- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Plée, Auguste, 1787-1825
- Title:
- Auguste Plée Sketchbook
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rr171x28x
- Dates:
- 1821
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of microfilm strips and prints from microfilm of French botanist Auguste Plée's sketchbook of American and Canadian views and a long letter (with typed copy) to his family in France describing his journey in the United States and Canada in 1821 as a botanist for the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of microfilm strips and prints from microfilm of Auguste Plée's sketchbook of American and Canadian views and a long letter (with typed copy) to his family in France describing his journey in the United States and Canada in 1821 as a botanist for the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Included are sketches of the Hudson River, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Quebec, Lake Champlain, and Niagara Falls.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Plée, Auguste, 1787-1825
Auguste Plée was a French botanist, illustrator, and engraver.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Microfilmed from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1962. AM 17792.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '15 in 2013.
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.
- 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:
Auguste Plée Sketchbook; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rr171x28x
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
Find More
- Existence and Location of Originals
The original sketchbook and letter are in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France.
- Subject Terms:
- Botanists -- France -- 19th century -- Drawings.
- Genre Terms:
- Drawings -- 19th century
- Places:
- Champlain, Lake -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) --- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
New Jersey -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
New York (State)-- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Quebec (Province) -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Virginia -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
