Organization: College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.) and Princeton University - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton at the World's Columbian Exhibition Records, 1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: Princeton University, then known as the College of New Jersey at Princeton, mounted an exhibition booth at the World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair held in Chicago from May to October 1893. The collection includes three certificates from the U.S. Congress honoring Princeton for the exhibit, three copies of a photograph of Dr. and Mrs. McCosh seated in the exhibit booth, a written proposal for the exhibit, layout plans for the exhibit, and two bound registers containing the autographs and home cities of visitors to the exhibit.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Joseph Bloomfield Collection, 1794-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence between New Jersey mayor and governor Joseph Bloomfield and Nicholas Biddle, David Brearley, Aaron Burr, Thomas P. Johnson, Samuel McLane, Edward Miller, and Rev. Andrew Hunter.

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

Samuel Davies Collection, 1752-1759 (bulk) 1752-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and several manuscript sermons of Samuel Davies, fourth president of Princeton University.

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

Hugh Simm Collection, 1768-1784 (bulk) 1748-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.33 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty-two letters and documents of Hugh Simm, a mechanic from Paisley, Scotland, who, after moving to America in 1768, briefly served as Princeton University's first librarian and inspector of rooms.

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

Samuel Beach Family Collection, 1783-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.95 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1783) Samuel Beach and mostly 19th-century material relating to the Beach and Jones families.

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

Joseph Henry Collection, 1834-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), the American physicist, inventor, and first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution.

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

Princeton University Broadsheets Collection, circa 1807-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: This collection comprises broadsides, posters and similar single-sided oversize printed objects created by or for Princeton University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Andrew Fleming West Correspondence, 1894-1933 (bulk) 1873-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Andrew Fleming West, who served as dean of Graduate Studies at Princeton University when Woodrow Wilson served as the University's president.

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

Alexander Marshall Thompson Letters to His Family, 1889-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by Alexander Marshall Thompson while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1889 to 1893, giving a view of a student's social, athletic and academic life, while providing valuable information regarding the history of the College.

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

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