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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.
Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection, 1832-1954
C0341
20 boxes
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of the personal papers of Ernest Cushing Richardson, librarian of Princeton University Library from 1890 till 1925.
Mini-collection of works (copies), editorial and personal correspondence, photographs, and printed material
Consists of editorial correspondence of Ernest Hemingway from 1925-1945.
Mormons and Mormonism Collection, 1831-1975
WC019
4 boxes
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of a collection of miscellaneous material, both originals and copies, related to Mormons, Mormonism, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The Records By Others About or Relating to Arthur Krock series includes biographical materials and tributes, reference materials, reviews of his writings, verses of poetry on current events and culture, and meeting minutes of the council of the New York World. The biographical materials include articles and editorials from newspapers and magazines about Krock's career and opinions expressed in his writings, as well as photocopies of materials about Krock from other research institutions. Reference materials includes articles about topics of interest to Krock, including politics, foreign aid, the International Monetary Fund, and New Deal organizations.
Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (mostly 1950-2012)
C0790
381 boxes
60 items
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Fuentes, Carlos
The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.
Series 34. Symbols, 1830-2002 3 boxes
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The Symbols series contains information about the things that symbolize Princeton, such as its coat of arms, the orange and black, and the ubiquitous tigers.
Box 27, Folder 1
The material in this series primarily consists of financial and legal documents, assorted clippings, and other miscellanous items related to Richter's writings and career.
Consists of miscellaneous correspondence as well as miscellaneous papers of the Hutton family.
Consists of correspondence with his wife, Louise Selina Bonynge Maxwell, as well as with the Brazilian Embassy, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, George V, King of Great Britain, several Earls and Barons, and others.
William Beebe Papers, 1830-1961 (mostly 1920-1959)
C0661
22 boxes
9.2 linear feet
Beebe, William
Consists of papers of American naturalist William Beebe, primarily relating to his association with the New York Zoological Society (NYZS).
William Yarrell Collection, 1830-1961 (mostly 1833-1856)
C0603
1 box
1.25 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.
Frederick T. Brown Family Papers, 1830-1959
C0726
1 box
0.4 linear feet
Brown, Frederick T. (Frederick Thomas), 1822-1893
Consists of selected papers of the Frederick T. Brown family, which originated in Ohio but at various times lived in Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey.
Consists of personal, financial and legal documents of the Richter and Achenbach families. Includes family letters and diaries.
G. Edward Pendray papers, 1829-1981 (mostly 1923-1971)
MC105
106 boxes
2 items
Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-
G. Edward Pendray was an early proponent of rocket power and space flight and co-founder Pendray and Company, a prominent public relations firm. The G. Edward Pendray Papers consist of correspondence, notes, memoranda, drafts, reports, photographs, and printed material related to Pendray's career in public relations and his life-long interest and involvement in aeronautics and astronautics.
The Organizational Files Subseries documents Pendray's involvement with the American Interplanetary Society (later renamed American Rocket Society), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Guggenheim Foundation. The material pertaining to the American Interplanetary Society consists of financial documents, internal correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, published journals, photographs and sketches related to rocket tests, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. The history of early rocket technology and some of the first experimental rockets are well-documented here. The bulk of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics related material consists of correspondence. Additional American Rocket Society material and a history of the AIAA's G. Edward Pendray Award are included also. The Guggenheim Foundation documents pertain to Pendray's involvement in establishing several aviation research centers. The bulk of the NASA related documents are printed materials that document NASA's developmental years.
The Subject Files Series includes documents compiled and maintained by Pendray during the course of his involvement with several aeronautics and astronautics groups and his career in the public relations field. Also included are files on various scientists and related science disciplines, the bulk of which were compiled during Pendray's tenures as the science editor at the Herald Tribune and Literary Digest.
Julia Burt Atteberry Papers, 1829-1979 (mostly 1911-1973)
C0226
5 boxes
1.8 linear feet
Atteberry, Julia Burt, 1915-1986
Julia Burt Atteberry was the daughter of Maxwell Struthers Burt (Princeton Class of 1904) and Katharine Newlin Burt, who were both writers and established one of the first "dude" ranches in the West. This collection consists of correspondence between various members of the Burt family and some of their manuscripts, miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and journals.
Blair Family Papers, 1829-1977 (mostly 1829-1945)
C1569
5 boxes
3.5 linear feet
Blair family
Consists of a group of family papers and genealogical research collected by members of the Blair family, a prominent political family in the United States in the 19th century. Materials relate to Francis Preston Blair Sr. (1791-1876) and his descendents, including Frank P. (Francis Preston) Blair Jr., Apolline Alexander Blair, Francis Preston Blair III, Andrew A. Blair, James L. Blair, Gist Blair, Emily Blair Henrotin, and others. Included are correspondence, documents, genealogical research, photographs, printed materials, and writings related to politics, military service, family history, and domestic life.
Materials for an Incomplete Study of Lord Byron as a Dramatist, Collected By Vail Motter, 1829-1953 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 18
Contains family correspondence with Gwinn's mother, Matilda Bowie Gwinn, her husband's parents, Mahalia Riley and Alfred James Hodder, and other relatives, as well as correspondence with friends and acquaintances, especially M. Cary Thomas, with whom she corresponded writing under many different pet names, Katharine Fullerton and Gordon Hall Gerould, and including correspondence with Gwinn's special Baltimore friends, Bessie King, Mary E. Garrett, Julia Rogers, and Nancy Howard. The correspondence is full of references to Jessie Donaldson Hodder's presence in the lives of the Hodders, as well as references to M. Carey Thomas' reaction to the Gwinn and Hodder relationship.
