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Historical Photograph Collection, Student Photograph Albums, 1851-1995 (inclusive) 1860-1920 (bulk)

Extent:
209 boxes
Abstract:
The Student Photograph Albums Series of the Historical Photograph Collection (HPC) contains 180 photographic albums created by Princeton University students. These albums, along with the other photograph collections in the University Archives, help document the experiences of students, faculty, and staff at Princeton University. The albums date from 1851 to 1995, although the bulk date from the 1860s to the 1910s. New accessions are added regularly to the collection.

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

Extent:
14 boxes and 2 items
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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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Memorabilia Collection, 1775-2010 (inclusive) 1866-1997 (bulk)

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227 boxes and 21 items
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This collection contains over 1,800 items including mugs, pipes, canes, banners, hatbands, pins, jewelry, and other material collected by many individuals that document reunions, sporting events, student traditions, and other aspects of University life.

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Princeton University Class Records, 1798-2023 (inclusive)

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502 boxes, 9 folders, 8 items, 3996 digital files, and 29.1 gb
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The Class Records consist of a diverse set of materials documenting the history and activities of Princeton University classes during their time as undergraduates and as alumni. In the collection are correspondence, newsletters, publications, photographs, and memorabilia, all of which pertain to a particular Princeton University graduating class and its members.

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Princeton University Publications Collection, circa 1748-2016 (inclusive)

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156 boxes, 6 digital files, and 1 website
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The Princeton University Publications collection contains issues of nearly 150 different periodicals published by the university and related organizations, as well as a few items published by others about the university, that have not been cataloged individually.

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Historical Subject Files Collection, 1746-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:
442 boxes, 21 folders, and 8 items
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The Historical Subject Files Collection documents Princeton University history and related topics from 1746 to the present. The collection consists of documents in almost every two-dimensional format: articles, books and booklets, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, non-photographic images, notes, pamphlets, posters, and reports.

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Steward and Refectory Records, 1782-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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The Steward and Refectory records relate to various expenses incurred by students while at Princeton. They are divided into two series. The first, refectory accounts, consists predominantly of lists of students and the amounts due from each for itemized expenses including room and board, tuition, library, servant wages, washing, damages and fuel. Other materials include bills, various accounts and reports, an inventory of furniture belonging to the kitchen in 1816, and bills, accounts and reports relating to the building of a new refectory in 1834-35. The second series consists of accounts, vouchers, correspondence, receipts and statements of expenses relating to the University Steward. The 1869 Steward's file consists of a list of local boarding houses and the owners, student residents and payments.

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Inspector's Records, 1793-1857 (inclusive)

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2 boxes
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The Inspector's records consist of reports, receipts, vouchers, accounts and some correspondence concerning repairs to student rooms and other buildings. The receipts and vouchers are mainly from craftsman who conducted the repairs. Little information concerning individual students or their accounts can be found in these records. The position of Inspector was instituted in 1767 and apparently lasted until the mid-19th century at which time it merged into the Treasurer's Office.

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Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series, circa 1726-1989 (inclusive)

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121 boxes, 3 folders, 6 items, and 328 digital files
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The Grounds and Buildings Series of the Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs of the grounds and buildings owned by Princeton University. The photographs date from the late 1850s to the present, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1940s. Many of these photographs have been digitized and are searchable in Digital PUL.

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

Extent:
3 boxes
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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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Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
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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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Woodrow Wilson Collection, 1837-1986 (inclusive) 1883-1924 (bulk)

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17 volumes, 107 boxes, and 43 folders
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The Woodrow Wilson Collection consists of Wilson holdings which have been acquired by the Princeton University Library Special Collections gradually over many years by purchase and gifts from many sources. The collection is rich in material prior to Wilson's presidential years, although it is not limited to this period; researchers will find materials documenting both the public and private life of Woodrow Wilson. Various types of information written by or about Wilson are present in the collection, including manuscripts, addresses, articles, correspondence, telegrams, legal documents, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, portraits, cartoons, newspapers and scrapbooks.

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Ogden Family Collection, 1682-1853 (inclusive)

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2 boxes, 6 items, and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous letters and documents--originals as well as copies--relating to multiple generations of the Ogden family of Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown), New Jersey.

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John Witherspoon Collection, 1765-1903 (inclusive) 1767-1790 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes
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Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of John Witherspoon, who was sixth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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

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4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
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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.

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German Authors Collection, 1772-1930 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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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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Philadelphia Navy Yard Collection, 1831-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of official correspondence and a few documents related to the operations of the Philadelphia Navy Yard starting in the 1830s and leading up to the Civil War.

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Benson Lossing Collection, 1853-1889 (inclusive)

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

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Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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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.

