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Princeton University Library Collection of F. Jay Haynes Photographs, 1877-1880s (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an assembled collection of photographs by Yellowstone National Park and Northern Pacific Railway photographer F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), mostly from the late 1870s and 1880s, including albums of albumen prints of various Yellowstone National Park sites and scenes along the Columbia River in Oregon, as well as stereograph views of Yellowstone National Park, wheat farmers in the Dakota Territory, and locations along the route of the Northern Pacific Railway.

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

Charles Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes, 1872-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Charles Greene Rockwood was a professor of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton Unviersity, and had many interests in seismology and general scientific study. Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed matter compiled by Charles Greene Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences.

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

Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection, 1868-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of general photographs of Ottoman Empire sites. Currently, there are more than 39 19th-century photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the surrounding area.

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

Roswell H. Lamson Papers, 1845-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, diaries (1864, 1870, 1887), photographs, documents, memorabilia, and printed matter of U.S. Naval officer Roswell H. Lamson.

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

General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

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

George Cruikshank Collection, 1782-1894 (inclusive) 1825-1878 (bulk)

Extent:: 35 boxes, 192 items, and 19.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection integrates numerous accessions of English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank material, including large amounts of correspondence as well as original drawings and sketches.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [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]

Rudolf-Ernest Brünnow Papers, 1876-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 54 boxes
Abstract:: German Semitic philologist, Rudolf-Ernst Brünnow (1858-1917) was a professor of Semitics at Princeton (post-1910) in Greek, Latin, German, French, Turkish, Assyrian, and English. The collection consists of notes, photographs, inscriptions, tables, and descriptions by Brünnow.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1840-1901 (inclusive) 1849-1866 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a closed collection of miscellaneous source material--letters, documents, and other separate, unbound manuscript items--pertaining to the history of the American West and Southwest, largely from the perspective of white settlers, acquired by the Library from 2013 to 2020.

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

William Courtenay Papers, 1870-1897 (bulk) 1850-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, and other papers of William Courtenay (1832-1901), an English settler, veteran of the American Civil War, and frontier businessman who held positions in the United States Department of the Interior as postmaster, clerk, and Indian Agent at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, from 1874 to 1882. These materials document conditions at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and are of particular interest for their documentation of frontier transactions, corruption and mismanagement within the reservation system, and the relationships between the people of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara), the Sioux people, and white settlers.

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

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