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Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1914-1918
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of selected papers of Farrand (Princeton Class of 1886), including letters by Theodore Dreiser, John Grier Hibben, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry van Dyke, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew F. West, as well as addresses and articles of Farrand that are primarily concerned with various aspects of secondary and college education and college entrance examinations. There are memorials on Charles W. Eliot and others associated with higher education, and miscellaneous addresses on such topics as "Tennyson, the Man and His Work," "Leif Erikson and the Norse Discovery of America," and "The Jew in Our Midst." In addition, there are materials related to Farrand's position as a Princeton University trustee (1908-1920), Carteret Book Club pamphlets, essays written as a Princeton student, an account book (1879-1884) showing his student expenditures in Newark and Princeton, and newspaper clippings.
Collection History
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions for Reproduction and 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:
Letters to Wilson Farrand; Selected Papers of Wilson Farrand, C0155, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
