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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]

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D. C. Herrin "Columbia River Scenery" Photographs, circa 1892-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of 13 mounted albumen card photographs from Oregon photographer D. C. Herrin's "Columbia River Scenery" series that depict various scenes along the river, including views of waterfalls; sites such as The Dalles, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood; and steamships. Herrin took the photographs via The Dalles, Portland, & Astoria Navigation Company (DP&AN) steamers and via the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) line.

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

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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]

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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]

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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]

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French Family Collection, 1835-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.

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

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Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
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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