Form: Correspondence -- 20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Sarah Goodspeed Papers, 1913-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Sarah Goodspeed, a white Christian missionary for the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society (WABHMS), documenting her work on the Crow Indian Reservation in Pryor, Montana, in the 1910s. Materials include a linguistic journal, eighty photographs of Crow and Ojibwa (Ojibwe, Chippewa) people, handwritten poetry and notes, several letters and postcards, and printed and typescript articles and essays.

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

Samuel Woodfill Correspondence, 1914-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 64 pictorial postcards written by Samuel Woodfill, mostly addressed to Lorena "Blossom" Wiltshire. Written during Woodfill's time serving in the U. S. Army, the postcards feature images of San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Laredo, and Mexico and its inhabitants. Woodfill writes of camp life, daily activities, weather, training, and conflicts on the Texas-Mexican border.

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

Marshall Curtis Brown Collection, 1912-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.45 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Marshall Brown with members of his family during World War I. Also included are manuscript maps and photographs from the war.

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

Robert Mountsier Collection, 1908-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Robert Mountsier, secretary (ca. 1910) of the Student Lecture Bureau at the University of Michigan and, later, an editor at The Evening Sun.

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

William Vaughn Moody Collection, 1894-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, letters, and miscellany of the American poet and playwright Wiliam Vaughn Moody.

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

Henry Markinfield Addey Papers, 1873-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and .4 linear feet
Abstract:: Henry Markinfield Addey was a London publisher who is known for publishing Gustave Doré in England and for publishing the first English edition of Edgar Allan Poe's complete poems. Consists of family correspondence, memoir drafts, and one scrapbook.

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

Henri Lemoine Diamond Fraud Collection, 1904-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Henri Lemoine was a French charlatan who, in 1904-1907, defrauded Sir Julius Wernher, a German-born British owner of South African diamond mining companies, out of thousands of pounds in a scheme to produce synthetic diamonds. The collection consists of papers relating to the men's contractual agreements: correspondence, contracts, letters of intent, and other documents.

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

A.C. McClurg & Co. Letters from F. G. Browne to C. F. Cazenove, 1905-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 47 letters from F. G. Browne on behalf of the Publishing Department at Chicago-based American publisher A.C. McClurg & Co. to the firm's London literary agent C. F. Cazenove, regarding the sale of American titles in England, financial transactions, and other business matters related to publishing.

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

Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

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

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