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Consists of works by individuals such as Thomas Aitken, Lester del Ray, Robert Nevers, and Karen Wylie, as well as others.
Series 7: July 2009 Accession, 1730-2008
64 boxes
2 items
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
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The July 2009 Accession contains historical documents originating in the offices of the Linkages and Learning Team (Nicola Armacost, Director) and Presidents Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Nancy Barry, and Michaela Walsh. They pertain to workshops, programs, training, media coverage, and meetings. Materials include compact disks, correspondence, newletters, and reports.
William Seymour Family Papers, 1733-1967 (mostly 1870-1933)
TC011
89 boxes
42 linear feet
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Seymour, William (1855-1933)
Consists primarily of the professional papers of prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American theatrical stage manager and director William Seymour (1855-1933). The majority of papers include correspondence as well as numerous production-related materials, such as playscripts, promptbooks, and sheet music. Family members, particularly other well-known theater figures, such as Seymour's sister-in-law Fanny Davenport (1850-1898), are also represented in the collection through correspondence, production materials, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.
This series consists of secondary sources about the Doubleday firm, its principals, and selected authors.
Frank N. Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday Collection, 1734-1966 (mostly 1890-1949)
C0162
33 boxes
1 item
14 linear feet
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Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Consists primarily of papers of Frank Nelson Doubleday and his son, Nelson, relating to their personal and business relationships with prominent authors and artists published under the Doubleday imprint, such as Joseph Conrad, A. B. Frost, Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence, and W. Someset Maugham.
Subseries 8B, Manuscripts Relating to the Rittenhouse Orrery, 1734-1968
6 boxes
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Subseries 8B, Manuscripts Relating to the Rittenhouse Orrery consists of letters and documents tracing the search for and restoration of the orrery; exhibition plans, display cards, and publicity releases related to the 1954 exhibition of the orrery; photographs of the Rittenhouse and other orreries; two notebooks, containing a "Documentary History of the Rittenhouse Orrery, 1767-1951" and "18th Century Orreries Before and After David Rittenhouse," with bibliographies; and notes and typescripts for Howard C. Rice's "The Rittenhouse Orrery" (1954), a narrative commentary on the exhibition. Also included are photostats of manuscript material, including letters by Thomas Jefferson and David Rittenhouse, lent to the Library for the exhibition by Elizabeth Sergeant Abbot, and lists of items borrowed from other sources.
Series 2: Author Files, 1734-1975
37 boxes
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Consists of files for individual authors that contain correspondence and manuscripts (previously housed in ten file cabinet drawers and now stored on C-floor).
Series 8: Special Projects, 1734-1998
11 boxes
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
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The Special Projects and Library History series consists of records pertaining to special projects which have been undertaken under the oversight of the library, as well as materials which document the history of the library itself.
Princeton University Library Records, 1734-2017 (mostly 1952-1995)
AC123
635 boxes
5 folders
10 items
87 Volumes
1605 digital files
1 websites
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
Restrictions may apply.
Princeton University. Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
The Princeton University Library is one of the foremost university libraries in the world. With collections totaling over 12 million volumes, manuscripts, and nonprint items spread across fifteen buildings, the Princeton University Library system serves not only the Princeton University community but the world at large. The Princeton University Library Records consist of the files of the University Librarian and other Library administrators and departments, as well as of the Friends of the Princeton University Library. Materials in the record group include correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, minutes, press releases, proposals, statistics, photographs and other audiovisual materials, and microfilm. The records document the Library's day-to-day operations as well as its involvement with other departments on campus, other college and university libraries, and library users.
Robert Judson Clark Papers, 1741-1997
AC208
10 boxes
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
Clark, Robert Judson.
The Robert Judson Clark Papers consist of records pertaining to the architecture and grounds of Princeton University's campus and the surrounding area, compiled by professor emeritus Robert Judson Clark of the Princeton University Department of Art and Archaeology.
Series 1: Subject Files, 1741-1997 (mostly 1870-1994)
6 boxes
SOME ONLINE MATERIAL
The subject files series contains records compiled about specific buildings on the Princeton campus and in the surrounding town, as well as other topics including Princeton's presidents, the architecture of other colleges, individual architects, and benefactors. The files consist of articles, newspaper clippings, copies of documents from the records of the University Archives, and in some cases photographs. In the case of some buildings, there are multiple files dedicated to certain periods in the building's history or to specific aspects of the building, such as the Nassau Hall faculty room and the Chapel organ. Notable among the subject files are a series of records dedicated to houses in the immediate area surrounding Princeton previously owned by University faculty or alumni.
Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, 1742-2014
RBD2
15 boxes
26 items
21 linear feet
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Collection of ephemera relating to the marketing of books, consisting of prospectuses, adverts, catalogs, etc.
