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Princeton University Library Collection of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, Materials, 1796-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and documents of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.93 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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Francis Vielé-Griffin Collection, 1875-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains manuscripts and miscellany, but the bulk of the collection consists of family and literary correspondence of the American-born French poet Francis Vielé-Griffin.

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Miscellaneous European Documents Collection, 1500-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous documents and manuscripts from European and North African countries about politlcal, religious, or colonial matters between the 16th and 19th century. The countries include England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and Poland.

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Stuart Merrill Collection, 1895-1915 (inclusive) 1900-1911 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and a poetry manuscript of the American poet, translator and bohemian Stuart Merrill (1863-1915).

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Félix Bonfils Photographs Collection, 1867-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Félix Bonfils Photographs Collection consists of photographs taken by Bonfils in the second half of the 19th century of images and people in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection, 1880-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection consists entirely of 19th-century photographs of Constantinople and the surrounding area.

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Jansenism in France Collection, 1728-1780 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Jansenism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the theologian Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638). His doctrines held that human beings cannot achieve goodness without the intervention of God's grace and that a minority of individuals has been predestined by God for salvation. Consists of a collection of papers related to the Jansenist controversy in France in the 18th century.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Raymond Mortimer Materials, 1905-1990 (inclusive) 1925-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, notebooks, drafts and proofs of articles and reviews, photographs, documents, printed ephemera, and other papers of the English literary critic and editor Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980).

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Radcliffe Family Papers, 1530-1779 (inclusive) 1699-1757 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.84 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters and assorted documents of the Radcliffe Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, partly concerning trade with the Ottoman Empire. Also included are letters and legal documents pertaining to the Clarke and Evelyn families of England.

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Marquis Du Bouzet, Letters to his Mother, 1826-1831 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 62 ALsS by Marquis du Bouzet to his mother, written while on service in the French Navy in the Mediterranean. The letters range in date from 1826 to 1831.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Fratelli Alinari Photographs, circa 1950

Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Fratelli Alinari was an Italian firm founded in Florence in 1852 by the three Alinari brothers, Romualdo, Leopoldo, and Giuseppe. Fratelli Alinari became one of the largest and most prolific European photography firms of the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1880 the firm employed over 100 people. Alinari specialized in views of Italy and the reproduction of works of art. [http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/guides_bibliographies/photography_greece/photographers.html] Consists of an open collection of photographs by Fratelli Alinari depicting several sites in Greece.

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Eugène de Beauharnais Collection, 1788-1849 (inclusive) 1805-1814 (bulk)

Extent:: 146 boxes, 14 items, and 67.22 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, reports, and documents of Eugène de Beauharnais relating to European military affairs during the Napoleonic era, which were primarily accumulated by him in his capacity as viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (1805-1814). Also included are papers documenting Beauharnais' position at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), his establishment in the Bavarian duchy of Leuchtenberg (1817), and his later life as Prince d'Eichstätt (1817-1824).

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