Online Content: Not Available / Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1875">1875</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1879">1879</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Frederic Vinton Correspondence, 1847-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of Frederic Vinton, librarian at Princeton from 1873 to 1890.

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Stephen Alexander Collection, 1827-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of nineteenth-century American astronomer Stephen Alexander.

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Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

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

James Mark Baldwin Collection, 1868-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed material relating to the professional career and personal life of American psychologist James Mark Baldwin (Princeton Class of 1884).

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

Miscellaneous Deeds Collection, 1591-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.83 linear feet
Abstract:: This is an open collection of deeds and indentures from England, Ireland, North Africa, and the United States, excluding New Jersey.

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Theatrical Autographs Collection, 1870-1935 (bulk) 1798-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a collection of letters and autographs of over 120 English, American, and a few European actors, actresses, playwrights, theatrical managers, directors, critics, and others connected with the theater from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of eighteenth-century lawyer and legal clerk Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), of Trenton, New Jersey, as well as legal records created by others following his death. The materials mainly reference land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington, Monmouth County, and other localities.

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Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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William A. Packard Collection, 1857-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of classics professor William A. Packard.

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Philip James Bailey Collection, 1855-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 2 items, and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Philip James Bailey Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and miscellanea of the English poet Philip James Bailey (1816-1902).

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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.

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Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Princeton students have formed clubs for social, charitable, religious, political and other purposes nearly since the school's founding. Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 consists of bound volumes including minute books, financial ledgers, and other record books from student-organized campus clubs including the Nassau Hall Education Society (1821-1839), Literary Sharpshooters (1887-1888), the Philosophical Club (1889-1894), the Hill Club (1900-1904), and the Internaional Polity Club (1914-1926).

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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.

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German Authors Collection, 1772-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Cnsists of autograph letters and occasional manuscripts of various, primarily 19th-century, German writers, including Hermann Bahr, Richard Dehmel, Marie Ebner-Eschenbach, Carl Hauptmann, Arno Holz, Heinrich Laube, Max Mell, and Arthur Schnitzler.

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Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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Princeton Music Collection, 1849-2009 (inclusive) 1894-1941 (bulk)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: This collection contains various songbooks printed for Princeton University including bound volumes and small booklets. Among the former is a nearly complete series of the Carmina Princetonia. There is also a second series dedicated to sheet music comprising various songs written for Princeton University, including many pieces written by alumni.

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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.

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Syllabi and Course Materials Collection, 1826-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 33 boxes
Abstract:: The Syllabi and Course Materials Collection brings together original materials from the university archives that document the content of classes taught at Princeton University.

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Grover Cleveland Collection, 1879-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Grover Cleveland was the twenty-second (1885-1889) and twenty-fourth (1893-1897) president of the United States. After leaving the White House he retired to Princeton, N.J where he was a Trustee of Princeton University. The Grover Cleveland Papers consist of collected research materials regarding Grover Cleveland, his life in Princeton, and his relation to the University.

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Lottery Records, 1749-1954 (inclusive) 1749-1772 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The collection consists of contemporary documents pertaining to five of the lotteries held in the eighteenth century to raise funds for the colonial College of New Jersey. Also included is some secondary source material about the lotteries.

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Forman Family Collection, 1879-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and literary material of H. Buxton Forman, his brother Alfred, and his son Maurice.

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Benson Lossing Collection, 1853-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material of the nineteenth-century American author and illustrator Benson Lossing.

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Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of family correspondence of John Henry Hobart, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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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.

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Mark Twain Collection, 1872-1908 (bulk) 1872-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection consists of material by or about the celebrated American writer Mark Twain, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

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Samuel A. Farrand Collection, 1848-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand, an American educator who was headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908.

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Stephen Thurston Farwell Collection, 1856-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of diaries of Stephen Thurston Farwell, a retail clerk living in Chicago during the Civil War who later travels overland to Denver.

