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Philip Vickers Fithian Journal Edited by John Rogers Williams, 1899-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the textural material used by John Rogers Williams for his edition of Philip Vickers Fithian: Journal and Letters, 1767-1774. Fithian's journal of his life tutoring on a Virginia plantation is one of the most valuable sources of information on early Virginia plantation life and slavery.

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

Selected Papers of David Paton, 1876-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters to Egyptologist David Paton (Princeton Class of 1874) about his four-volume work Early Egyptian Records of Travel: Material for a Historical Geography of Western Asia (1915-1922).

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

Twining Family Papers, 1778-1934 (inclusive) 1845-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature.

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

Henry Clay Stewart Collection, 1882-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of letters (1882-1884) Henry Clay Stewart sent to his parents while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), providing an inside look at the life of a Princeton student towards the end of the nineteenth century.

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

Miscellaneous Ottoman Turkish Collection, 1802-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected official and legal documents from the period of the late Ottoman Turkish Empire.

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

Friends of the Princeton University Library: Whitney Darrow Collection, 1931-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Friends of the Library Dinners given for several special occasions in the 1930s, collected by Whitney Darrow, secretary of the Friends.

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

Varnum Lansing Collins Collection on Stephen Sayre, 1898-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material gathered by historical writer Varnum Lansing Collins (Princeton Class of 1892) in preparation for his biography of American patriot Stephen Sayre (Princeton Class of 1757).

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

F. Carrington Weems Papers, 1857-1919 (inclusive) 1906-1913 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of F. Carrington Weems (Princeton Class of 1907) primarily from his student days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel in World War I.

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

Thomas A. Edison Collection, 1880-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, both original and photocopies, of Thomas A. Edison, the most influential American inventor of the twentieth century.

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

Howard Crosby Butler Correspondence, 1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of Howard Crosby Butler, Princeton professor of the history of architecture, with former students undergoing military training during World War I.

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

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