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Princeton University Library Collection of Félix Bonfils Photographs , 1867-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 1.8 linear feet

Abstract:

The Félix Bonfils Photographs Collection consists of photographs taken by Bonfils in the second half of the 19th century of images and people in the eastern Mediterranean.

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

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1 box

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921 (inclusive)

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9 boxes, 46 folios, 8 volumes, and 5.1 linear feet

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The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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Collection Anthropologique du Prince Roland Bonaparte: American Indians, circa 1883 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.7 linear feet

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Consists of twenty ethnographic albumen prints of North American Indians, commissioned by Prince Roland Bonaparte and photographed by Alfred Ayotte, plus two additional photographs of Bonaparte.

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Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection, 1880-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.5 linear feet

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The Sebah & Joaillier Photographs Collection consists entirely of 19th-century photographs of Constantinople and the surrounding area.

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Dimitris Constantine Photographs of Greece, 1850s-1870s (inclusive)

Extent:

5 boxes and 10 linear feet

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Consists of assorted photographs of Athens and other sites in Greece taken by the Greek photographer Dimitris Constantine (fl. 1850s).

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Princeton University Library Collection of Rubellin et Fils Photographs, circa 1880 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.4 linear feet

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Consists of an open collection of photographs of Ottoman scenes by Rubellin et fils, a French photography studio based in Izmir, Turkey..

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Gülmez Frères Photographs Collection, 1880-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Turkish photographers Gülmez Frères.

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