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Julia Marlowe Collection, 1909-1950 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Julia Marlowe (1866-1950), who was also known as Sarah Frances Frost, was an American actress and Shakespearean performer. Her collection consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid. Also included are photographs of both Marlowe and her husband, E. H. Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

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Moses Taylor Pyne Papers, 1686-1939 (inclusive) 1861-1913 (bulk)

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18 boxes and 17.6 linear feet
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Consists of various materials, including correspondence, diaries, documents, and genealogical materials related to Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877), the Pyne family, and the history of Princeton University.

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Gerard Lambert Business Records Collection, 1926-1967 (inclusive)

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84 boxes and 37.5 linear feet
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Consists of the business records of Gerard B. Lambert (Princeton Class of 1908), including correspondence, bills, invoices, and financial statements, which reflect his position as head of the Lambert Pharmacal Co. of St. Louis, developers and manufacturers of Listerine.

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Joseph Howard Scrapbooks, 1875-1908 (inclusive)

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14 boxes and 16.5 linear feet
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The Joseph Howard Scrapbooks collection consists of journalist Joseph Howard's scrapbooks of press clippings and articles he wrote over the years for several New York City newspapers.

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David Laurence Pierson Scrapbooks, 1927-1937 (bulk) 1817-1953 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
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Consists of twenty scrapbook volumes (1927-1937) of letters, documents, photographs, newspapers clippings, and printed matter concerning the observance of Constitution Day (Sept. 17), compiled by David Laurence Pierson, who was instrumental in getting national recognition for that day.

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Helmut Meyer Papers, 1938-2000 (inclusive)

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16 boxes and 16.4 linear feet
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Helmut Meyer was a German-born American citizen who fought for the United States in World War II and founded the Helmut Meyer Literary Agency in New York City. The collection contains files from the Helmut Meyer Literary Agency, propaganda from both the Allies and the Axis from World War II, manuscripts of Meyer's own work, and correspondence from friends and clients.

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Herbert S. Auerbach Collection on Mormons and Indians, 1808-1935 (inclusive)

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12 boxes
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Consists of copies of letters, documents, stories, newspaper articles, reports, tables, artifacts, and extracts relating to Mormons and Indians, as collected by Herbert S. Auerbach, an American renaissance man, involved in music, writing, politics, and philanthropy.

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Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

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6 boxes
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Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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Archivo de Alma Concepción, 1939-2021 (inclusive)

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15.0 linear feet ((12 containers))
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El archivo de Alma Concepción consiste principalmente en 43 álbumes de la bailarina, educadora y coreógrafa puertorriqueña Alma Concepción, que contienen fotografías, recortes, programas, cartas, tarjetas postales, folletos, material de difusión y memorabilia. También incluye escritos de Alma Concepción, material de investigación, imágenes digitales, recuerdos, afiches y partituras musicales.

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Helen MacInnes Papers, 1941-1984 (inclusive) 1941-1966 (bulk)

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65 boxes and 29.70 linear feet
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The Helen MacInnes Papers contain the original manuscripts of twenty-two published novels, miscellaneous articles and speeches, and a play of renown Scottish novelist Helen MacInnes.

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S. S. Van Dine Scrapbooks, 1916-1939 (inclusive)

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68 volumes and 7.21 linear feet
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Educated in California and at Harvard, Willard Huntington Wright became editor of The Smart Set (1913-1914). After suffering a serious illness in 1925, he turned to writing detective novels under the pseudonym of "S. S. Van Dine". His papers consist of scrapbooks reflecting the professional and private life of Van Dine, including articles by and about him (1926-1930), reviews of his books, motion pictures, and radio plays, his literary and art criticism, and miscellaneous and general notes (1926-1937).

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Chambers Family Papers, 1772-1962 (inclusive)

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22 boxes and 9.4 linear feet
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Consists of diaries, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter of the Chambers family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Walter Lowrie Papers, 1891-1959 (bulk) 1843-1978 (inclusive)

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39 boxes and 15.6 linear feet
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The collection consists of autobiographical material and other works such as manuscripts of books, sermon outlines, prayers, articles, and essays; correspondence with family during the time Lowrie was in Europe (especially letters to his mother), but also correspondence with friends and colleagues, particularly Howard A. Johnson, a long-time friend and executor of his estate; photographs of religious art presumably used for his books; documents including certificates and agreements with book publishers; printed matter including reprints of published works; and writings and documents created by Howard A. Johnson and other Kierkegaard scholars.

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J. Monroe Thorington Collection, 1848-1983 (inclusive) 1920-1964 (bulk)

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43 boxes
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Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about mountaineer J. Monroe Thorington (Princeton Class of 1915), as well as some papers of other people.

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Bretaigne Windust Collection, 1929-1958 (inclusive)

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10 boxes and 6.4 linear feet
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Contains records concerning plays directed by Bretaigne Windust (Princeton Class of 1929), mainly for the University Players, of which he was a co-founder.

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J. Duncan Spaeth Collection, 1865-1957 (inclusive)

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11 boxes
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Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of J. Duncan Spaeth, a preceptor (1905-1911) and professor of English (1911-1935) at Princeton.

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The Hardy Players Collection, 1882-1926 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of material relating to productions of plays adapted from Thomas Hardy novels and short stories by the English amateur theater company The Hardy Players.

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Budd Schulberg Papers, 1936-1967 (inclusive)

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34 boxes, 1 item, and 12.9 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, and miscellanea of the American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and biographer Budd Schulberg (1914-2009 ).

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George B. McClellan Papers, 1861-1940 (inclusive)

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30 boxes and 22.5 linear feet
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Consists of papers of George B. McClellan (Princeton Class of 1886), reflecting his varied career as New York congressman, mayor of New York City, Princeton professor, and author, as well as some papers of McClellan's father, General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885).

