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Osborn and Dodge Family Papers, 1726-1983
C0537
14 boxes
5.6 linear feet
Osborn family
Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, printed material, and miscellanea of three generations of the Osborn and Dodge families.
Princeton University Library Collection of Theater Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1726-1978
TC097
15 boxes
6 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of an assembled collection of correspondence of playwrights, authors, actors and actresses, and theater managers, and other manuscript materials relating to American and English theater from the 1720s through the 1970s.
The Research Materials series contains materials collected by Hirschman as he conducted his research. The majority of the series is composed of photocopies and offprints of articles and reports, as well as some newspaper clippings, about Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Latin America in general. These papers cover a range of economic, social, and political issues, providing views of the conditions in each country and the region. The series also includes articles about political theories, philosophies, and world economic and political history, and Hirschman's notes from his travels to Latin America.
Thong Family, 1723, 1952 1 folder
Box 152, Folder 19
Contains a legal document and a copy of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (1952)
Tasso: Photographs: Anonymous Book Illustrations late 18th Century and 19th Century, 1720-1980 1 folder
Box 26, Folder 16
A collection of 29 bound manuscripts including but not restricted to contemporary copies of Handel's musical works. Some of these copybooks include works by other contemporary composers. Also included are several indices of Handel's works and a scrapbook concerning 19th-century performances at various Handel festivals.
Series 3: Correspondence, 1715 February 28-1957 June 19 5 boxes 28 items
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Consists of the correspondence of the Blanco White Family.
William Byler Papers, 1715-2000 (mostly 1975-1995)
MC201
23 boxes
Byler, William
William Byler was Executive Director of the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) from 1962 to 1980. After leaving AAIA, Byler continued advocating for the Native American community, first at Gerard, Byler and Associates and later at William Byler Associates. Byler's papers document his work on behalf of the Native American community after leaving AAIA. The papers include legal memoranda, draft and final agreements between Native American communities and companies or government agencies, and court documents, as well as topical files of related legislation and reports on the issues.
Series 1 primarily pertains to the land and water rights of specific American Indian tribes or peoples. Most of the communities represented by Byler are native to the Southwest, especially Arizona, though issues related to tribes and peoples residing in Washington state, the Midwest, and the Southeast are also documented.
John Van Antwerp MacMurray Papers, 1715-1988 (mostly 1913-1942)
MC094
176 boxes
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MacMurray, J. W. (Junius Wilson), -1898
The John Van Antwerp MacMurray Papers describe the public and personal lives of John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881-1960), diplomat and specialist in Far Eastern Affairs, and his father, Junius Wilson MacMurray (1843-1898).
Series 1, Historical documents and family records, 1715-1950 1 box
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Series 1 includes documents concerning Schenectady (NY), as well as the Van Antwerp and the MacMurray families.
James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 (mostly 1946-1968)
C0640
12 boxes
29 items
Hall, James S.
Consists (primarily) of manuscripts of works by Handel and his contemporaries but also of correspondence and subject files gathered by James S. Hall, the English surgeon who collected most of the manuscripts.
Pierson Family Documents, 1713-1946 (mostly 1800-1880)
C0548
1 box
0.4 linear feet
Pierson family
Consists of documents representing at least three generations of the Pierson family of Orange, New Jersey, including Isaac Pierson (1770-1833, Princeton Class of 1789), a physician, his son William (1796-1882, Princeton Class of 1816), a physician and first mayor of Orange, and William's sons Edward (d. 1882, Princeton Class of 1854), a lawyer, and William, Jr. (1830-1900), also a physician.
Box 4, Folder 1-8
This group of material relates to five generations of the Trenton branch of the Scudder family. The first generation is represented by Richard Betts Scudder (1670-1754) with an appointment as lieutenant in a British company of foot soldiers in Burlington County from 1711 and two inventories relating to his Trenton estate, both dating 1754. For Richard Betts Scudder's grandsons Daniel Scudder (1736-1811) and Amos Scudder (1739-1824), there is an indenture dating 1770. Daniel Scudder's grandsons, John Scudder (1796-1840), Jasper Smith Scudder (1797-1877), and Abner Scudder (1800-1878), are represented by two indentures as well as a receipt for a slave named Samuel Conover, all dated 1825. Edward Wallace Scudder (1822-1893), son of Jasper Smith Scudder, is represented in two documents: a print of the members of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey in 1886 and an invitation to a World's Columbian Exposition event in 1892. Finally, the class notebooks of Wallace M. Scudder (1853-1931), son of Edward Wallace Scudder, are present in the collection and provide information regarding his training as an engineer at Lehigh University, circa 1869 to 1873, and his training as a lawyer at Harvard University from 1879 to 1881. The last items in this group of materials are a draft and final version of an article for the newsletter titled "The Scudder Association, Inc.," dating 1983. This newsletter and the drafts contain biographical information on Edward Wallace Scudder (1822-1893), Wallace McIlvaine Scudder (1853-1931), and Edward Wallace Scudder, II (1882-1953).
