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Princeton University Library Collection of Circus Miscellany, 1837-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:
17 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
Abstract:
The Miscellaneous Circus Collection consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations, and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, manuscripts, programs, broadsides, posters, scrapbooks, clippings, and other ephemera.

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

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Sheldon Jackson Collection of Indian Photographs, circa 1850-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
Abstract:
Sheldon Jackson was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. This collection consists of three portfolios with 576 photographic prints and 5 photomechanical photogravures of Native Americans and related subjects compiled by Jackson, possibly from negatives in the collections of the Bureau of American Ethnology and by ordering prints from various photographic trade catalogs.

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

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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]

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Bayard Taylor Putnam Family Papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Bayard Taylor Putnam (1854-1886) was geological surveyor in the Division of Mining Geology for the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) from the founding of the agency in 1879 to the early 1880s. This collection consists of Putnam's professional papers, including correspondence and field notes, which document his work with the U.S.G.S, specifically his surveys of iron-ore and coal mines for the Tenth U.S. Census. His papers also relate to a patented combined protractor and chart holder that Putnam invented. Other Putnam family members, particularly his wife, Grace Haven Putnam (1855-1900), are also represented.

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

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Caroline Newton Papers, 1868-1980 (inclusive) 1922-1971 (bulk)

Extent:
13 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of writings, correspondence, and other personal papers of Caroline Newton (1893-1975), an American translator, writer, psychoanalyst, and collector, including a group of family papers related to the Churchill and Jerome families. The majority of the materials relate to Thomas Mann, of whom Newton was a close friend and supporter, though some others pertain to her activities related to psychoanalysis as well as book and manuscript collecting.

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

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George B. McClellan Papers, 1861-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
30 boxes and 22.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of papers of George B. McClellan (Princeton Class of 1886), reflecting his varied career as New York congressman, mayor of New York City, Princeton professor, and author, as well as some papers of McClellan's father, General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885).

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

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John Ellsworth Peters Papers, 1876-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed matter of John Ellsworth Peters (Princeton Class of 1870).

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

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