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Benjamin P. Taylor Letter to C. M. Lockwood, 1900 July 9
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Letter from Taylor written while on site in Nome, Alaska, to Lockwood with detailed documentation about the first months of the gold rush there.
- Arrangement
Materials are arranged in the order in which they were accessioned.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
AM 2016-97
- Appraisal
No materials were removed during processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by John Delaney in April 2013. Finding aid written by John Delaney in April 2013.
Finding aid updated by Faith Charlton in June 2016 and by Kelly Bolding in October 2016, August 2017, November 2017, November 2018, January 2019, July 2019, September 2019, November 2019, January 2020, and February 2020.
No additions will be made to this collection. Accessions relating to this topic will be added to the General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (C0140).
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Benjamin P. Taylor Letter to C. M. Lockwood; Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Miscellaneous Manuscripts, C1446, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1