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Contains books shelved on the revolving bookcase left of the stairs leading up to the Mezzanine.
Varnum Lansing Collins Papers, 1842-1972
AC347
11 boxes
Collins, Varnum Lansing (1870-1936)
Varnum Lansing Collins was a Princeton alum of the Class of 1893 and served as the University's Secretary from 1917 to 1936. Throughout his life Collins exhibited a special interest in Princeton's history and he authored a number of works relating to that theme. The Varnum Lansing Collins Papers consist primarily of materials generated by Collins while writing several of his most well-known works on Princeton history.
Consists of biographical materials, lists of writings, and the correspondence of Margaret Miller.
Consists of correspondence with approximately 380 correspondents.
Series 2: Faculty, 1840-1999
125 boxes
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The Faculty series consists of photos of Princeton faculty.
Subseries 11A, 1840-1999
2 boxes
Arranged by decade, folders contain offprints, articles, and newspaper clippings, as well as some company publicity releases regarding firm events, publications, and personnel.
Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Photographs, 1840-1998 (mostly 1870-1915)
WC064
144 boxes
123 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.
Series 1: Administration, 1840-1998
12 boxes
1 folder
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The Administration series consists of photos of Princeton administration.
Series 4: General, 1840-1983
14 boxes
1 folder
1 item
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The General series consists of photos of individuals associated with Princeton.
Graduate Alumni Records, 1839-2016
AC105
792 boxes
Princeton University. Graduate School
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.
Consists of the writings, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks of Louise Selina Bonynge Maxwell.
Series 1, Buildings, 1838-1971
13 boxes
146 items
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Series 1, Buildings, consists of information related to specific buildings on campus. It also contains files related to the five residential colleges and buildings that were proposed but not built.
Suez Canal Collection, 1838-1953 (mostly 1870-1889)
C1775
6.25 linear feet
in one manuscript box, one half manuscript box, two oversize flat boxes, and one oversize folder.
Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez
Consists of publications, reports, notes, photographs, ephemera, and print illustrations documenting the Suez Canal's administration, its development and construction, depiction in travel and tourism, and impact on shipping and world trade in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Duffield Family Papers, 1838-1948
C0421
5 boxes
2.25 linear feet
Duffield, John T. (John Thomas) (1823-1901)
Consists of selected papers of the Duffield family of Princeton, N.J.
Consists of manuscript material of both Anthony Trollope and others, checks, memorandums, and other miscellaneous documents.
Series 9. Clubs and Organizations, 1837-2016
25 boxes
1 folder
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The Clubs and Organizations series documents the many clubs and organizations that members of the Princeton University community have created throughout Princeton's history. Though most clubs are founded, run, and consist only of students, some clubs are run just by faculty and staff or include all three. Many of the files only contain but a few clippings that give just a slight understanding of those clubs and organizations, although others are more richly documented.
Correspondence, 1837-1996
2 boxes
Consists of correspondence sent by Anthony Trollope, as well as letters sent by friends, family, and associates.
Series 1: General, 1837-1987
2 boxes
Consists of information, papers, and photographs on acrobats, bands, circus acts, clowns, posters, and sideshows, as well as other subjects.
Series 10: Papers of Others About Woodrow Wilson, 1837-1986 October 14
58 boxes
2 folders
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The Papers of Others About Woodrow Wilson Series consists of groups of papers collected by others about Woodrow Wilson. The collectors include writings, correspondence, documents, and photos collection by family (Stockton Axson, Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, and Margaret Wilson), along with writings such as reminiscences, theses, or dissertations on Wilson and correspondence collections on Wilson (Wilson Farrand, McMillan Lewis, William McCombs). Also included in this series is the Henry Bragdon Collection of Reminiscences (made up of interviews and correspondence on Wilson), papers of Laura Turnbull, the Curator of the Woodrow Wilson Collection, on her work for Woodrow Wilson: A Selected Bibliography of his Writings, Addresses, and Public Papers, and some files of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Finally, the series includes the papers of Charles L. Swem, Wilson's stenographic secretary, including shorthand notebooks, transcriptions of speeches, correspondence, and interviews recorded from 1912-1921, as well as photographs, and documents, divided into sections on Wilson and on personal topics, and a collection of newspaper clipping scrapbooks on Wilson from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and individuals.
