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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet

Abstract:

The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.

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

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Allen Family Burma Collection, 1781-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet

Abstract:

The Allen Family Burma Collection documents two generations of British aristocrats in colonial Burma, and consists of two diaries, dating from 1889 to 1890, and two scrapbooks, dating from 1781 to 1935. In total, the collection is extensive; within the scrapbooks are nearly six hundred items, including photographs, newspapers clippings, letters, and ephemera. As a group, this collection gives a great insight into colonial life in Burma immediately following Burma's incorporation into the British Empire.

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

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Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:

8 boxes and 4 linear feet

Abstract:

Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

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Howard McClenahan Collection on World War I Belgian Relief, 1914-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence, articles, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of Howard McClenahan (Princeton Class of 1894) relating to his trip to England, Holland, and Belgium in 1914-1915 on a mission sponsored by Princeton University to examine and report on the amount and effectiveness of civilian relief provided for Belgium.

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

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Charles Allen Munn Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:

11 boxes and 12.4 linear feet

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Consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, and printed ephemera related to World War I, compiled by Charles Munn (1859-1924), publisher and editor of Scientific American.

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

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Robert Rudd Whiting Papers, 1901-1918 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.15 linear feet

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Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks of American journalist Robert Rudd Whiting (Princeton Class of 1901).

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

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Henry Markinfield Addey Papers, 1873-1910 (inclusive)

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1 box and .4 linear feet

Abstract:

Henry Markinfield Addey was a London publisher who is known for publishing Gustave Doré in England and for publishing the first English edition of Edgar Allan Poe's complete poems. Consists of family correspondence, memoir drafts, and one scrapbook.

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

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William Vaughn Moody Collection, 1894-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of selected manuscripts, letters, and miscellany of the American poet and playwright Wiliam Vaughn Moody.

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

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William Taggart Meloy Yellowstone Scrapbooks, 1900-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box

Abstract:

Consists of ten scrapbooks containing photographs and clippings from newspapers, magazines, and travel guides documenting a 1900 trip to Yellowstone National Park taken by Reverend William Taggart Meloy, John T. Meloy, Emma Meloy, Daisy Meloy Rankin, and Dr. James D. Rankin.

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