Form: Scrapbooks. / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1904">1904</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
Abstract:: 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]

John Insley Blair Family Papers, 1843-1961 (inclusive) 1891-1910 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes, 1 folder, and 12.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of travel diaries, scrapbooks, and photograph albums composed by railroad industrialist John Insley Blair and his family. There is also a small selection of letters of Clinton Ledyard Blair regarding a fight over Woodrow Wilson's reforms at Princeton University and Blair's relationship with the University's Board of Trustees.

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

Alexander Family Collection, 1815-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family, many of whom lived and worked in Princeton, N.J.

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

George Macloskie Papers, 1857-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 7.5 linear feet
Abstract:: George Macloskie was a Princeton professor of biology (1875-1906) and an ordained Presbyterian minister and lawyer. His collection consists of notebooks related to his class lectures and papers, scrapbooks, printed material, and a commonplace book (1906).

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

Charles Willis Thompson Papers, 1881-1948 (inclusive) 1890-1940 (bulk)

Extent:: 49 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of Thompson, including 27 scrapbooks of clippings (1884-1941) of his columns and articles written while he was a Washington correspondent, book reviewer, and editor of the New York Times (1899-1921) and, later, a writer in Philadelphia for the Public Ledger (1921-1922) and Commonweal (1930-1931).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Princeton University Student Christian Association Records, 1855-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 boxes
Abstract:: The Student Christian Association and its predecessors were the dominant religious organizations at Princeton University for almost a hundred and fifty years. The Philadelphian Society, founded by a small group of students in 1825, was the quasi-official campus religious agency by the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1930 the Student-Faculty Association (SFA), organized by the Dean of the Chapel, took over the Society's programs, focusing on community service. In 1946 the Student Christian Association (SCA) replaced both the Society and the SFA, coordinating both religious and community service activities in campus. The Student Volunteers Council succeeded the SCA in 1967.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

David Lawrence Papers, 1901-1975 (inclusive) 1933-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 395 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: David Lawrence, Princeton Class of 1910, was an American magazine and news service founder, editor, columnist, and author. This collection contains papers of Lawrence, including correspondence with notable twentieth century figures, articles, speeches, correspondent dispatches, radio broadcast transcripts, and manuscripts for several books.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Arthur Friedman Collection of Programs and Playbills, 1893-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes, 13 volumes, and 7 linear feet
Abstract:: Arthur Friedman is an American collector in music and theater. His collection consists of bound scrapbooks of opera programs and playbills for theater and concert performances covering eighty years of regular attendance by Friedman in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and various legitimate theaters.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Scrapbook collection of playbills,, 1808-1967 (inclusive) 1880-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box, 483 volumes, and 48.79 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 486 scrapbooks of playbills covering not only theater but also opera, ballet, and music.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania records, 1959-1987 (bulk) 1867-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 134.6 linear feet (; 343 boxes)
Abstract:: The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania was established in 1920 as a successor organization to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, with the purpose of providing "education to increase the effectiveness of women voters and to further better government." The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania records document the history of this organization from 1867 to 1980, but the bulk of the material dates from 1959 to 1977. The majority of the materials consists of minutes, newsletters, reports and memorabilia. There is a small amount of early material, particularly relating to the suffrage movement. Of particular interest may be the photographs of the 1915 Women's Liberty Bell Tour in support of the vote.

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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