Woodrow Wilson Collection, 1837-1986 (mostly 1883-1924)
MC168
17 Volumes
107 boxes
43 folders
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Princeton University. Library. Public Policy Papers
The Woodrow Wilson Collection consists of Wilson holdings which have been acquired by the Princeton University Library Special Collections gradually over many years by purchase and gifts from many sources. The collection is rich in material prior to Wilson's presidential years, although it is not limited to this period; researchers will find materials documenting both the public and private life of Woodrow Wilson. Various types of information written by or about Wilson are present in the collection, including manuscripts, addresses, articles, correspondence, telegrams, legal documents, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, portraits, cartoons, newspapers and scrapbooks.
Princeton University Library Collection of Circus Miscellany, 1837-1982
TC118
17 boxes
9.1 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The Miscellaneous Circus Collection consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations, and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, manuscripts, programs, broadsides, posters, scrapbooks, clippings, and other ephemera.
Box 2, Folder 9
Includes contemporary autograph drafts of the will of William Tipping, photocopies of the original will, and probate copies. There is also a copy of the will of Maria Tipping of Brasted Park, wife of William Tipping Esquire; a letter from the Cheshire County Council dated August 15, 1952 and one letter from the District Probate Registry to H.G. Singleton Esq. regarding William Tipping's will.
Consists primarily of Brandon Barringer's personal and professional correspondence, filed alphabetically by name, organization or subject, followed by "general" files. They include attachments such as financial statements, newspaper and magazine clippings
Consists of bonds, mortgages, and stock certificates.
Series 5: Photographs, 1837-1975
1 box
24 items
This series consists of photographs of ballet dancers and ballet performances. Included are signed photographs of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Martha Graham. The photos are organized into "still life" and "people" sections.
Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Robert Fletcher, James Montgomery, and James Tunstall, as well as others.
Consists of the papers of Findley M. Torrence, Olivia Dunbar Torrence, Pauline Torrence, and William Vaugh Moody, as well as correspondence of the Torrence family.
Letters G-H, 1837-1946
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 4
1 letter from W.S. Gilbert, 1 from the Bishop of Gloucester, 1 from Lord Gorell, 1 from John Gott, 2 from Charles L. Graves, 2 from Lord Haldane, 2 from Beatrice Harraden, 1 from Harry Hems, 1 from Craven Hill, 1 from Vassall Holland, 2 from J.D. Hooker, 1 from H. Horne, 2 from George Thompson Hutchinson.
A. D. Power Collection, 1837-1946
C0601
1 box
0.2 linear feet
Power, A. D. (Arnold Danvers)
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.
Box 132, Folder 8
Genealogical notes, published material, and photographs
Includes some letters to and from Pearl S. Buck.
Consists of miscellaneous printed material such as pamphlets, brochures, exhibition and dealer catalogues, and clippings about John James Audubon, as well as correspondence and subject files on related topics. Much of this material was gathered by Dr. Howard C. Rice, Jr., of Princeton University Library and relates to his research on Audubon and the whereabouts of his prints, manuscripts, and paintings.
Consists of miscellaneous papers of the Torrence family, including a scrapbook and clippings.
Consists primarily of documents and photographs of the Torrence family.
Astrophysical Sciences Department Records, 1835-2017 (mostly 1867-1966)
AC157
40 boxes
1 websites
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Princeton University. Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences.
The papers of the Astrophysical Sciences Department represent the original observation records, correspondence, and teaching documents of Princeton astrophysicists from 1835 to 1990.
Consists primarily of correspondence and estate papers of George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), Charles Scribner (1821-1871), and Nicholas Schuyler, a physician who served as a surgeon during the Revolutionary War, as well as some genealogical materials and ephemera.
Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers, 1835-1969
C1565
3 boxes
1.2 linear feet
Schaeffer, Evelyn Schuyler
Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
Subseries 2A: Jobs, 1834 June-1948
223 boxes
Consists of a rich collection of information for jobs from 1834-1948 for works such as "Colophon New Graphic Series," "The Squire's Homemade Wine: Journal Entries of Thomas Hoggson," "The Worst Christmas Story," and "Paper and Printing in Ancient China," as well as others.
Consists of materials related to Pynson Printers, Adler's printing business. Included are jobs, correspondence, documents, order files, vouchers, and financial and printed material.
Series 1: Topical Run, 1834-2008
46 boxes
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Contains photographs filed by subject.
Series 3: Departments and Centers, 1834-2002 August
37 boxes
5 folders
The Departments and Centers series consists of the records of the various departments (and in later years, research centers) which fall under the authority of the School of Engineering. As engineering has progressed rapidly over the course of the 20th century, many of these departments have undergone changes in title, mergers, or been disbanded completely. For the purposes of description, the names used here reflect the name of the Department or Center at the date of the most recent records found in the corresponding subseries.
Princeton Scientific Expeditions Collection, 1834-1995 (mostly 1834-1930)
AC012
26 boxes
236 items
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The Princeton Scientific Expeditions Collection brings together original materials from the university archives that document the work of various scientific expeditions conducted under the aegis of Princeton University and its corporate predecessors. The connection with the university ranges from enterprises duly authorized in the trustees' minutes to expeditionary tasks that happen to have been carried out by members of the university faculty, often with little official notice of Princeton as an institution.
Harvard/Yale/Princeton, 1834-1993
12 boxes
This folder contains four photographs of William F. Buckley (1970), John F. Kennedy and the Houghton and Beinecke Libraries of Harvard and Yale.
Series 1: Daniel Moreau Barringer (1860-1928), 1834-1973
80 boxes
1 folder
Consists of correspondence, documents, ledgers, photographs of the Meteor Crater (Ariz.) site, and printed matter of Barringer (Princeton University Class of 1879). The correspondence contains letters which deal with scientific and business activities in mining and meteorology, including those of several companies which Barringer founded or developed, such as the Hanover Bessemer Iron and Copper Company, El Palmarito Leasing Company, the Texas Iron Association, and the Meteor Crater Exploration Mining Company (general manager, George M. Calvocorresses, a major correspondent). The collection reflects Barringer's accomplishment in being the first to advance the theory that Meteor Crater was caused by the fall of a meteoric cluster, probably a small comet. There are a number of photographs, including over 100 cyanotypes and 6 lantern slides, mainly concerned with illustrating various craters and aspects of meteor study, mining equipment, and aerial surveys. There are also letters by fellow college classmate Woodrow Wilson, whose correspondence indicates that Barringer was not only a friend but also a personal adviser on mining and geological matters. In addition, the correspondence includes letters by Theodore Roosevelt, Owen Wister, General Leonard Wood, and Elihu Thomson.
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering subseries contains records which document with relative thoroughness the activities of the Department from its founding in 1941 through the chairmanship of Daniel C. Sayre, which lasted until 1951. The records consist of correspondence and subject files, much of which relate to the Department's academic curriculum and research programs. The materials offer a glimpse into the early development of aeronautics as a field, of which Princeton's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering was at the forefront.
D. Van Nostrand Company Collection of Edward M. Crane, 1834-1969
C0719
26 boxes
15.1 linear feet
Crane, Edward M. (Edward Matthews) (1922)
The D. Van Nostrand Company Collection of Edward M. Crane consists of correspondence, financial papers, documents, diaries, photographs, artwork, printed matter, and other papers of the American publishing consultant and former president of D. Van Nostrand Company Edward Matthews Crane (1922- ).
Charles Homer Haskins Papers, 1834-1960 (mostly 1909-1937)
C0702
34 boxes
16.8 linear feet
Haskins, Charles Homer (1870-1937)
Consists of selected papers of American historian Charles Homer Haskins reflecting his academic career and government appointments.
