Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Correspondence Form Photographs, Original. Year 1885 to 1889

Harold F. McCormick Collection of Aeronautica, 1780-1940 (inclusive) 1910-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 13.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers reflecting the many aeronautical activities and interests of industrial magnate Harold F. McCormick (Princeton Class of 1895) and papers which he collected concerning the history of aviation.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Blanche Pauli Materials, 1890-1904 (bulk) 1866-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Blanche Pauli (born Virginia C. Taney) was an American singer, actress, and vaudeville performer who worked mainly in stock companies touring the northeastern United States and Canada from the late 1890s through 1904. The collection consists of personal and family correspondence and documents, photographs, play scripts and actor's sides, sheet music, playbills, clippings, and other materials related to her professional career. Some materials also relate to Pauli's husband, Herman Utley Boardman; her performance partner, Robson Dalton; and other members of her family.

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

Twining Family Papers, 1778-1934 (inclusive) 1845-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature.

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

William W. Belknap Papers, 1849-1890 (bulk) 1814-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, documents, and miscellaneous material of William Worth Belknap (Princeton Class of 1848) and his father, William Goldsmith Belknap (1794-1851), of Newburgh, New York.

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

Walter E. Edge Papers, 1782-1968 (inclusive) 1905-1956 (bulk)

Extent:: 26 boxes
Abstract:: Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) was a notable New Jersey businessman and politician, serving New Jersey as Governor from 1917-1919 and 1944-1947 and as a United States Senator from 1919-1929. The Walter E. Edge Papers document Edge's personal and professional life through correspondence, speeches, government documents, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

William Alfred Eddy Papers, 1859-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 24 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: The papers of William A. Eddy (1896-1962), educator, diplomat, minister to Saudi Arabia, intelligence agent, and college president, focus on his presidency of Hobart College (1936-1941), his work in U.S. - Middle East policy, and his family life in the period from 1917-1962. The holdings of his personal and family correspondence is extensive. The collection contains all correspondence from his term as president of Hobart College, 1936-1941. Many military documents are included, especially in the years 1941-1946 (the planning of the North African landings, the FDR/Ibn Saud meeting, the Treaty of the Yemen). There are many geneological papers and letters from Eddy's relatives concerning American missionary work in the Middle East. There are numerous publications concerning 18th C. English literature, religious and civic duties, U.S. Foreign policy re Israel and the Arabs, and sociological accounts of the Middle East. The collection is composed of personal/professional correspondence,...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Edward S. Corwin Papers, circa 1860-1961 (inclusive) 1920-1958 (bulk)

Extent:: 24 boxes
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, writings, and photographs of Edward S. Corwin, a noted constitutional scholar who taught at Princeton University for much of his academic career. Nationally-known and widely published, Corwin consulted with many other academics as well as politicians involved with constitutional issues, most notably when he publicly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization ("court packing") plan.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Philip G. Strong Collection on Espionage, 1776-1970 (inclusive) 1930-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 30 boxes
Abstract:: Consists mainly of printed matter collected by Strong (Princeton Class of 1922) relating to the field of strategic and scientific intelligence and espionage.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-2001 (inclusive) 1952-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 667 boxes and 3 folders
Abstract:: The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers document the public life of Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), governor of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, and United Nations ambassador. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, subject files, United Nations materials, personal files, photographs, and audiovisual materials, illuminating Stevenson's career in law, politics, and diplomacy, primarily from his first presidential campaign until his death in 1965.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

George F. Kennan Papers, 1861-2014 (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 338 boxes
Abstract:: George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was a diplomat and a historian, noted especially for his influence on United States policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War and for his scholarly expertise in the areas of Russian history and foreign policy. Kennan's papers document his career as a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study and his time in the Foreign Service, and include his correspondence files, published and unpublished writings, and personal files.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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