- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Beam, Jacob Newton, 1869-1954
- Title:
- Jacob Newton Beam Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2801pg37n
- Dates:
- 1914-1950 (mostly 1940-1950)
- Size:
- 4 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-4
- Language:
- English Latin
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to Princeton University and personal correspondence of Jacob Newton Beam (Princeton Class of 1896, professor of German, 1899-1927). Of particular note is a file of letters from his son, Jacob Dyneley Beam (Princeton Class of 1929), written while he was serving at the American embassies in London, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Indonesia. The collection also includes Jacob N. Beam's lectures notes and publications.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to Princeton University and personal correspondence of Jacob Newton Beam (Princeton Class of 1896, professor of German, 1899-1927). Of particular note is a file of letters from his son, Jacob Dyneley Beam (Princeton Class of 1929), written while he was serving at the American embassies in London, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Indonesia. The collection also includes Jacob N. Beam's lectures notes and publications.
- Arrangement
The original order of the materials has been maintained.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Beam, Jacob Newton, 1869-1954
Jacob Netwon Beam was a member of the Princeton Class of 1896 and served as professor of German from 1899-1927.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The original donor and date of donation for this collection is unknown. Additional correspondence was donated by Mrs. Jacob D. Beam, Jacob N. Beam's daughter-in-law, in 1994. One folder of material in Box 1 was transfered from the Special Collections in 2010 . The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2010.034. The materials that comprise Boxes 2-4 were donated by Heather Tennies on behalf of LancasterHistory.org in 2014. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2014.042.
- Appraisal
No materials have been separated from the 2010 or 2014 additions to this collection.
- Processing Information
The materials that comprise Boxes 2-4 were added by Rachel Van Unen in 2014.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Jacob Newton Beam Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2801pg37n
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-4
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- Subject Terms:
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Germany -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Great Britain -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Indonesia -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union -- 20th century.
Diplomats -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Fathers and sons -- 20th century -- Correspondence. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
