- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
- Find Related Materials
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9g54xh73h
- Dates:
- 1502-2012
- Size:
- 120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-58; 60-62; 84; B-001555; B-001559; B-001683; B-001584; P-000151; B-001676; B-001562; P-000165; B-001621; P-000150; B-001748; B-001456; B-001185; B-001641; B-001675; P-000148; 25A; B-001225; P-000163; P-000149; B-001718; P-000153; 43A; B-001552; P-000152; P-000109; P-000147; P-000164; P-000172; B-001761; B-001758; P-000174; B-001838; B-001765; P-000177; B-001836; B-001835; B-001837; B-001834; L-000030; B-001796; B-001845; B-001806; P-000183; P-000185; P-000186; P-000182; P-000184; B-001839; B-001846; B-002003; B-001852; B-001851; P-000190; P-000187; P-000188; B-001855; B-001872; B-001878; B-001856; P-000194; B-002011; P-000200; B-002016; P-000202; B-002017; L-000031; L-000032; B-002018; B-002024; P-000201; B-002023; B-002028; P-000209; B-002030; B-002031; B-002038; B-002033; P-000206; Q-001427; B-002034; P-000207; P-000208; P-000210; P-000211; B-002040
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Boxes 59, 63
- Language:
- Multiple languages
Abstract
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.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, cards, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents (deeds, wills, bonds, etc.). This miscellaneous collection provides a way of locating small accessions of material that are not part of the Manuscripts Division's provenance-based or topical collections.
The collection includes documents from United States presidents James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, William Howard Taft, and Martin Van Buren. The collection also contains original documents of Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, Jefferson Davis, Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, Langston Hughes, Victor Hugo, Herman Melville, J. P. Morgan, Samuel Morse, Benito Mussolini, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Orwell, Thomas Paine, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Revere, J. D. Salinger, Jean-Paul Satre, William Tecumseh Sherman, Upton Sinclair, Henry Morton Stanley, John Steinbeck, Bram Stoker, Alexis de Toqueville, Jules Verne, Booker T. Washington, E. B. White, and Virginia Woolf, to name only a few of the most famous.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator, with unattributed materials at the end.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection has resulted from miscellaneous purchases and gifts of numerous donors over the years.
- Accruals
The collection is open and will continue to grow.
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lisa Yankowitz during the summer and fall of 2010 . The finding aid was written by Lisa Yankowitz in January 2011 and is regularly updated with new acquisitions by Faith Charlton, Kelly Bolding, and Armando Suárez.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- 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.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9g54xh73h
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-58; 60-62; 84; B-001555; B-001559; B-001683; B-001584; P-000151; B-001676; B-001562; P-000165; B-001621; P-000150; B-001748; B-001456; B-001185; B-001641; B-001675; P-000148; 25A; B-001225; P-000163; P-000149; B-001718; P-000153; 43A; B-001552; P-000152; P-000109; P-000147; P-000164; P-000172; B-001761; B-001758; P-000174; B-001838; B-001765; P-000177; B-001836; B-001835; B-001837; B-001834; L-000030; B-001796; B-001845; B-001806; P-000183; P-000185; P-000186; P-000182; P-000184; B-001839; B-001846; B-002003; B-001852; B-001851; P-000190; P-000187; P-000188; B-001855; B-001872; B-001878; B-001856; P-000194; B-002011; P-000200; B-002016; P-000202; B-002017; L-000031; L-000032; B-002018; B-002024; P-000201; B-002023; B-002028; P-000209; B-002030; B-002031; B-002038; B-002033; P-000206; Q-001427; B-002034; P-000207; P-000208; P-000210; P-000211; B-002040
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Boxes 59, 63
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Subject Terms:
- Authors.
Poets.
Politicians -- United States.
Presidents -- United States. - Genre Terms:
- Documents.
Letters.
Manuscripts.
Photographs.
