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Charles W. Yost Papers, circa 1790-2015 (mostly 1930-1980)

MC193 25 boxes

Yost, Charles Woodruff

Charles W. Yost (1907-1981) led a varied career as a diplomat, United Nations representative, writer, and scholar. He was a member of the foreign service intermittently between 1930 and 1971, after which time he devoted himself full-time to writing and teaching. Yost's papers document his professional life in the Foreign Service, as well as his time in academia, and include his correspondence, writings, and photographs.

Wordin, Helen "Nellie" Caroline, Diary, 1858-1893

1 folder

Box b-001552, Folder 3

Wordin, Helen Caroline, 1842-

Consists of a manuscript diary spanning forty-five years in the life of Helen "Nellie" Caroline Wordin (1842- ), an educated, single white woman living in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the 19th century who attended school in Petersburg, Virginia, during the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Woodruff Family Collection, 1795-1896 (mostly 1803-1850)

C0740 3 boxes 1.2 linear feet

Woodruff, George, 1765-1846

Consists of selected papers of George Woodruff (Princeton Class of 1785), a lawyer, and various members of his family of Trenton, N.J.

Frank L. Wood Correspondence, 1861-1939

C0241 1 volume 0.1 linear feet

Wood, Frank L.

Consists of a letter album of Frank L. Wood, an American lawyer.

Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1703-1883

C0234 2 boxes 0.8 linear feet

Winans, Samuel Ross, 1855-1910

Consists of almost 200 eighteenth-century documents, mostly deeds to land, relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield, collected by Samuel Ross Winans (Princeton Class of 1874).

Samuel J. Wilson Papers, 1856-1926 (mostly 1860-1886)

C0588 7 boxes 2.8 linear feet

Wilson, Samuel J.

Consists of correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, and printed matter of Samuel J. Wilson, a ninteenth-century clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 100-1900

C0953 126 boxes

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Willsie, Bruce C., 1957-

An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.

Bruce C. Willsie Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, 1700-1900

C0943 12 boxes 2702 items 20.5 linear feet

Willsie, Bruce C., 1957-

Consists of an open collection of Ethiopic magic scrolls, chiefly dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, collected by Bruce C. Willise (Princeton Class of 1986).

New Testament Bible Containing Wills Family Genealogical Records, 1812-1864

1 folder

Box b-001872, Folder 4

Wills family

Consists of a bible given by John Paxton (1784-1868) and John Paton of the Norfolk Bible Society of Virginia to the Wills family in Amelia, Virginia, in the early 19th century. The Wills family were enslavers, and they used the beginning and end of the bible to extensively document the births of white family members as well as the Black people they enslaved. It is also possible that some of those described in the bible were the children of John Wills and women whom he enslaved.

Percy H. Williams Autograph Collection, 1852-1944

C0900 1 box 0.2 linear feet

Williams, Percy H. (Percy Herbert), 1875-1958

Consists of approximately 50 original autographs, including signatures of Washington Irving, Henry van Dyke, and Charles Guiteau (assassin of President James Garfield), and a letter written by Wendell Willkie.

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