Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Photographs, Original. Year 1925

Howard C. Petersen Papers, 1915-1995 (inclusive) 1935-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 26 boxes
Abstract:: Howard C. Petersen (1910-1995) was an expert in international economics and foreign trade. He served in the War Department under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary of War for President Harry S. Truman, as National Finance Chairman and fundraiser for the Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigns, and as Special Assistant on International Trade for President John F. Kennedy. Petersen was also a principal drafter of the Selective Service Act, a lawyer, and president of Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company. Petersen's papers document his entire career, especially his work with the new Security and Exchange Commission regulations as a lawyer in the 1930s and with the United States War Department during World War II, and include correspondence, articles, and publications.

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

Julian L. Street Papers on Theodore Roosevelt, 1915-1939 (inclusive) 1915-1919 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Julian L. Street (1879-1947) was a novelist and essayist especially noted for his writing and expertise about food and wine. He was also a friend and great admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. Street's papers on Theodore Roosevelt are composed of correspondence, the majority being letters from Roosevelt to Street, as well as copies of articles, clippings, and other related materials which Street collected and prepared for a book of manuscript materials documenting his association with Roosevelt.

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

Bernard M. Baruch Papers, 1701-1965 (inclusive) 1917-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 441 boxes, 1 folder, and 340 volumes
Abstract:: Bernard M. Baruch was a financier and public adviser. This collection consists primarily of public papers relating to Baruch's various involvements in government affairs.

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

Twining Family Papers, 1778-1934 (inclusive) 1845-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature.

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

Duffield Family Papers, 1838-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of the Duffield family of Princeton, N.J.

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

Coventry Patmore Collection, 1803-1935 (inclusive) 1823-1896 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of some 200 letters written to and by English poet and critic Coventry Patmore.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Albert Einstein Materials, 1930-1955 (bulk) 1913-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 3.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a wide range of miscellaneous material by or about the Nobel Prize-winner and world famous physicist Albert Einstein, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, ephemera, medical records, and printed material.

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

William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

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

Hamilton Cottier Papers, 1752-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, account books (1925-1975), financial papers, and printed matter of Hamilton Cottier (Princeton Class of 1922, professor of English, 1925-1962), and material relating to "Southlawn," the home of his father, Alonzo Cottier, in Scarsdale, N.Y.

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

Sonja Karsen Papers, 1897-1993 (inclusive) 1950-1973 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: Sonja Karsen, born in 1919, was a professor of Spanish at Skidmore College and intensively researched Jaime Torres Bodet and Guillermo Valencia, two Latin American politicians and poets. The Sonja Karsen papers contain much of her research on these two figures.

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

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