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George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material of British clergyman and bishop George Pretyman (also known as George Pretyman Tomline) related to William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) and others.

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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.

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.

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Tennent Family Papers, 1770-1795 (bulk) 1755-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous eighteenth-century papers of several members of the Tennent family of New Jersey and South Carolina.

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Selected Papers of Ulric Dahlgren, 1864-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, and subject files of Ulric Dahlgren (Princeton Class of 1894), a professor in Princeton's Department of Biology.

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James McNeill Whistler Collection, 1892-1903 (bulk) 1868-1910 (inclusive) 1952 January 9 1953 April 1955 February 23 1956 November 19 1993 October

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of selected autograph letters and notes of the American-born, England-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler addressed to his friend Jonathan Sturges, Princeton Class of 1885, the majority of which relates to the affair of the "Baronet and the Butterfly," a public scandal which concerned an oil portrait of Lady Eden.

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Ford Madox Brown Collection, 1854-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of the English painter Ford Madox Brown with his daughter and several art friends and colleagues.

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Albany Fonblanque Collection, 1784-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters sent to Albany Fonblanque as editor of the Examiner (London).

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George Russell Brown Family Collection, 1865-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of documents and newspaper clippings about Civil War veteran George Russell Brown and college essays of his son, Princeton student George Russell Brown, Jr.

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George Maxwell Robeson Collection, 1842-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of George Maxwell Robeson, attorney general of New Jersey, relating to his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in June 1869.

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William Dean Howells Collection, 1863-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and selected manuscripts of the American critic, novelist, poet, and playwright William Dean Howells.

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Herbert S. Auerbach Collection on Mormons and Indians, 1808-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters, documents, stories, newspaper articles, reports, tables, artifacts, and extracts relating to Mormons and Indians, as collected by Herbert S. Auerbach, an American renaissance man, involved in music, writing, politics, and philanthropy.

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Ingersoll Family Collection, 1797-1865 (bulk) 1797-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters of the Constitution signer and Philadelphia lawyer Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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Corson Family Collection, 1860-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the Corson family, particularly Theodore Corson, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

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Performing Arts Serials Collection, 1869-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes and 15.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Performing Arts Serials Collection consists of serial printed material concerning the performing arts, including circus, dance, film, opera, radio, speech, television, theater, and vaudeville. For the most part, publications are represented by a sample or two issues.

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

Theater People Subject Files, 1850s-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 26 boxes and 16 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of files (clippings, programs, books, caricatures, etc.) on people involved in theater, from the mid-19th century through the late 1980s, including actors, dramatists, directors, scholars, and designers.

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

Princetoniana Collection, circa 1870-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 850 linear feet
Abstract:: Each volume or set of volumes in the Princetoniania Collection is represented in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog, which is searchable by title, author, or call number.

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

Hunt and Guild Families of New Jersey Collection, 1755-1878 (inclusive) 1755-1858 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth and nineteenth-century correspondence, letters, and documents of the Hunt and Guild families of New Jersey.

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

Benedict Jaeger Collection, 1825-1886. (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Benedict Jaeger, professor of natural history and modern languages at Princeton (1832-1843), as well as some papers of others.

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

Class Reunion Books Collection, 1867-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2763 items
Abstract:: The collection consists of class yearbooks that are published to mark class reunions and to provide updates on the lives of alumni.

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Princeton University Doctoral Dissertations, 1877-2010 (inclusive) 1950-2010 (bulk)

Extent:: 1242 linear feet
Abstract:: The dissertations represent doctoral work in over forty graduate departments. They date from 1877 to the present and they are arranged chronologically.

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

John Cleve Green Collection, 1866-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: John Cleve Green was a Princeton-area businessman and investor who was a notable benefactor of Princeton College primarily during the administration of President James McCosh. The John Cleve Green Collection consists of research materials compiled regarding the life of John Cleve Green and his contributions to Princeton University.

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

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