Neilson Campbell Hannay Collection of William Cowper, 1711-1965 (mostly 1750-1799)
C0134
10 boxes
6 items
10 Volumes
5 linear feet
Hannay, Neilson Campbell, 1880-1962
Consists of poetry manuscripts, documents, pictorial works, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to the English poet William Cowper (1731-1800), and to his circle of family, friends, and editors, collected by Neilson Campbell Hannay.
Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1708-1950
C1007
1 box
0.4 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, dating from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as colonial governor of New Jersey.
McIlwain, Charles Howard, 1871-1968
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The American Revolution (1923), Charles H. McIlwaine (Princeton Class of 1894) was a professor of history and government at both Princeton (1905-1910) and Harvard University (1926-1946). His papers include notes, lectures, and other miscellaneous personal papers.
Wilkinson Collection of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1703-1955 (mostly 1869-1900)
C0114
8 boxes
2.70 linear feet
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Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and editor of St. Nicholas magazine. This collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence concerning St. Nicholas, and correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the Dodge family.
Series 7: Grounds and Buildings, 1701-1982 12 boxes 2 items
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The grounds and building memorabilia contains pieces of buildings, keys, and bells.
Bernard M. Baruch Papers, 1701-1965 (mostly 1917-1965)
MC006
441 boxes
1 folder
340 Volumes
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Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
Bernard M. Baruch was a financier and public adviser. This collection consists primarily of public papers relating to Baruch's various involvements in government affairs.
Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1701-1965 6 boxes 1 folder
This series contains miscellaneous documents found in Baruch's papers as well as documents added to the collection after the initial deposit of papers. It includes some genealogical material, papers from the Baruch School of Business and Administration, financial records for the period from 1927-1936, guest and game books, a record of office visitors for the period from 1933-1965, a cross-reference guide to the correspondence prepared by Baruch's office, and other items.
Series 1: Artwork and Manuscripts, 1700-2999 32 boxes 141 items 12 Volumes
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Consists of manuscripts, both bound and unbound, mostly oversize, and artwork/ephemera housed in a variety of oversize containers.
Subseries 1B: Bound Manuscripts, 1700-1951 4 boxes 138 items 12 Volumes
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Consists of manuscripts of authors such as Charlotte Brontë, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, and William Makepeace Thackeray, as well as others.
Consists of the writings of Milton Halsey Thomas, including college writings, biographical information, genealogies, and works on diaries of various individuals.
Consists of excerpts, illustrations, correspondence, bills, reviews, galleys, and genealogy related to Samuel Sewall Diary.
Proposals and Surveys, 1697-1972 16 boxes
Series 1 consists of proposals and surveys compiled by the Office of Occupational Health and Safety in regards to radiation safety measures taken to protect workers and researchers at the Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator, a particle research facility that operated on Forrestal Campus from 1957 to 1971.
Series 3: Letters and Manuscripts of Cowper Circle, 1694-1992 August 7 boxes 6 items 6 Volumes
This series consists of correspondence amongst Cowper's circle of family, friends, editors, and others, as well as a few assorted manuscripts. While the majority of the letters are original, there are also some copies. The primary correspondents include Sir John Carr, William Hayley, Lady Hesketh, John Johnson, John Newton, and Samuel Teedon. This series is first organized alphabetically by correspondent, then alphabetically by recipient, and finally chronologically by date. Unidentified manuscripts are located at the end of the series.
Henry Van Dyke Family Papers, 1694-1963 (mostly 1840-1959)
C0276
179 boxes
75.9 linear feet
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Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933
The Henry Van Dyke Family Papers consists of papers of three generations of the prominent Van Dyke family of New York and Princeton, beginning with Henry Jackson Van Dyke (1822-1891) and his wife, Henrietta [Ashmead] Van Dyke (1820-1893), followed by their children, Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) and Paul Van Dyke (1859-1933), and ending with Henry van Dyke's son Tertius Van Dyke (1886-1958).
Throop and Martin Family Papers, 1693-1951
C0055
12 boxes
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and photographs concerning the Throop and Throop Martin families of New Jersey. In addition to the family correspondence, there is an autograph collection and other miscellaneous items.
William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001
C1462
4 boxes
2.4 linear feet
Tipping, William
Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.
This series consists of several legal documents, such as wills, deeds, mortgage, and certification of members of the Tipping family.
