Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1885">1885</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1889">1889</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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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Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.

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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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Hale Family Collection, 1884-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected family papers of Princeton resident and historian Henry Ewing Hale.

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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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Princeton University Library Collection of William Henry Jackson Photographs, circa 1880-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of five cabinet card Albumen photographs and one photograph album. The cabinet cards depict depict Pikes Peak in Colorado and the surrounding environs. The photograph album consists of 115 images of Colorado primarily, with some images of New Mexico, that depict various scenes of frontier towns, railroads, and natural landscapes. Most, if not all, of the photographs can be attributed to the American photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), known for his iconic Indian portraits and landscape photographs of the American West.

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Edmund Gosse Collection, 1884-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse.

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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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Princeton University Library Collection of Church Slavic Manuscripts, circa 1700-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 items and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Includes 2 Russian Orthodox tropers and 2 quadriptychs dating from the 18th-19th centuries.

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W. B. Yeats Collection, 1888-1937 (bulk) 1888-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, including correspondence, a poetry manuscript, photographs, family items, and Cuala Press ephemera.

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James M. Ludlow Manuscripts, 1886-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: The James M. Ludlow Manuscripts consist of assorted manuscripts and a small selection of miscellaneous material of the American Presbyterian clergyman, author, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1861), James Meeker Ludlow (1841-1932).

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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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