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Uel Merrill Fisk Lectures, 1856-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a series of manuscript lectures by U. M. (Uel Merrill) Fisk, a white Universalist pastor and lecturer on the radical abolitionist lecture circuit in New York and New England in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War. The lectures in the collection from this period argue for the abolition of slavery, and another from the Reconstruction Era advocates for voting rights for Black men.

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

Alexandre Dumas Proofs, circa 1874

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 half manuscript box)
Abstract:: Consists of hand-corrected proofs of Alexandre Dumas père's 1854 play, La Jeunesse de Louis XIV, as revised by Alexandre Dumas fils, circa 1874. Written by Dumas père while he was in exile in Belgium, the play was rejected by censors in Paris. Although it was published in the Michel Lévy's edition of Dumas père's Théâtre Complet, the play had only been performed in Brussels, Belgium. This version by Dumas fils contains rewrites, additions, and cuts throughout, and was performed in Paris in 1874.

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

William J. Harsha Papers, 1873-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of four volumes of sermons, lecture notes, diary entries, and clippings, as well as correspondence, broadsides, a pamphlet, and a photograph belonging to William J. Harsha (1853-1938), a Presbyterian minister from Illinois who worked in Nebraska, New York, and Colorado, and who was an advocate for Indigenous civil rights.

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

Dale R. Dalgas Papers Relating to the Korean War, 1950 october 30-1952 september 5 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Consists of over 100 letters as well as diaries, military objects, and ephemera, dating from 1950 to 1952, of Corporal Dale R. Dalgas (1928-2001) during his time serving in the United States Army's 45th Infantry Medial Company during the Korean War.

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

Lauretta McDowell Photograph Albums and Memoir, 1947

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection consists of two photograph albums and a typewritten memoir documenting Lauretta McDowell's six-month period of work as a cadet nurse at the Tacoma (Cushman) Indian Hospital on Puyallup land in Washington State. The albums include photographs of Puyallup and other Indigenous patients, as well as McDowell's fellow nurses and doctors.

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

Letters to Michaēl Iatros, 1837-1857 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of incoming letters to Michaēl Iatros, a Greek politician and merchant, from several merchants and philanthropists, and members of the clergy.

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

Collection of Lantern Slides of Macedonia, Greece, 1917-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Collection of 189 lantern slides of several places in Macedonia, Greece by Newton & Co.

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

Federal Theatre Project Collection, 1935-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Federal Theatre Project Collection consists of bulletins, reports, speeches, catalogues, play programs, information releases, notices and reviews, clippings, protest leaflets, performance details, and other materials of the Federal Theatre Project established by the Works Progress Administration during the Depression, with Hallie Flanagan as the national director.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Geographical Playbills Collection, 1832-1980 (inclusive) 1925-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 242 boxes and 105.61 linear feet
Abstract:: The Geographical Playbills Collection consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Fausto Laginha dos Ramos Papers, 1961-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet and 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of reports, correspondence, maps, and some ephemera and printed material of the Portuguese army officer Lieutenant Colonel Fausto Laginha dos Ramos from during the Portuguese Colonial War where he fought for the colonial forces in the wars of independence in both Angola and Guinea-Bissau (then Guiné).

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

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