Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Hamilton, Sinclair
Title:
Sinclair Hamilton Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tb09j570f
Dates:
1942-1970
Size:
7 boxes and 6.65 linear feet
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-7
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists of a manuscript and correspondence of Sinclair Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906).

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of a manuscript and correspondence of Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906). The collection contains the typescript, notes, and proofs of his Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1870 (1950), a catalog of the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books, illustrated, for the most part, with woodcuts and engravings, which is housed in the Princeton University Library. There is also correspondence with libraries, museums, bookshops, and dealers concerning the acquisition of books for his collection and its transfer to the library.

Collection Creator Biography:

Hamilton, Sinclair

Sinclair Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906) established the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books which is housed in the Princeton University Library.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift of Sinclair Hamilton in 1959 (AM 16436, AM 16461). Additions were a gift of Sinclair Hitchings in 2014 (AM 2015-5).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This contents list was created by Jerome Jackson in June 2010.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

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:

Sinclair Hamilton Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tb09j570f
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-7