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Letters to various Gordon family members, circa 1879-1894

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Collection History

Custodial History

From the auction house: "The previous owner has meticulously labeled . . . each letter."

In fact, labels (handwritten on index cards and on yellow sticky notes) are not present on each letter. Where index cards or sticky notes are present, they were created by the "previous owner."

Processing Information

Collection processed by Samantha Carrizales '22 and Phoebe Nobles in 2022. Finding aid created by Phoebe Nobles in 2022.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Credit this material:

Letters to various Gordon family members; Gordon family correspondence, AC482, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box S-000263

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Related Materials

A diary and letters written by Clarence Gordon's father, Jeremiah Smith Gordon, when he was a student at Princeton, appear in AC334, Student Correspondence and Writings Collection.

Lafayette College holds the Gordon, Clarence McCheyne Papers (1931-1933).

The University of Michigan, Clements Library holds the Gordon-Kyle family papers (1801-1861).

The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters at the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center holds the The Gordon family letters (1889-1904).

Names:
Gordon family (Fannettsburg (Pa.))
Gordon, Clarence McCheyne (1870)