- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Collector:
- Atkinson, E. Stanley (Edwin Stanley), 1887-1961
- Title:
- E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5m60qr89j
- Dates:
- 1748-1889
- Size:
- 1 box
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of letters and documents signed by historical figures from both the Revolutionary War and the pre-Civil War periods of American history, collected by E. Stanley Atkinson, a member of the Princeton Class of 1910.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists primarily of two parts: 1) letters and documents from the Revolutionary War period (1778-1780), most of which are addressed to or by Moore Furman, deputy quartermaster general for New Jersey at that time, or William Livingston, the New Jersey governor; 2) autograph letters by pre-Civil War (1857-1859) politicians and congressmen to A. J. Smith, autograph collector. Historical figures represented in the first group include Elias Boudinot, Nathanael Greene, John Hancock, Samuel Huntington, Henry Lee, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, and George Washington; included in the second are Schuyler Colfax, Jefferson Davis, Millard Fillmore, Samuel Houston, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren. In addition, there is a folder of autographs of congressmen (1830-1870).
- Arrangement
Organized alphabetically into one series:
- Collection Creator Biography:
Atkinson, E. Stanley (Edwin Stanley), 1887-1961
E. Stanley Atkinson, a member of the Princeton Class of 1910, was born in Philadelphia on April 15, 1887. He was interested in forestry and involved in a major citrus growing company in California. An executive of a water company in Carpinteria, California, Atkinson died on October 9, 1961.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of E. Stanley Atkinson on December 6, 1956 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed in 1982.. Finding aid written by John Delaney on August 23, 2006.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5m60qr89j
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
