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Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection prints and maps, 1861-2005

Extent:: 3.75 linear feet
Abstract:

Held at: Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

Nassau Hall Bible Society Records, 1813-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: The Nassau Hall Bible Society was a student religious organization at the College of New Jersey, active from 1813 through the 1840s and from 1864 through the 1880s. It distributed Bibles and New Testaments throughout New Jersey and across the country. These records contain minutes and financial records of the Society's work.

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

William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911 (inclusive) 1885-1911 (bulk)

Extent:: 41 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings of Curtis' writings for the Chicago Record, 1874-1911, on matters of political and social importance and concerning his travels around the world.

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

Junior and Senior Orations Collection, 1835-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of programs for orations given at commencement, oration contests held by the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies, and other orations given on campus. The programs generally contain the date of the orations, lists of participants, and the subjects to be covered.

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

Jackson Family of New Jersey Collection, 1846-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of John Peter Jackson and F. Wolcott Jackson which is chiefly related to the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Blanche Pauli Materials, 1890-1904 (bulk) 1866-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Blanche Pauli (born Virginia C. Taney) was an American singer, actress, and vaudeville performer who worked mainly in stock companies touring the northeastern United States and Canada from the late 1890s through 1904. The collection consists of personal and family correspondence and documents, photographs, play scripts and actor's sides, sheet music, playbills, clippings, and other materials related to her professional career. Some materials also relate to Pauli's husband, Herman Utley Boardman; her performance partner, Robson Dalton; and other members of her family.

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

Gordon family correspondence, circa 1870-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The collection consists of letters written and received by members of the Gordon family of Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania between the 1870s and approximately 1905. Some of the letters cover the period when Clarence Gordon '1891, son of Jeremiah Smith Gordon '1853, was a student at Princeton, as well as when Mary Gordon and Clementine Gordon attended Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

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

Documents Relating to the Charles Willson Peale Portrait of George Washington, 1794-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume and 0.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of reproductions of a portrait of Washington painted by Charles Willson Peale and documents relating to the possession of the original painting.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Ashbel Green Materials, 1744-1958 (inclusive) 1783-1844 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4.84 linear feet
Abstract:: Ashbel Green (1762-1848) was a prominent Presbyterian minister, eighth president of the College of New Jersey, and co-founder of the Princeton Theological Seminary. The bulk of the papers consist of Green's personal writings, including diaries and sermons. The papers of Green's father, the Reverend Jacob Green (1722-1790) are also included.

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

Enoch Morgan's Sons Co. Collection, 1844-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 boxes and 13.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of records of the nineteenth-century New York City-based soap manufacturer Enoch Morgan's Sons Company, including business records, correspondence, and advertising and promotional materials for Sapolio soap, its best known product.

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

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