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William Wordsworth Collection, 1799-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected autograph manuscript poems and correspondence of William Wordsworth, one of England's most respected poets of the nineteenth century.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave's Collection on Alina d'Eldir, 1829-1845 (bulk) circa 1829 - 1950s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and other materials collected by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave relating to Alina d'Eldir, including her biography, her work with magnetism treatments, and the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Edmund Yates Collection, 1876-1894 (bulk) 1865-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Edmund Yates's correspondence, photographs, and memoranda, as well as papers of others, relating to his founding and editorship of the London newspaper The World.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Allen Family Burma Collection, 1781-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet
Abstract:: The Allen Family Burma Collection documents two generations of British aristocrats in colonial Burma, and consists of two diaries, dating from 1889 to 1890, and two scrapbooks, dating from 1781 to 1935. In total, the collection is extensive; within the scrapbooks are nearly six hundred items, including photographs, newspapers clippings, letters, and ephemera. As a group, this collection gives a great insight into colonial life in Burma immediately following Burma's incorporation into the British Empire.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

J. Duncan Spaeth Collection, 1865-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of J. Duncan Spaeth, a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Andrew Jackson Collection, 1821-1841 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, the bulk of which dates from the time of his presidency (1829-1837).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Travel Journals on French Trade and Slavery in the Indian Ocean, 1820-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of two journals kept by an anonymous sailor detailing French voyages to the Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, and South America in the early 1820s. Entries document illegal trafficking by the French of enslaved persons from Indonesia and Southeast Africa to Île Bourbon (now Réunion), trade in livestock and foodstuffs in South America and the Caribbean, and life on board the ships.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

C. A. Young Collection, 1873-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Alexander and Kenneth McKenzie Correspondence, 1867-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of letters addressed to McKenzie, a Boston clergyman, and his son Kenneth (1870-1949), an educator, from a variety of prominent persons in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins, 1891-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins consists of notebooks of the American educator and German linguist John Preston Hoskins (1867-1935) covering the period that he was a graduate student in Germany. Hoskins later had a lengthy career as a professor of German at Princeton University, teaching from 1895 to 1935.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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