- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Addition Ms. no. 9351 of the British Museum, dates not examined
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Manuscript from J.G. White. Orig. written in 1466 and entitled "Tractatus partitorum schachorum, tabulorum et meullarum" by an unknown author from Bologna. (from White's Introduction)
- Arrangement
Arranged in this order: correspondence (alphabetical), copies of chess manuscripts and sketches (alphabetical), printed matter of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- 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:
Addition Ms. no. 9351 of the British Museum; Chess Papers of Eugene B. Cook, C0411, 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 8
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- Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: From New York Times, "Chess Expert Dies at 85," March 20, 1915, page 13.
- Names:
- Appalachian Mountain Club
Gilberg, Charles