Course Examinations Collection, 1833-1998 (mostly 1871-1967)
AC054
24 boxes
2 items
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The course examinations collection consists of examination questions administered to applicants, undergraduates, and graduate students at Princeton University.
Series 2: Examination Questions Arranged by Subject, 1833-1998
16 boxes
2 items
Series 2: Examinations Arranged by Subject, 1833-1998 consists primarily of examinations for Princeton undergraduate courses. It also contains a small number of exam schedules, graduate examinations, and instructions.
This series consists of printed maps, brochures, journals, and books.
William M. Armstrong Collection on E.L. Godkin, 1833-1978
C0560
14 boxes
6.5 linear feet
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Armstrong, William M. (William Martin) (1919)
This collection consists of American historian William M. Armstrong's works and research material on Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1831-1902), a founder and editor of The Nation (1865-1881) and editor of the New York Evening Post (1883-1900). The collection contains typed manuscripts of Armstrong's biography on Godkin along with other writings, as well as photocopies, microfilms, and typescripts of correspondence.
Series 1: Works, 1833-1977
21 boxes
Consists of novels, short stories, poetry and articles written by James Gould Cozzens as well as works by others.
Subseries 1A: Novels, 1833-1970
17 boxes
Consists of manuscripts for novels of James Gould Cozzens, including Ask Me Tomorrow, Castaway, Guard of Honor, as well as others.
Delafield, Richard (1798-1873)
The papers of Richard Delafield, great-uncle of John Ross Delafield, consist of correspondence, photographs, genealogical papers, photocopies, and printed matter. The correspondence contains letters by Delafield, soldier and military engineer, in reference to army and engineering matters, some letters to family members, and letters about him sent to John Ross Delafield by the archivist of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. There is a photograph of Delafield taken while he was superintendent of West Point as well as photocopies of letters, an army order, reports, and sheet music of the "Florida March" and the "Manassas March," both dedicated to Delafield.
Ridgely Torrence Papers, 1833-1952 (mostly 1890-1951)
C0172
123 boxes
2 items
50 linear feet
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Torrence, Ridgely (1875-1950)
Ridgely Torrence was an American poet, playwright, and editor of The New Republic, and his papers document the literary activity and relationship of a large group of American writers between the years 1890 and 1950. Particularly well-represented are American poets William Vaughn Moody and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Box 41
ALS to C. Mears, 25 October 1839; ALS to Morris from J. Howard Payne referencing Rice, 12 April 1833; 2 lithographed portraits of Rice, one in black-face, n.d.; 2 ALsS to Mrs. Kay from Forest H. Sweet, May 1952. AM 22002
These course materials were removed from the Lecture Notes Collection (AC052), as they are not notes taken by students. Some material in this grouping may never have been in the Lecture Notes Collection but was stored together with material that was. Some are professors' notes for lectures, some are problem sets or laboratory instructions kept by students.
Series 3: Personal Files, 1832-2005
36 boxes
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The Personal Files series contains materials about Kennan's career, as well as his personal life. The majority of the series is composed of newspaper articles, either clippings or arranged in scrapbooks, about Kennan which cover his entire career at the State Department and at the Institute for Advanced Study, as well as his opinions on current events and his retirement. Also included are recordings of interviews, lectures, conferences, and television programs by or about Kennan, his appointment calendars from 1965 and 1970-2000, papers for classes he taught at Princeton University, and materials he provided to his official biographer John Gaddis, notably the FBI's file on Kennan. Other materials include photographs, awards and honorary degrees, topical files of articles Kennan collected, and files on Kennan's travels.
Geographical Playbills Collection, 1832-1980 (mostly 1925-1965)
TC022
242 boxes
105.61 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The Geographical Playbills Collection consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.
Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (mostly 1860-1900)
C0189
38 boxes
17.1 linear feet
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Troxell, Janet Camp
Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.