Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1895">1895</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1899">1899</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

M. L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, 1806-1958 (inclusive) 1830s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:: 108 boxes, 161 items, 12 volumes, and 72.9 linear feet
Abstract:: The Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, consisting of the library of books, manuscripts, photographs, artwork, and ephemera as collected by Morris Longstreth Parrish, Class of 1888, came to Princeton University in 1944 as a bequest. This finding aid focuses on Parrish's original collection of manuscripts, both bound and unbound, and includes his correspondence (related to his collecting activities) and letters both to and from many of the Victorian authors, as well as the manuscript and related (non-book) items given to and/or acquired for the collection by the Princeton University Library in subsequent years.

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

Matthew Davenport Hill Family Correspondence, 1820s-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a small collection of letters addressed to members of the family of English penal reformer Matthew Davenport Hill.

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

William E. Fredeman Collection of William Bell Scott, the Scott Family, and Alice Boyd, 1820-1895 (bulk) 1733-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Manuscripts and corrected page proofs for poetry and prose writings, drawings and engraved illustrations, personal documents, record books of print sales, correspondence, inscribed books, binding dummies, and family papers of William Bell Scott (1811-1890), a Scottish poet, painter, art critic, and engraver, known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelite circle in London, and also personal and family correspondence of Alice Boyd, Scott's long-term companion, from 1859 until his death. The collection consists of materials acquired by the eminent Pre-Raphaelite scholar, William E. Fredeman (1928-1999) from members of the Boyd family, which were once housed at Penkill Castle, the residence of Alice Boyd, where Scott spent much of his later life.

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

Henry Robert Taylor Family Papers, 1849-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a group of family papers documenting Henry Robert Taylor's role in a California gold prospecting company called Cunningham & Co. from 1849 to 1851, his travels in South America from 1852 to 1857, his survey work in the Nebraska Territory in 1858 and 1859, and his family's efforts to publish his travel journals in the early 20th century.

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

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.

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

Samuel J. Wilson Papers, 1860-1886 (bulk) 1856-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, and printed matter of Samuel J. Wilson, a ninteenth-century clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

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

Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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William Isbister Collection, circa 1860-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence mainly from Victorian novelists and other writers to W. Isbister & Co., publishers of Good Words and the Sunday Magazine.

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

Laurence Hutton Papers, 1880-1895 (bulk) 1817-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes
Abstract:: The Laurence Hutton Papers consists of materials of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton. Included are bound volumes, such as letterbooks (1868-1904), clippings of Hutton's contributions to the press, and several volumes of family photographs.

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

Mathematics Correspondence of Sylvester Robins, 1880-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of nineteenth-century correspondence of Sylvester Robins discussing mathematical questions, computations, and solutions.

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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.

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

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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Alfred Thayer Mahan Collection, 1883-1913 (bulk) 1883-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters by Alfred Thayer Mahan to his publisher regarding his writings about United States naval history. Mahan was a U.S. naval officer in the Civil War, and his work on the importance of adequate navies and merchant marines influenced the policies and philosophies of national leaders across the globe, including those of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

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

Selected Correspondence of Horace N. Pym, 1870-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of English nineteenth-century editor and author Horace N. Pym.

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William Elliot Griffis Collection, 1873-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and manuscripts related to the history of the 1859 mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in Japan and the role of James Curtis Hepburn in making it a success, collected by William Elliot Griffis for the purpose of writing a book.

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Robert Sewall Browne Letters on Prospecting, 1896-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters from Robert Sewall Browne (1866-1904) to his wife Alice E. Gray Browne in Maine, detailing his overland travels and work as a prospector, miner, and rancher in Colorado, Wyoming, and the Yukon Territory from 1896 to 1901.

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

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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Civil War Papers of Philip Kearny, 1861-1863 (bulk) 1861-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Philip Kearny while he was brigadier general of volunteers in command of the 1st New Jersey Brigade during the American Civil War.

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

Frederick Warne & Co. Collection, 1850-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Frederick Warne & Co., the London publishers, with prospective authors.

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