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Maclean Family Materials, 1795-1874 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
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Consists of selected personal and family papers of John Maclean (1771-1814), Princeton's first professor of chemistry, including correspondence and documents of Maclean and other family members, including John Maclean Jr. (1800-1886), Archibald Maclean (1810-1894), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), Phebe Bainbridge Maclean, and Mary B. Maclean, as well as a genealogy of the Maclean, Bainbridge, and Taylor families.

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Alumni and Faculty Offprint Collection, circa 1800-1997 (inclusive) 1915-1955 (bulk)

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54 boxes and 42 folders
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This collection consists of offprints of articles written by Princeton alumni and faculty; however, in some instances the articles are written about an individual alumni or faculty member. The offprints generally consist of journals, published articles, speeches, lectures, sermons, memorials, and articles from scientific journals and magazines.

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Pyne-Henry Collection, 1747-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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The Pyne-Henry Collection is a diverse group of documents, letters and writings relating to Princeton University, covering an array of topics primarily concerning student life and administrative activities. The collection consists of letters, essays and orations, reports, memoranda, minutes, proclamations, accounts and class lists, and other documents written by students, faculty and administrators which, along with other administrative records and Trustee Minutes, constitute the earliest records and documentary history of the University. Most of these papers and records were amassed by Princeton alumni Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877) and Bayard Henry (Class of 1876) during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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George Maxwell Robeson Collection, 1842-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
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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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Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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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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Washington Irving Collection, 1831-1858 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Washington Irving, often called the first American man of letters.

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Samuel Beach Family Collection, 1783-1884 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.95 linear feet
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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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Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954 (inclusive)

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

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

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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Ford Madox Brown Collection, 1854-1893 (inclusive)

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

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
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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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Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Photographs, 1870-1915 (bulk) 1840-1998 (inclusive)

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144 boxes and 123 linear feet
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Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.

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

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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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William Charles Macready Collection, 1810-1866 (inclusive) 1825-1855 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.45 linear feet
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William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor and theater manager. The collection consists of selected correspondence, letters written by members of his family, and some letters, articles, and miscellaneous documents about him. A significant number of letters (45) are from Macready's friend, William Frederick Pollock.

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

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12 boxes
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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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Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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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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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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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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John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.

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Joseph Henry Collection, 1834-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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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 Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials, 1811-1915 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous professional and personal papers created by various members of the Delafield, Livingston, and other related families, including Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Livingston (1740-1810), and Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), among others. Materials about family members are also included.

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Miscellaneous Deeds Collection, 1591-1898 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.83 linear feet
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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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Elias Boudinot Collection, 1773-1950 (inclusive) 1777-1820 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and Revolutionary statesman, serving as member of the Continental Congress (president, 1782), secretary of foreign affairs (1783-84), New Jersey congressman (1789-95), and director of the U.S. Mint (1795-1805). The collection consists of miscellaneous letters and documents of Boudinot, many of which concern his land dealings.

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New Jersey Miscellaneous Collection, 1671-1956 (inclusive)

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9 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
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Consists of a collection of miscellaneous legal and financial documents, correspondence, and other manuscript materials, assembled from various sources, that relate to New Jersey history or inhabitants of New Jersey from the late 17th century through the mid 20th century.

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American Minstrel Show Collection, 1854-1943 (inclusive) 1850s-1920s (bulk)

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5 boxes, 26 items, and 1.5 linear feet
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The bulk of the American Minstrel Show Collection consists of advertisement material promoting minstrel performances from the 1850s through the 1920s. The collection includes broadsheets, posters, newspaper clippings and programs, as well as pictures and photographs of minstrel show performers. In addition, a small portion of the collection contains sheet music and song and joke books.

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

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26 boxes and 16 linear feet
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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.

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Princeton Scientific Expeditions Collection, 1834-1995 (inclusive) 1834-1930 (bulk)

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26 boxes and 236 items
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The Princeton Scientific Expeditions Collection brings together original materials from the university archives that document the work of various scientific expeditions conducted under the aegis of Princeton University and its corporate predecessors. The connection with the university ranges from enterprises duly authorized in the trustees' minutes to expeditionary tasks that happen to have been carried out by members of the university faculty, often with little official notice of Princeton as an institution.

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Lecture Notes Collection, 1772-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
80 boxes
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This collection contains over 600 sets of student notes taken from lectures given by members of Princeton's faculty. They represent the broad range of courses taught at Princeton University (known as the College of New Jersey prior to 1896) and include the works of numerous famous faculty and students.

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Princeton Artwork Collection, circa 1820-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes and 3 folders
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This collection comprises paintings, drawings, prints, cartoons, and other original artwork and reproductions representing the Princeton campus, its dezinens, sporting and other events, and symbols of the school.

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Student Dances Collection, 1838-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Dances at Princeton, especially popular in the years prior to the Second World War, were generally held in the gymnasium and were organized by a committee of faculty and staff. This collection consists of materials documenting dances attended by the students of Princeton University in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Woodrow Wilson Additional Materials, 1761-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 1 folder
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The Woodrow Wilson Additional Materials consist of materials that the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library has acquired on Woodrow Wilson since the mid-1990s.

