19th-Century Maritime Collection, 1781-1928
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.
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360 Photographs of American Scenery Collected by Norman Selfe on the Spots Represented in 1884, 1870-1884
Consists of a photograph album containing over 300 photographs of urban and rural locations in North America, Hawaii, and New Zealand, collected by Australian engineer Norman Selfe (1839-1911) during his 1884 tour to inspect engineering and architectural works abroad. The photographs document street architecture in San Francisco, California; redwood logging ventures in Humboldt County, California; as well as locations in the Oregon, Washington, and Utah Territories; the states of Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; federal buildings in Washington, D.C.; and cities and natural features in Canada, including British Columbia, Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and the St. Lawrence River. Includes photographs taken by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890), George Fiske (1835-1918), I. W. Taber (1830-1912), and others.
Loose Materials, circa 1870-1884
Consists of loose clippings and printed materials that were tucked into the front and back covers of the original album, including a layout design of the State Capitol in Albany, New York (1870); a transparency showing the lifecycle of the emperor gum moth, clippings of a frog and a snake tail, and the cover of a box of Italian matches.
New York State and New Hampshire, circa 1877-1884
5 photographs, including photographs captioned: "The Great Factory and Town of Pullman," "On Lake Champlain (Mt. Defiance, from Fort Ticonderoga, 1877)" (No. 295), "Frankenstein Trestle New Hampshire," "On Lake George N. York (Caldwell from beach east of Ft. Wm. Henry Hotel, Lake Geo)" (No. 838), and "Summer Hotels on Lake George (Lake George, the Sagamore from the west)" (No. 1162).
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Abbott Family Collection, 1707-1890
The Abbott Family Collection consists of correspondence, poetry, documents, and miscellanea of the Abbott family of New Jersey.
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1812-1890 December 21
Consists of diaries, books, and albums of the Abbott family.
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Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-2001 (mostly 1952-1965)
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The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers document the public life of Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), governor of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, and United Nations ambassador. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, subject files, United Nations materials, personal files, photographs, and audiovisual materials, illuminating Stevenson's career in law, politics, and diplomacy, primarily from his first presidential campaign until his death in 1965.
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Admission Office Records, 1854-2017 (mostly 1922-1998)
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The Admission Office has determined who should be allowed to enroll as undergraduates at Princeton University since 1922. The actual composition and the desired composition of each class have been contentious campus issues since the introduction of selective admission. The debates over the value of recruiting and admitting alumni sons, war veterans, athletes, disadvantaged students (especially racial minorities), and women are reflected in the records of the Admission Office. This collection includes a number of reports and minutes, some of which are restricted, news clippings and releases about Princeton admission, historical materials, and a series of Admission Office publications.
Series 1, History, 1854-1978
Series 1, History, 1854-1978, is a documentary record of admission policy divided into chronological timeframes. Documents include articles, entrance exams, entrance requirement guides, guides to assessing applicants, guides to specialized degree programs, histories of admission policies, press releases, reports, and sample correspondence. These folders were originally labeled "documents."
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A. D. Power Collection, 1837-1946
Consists primarily of letters received by A. D. Power, who worked for the English publishing firms of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons and W. H. Smith and Son.
Letters A-B, 1858-1955
1 Letter from C.A. Alington, 3 from Robert Baden Powell, 1 from M.F. Baines, 2 from A.E. Bayly, 1 from Wyke Bayliss, 1 from Thomas J. Bainardo, 12 from Lord Beatty, 1 from Lord Belper, 1 from Nellie K. Blissero, 1 from Mr. Brotherton, 1 from Arthur Bryant, 1 from T. Burke, 1 from John Burns.
Letters C-D, 1852-1944
1 letter from Randall Cantuan, 2 from Cosmo Cantuan, 1 from William Cantuan, 1 from the Bishop of Chichester, 1 from A.C. Clauson, 1 from A. Cope, 1 from B. Costello, 1 from Paul Mary Teresa Craipie, 1from R.A. Christopher, 1 from Dame Rachel Crowdy, 1 from G.F.S. Danielle, 1 from Charles Darling, 1 from H. de Buffon.
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A. Jacobi Papers, 1794-1955 (mostly 1880-1919)
The A. Jacobi Papers consists of offprints of writings and lectures, correspondence, memorials, and other miscellanea of the German physician, pediatrician, author, and first professor of children's diseases in the United States Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919).
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Alba Houghton Warren Papers, 1864-1940 (mostly 1938-1940)
Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.
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Albany Fonblanque Collection, 1784-1875
Consists primarily of letters sent to Albany Fonblanque as editor of the Examiner (London).
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Albert Einstein Duplicate Archive, 1859-1979 (mostly 1912-1955)
Consists of a photocopied duplicate archive of the original Albert Einstein Archive at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, divided into scientific and non-scientific sections, including published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, lectures, notebooks, notes, travel diaries (1925-1933), family papers, and correspondence.
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Alejandro Rossi Papers, 1812-2010 (mostly 1955-2009)
The Alejandro Rossi Papers consist of personal notebooks, manuscripts, correspondence with writers, academics, editors and artists, and printed material of the writer.
Series 3: Documents and Photographs, 1812-2009
Includes materials that Rossi considered important, such as founding documents of Vuelta and two items related to his ancestor, the Venezuelan general José Antonio Páez [1790-1873]. This series also includes several scrapbooks that were assembled around the time of Rossi's death.
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Alexander and Kenneth McKenzie Correspondence, 1867-1917
The collection consists of letters addressed to McKenzie, a Boston clergyman, and his son Kenneth (1870-1949), an educator, from a variety of prominent persons in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Alexander Autograph Collection, 1527-1937 (mostly 1775-1915)
Consists of approximately 500 miscellaneous letters relating to the Alexander family of Princeton, N.J., including autograph letters collected by them.
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Alexander Chambers Papers, 1864-1938
Consists of papers of American commodities agent Alexander Chambers, much of which deals with his commercial agent, H. H. Steel, in Guatemala.
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Alexander Family Collection, 1815-1914
Consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family, many of whom lived and worked in Princeton, N.J.
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Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893
Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.
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Alexandre Dumas Proofs, circa 1874
Consists of hand-corrected proofs of Alexandre Dumas père's 1854 play, La Jeunesse de Louis XIV, as revised by Alexandre Dumas fils, circa 1874. Written by Dumas père while he was in exile in Belgium, the play was rejected by censors in Paris. Although it was published in the Michel Lévy's edition of Dumas père's Théâtre Complet, the play had only been performed in Brussels, Belgium. This version by Dumas fils contains rewrites, additions, and cuts throughout, and was performed in Paris in 1874.
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Alfred and Mary Gwinn Hodder Papers, 1875-1941
The Alfred and Mary Gwinn Hodder Papers consists of writings, correspondence, documents, photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed matter of attorney and author Alfred LeRoy Hodder. Also included are similar papers of his wife, Mary Gwinn Hodder, who was a professor of English literature.
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Alfred A. Woodhull Collection, 1776-1916
Consists of works, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed works of surgeon and medical inspector Alfred A. Woodhull (Princeton Class of 1856).
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Alfred Goddard Kay Autograph Collection, 1753-1875
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The Alfred Goddard Kay Autograph Collection consists of letters, documents, and other miscellanea signed by significant 18th and 19th century American and French figures collected by American stock broker Alfred Goddard Kay (Princeton Class of 1912).