Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Photographs, Original. Language English Year 1858

Philip G. Strong Collection on Espionage, 1776-1970 (inclusive) 1930-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 30 boxes
Abstract:: Consists mainly of printed matter collected by Strong (Princeton Class of 1922) relating to the field of strategic and scientific intelligence and espionage.

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

Department of Geosciences Records, 1845-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 53 boxes, 1 folder, and 1 websites
Abstract:: Established in 1904 as the Department of Geology, and later known as the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, the Department of Geosciences has grown to become the center for the study of Earth, atmospheric, oceanographic, and environmental sciences at Princeton. The records document the department from its 19th-century origins to the recent past with departmental files, faculty files, faculty meeting minutes and visual materials.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Nassau Hall Iconography, 1760-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: The collection contains representations of Nassau Hall and other historic buildings of Princeton University. Most of them are reproductions, some photographic.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Walter E. Edge Papers, 1782-1968 (inclusive) 1905-1956 (bulk)

Extent:: 26 boxes
Abstract:: Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) was a notable New Jersey businessman and politician, serving New Jersey as Governor from 1917-1919 and 1944-1947 and as a United States Senator from 1919-1929. The Walter E. Edge Papers document Edge's personal and professional life through correspondence, speeches, government documents, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Early Photographs of Greece, circa 1852-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes, 12.8 linear feet, and 1 oversize folders
Abstract:: The Early Photographs of Greece Collection is an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece. Included are panoramic photographs of the Parthenon, Athens, and Smyrna, along with other photographs of Greece.

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

Charles Ryskamp Collection of William Cowper, 1780-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes and 4.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Xerox copies of works and correspondence by William Cowper collected by Princeton professor and scholar Charles Ryskamp, as well as correspondence, notebooks, and miscellaneous material of Neilson Campbell Hannay, another Cowper scholar and collector.

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

Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, 1786-2004 (inclusive) 1880s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:: 1492 boxes, 66 items, 151 volumes, and 750 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of virtually all of the surviving records of Scribners (1846-1984), the New York City publisher, and reflect aspects of all of its publishing functions (soliciting and acquiring books, editing manuscripts, printing and manufacturing books, advertising and publicizing publications) and business concerns (book and magazine publisher, retail bookstore, subscription books department, educational books department, printing press and bindery, rare books department). Included are files of editorial correspondence with authors, manufacturing records about book production, advertising records, author contracts, a collection of dust jackets, book catalogs, ledgers, and photographs. While there are gaps in most of the series or record groups, there are records representative of all of the firm's former permutations: Baker & Scribner, Charles Scribner & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Welford, Scribner & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons. The bulk of...(see more)

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

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1917-1947 (bulk) 1827-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 93 boxes
Abstract:: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.

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

William Kelly Prentice Papers, 1797-1965 (inclusive) 1900-1955 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, and documents of William Kelly Prentice, a Greek scholar and authority on classical inscriptions, as well as selected papers of his father and various other family members.

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

Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (inclusive) 1930-1975 (bulk)

Extent:: 173 boxes
Abstract:: John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.

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