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Princeton University Library Collection of William Henry Jackson Photographs, circa 1880-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of five cabinet card Albumen photographs and one photograph album. The cabinet cards depict depict Pikes Peak in Colorado and the surrounding environs. The photograph album consists of 115 images of Colorado primarily, with some images of New Mexico, that depict various scenes of frontier towns, railroads, and natural landscapes. Most, if not all, of the photographs can be attributed to the American photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), known for his iconic Indian portraits and landscape photographs of the American West.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Abraham Lincoln Materials, 1849-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.

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

Thomas Burnside Morris Papers, 1861-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Thomas Burnside Morris graduated from New York University in 1861 with a degree in civil engineering. He was a chief engineer of the Long Island Railroad, 1863; a division chief of the Panama Railroad, 1864-1865; a division chief of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1867-1869; and a division chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1870-1874. He died in Oakland, California, on November 8, 1885. The collection consists primarily of material relating to Morris's role in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad.

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

Laurence Hutton Papers, 1880-1895 (bulk) 1817-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes
Abstract:: The Laurence Hutton Papers consists of materials of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton. Included are bound volumes, such as letterbooks (1868-1904), clippings of Hutton's contributions to the press, and several volumes of family photographs.

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

John Daggett Collection, 1880s-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The John Daggett Collection consists primarily of 41 photographs taken by Daggett documenting his mining life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area in the late 1800s.

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

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