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William Michael Rossetti Collection, 1868-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The William Michael Rossetti Collection consists of manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, and miscellanea of the English art critic and essayist William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919).

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Walter B. Roberts and Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company Correspondence, 1865-1867 (bulk) 1850-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: U.S. Civil War veteran Colonel E.A.L. (Edward Augustus Leonard) Roberts (1829-1881), of New York, revolutionized the nation's burgeoning oil industry with his invention of an explosive device, or "torpedo," which greatly increased oil wells' production. Upon the first successful explosion of one of his torpedoes in Titusville, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1865, Roberts and his brother, Walter B. Roberts (1823-1889), established the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company. For almost two decades, the company controlled oil well production as Roberts was awarded sole rights to the highly contested torpedo patent in the fall of 1866. This collection consists primarily of incoming letters to Walter B. Roberts, mostly from E.A.L. Roberts, about the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company and to a lesser degree one of its affiliated companies, Houghton, Roberts, & Company. Other correspondents include L.L. Houghton, various business associates, and patent attorneys. Also included are some financial...(see more)

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Princeton University Library Collection of George Washington Materials, 1750-1793 (bulk) 1750-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about George Washington, first president of the United States, as well as some items of members of his family.

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Austin Scott Papers on New Jersey History, 1890-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of Austin Scott, a professor of history and a former president of Rutgers University, relating to New Jersey history.

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Meyers List, Inc., Records, 1911-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.525 linear feet
Abstract:: Incorporated as The Melody Company by Abraham Meyers in 1911, the firm was purchased in 1967 by Princeton alumnus Charles H. Rose (Class of 1950) and his wife. By offering comic strips--the plates for printing them--to small newspapers, the firm was able to secure advertising space, which it sold to national advertisers seeking wider, more regional coverage. Advertisers knew the firm as The Meyers List; newspapers knew it as International Cartoons Limited. The company was dissolved on 20 March 1997, and its printing plates were distributed to various museums and repositories, including Princeton University. Consists of assorted records of the American Melody Company and its corporate aliases (Meyers List Inc. and International Cartoons Limited), including minute and stock books, corporate seals, scrapbooks of cartoon strips, copies of contracts with advertisers, trademark registrations, and dissolution documents.

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Selected Papers of Smith Thompson, 1823-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of documents and correspondence of Smith Thompson (Princeton Class of 1788) covering, for the most part, the years (1823-1843) when he served on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Alexander and Kenneth McKenzie Correspondence, 1867-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of letters addressed to McKenzie, a Boston clergyman, and his son Kenneth (1870-1949), an educator, from a variety of prominent persons in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers, 1856-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 3.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, both personal and business, five ledgers (1859-1880), two photographs, and a diary (1869) of Jesse Smith Blydenburgh, a nineteenth-century importer-exporter in New York City.

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Virgilio Piñera Collection, 1941-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Virgilio Pinera (1912-1979) was a Cuban novelist, playwright, and storywriter. The collection consists of his works, including manuscripts of various poems, an unfinished play, theatrical sketches, and prose essay. The collection also contains Piñera's extensive correspondence with Humberto Rodriguez Tomeu (1919-1994), a Cuban short story writer and translator, and Witold Gombrowicz's correspondence with Rodriguez Tomeu.

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Hanna Fantova Collection of Albert Einstein, 1945-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Hanna Fantova's collection of Albert Einstein material, as well as some of her own personal papers.

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