- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), Jr., 1859-1923
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Frothingham Family Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j96020643
- Dates:
- 1850-1950
- Size:
- 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-7
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Frothingham, Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905), including his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, a writer who also received letters from her publishers and friends, such as Jesse Lynch Williams and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. In addition, the collection contains a box of family photographs. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on memorial and triumphal arches in Rome and throughout the Roman Empire.
- Arrangement:
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Unprocessed. Boxes 4-7 (notes on arches) are arranged alphabetically by place.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), Jr., 1859-1923
Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1859-1923) was an American educator, archaeologist, editor, and author.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Charles F.W. McClure. Additions transfered from Princeton University Archives and Dept. of Art and Archaeology.
- Archival Appraisal Information:
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information:
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use.
- 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:
Frothingham Family Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j96020643
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA(609) 258-3184
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- Subject Terms:
- Archaeologists -- United States -- 19th century.
Archaeologists -- United States -- 20th century.
Princeton University -- Faculty -- 19th century.
Princeton University -- Faculty -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Photographic prints - Names:
- Frothingham, Arthur L., Sr
Frothingham, Jessie Peabody, 1862-1949
