articles from other newspapers, along with occasional poems, financial statements, and clippings from other newspapers.

María Rosa Oliver Papers, circa 1899-1997 (mostly 1930-1975)

C0829 9 boxes 54 items 4.5 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, documents, drawings, photographs, papers of others, and printed material of María Rosa Oliver (1898-1977), Argentine essayist, short story writer, literary critic, and translator.
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Subseries 1B: Nonfiction, 1640-1979

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The Nonfiction subseries contains Oliver's typescript and autograph manuscripts and notes of nonfiction articles, book and film reviews, speeches, conference papers, and sections of her published memoirs. This subseries is divided in two sections, General (1), and Articles, Speeches, and Notes (2). Each section is arranged alphabetically by subject, and, if there are multiple items on the same subject, the items are arranged chronologically within each subject. The manuscripts in the first section consist of her autobiographical writings, some of which can be identified as drafts of her memoirs, and the material in the second section consists of Oliver's nonfiction writings, arranged by subject. The nonfiction articles are in Spanish and English, and were written for a variety of publications in Latin America, Italy, and the United States. The subjects of Oliver's articles include North American novelists, Cuba in the 1960s, Pablo Neruda, the peace organization World Council of Peace, and reports on her visits to China, India, Ceylon, and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1909-1993

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This series is arranged in three subseries, the largest of which is the General subseries, consisting of María Rosa Oliver's incoming correspondence and some carbons or photocopies of Oliver's outgoing correspondence, spanning the years 1922-1977The Family Members subseries consists primarily of original letters by María Rosa Oliver to members of her family. The third subseries contains correspondence between individuals other than María Rosa Oliver.

Chambers Family Papers, 1772-1962

C0402 22 boxes 9.4 linear feet
Consists of diaries, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter of the Chambers family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

New Jersey Collection, 1648-1931

C0523 10 boxes 3.75 linear feet
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The New Jersey Collection, dating from 1648 to 1931, is a grouping of material relating to New Jersey history, with emphasis on some of the more notable people involved in politics, government, and the legal system. The collection includes correspondence, legal records, financial records, land records, estate records, government records, and military records.
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New Jersey Collection, 1648-1931

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The New Jersey Collection, dating from 1648 to 1931, is a grouping of material relating to New Jersey history, with emphasis on some of the more notable people involved in politics, government, and the legal system. The collection includes correspondence, legal records, financial records, land records, estate records, government records, and military records.

Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (mostly 1930-1975)

C0746 173 boxes
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John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.
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Elmer Adler Papers, 1651-1961 (mostly 1925-1955)

C0262 464 boxes
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Elmer Adler was a printer, publisher, editor, and author. This collection consists of the personal papers of Adler as well as the business archives of the Pynson Printers and The Colophon.
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Spanish Papal Nuncio Records, 1656-1675

C0758 2 boxes .8 linear feet
Consists chiefly of financial records, household accounts, inventories of moveable property, and some correspondence of Galeazzo Marescotti (1627-1726), who seved as papal nuncio to the royal court of King Carlos II of Spain from 1670 to 1675.
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Sophia, Electress of Hanover, Letter Book and Commonplace Book, 1659-1706

C1598 1 box
Consists of a letter book with unpublished letters and a commonplace book likely compiled by or for Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), granddaughter of James I of England.
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Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, 1660-1903 (mostly 1740-1810)

C0078 2 boxes 0.6 linear feet
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Contains correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, known as "queen of the Bluestockings," an informal group of 18th-century English literary figures and intellectuals that gathered frequently at her home.
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