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William Bell Scott Collection, 1837-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence and obituaries of the nineteenth-century English poet, painter, and art critic William Bell Scott. He was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was accepted by the Pre-Raphaelites.

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

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Davidson Materials, 1879-1945 (inclusive) 1890-1909 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:
John Davidson was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Scottish poet hailed for his provincial, melancholy body of work. This collection contains letters, manuscripts, reports, galley proofs with Davidson's holograph corrections, documents, and clippings pertaining to his literary career.

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

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Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1840-1901 (inclusive) 1849-1866 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of a closed collection of miscellaneous source material--letters, documents, and other separate, unbound manuscript items--pertaining to the history of the American West and Southwest, largely from the perspective of white settlers, acquired by the Library from 2013 to 2020.

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

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Cameron Family Papers, 1850-1945 (bulk) 1805-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
83 boxes and 56 linear feet
Abstract:
The Cameron Family Papers consist primarily of the correspondence and writings of former Princeton University professors Henry Clay Cameron (1827-1906) and his son, A. Guyot Cameron (1864-1947), with some correspondence relating to Henry C. Cameron's wife, Wilhelmina "Mina" Louise Cécile Chollet (1832-1908). There is also a significant amount of Cameron family photographs as well as some documents, printed matter, and ephemera relating to Princeton University. Famed Swiss-American geologist, geographer, and Princeton professor Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884), a relative of the Cameron family through marriage, is also represented in the collection through classroom maps, correspondence, a journal, and printed articles and lectures by and about Guyot. Most of the materials in the collection are professional in nature.

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

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Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes, 46 folios, 8 volumes, and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:
The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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

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