Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1861">1861</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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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.

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Baroness Hyde de Neuville Collection, 1806-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed matter concerning the Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville.

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Thomas Naylor Stanford Collection, 1818-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and ephemera relating to nineteenth-century New York City publisher and bookseller Thomas Naylor Stanford.

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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.

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George Mifflin Dallas Collection, 1815-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of selected correspondence of George Mifflin Dallas, nineteenth-century American senator and vice-president.

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Jason Chamberlain Ledger on Hemp Production and Farming, 1846-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a ledger, along with some receipts, advertisements, and correspondence, of Missouri farmer and hemp producer Jason Chamberlain (1804-1901), documenting Chamberlain's business accounts from 1853 to 1880, as well as the accounts of an anonymous Kentucky hemp producer and merchant from 1846 to 1851. These materials provide insight into hemp and other agricultural production in Missouri and Kentucky before, during, and after the American Civil War and document the employment of African American and immigrant laborers during the early Reconstruction era.

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James Edward Murdoch Collection, 1840-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: 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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Pearce Family Collection, 1820-1863 (bulk) 1802-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.

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John S. Copley Civil War Letters, 1861-1862 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 24 letters by Union soldier John S. Copley to his friend Robert Moody throughout the first two years of the American Civil War. Copley, who served with the 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (38th Volunteers), includes detailed accounts of battles and life in various military camps.

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