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Kurt Weitzmann Papers, 1930-1991 (inclusive)

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60 boxes
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Kurt Weitzmann left his native Germany in 1935 for Princeton where he spent the remainder of his life, at the Institute for Advanced Study as a permanent member (1935-1972) and as a professor in Princeton University's Dept. of Art and Archaeology (1945-1972). Included are personal and professional correspondence, related files, course outlines, lectures, manuscripts and notes for various published works, scrapbooks of clippings, and printed matter.

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K. Montgomery Ogden Papers, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

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3 boxes
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Consists of photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings of Kneass Montgomery Ogden (Princeton Class of 1902). The bulk of the collection relates to his years as bursar of Canton Christian College in China.

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Lulu Glaser Papers, 1821-1966 (inclusive) 1895-1917 (bulk)

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95 boxes and 56.6 linear feet
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The Lulu Glaser Papers contains various artifacts, letters, photographs, and other items belonging to Lulu Glaser, a popular singer and actress during the early 1900s. Glaser starred in a couple Broadway plays in the 1890s and later opened the Lulu Glaser Opera Company in 1900, where she produced a number of operas before retiring from performing in 1917. Collection includes materials relating to Glaser's many productions as well as offers insights into her personal life before and after retirement.

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Alfred A. Woodhull Collection, 1776-1916 (inclusive)

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9 boxes and 9 linear feet
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Consists of works, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed works of surgeon and medical inspector Alfred A. Woodhull (Princeton Class of 1856).

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Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (inclusive) 1812-1920 (bulk)

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474 boxes and 253 linear feet
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The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.

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Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

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381 boxes and 60 items
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The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.

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Sir John Grenfell Maxwell Papers, 1824-1940 (inclusive)

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33 boxes and 18 linear feet
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General Sir John Maxwell served in Egypt during the British Occupation, notably participating in the Battle at Omdurman during the reconquest of the Sudan, and in South Africa during the Boer War. In World War I Maxwell returned to Egypt to defend the Suez Canal and briefly served in Ireland after the Sinn Fein Rebellion. Consists of Maxwell's diaries, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, printed matter and newspaper clippings.

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

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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.

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Jean Labatut Papers, 1915-1983 (inclusive) 1920s-1970s (bulk)

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102 boxes and 62.5 linear feet
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The Jean Labatut Papers consists of the professional papers of Jean Labatut (1899-1986), which include correspondence with prominent twentieth-century architects, landscape architects, and designers, the architectural files for his major and minor projects, and the administrative papers and teaching materials that he accumulated while he was the Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture at Princeton University (1928-1967), the position for which he is best remembered. Also included are Labatut's family papers, containing albums of photographs compiled by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, while she helped to operate a convalescence home founded by her husband in France for soldiers in World War I.

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Charles Grosvenor Osgood Papers, 1880-1962 (inclusive)

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10 boxes
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Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia, family papers, scrapbooks, and an autograph book (1880) of Charles Grosvenor Osgood, reflecting his role as one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors (1905) and the importance of the preceptorial system at Princeton. The collection contains typed manuscripts of Osgood's lectures on Milton, Spenser, and Samuel Johnson, addresses and note cards, and professional correspondence.

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

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13 boxes, 1 folder, and 12.5 linear feet
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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.

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Arthur Mendel Papers, 1950-1979 (bulk) 1937-1981 1950-1979 (inclusive)

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24 boxes
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Arthur Mendel was a prominent music scholar in the twentieth century and a professor at Princeton University. The collection contains correspondence with professional colleagues, course notes, musical notes, scrapbooks, and clippings. There is also additional unprocessed material from Mendel's time at Princeton.

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James P. Walker Papers, 1850-1886 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
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James P. Walker was an American publisher, author, and co-founder of Walker, Wise, and Co. (circa 1860). His papers contain sermons, autobiographical notes, a diary, commonplace books, photographs, a scrapbook, memorabilia, and printed matter, with the bulk of the material comprised of personal and professional correspondence, much of it covering the period of the Civil War.

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Miriam Rogers collection of Albert Schweitzer, 1945-1973 (inclusive) 1950-1963 (bulk)

Extent:
10 boxes and 10 linear feet
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Consists primarily of papers collected by Miriam Rogers concerning Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) as medical missionary and physician at his hospital (founded in 1913) in Lambarene, French Equatorial Africa, after World War II. Rogers shared Albert Schweitzer's interest in music (as a pianist) and medicine, leading her to become chairman (1950-1971) of the""Friends of Albert Schweitzer" in Boston. She made several trips to Africa, France, and Germany to visit Schweitzer.

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George C. Tyler Papers, 1899-1941 (inclusive)

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67 boxes
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Consists primarily of correspondence between Broadway producer George C. Tyler and many well-known theater people including dramatists Eugene O'Neill and Booth Tarkington.

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C. Lawton Campbell Papers, 1904-1974 (inclusive) 1914-1962 (bulk)

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28 boxes and 11.2 linear feet
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Charles Lawton Campbell (Princeton Class of 1916) was an American playwright and advertising writer. His collection contains ninety-four drafts, fragments, and fully-conceived plays, as well as poems, essays, and an autobiography covering fifty years of his life as a devotee of the theater.

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Alexander Family Collection, 1815-1914 (inclusive)

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

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General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
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Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

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George Macloskie Papers, 1857-1906 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 7.5 linear feet
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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).

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Nelson R. Burr Papers, 1917-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
18 boxes
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The Nelson R. Burr Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, juvenilia, and printed matter of American historian, Nelson R. Burr (Princeton Class of 1927). The collection contains materials from his book Education in New Jersey, 1630-1871 (1942), as well as notes, essays and personal correspondence from his undergraduate and graduate school years at Princeton.

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