Form: Photographs -- 19th century. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

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]

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

Extent:: 3 boxes and 6.25 linear feet
Abstract:: 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]

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]

Princeton University Library Collection of Rhomaides Brothers Photographs, 1880s-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.75 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection for Rhomaides Brothers photographs of classical sites in Greece (particularly Athens).

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

W. B. Yeats Collection, 1888-1937 (bulk) 1888-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, including correspondence, a poetry manuscript, photographs, family items, and Cuala Press ephemera.

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

Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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]

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

Extent:: 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]

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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