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- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Robinson, Chalfant, 1871-1947
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Chalfant Robinson Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qr46r086s
- Dates:
- 1198-1935
- Size:
- 3 boxes and 2.9 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes 1-2; P-000060
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, and manor rolls collected by Robinson. In addition, there are miscellaneous photographs, nineteen slides illustrating medieval paleography, wax seals, and printed matter.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Robinson, Chalfant, 1871-1947
Chalfant Robinson was an American educator, author, and curator.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Chalfant Robinson, 1947 (AM 13457).
The two wax seals were found in the repository in 2016 (AM 2017-48).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '15 in September 2012.
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:
Chalfant Robinson Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qr46r086s
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes 1-2; P-000060
