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12 Letters from Frederick T. Brown to Katharine S. Pearce (niece), Mary Lanier Brown Leiper (half-sister), 1949-1959
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
11 ALsS to Katharine S. Pearce, 1949-1959. 1 ALS to Mary Lanier Brown Leiper, 1952.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
AM 18035, 16865
- Custodial History
Katherine S. Pearce (now deceased), a niece of Frederick Walworth Brown and former employee of Princeton University Library, began donating Brown family papers to the Library in 1951 and made many subsequent gifts until 1982. These different accessions were then gathered together to form the present collection.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012.
In 2022, restrictions on the Abraham Lincoln document where researchers were required to use a surrogate were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- 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:
12 Letters from Frederick T. Brown to Katharine S. Pearce (niece), Mary Lanier Brown Leiper (half-sister); Frederick T. Brown Family Papers, C0726, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1
