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James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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

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Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

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3 boxes

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Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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

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Thomas Burnside Morris Papers, 1861-2000 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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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]

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

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2 boxes and 1.8 linear feet

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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.

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

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Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection, 1868-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.4 linear feet

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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]

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Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.

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

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360 Photographs of American Scenery Collected by Norman Selfe on the Spots Represented in 1884, 1870-1884 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 6.25 linear feet

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Consists of a photograph album containing over 300 photographs of urban and rural locations in North America, Hawaii, and New Zealand, collected by Australian engineer Norman Selfe (1839-1911) during his 1884 tour to inspect engineering and architectural works abroad. The photographs document street architecture in San Francisco, California; redwood logging ventures in Humboldt County, California; as well as locations in the Oregon, Washington, and Utah Territories; the states of Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; federal buildings in Washington, D.C.; and cities and natural features in Canada, including British Columbia, Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and the St. Lawrence River. Includes photographs taken by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890), George Fiske (1835-1918), I. W. Taber (1830-1912), and others.

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

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Princeton University Library Collection of C. & G. Zangaki Photographs, circa 1870-1875 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.75 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Greek photographers C. & G. Zangaki.

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

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

Extent:

6 boxes and 3.25 linear feet

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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]

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John Everett Millais Letters to His Daughter Effie, 1874-1889 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of a series of over forty autograph letters by the English artist John Evereet Millais to his daughter Effie.

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