- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Smith, J. G. (James Gerald), 1897-1946
- Title:
- James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9p290940f
- Dates:
- 1930-1949
- Size:
- 11 boxes
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-11
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of James G. Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton, related to New Jersey industrial history.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, notecards, filmstrips, and printed matter of Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton. The collection contains his two unpublished typed manuscripts, "Origins of Industries in New Jersey" and "History of New Jersey Manufacturing," with research material on such New Jersey industries as glass, textile, pottery and clay products, copper, iron and steel works, leather and shoes, shipbuilding, chemical, rubber, and telecommunications, covering approximately the period from 1750 through 1850. There are photographs and photostats of pictures of maps, early houses, mills, furniture, and machinery.
- Arrangement
Arranged in the following order: Box 1: "History of New Jersey Manufacturing," "Origins of Industries in New Jersey"; Box 2: "Origins of Industries in New Jersey," Subject Files, before 1750, 1750-1800; Box 3: Subject Files, 1750-1800, 1800-1850; Box 4: Subject Files, 1800-1850, Miscellaneous; Box 5: Subject Files, Miscellaneous, Film; Boxes 6-8: Index Cards, reference notes & bibliographic notes on various industries and subjects; Boxes 9-11: occupations (names, place, description).
- Collection Creator Biography:
Smith, J. G. (James Gerald), 1897-1946
A member of the Princeton Class of 1920, James G. Smith went on to become an economist and Princeton University professor.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The papers were received by M. Halsey Thomas, University Archivist, from the History Dept. In 1974 they were transferred to A. Clark at Firestone Library.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 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:
James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9p290940f
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-11
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Chemical industry -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Copper industry and trade -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Economists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Manuscripts.
Glass manufacture -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Iron industry and trade -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Leather industry and trade -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Pottery, American -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Rubber industry and trade -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Shipyards -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Shoe industry -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Steel industry and trade -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Telecommunications -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources.
Textile industry -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 20th century
Manuscripts -- 20th century.
Photographs -- 20th century. - Names:
- Princeton University
- Places:
- New Jersey -- Industries -- History.
