- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9g54xh73h
- Dates:
- 1502-2012
- Size:
- 121 boxes and 68.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-58; 60-62; 84; B-001555; B-001559; B-001683; B-001584; P-000151; B-001676; B-001562; P-000165; B-001621; P-000150; B-001748; B-001456; B-001185; B-001641; B-001675; P-000148; 25A; B-001225; P-000163; P-000149; B-001718; P-000153; 43A; B-001552; P-000152; P-000109; P-000147; P-000164; P-000172; B-001761; B-001758; P-000174; B-001838; B-001765; P-000177; B-001836; B-001835; B-001837; B-001834; L-000030; B-001796; B-001845; B-001806; P-000183; P-000185; P-000186; P-000182; P-000184; B-001839; B-001846; B-002003; B-001852; B-001851; P-000190; P-000187; P-000188; B-001855; B-001872; B-001878; B-001856; P-000194; B-002011; P-000200; B-002016; P-000202; B-002017; L-000031; L-000032; B-002018; B-002024; P-000201; B-002023; B-002028; P-000209; B-002030; B-002031; B-002038; B-002033; P-000206; Q-001427; B-002034; P-000207; P-000208; P-000210; P-000211; B-002040; B-002044; B-002045; B-002046; P-000214; B-002048; S-000472
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Boxes 59, 63
- Language:
- Multiple languages
Abstract
Consists of a closed collection of miscellaneous single-item acquisitions that span multiple collecting areas, topics, genres, and time periods. Many materials relate to United States literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents due to the type of materials that were initially added to the collection.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
This closed collection consists of miscellaneous single-item acquisitions that span multiple collecting areas, topics, genres, and time periods. Many materials relate to United States literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents due to the type of materials that were initially added to the collection. This miscellaneous collection provides a way of locating small accessions of material that are not part of provenance-based or topical collections.
Some materials in the collection include documents from United States presidents James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, William Howard Taft, and Martin Van Buren. The collection also contains original documents of Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, Jefferson Davis, Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, Langston Hughes, Victor Hugo, Herman Melville, J. P. Morgan, Samuel Morse, Benito Mussolini, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Orwell, Thomas Paine, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Revere, J. D. Salinger, Jean-Paul Satre, William Tecumseh Sherman, Upton Sinclair, Henry Morton Stanley, John Steinbeck, Bram Stoker, Alexis de Toqueville, Jules Verne, Booker T. Washington, E. B. White, and Virginia Woolf, to name only a few of the most famous. No additions will be made to this collection. Single item acquisitions will be added to Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions (C1771).
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection has resulted from miscellaneous purchases and gifts of numerous donors over the years.
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lisa Yankowitz during the summer and fall of 2010 . The finding aid was written by Lisa Yankowitz in January 2011 and was regularly updated with new acquisitions by Faith Charlton, Kelly Bolding, Armando Suárez, Amy C. Vo, Kalliopi Balatsouka, and Lauren Williams.
Collection-level notes were revised by Faith Charlton in 2024 to more accurately describe the nature of this collection.
No additions will be made to this collection. Single item acquisitions will be added to Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions (C1771).
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
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:
General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9g54xh73h
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-58; 60-62; 84; B-001555; B-001559; B-001683; B-001584; P-000151; B-001676; B-001562; P-000165; B-001621; P-000150; B-001748; B-001456; B-001185; B-001641; B-001675; P-000148; 25A; B-001225; P-000163; P-000149; B-001718; P-000153; 43A; B-001552; P-000152; P-000109; P-000147; P-000164; P-000172; B-001761; B-001758; P-000174; B-001838; B-001765; P-000177; B-001836; B-001835; B-001837; B-001834; L-000030; B-001796; B-001845; B-001806; P-000183; P-000185; P-000186; P-000182; P-000184; B-001839; B-001846; B-002003; B-001852; B-001851; P-000190; P-000187; P-000188; B-001855; B-001872; B-001878; B-001856; P-000194; B-002011; P-000200; B-002016; P-000202; B-002017; L-000031; L-000032; B-002018; B-002024; P-000201; B-002023; B-002028; P-000209; B-002030; B-002031; B-002038; B-002033; P-000206; Q-001427; B-002034; P-000207; P-000208; P-000210; P-000211; B-002040; B-002044; B-002045; B-002046; P-000214; B-002048; S-000472
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Boxes 59, 63
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Subject Terms:
- Authors.
Poets.
Politicians -- United States
Presidents -- United States - Genre Terms:
- Documents.
Letters
Manuscripts.
Photographs, Original.