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Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico), 1562-1903 (inclusive) 1720-1830s (bulk)

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11 boxes and 4.20 linear feet
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The Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico) consists of papers pertaining to the Convento de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, as well as miscellaneous papers that document matrimonial and criminal legal cases, land transactions in Tlalpujahua and Toluca, and genealogical information compiled by Austacio Rulfo. Additional papers to the collection include documents, accounts, religious petitions, assorted documents, and correspondence, many pertaining to the Benavides family.

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G. P. R. James Collection, 1825-1858 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.50 linear feet
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George Payne Rainsford James was an extremely prolific English novelist and historian in the nineteenth century. His collection contains some of his correspondence with various editors and colleagues, along with some miscellaneous prose and poetry, unfinished letters, and James's autographs.

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Lee Family Collection, 1780-1886 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and documents by and about members of the Lee family of Virginia. The Lee family is a historically significant Virginia political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military. They are descended from the Lees of Shropshire, England, and became prominent in colonial America when Colonel Richard Lee emigrated to Virginia and made his fortune in tobacco. Members of the family represented in this collection include Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) and Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), both signers of the Declaration of Independence, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee (1756-1818), and, most famously, Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War.

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Charles Lamb Collection, 1814-1903 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and manuscripts by and about the English essayist and poet Charles Lamb, as well as twelve of Lamb's letters to Maria Fryer and others.

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Daniel Webster Collection, 1824-1852 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of and about Daniel Webster, the nineteenth-century American attorney, congressman, and secretary of state.

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W. J. Linton Collection, 1840-1897 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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William James Linton was an English-born engraver and political activist. The collection consists of 36 of Linton's letters, related correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. Three manuscripts of poems, possibly Linton's, a manuscript of a novel by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and unidentified artwork complete the collection.

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Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1708-1950 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, dating from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as colonial governor of New Jersey.

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Princeton University Library Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1770-1937 (inclusive) 1770-1838 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of selected correspondence, writings, and documents created or signed by James Madison, fourth president of the United States, correspondence and a document of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, as well as a small amount of material by others about James Madison.

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Benedict Jaeger Collection, 1825-1886. (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
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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.

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Frank N. Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday Collection, 1734-1966 (inclusive) 1890s-1940s (bulk)

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33 boxes, 1 item, and 14 linear feet
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Consists primarily of papers of Frank Nelson Doubleday and his son, Nelson, relating to their personal and business relationships with prominent authors and artists published under the Doubleday imprint, such as Joseph Conrad, A. B. Frost, Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence, and W. Someset Maugham.

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Princeton University Diploma Collection, 1749-1998 (inclusive) 1749-1926 (bulk)

Extent:
6 boxes
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Since its first class of six graduates and one honoree in 1748, Princeton University has awarded over 80,000 diplomas. This collection contains 213 original diplomas and photostats, including executed diplomas as well as blank, sample or spoiled diplomas.

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James Robertson photographs collection, circa 1854 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1 linear foot
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James Robertson was one of the first prominent traveller-photographers to depict scenes of mid-nineteenth century Greece. Of Scottish descent, he has been identified as the engraver James Robertson, who worked in London around 1830. He first settled in Constantinople in 1841, where he spent forty years of his life working as a master engraver in the imperial mint. His photography career began in the early 1850's when he opened a photographer's studio in Peran, the European district of Constantinople. His photographs, which were immediately popular among the art lovers of his period, appeared in international exhibitions in Paris and London and were frequently reproduced in the leading periodical "The London Illustrated News". He died in 1888 in Yokohama. Robertson earned his place in the history of photography with his coverage of the Crimean war, and with his photographs of Constantinople and other historical Mediterranean sites, such as Athens, Malta, Damascus, Egypt and the Holy...(see more)

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Horace Walpole Family Collection, 1724-1786 (bulk) 1724-1857 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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A collection of letters and documents of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright, and novelist, and of his father Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, who was to become England's longest running Prime Minister.

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James Edward Murdoch Collection, 1840-1905 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters by theater people to James Edward Murdoch, known for his dramatic readings to soldiers during the Civil War.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Collection, 1807-1850 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of selected correspondence of the Duke of Wellington, chiefly with Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. Wellington is best known as the British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

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Ottoman Turkish Documents from Greece, 1829-1906 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of various Ottoman Turkish documents (1829-1906), with some Greek annotations, pertaining to the areas of Trikala (Tricca), Ioannina (Janina), Karditsa and Thessaly in Greece.

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

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Lewis Cass Collection, 1832-1873 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Lewis Cass, a nineteenth-century senator from Michigan, had prominent roles in the administrations of Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. This collection consists of selected correspondence, printed material, and ephemera of Cass.

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

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