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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Cooley, Eli Field, 1781-1860.
- Title:
- Eli Field Cooley Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3t945q825
- Dates:
- 1803-1910
- Size:
- 9 boxes and 5.3 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations. ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-8 Firestone Library (scamss): Box 9
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of nineteenth-century pastor Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806).
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806). The bulk of the collection is comprised of sermons written by Cooley while he was pastor of the First Church in Ewing Township, New Jersey, some of his correspondence, and letters to Emma L. Rose Cooley (Mrs. William L. Cooley) by several of her relatives. Also included are Cooley's diaries for the years 1826, 1828, 1831, 1836-1840, 1842-1860; indentures and lists of goods and chattel; and financial notebooks, cancelled checks, and receipts.
- Arrangement
Arranged in this order: correspondence, legal documents, miscellaneous financial papers, sermons, diaries, diplomas.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Cooley, Eli Field, 1781-1860.
Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806) was pastor of the First Church in Ewing Township, New Jersey.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in June 2010.
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:
Eli Field Cooley Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3t945q825
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations. ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-8 Firestone Library (scamss): Box 9
