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F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1930-1957 (bulk) 1880-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.

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

Alexander Chambers Papers, 1864-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of American commodities agent Alexander Chambers, much of which deals with his commercial agent, H. H. Steel, in Guatemala.

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

William Allingham and Helen Paterson Allingham Collection, 1855-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence (1885-1887) of Irish writer William Allingham and twenty-seven letters (1892-1916) by his wife, watercolorist Helen Paterson Allingham, to artist William George Daffarn.

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

John Forsyth Collection, 1802-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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

Philip Carteret Collection, 1672-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of autograph letters, with typed transcriptions, of New Jersey's first governor, Philip Carteret.

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

Ezra Pound Translations of Greek Drama, 1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of typescripts, with holograph emendations, of American poet Ezra Pound's English translations of Sophocles' Electra and The Women of Trachis.

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

Walter B. Roberts and Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company Correspondence, 1865-1867 (bulk) 1850-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: U.S. Civil War veteran Colonel E.A.L. (Edward Augustus Leonard) Roberts (1829-1881), of New York, revolutionized the nation's burgeoning oil industry with his invention of an explosive device, or "torpedo," which greatly increased oil wells' production. Upon the first successful explosion of one of his torpedoes in Titusville, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1865, Roberts and his brother, Walter B. Roberts (1823-1889), established the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company. For almost two decades, the company controlled oil well production as Roberts was awarded sole rights to the highly contested torpedo patent in the fall of 1866. This collection consists primarily of incoming letters to Walter B. Roberts, mostly from E.A.L. Roberts, about the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company and to a lesser degree one of its affiliated companies, Houghton, Roberts, & Company. Other correspondents include L.L. Houghton, various business associates, and patent attorneys. Also included are some financial...(see more)

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

Reynaldo Hahn Letters and Manuscripts, 1898-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters and other materials of the Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn.

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

John Jay by Frank Monaghan, 1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the original typescript of history professor Frank Monaghan's John Jay (1935), a biography of the American founding father.

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

William H. Shehadi Collection of Kahlil Gibran, 1918-1991 (inclusive) 1918-1931 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera by and about the Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet, and artist Kahlil Gibran, who, by fusing elements of Eastern and Western mysticism, achieved lasting fame with such poetic works as The Prophet (1923) and Jesus, the Son of Man (1928). This material was collected by William H. Shehadi.

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

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