Box 151, Folder 22
Contains photocopies of a letter and genealogical materials
Box 1, Folder 6
Series 1: National Organizations, 1827-2011 23 boxes 1 folder
Series 1: National Organizations, 1826-2008 contains records of the Alumni Association of Nassau Hall, the Committee of Fifty, the Graduate Council and the Alumni Council, as well as the current Alumni Association of Princeton University and its many committees. This series also includes a significant amount of material about reunions.
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1827-1970 (mostly 1917-1947)
C0038
93 boxes
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.
This subseries consists primarily of photographs of Indic temples and religious artwork, sculptures, figures, drawings, textiles, jewelry, inscriptions, coins, patterns, dancers, theater actors, and people, primarily from India, and also from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Cambodia, Java, Siam (Thailand), China, Bali, Afghanistan, Burma, Assyria, Greece, Nepal, Persia (Iran), Tibet, Sumatra, Japan, Korea, Laos, Egypt, Turkey, Bhutan, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Morocco, and Nigeria. Photographs show temples and artwork dating from the 3rd century B.C. until the 19th century. Though some photographs were taken by Coomaraswamy, most were collected from miscellaneous photographers, museums, and archaeological institutions, and many are unattributed.
Consists primarily of photographs of Indic temples, artwork, and dance, collected by Coomaraswamy as part of his ongoing research on Indian art and religion, and during his long career as a curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Some photographs of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and glass slides are also included. There is also a collection of negatives documenting his travels.
Box 87, Box 88, Box 89
Unsorted oversize and mounted black-and-white prints, 14x18" and smaller, showing temples, sculptures, and artwork. Most are undated, though some contain detailed captions on the back. Includes photographs of temples and artwork at Sanchi, Agra, Java, Ellora, Mount Abu, Pattadakal and more.
Alumni Association Records, 1826-2016
AC048
47 boxes
1 folder
Princeton University. Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association of Nassau Hall, Princeton's first official organization of alumni, was founded on commencement day 1826. The collection consists primarily of administrative materials such as correspondence, meeting minutes, notebooks and reports belonging to both national and regional associations and their committees, most from the first half of the 20th century. Also contains newsletters, alumni directories, scrapbooks, reunion-related ephemera, photographs, and materials documenting reunions and alumni organization activities from the late 19th century forward.
Syllabi and Course Materials Collection, 1826-2005
AC333
33 boxes
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
The Syllabi and Course Materials Collection brings together original materials from the university archives that document the content of classes taught at Princeton University.
Includes visual materials such as portraits and other images.
Series 11: Family Papers, 1826-1990 30 boxes
Consists of the papers of other members of the Lehmann family, including Frederick Lehmann (grandfather), Nina Chambers Lehmann (grandmother), Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (father), Alice Marie Davis Lehmann (mother), Beatrix Lehmann (sister), Helen Lehmann (sister), and Rosamond Lehmann (sister), as well as some papers of the Chambers family.
Consists of biographical files for Brandon Barringer as well as Daniel Moreau and Felicity Barringer and other family members.
Series 2: Syllabi Removed from the Princetoniana Collection, 1826-1947 (bulk 1850-1920) consists of printed syllabi and lecture notes that at some point were classified as part of the library's Princetoniana collection under call numbers starting with P435. Almost all of the items were printed specifically for use by students in classes at Princeton, and are based on lectures given by Princeton professors. They cover a broad range of subjects, including subjects no longer taught at Princeton, such as Law.
J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (mostly 1880-1939)
C0213
7 boxes
32 folios
9 items
2.5 linear feet
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O'Connell, J. Harlin (John Harlin), 1893-1955
Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.
F (General). 1 folder: including letters to, from, and about the following, 1824-1974 1 box
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Box 156, Folder 14
Contains essays, printed material, ephemera
Printed items, such as pamphlets, brochures, annual reports, event programs, and magazines relating to several topics, including animals, children, education, health, and horticulture.
Series 8: 2018 Accrual, 1823-2015 1 box
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This series contains photocopied material on Charles Yost's personal and family life and his professional life, as well as four photographs of his swearing in as U.S. Ambassador in Morocco, donated by Felicity Yost in 2018.
Joseph Jefferson Collection, 1823-1976 (mostly 1829-1905)
TC132
1 box
0.4 linear feet
Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905
Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author. His collection consists of biographical newspaper clippings, 2 copies of his Autobiography, theatrical criticism and approbation, and clippings on family matters.
Subseries 2A: Photographs, 1823-1963 May 8 boxes 1 folder
The Photographs Subseries provides a visual documentation of the life and activities of Woodrow Wilson. It includes the prints and negatives used in the Papers of Woodrow Wilson, along with other photographs sorted by subject. While the bulk of the images are of people and places, there are also photographs and negatives of important correspondence and documents. Additionally, this subseries contains a run of United States Signal Corps photographs from Wilson's presidential era.
Selected Papers of Smith Thompson, 1823-1949
C0354
2 boxes
2.0 linear feet
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Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843
Consists of documents and correspondence of Smith Thompson (Princeton Class of 1788) covering, for the most part, the years (1823-1843) when he served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Series 9: Duplicate Publications for Digitization, 1822-2018 81 boxes
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Series 9 contains duplicates of Princeton University publications. These publications include announcements, catalogues, official registers, phone books, reports, student publications and year books. These are incomplete runs to be used for digitization.