Box 2, Folder 6
Includes the original will of Sir Thomas Tipping, nephew of William Tipping. There is also a handwritten contemporary copy of the Will dated 1972.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1688-1971 9 boxes
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Consists of the correspondence of Alfred Marshall Mayer, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, and Alpheus Hyatt with individuals such as Carl Barus, Anton Julius Carlson, and Charles Eugene Delauney, as well as others.
Studio, 1686-2010 16 items
Contains books shelved by Derrida in his Studio, an addition to the house that served as Derrida's principal work environment from the time it was built in 2001 up to his death in 2004. Books are represented here as inventoried in 2011. Also includes books not inventoried in 2011 (hence presumably not shelved in the Studio at the time) but located in the Studio at the time of packing the Library for shipment to Princeton University Library.
Studio, 1686-2010 327 boxes 1 folder
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Contains books shelved by Derrida in his Studio, an addition to the house that served as Derrida's principal work environment from the time it was built in 2001 up to his death in 2004. Books are represented here as inventoried in 2011. Also includes books not inventoried in 2011 (hence presumably not shelved in the Studio at the time) but located in the Studio at the time of packing the Library for shipment to Princeton University Library.
The Library of Jacques Derrida, Studio Series, 1686-2010
RBD1
327 boxes
1 folder
6 items
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Derrida, Jacques
Consists of the personal library of French philosopher Jacques Derrida and members of his household.
Wall 4, 1686-2005 1 item
Contains books shelved on Wall 4, i.e. the wall to the right when entering the Studio.
Wall 4, 1686-2005 91 boxes
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Contains books shelved on Wall 4, i.e. the wall to the right when entering the Studio.
George Simpson Eddy Collection of Benjamin Franklin, 1684-1947
C0330
23 boxes
22.5 linear feet
Eddy, George Simpson, 1867-1947.
Consists of material by and about American patriot and founding father Benjamin Franklin collected by George Simpson Eddy in the process of pursuing various projects on and studies of Franklin.
Series 3: Miscellaneous Materials, 1683-1988 December 19 44 boxes 9 folders 6 items
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Consists of deeds, contracts, correspondence, minute books, music, maps, handbills, artwork, and costume design, as well as other materials.
Consists of personal correspondence between James Gould Cozzens and individuals such as M. Estelle Angier, Frederick Bracher, and William Jovanovich. Also includes correspondence with publishers, such as Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc and educational institutions, such as Princeton University.
Series 2: Correspondence, 1680-2999 14 boxes
Consists of personal and family correspondence as well as business and legal correspondence.
Consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, periodicals, memoranda, lists, maps, notes, papers and other miscellaneous items compiled by Brandon Barringer concerning personal, scientific, civic and professional matters.
Princeton University Library Collection of Modern Greek Materials, 1677-1967
C0958
3 boxes
4 folders
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of an open collection containing miscellaneous source material related to Modern Greek studies, including letters, documents, artwork, and other unbound manuscript items.
Miriam Y. Holden Collection, 1676-1993 (mostly 1930-1969)
C0071
104 boxes
45.0 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The Miriam Holden Collection consists of books, periodicals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, cartoons, letters, and other materials about women and their achievements collected by Holden.
Series 4: Subject Files, 1676-1980 61 boxes
This series, constituting the largest in the collection, aptly demonstrates the effort expended by Miriam Young Holden in her work of researching the history of women as well as her active involvement in contemporary women's rights movements. The vast array of detailed subjects illustrates Holden's passion for discovering the role women have played in not only modern American history, but also in ancient and global history. The large amounts of materials related to contemporary women's issues also point to her work in groups such as the National Woman's Party and the World Center for Women's Archives.
New Jersey Miscellaneous Collection, 1671-1956
C1351
9 boxes
5.6 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of a collection of miscellaneous legal and financial documents, correspondence, and other manuscript materials, assembled from various sources, that relate to New Jersey history or inhabitants of New Jersey from the late 17th century through the mid 20th century.
Series 35. External Views on Princeton, 1664-2004 6 boxes 1 folder
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The External Views on Princeton series documents the opinions and views of non-Princetonians about Princeton University. Princeton has—almost since its founding—been a favorite subject of writers, artists, and filmmakers. Though it is often portrayed with admiration, it is also sometimes the subject of criticism or parody. This series also includes rankings of universities that include Princeton, things named for Princeton, and lists of Princetonians awarded non-Princeton prizes and awards. A large section of this series consists of newspaper and magazine articles about Princeton (the bulk of which date to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries). Because of the number of these that are oversize, an oversize run is included as part of the series. For media produced at Princeton or by Princetonians on subjects other than Princeton, see Series 24 (Multimedia). For other newspaper and magazine articles about specific time periods in Princeton's history, see the chronological section of Series 1 (General).
Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey, 1664-1961
C0654
1 box
0.4 linear feet
Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980
Consists of copies of fundamental legal instruments of government (1664-1961) under which people have lived in New Jersey for the last 300 years, gathered by historian, Julian P. Boyd, for the book Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey (1964), which he edited.
Kienbusch Angling Collection, 1651-1974 (mostly 1800-1950)
C0245
5 boxes
68 items
49 Volumes
12.68 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of manuscripts and letters relating to the history and method of angling collected by Kienbusch (Princeton Class of 1906).
Elmer Adler Papers, 1651-1961 (mostly 1925-1955)
C0262
464 boxes
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
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.
Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (mostly 1930-1975)
C0746
173 boxes
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Lehmann, John, 1907-1987
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.
Subseries 1B: Nonfiction, 1640-1979 2 boxes
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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.
Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (mostly 1812-1920)
C0614
474 boxes
253 linear feet
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Blair family
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.
R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (mostly 1873-1899)
C0201
1 box
0.45 linear feet
Blackmore, R. D., (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900
The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.
Series 2: Other Material, 1625-1957 44 boxes
Consists of clippings, lectures, essays, addresses, and biographies written by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker.
Manufacturing and printing data for books published by the firm
Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons, 1615-1960 (mostly 1745-1785)
C0513
42 boxes
16.2 linear feet
Robinson, Stewart M. (Stewart MacMaster), 1893-1965
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."
New Jersey Documents Collection, 1601-1983 (mostly 1750-1890)
C0522
4 boxes
1.5 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Westfield, New Jersey, was part of Elizabethtown from the time it was settled in late 1664 until 1794, when the Township of Westfield was created. The New Jersey Documents Collections, 1601 to 1983, consists of New Jersey legal documents, the bulk of which are from the town of Westfield, Union County, and include land records, financial records, estate records, and court records, many of which were created by various members of the Baker, Downer, Hetfield, Johnson, Miller, Pierson, Ripley, Ross, and Woodruff families. The majority of the collection material dates from 1750 to 1890.
Organized by historical period, this sub-series contains prints and photographs of America's wars, states, life, and public personalities that were gathered for use in James Truslow Adam's five-volume illustrated chronicle, Album of American History, 1944-1949.
Series 1: Bound Manuscripts and Letters, 1600-1965 66 items 49 Volumes
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Consists of the bound manuscripts and letters of individuals such as Thomas Barker, Robert William Chambers, Theodore Gordon, and George Edward Mackenzie Skues, as well as others.
Series 1: Modern (Bound) Manuscripts, 1600-1958 4 boxes 201 items 13 Volumes
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Consists primarily of bound, autograph manuscripts (many of them oversized), together with additional letters, documents and drawings. A few oversize, unbound manuscripts and/or letters have been retained in their original cases.
Series 2: Artwork, 1600-1948 17 boxes
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Consists of a variety of items (many oversized, matted and/or framed) by William Blake, Max Beerbohm, Hablot Knight Browne, George Cruikshank, Edward Lear, John Everett Millais, William Makepeace Thackeray, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J. M. W. Turner, members of the Brontë family, and others. Robert Taylor collected works by or relating to British authors, artists, and illustrators represented elsewhere in the Taylor Collection, both in manuscripts and printed books. Most of the artwork is individually matted and labeled in a series of 17 clamshell boxes, organized alphabetically by artist and size. An oil portrait of Alexander Pope, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745), is separately housed.
Series 3: Modern Manuscripts (Unbound) and Correspondence, 1545-1969 32 boxes 4 items
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Consists of files for individual authors that contain correspondence, documents, and unbound manuscripts (including some smaller sized items of art) that were previously housed in file cabinet drawers in the Taylor Room Library. The folders in each box are filed alphabetically by author name.
General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012
C0140
116 boxes
64.5 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.
Series 5: Experiments, 1500-1999 13 boxes
Consists of data, notes, graphs, photographs, and inventories related to the experiments of Walker Bleakney.
Series 18: Photograph Files, 1500-1995 65 boxes
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Photos of countries, people, subjects gathered for book use (such as Album of American History), and of company staff, offices, buildings, and selected authors
Consists of the letters of individuals such as George Pierce Baker, Benjamin Harris Brewster, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as others.
The Audiovisual series consists of videotapes and sound recordings documenting Baker's career in government and politics. The majority of tapes in the series are VHS videotapes of Baker's appearances on television news programs or recordings of television news stories that include mention of Baker. Some recordings of speeches and public appearances are also available. The videocassettes created between 1988 and 1992, during Baker's years at the State Department, often contain multiple programs or events on a single tape. In addition to the contents list, a more detailed index to the State Department "Master Tapes" is available in Box 262.
