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

Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

Edith Wharton Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Austin, 1903-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters (1903-1927) sent by the American novelist Edith Wharton to her English friends Alfred and Hester Austin. During that period Wharton lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and several places in France.

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

Ernest Moore Foster Collection, 1905-1907 (bulk) 1905-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of five journals and photograph albums of American West traveler and photographer Ernest Moore Foster.

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

Thomas A. Edison Collection, 1880-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, both original and photocopies, of Thomas A. Edison, the most influential American inventor of the twentieth century.

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

J. J. Jusserand Collection, 1905-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and a typescript of J. J. Jusserand, French author and ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925.

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

Armenia Collection, 1916-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, bulletins, documents, and printed material about the history of Armenia just after World War I.

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

Selected Papers of David Paton, 1876-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters to Egyptologist David Paton (Princeton Class of 1874) about his four-volume work Early Egyptian Records of Travel: Material for a Historical Geography of Western Asia (1915-1922).

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

Henry B. Fine Collection on Woodrow Wilson, 1902-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of eleven letters from Woodrow Wilson to Princeton professor Henry B. Fine and other documents related to Wilson.

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

James L. Stanton Correspondence, 1883-1886 (bulk) 1879-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and a few related writings documenting the work of attorney James L. Stanton as Chief Pardon Clerk (1882-1884) and General Agent (1884-1885) under Attorney General Benjamin Harris Brewster in the United States Department of Justice during the administration of President Chester A. Arthur. Among the many cases and events the letters document are those surrounding the Star Routes scandal, which involved fraud by United States postal officials. Frequent correspondents include Benjamin Harris Brewster, Brewster Cameron, and William Haight.

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

Howard McClenahan Collection on World War I Belgian Relief, 1914-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, articles, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of Howard McClenahan (Princeton Class of 1894) relating to his trip to England, Holland, and Belgium in 1914-1915 on a mission sponsored by Princeton University to examine and report on the amount and effectiveness of civilian relief provided for Belgium.

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

Anne Squire Correspondence, 1900-1920 (bulk) 1889-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of primarily of letters to Anne Squire from literary figures and friends.

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

Henry Simonis Correspondence, 1914-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three volumes of correspondence of British journalist Henry Simonis concerning his literary, wartime, and charitable activities.

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

James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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

Samuel Jackson Reid Letters, 1901-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by Samuel Jackson Reid (Princeton Class of 1906) to his mother, father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton, to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France.

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

F. Carrington Weems Papers, 1857-1919 (inclusive) 1906-1913 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of F. Carrington Weems (Princeton Class of 1907) primarily from his student days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel in World War I.

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

L'Ecole Française d'Athènes Correspondence of Gustave Fougères, 1915-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence (1915-1919) of Gustave Fougères with scholars during his directorship at l'École française d'Athénes in Athens, Greece.

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

Robert Rudd Whiting Papers, 1901-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.15 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks of American journalist Robert Rudd Whiting (Princeton Class of 1901).

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

Lucius Hopkins Miller Correspondence, 1903-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal and professional correspondence between Lucius Hopkins Miller (Princeton Class of 1897), a professor in Princeton's Department of Religion, and Princeton colleagues, including Woodrow Wilson, fellow educators at other institutions, and publishers, such as Henry Holt.

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

Howard Crosby Butler Correspondence, 1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of Howard Crosby Butler, Princeton professor of the history of architecture, with former students undergoing military training during World War I.

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

R. Ridgely Lytle World War I Collection, 1915-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of World War I memorabilia, letters, photographs, and documents collected by R. Ridgely Lytle (Princeton Class of 1913) when he was a delegate in the province of Luxembourg for the Commission for Relief in Belgium and, later, a member of the American ambulance drivers in France.

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]

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]

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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