- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Contents and Arrangement
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Decker, Peter R
- Title:
- Peter R. Decker Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/w6634366p
- Dates:
- 1830-1843
- Size:
- 1 box, 1.6 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists chiefly of a nineteenth-century diary of Peter R. Decker, resident of Shawangunk, N.Y.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a bound journal of Decker, containing biographical, genealogical, and historical information, accompanied by a partial transcript and additional Decker family notes. Much of the journal documents Decker's life in Ulster County, N.Y., particularly in Shawangunk.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Decker, Peter R
Decker was born in Shawangunk, N.Y., in 1776. He learned the trade of a tailor, but eventually started several singing schools, joined the Dutch Reformed Church, and became justice of the peace in 1805. The evidence of the journal suggests he died in 1843.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Bruce Willsie, Princeton Class of 1986, in 2005 .
- 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 use.
- 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:
Peter R. Decker Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/w6634366p
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Box 1
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- Genre Terms:
- Diaries -- 19th century
- Places:
- Ulster County (N.Y.) -- History. -- 19th century -- Sources
