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Ulises Carrión Address Cards, 1975-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of an address book of over 1,300 index cards belonging to Ulises Carrión, a conceptual artist known for his role in the mail art movement and for conceptualizing the artistic genre of the artists' book.

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

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French Press Photographs, 1930s-1990s (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear foot (1 box)
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Consists of several hundred print photographs (most are captioned) primarily from various French news outlets and agencies documenting people and events of numerous countries and geographic regions spanning the mid to late 20th century.

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

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Collection of Blackfeet Nation and Glacier National Park Photographs, 1915

Extent:
0.2 linear feet
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This collection consists of 77 silver print photographs by William C. Anderson, a photographer and photojournalist active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection also includes 24 real photo and pictorial postcards, and one convention handbook with photo illustrations provided by Kiser Photo Company.

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

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Henry Martin Papers, 1949-2003 (inclusive) 1980s-1990s (bulk)

Extent:
9 boxes and 1 folder
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Consists of scrapbooks of tearsheets and clippings, original artwork in pencil and in pen and ink, correspondence, financial documents, periodicals, permission agreements, and contracts spanning Henry Martin's career as a cartoonist and illustrator.

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

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Warren Alfred Stark Papers, 1947-1957 (inclusive) 1950-1952 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear feet and 7 boxes
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Consists of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, and ephemera belonging to missile researcher Warren Alfred Stark that document his time in the United States Army at the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico during the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Warren Stark and Jean Anne Baldwin Stark (1928-1999), his girlfriend and later wife, and other family members and close friends.

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

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Renée Weiss Papers, 1939-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
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Consists of professional and personal correspondence, travel diaries and related ephemera, notebooks, writings, and files relating to the Quarterly Review of Literature (QRL) of editor and writer Renée Karol Weiss (1923-2021). Some materials relate specifically to Renée's husband, poet and professor Theodore Weiss (1916-2003).

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

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Bernard McSherry and Richard Coale Tavern Ledgers, 1784-1791 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.6 linear feet
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Consists of two tavern ledgers kept by Bernard (Barney) McSherry (1764-1796) and Richard Coale (1760-1834), brothers-in-law who both operated taverns in Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland. The ledgers document the sale of liquor and alcoholic drinks, as well as the hosting of games, dinners, shows, and other entertainment. Patrons listed in the ledgers include American Revolutionary War officers Ely Dorsey (1744–1803), Lilburn Williams (1748–1794), and William Lamar (circa 1755-1838), as well as members of the local free African American community.

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

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Public Works Administration Photographs of the Bonneville Dam Project, 1934-1943 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a collection of seventy-six photographs documenting the construction and installation of power-generating machinery for the Bonneville Dam project in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Oregon, beginning in the Great Depression and continuing through World War II.

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

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Uel Merrill Fisk Lectures, 1856-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a series of manuscript lectures by U. M. (Uel Merrill) Fisk, a white Universalist pastor and lecturer on the radical abolitionist lecture circuit in New York and New England in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War. The lectures in the collection from this period argue for the abolition of slavery, and another from the Reconstruction Era advocates for voting rights for Black men.

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

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Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, 1906

Extent:
0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a collection of photographs documenting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, taken by various photographers including Willard Elmer Worden, Charles C. Pierce, Frederick Arthur Webster, A. Blumberg, Shaw and Shaw, and others.

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

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Dhoruba Bin Wahad & Robert Boyle Collection of FBI Files Related to the Black Panther Party, 1966-1999 (bulk 1970-1975) (inclusive)

Extent:
70 linear feet ((70 boxes))
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Dhoruba Bin Wahad is an African American writer and activist, formerly a leader in the Black Panther Party. Robert J. Boyle is a criminal defense attorney in New York City who has worked in appeals and post-conviction motions, and has also been involved in civil rights and police misconduct litigation. The collection consists of approximately 110,000 pages of redacted FBI and NYPD photocopies about the Black Panther Party (BPP) and its top leaders, obtained pursuant to a court order in the legal case Bin Wahad v. FBI, et al.

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

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Anonymous Playscripts Collection, 1890s-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
29 boxes and 11.6 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous anonymous playscripts, arranged alphabetically by title, that are largely undated but appear to range from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century (1942).

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

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American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
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The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. The collection consists of programs of performances of the Ballet Theatre dance company from its first performance in 1940 until 1979.

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

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Jimmy Stewart Collection, 1930-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes, 107 items, and 2.0 linear feet
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The Jimmy Stewart Collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about the life and career of American actor, James Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932). Also included in the collection are film stills and other photographs.

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

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Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of theater programs, newspaper clippings, and articles on English actor Edmund Kean, as well as portraits of Kean in various dramatic roles.

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

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William C. and Cecil B. De Mille Collection, circa 1913-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Willam Churchill De Mille (1878-1955) was an American playwright, producer, and lecturer. The William C. and Cecil B. De Mille Collection consists of playscripts by William, and some co-authored by his younger brother Cecil.

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

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Lloyd E. Cotsen Papers, 1949-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:
71 boxes and 109.85 linear feet
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The Lloyd E. Cotsen Papers consist of papers and personal items of Lloyd Cotsen's related to his time as an executive at Neutrogena Corporation, his art and book collection practices, his philanthropic contributions, his archaeological interests, and photographs shot by Cotsen. Items related to the production of Cotsen Occasional Press publications are also included. Material dates from 1949 to 2021.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Cotsen Children's Library [Contact Us]

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Plastics Laboratory Status and Technical Reports, 1946-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
168 volumes and 1.0 linear feet
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Consists of quarterly status reports and technical reports created by the Plastics Laboratory at Princeton University from 1946 to 1954. The Laboratory which was established in 1946 conducted basic research involving problems of a fundamental nature as well as towards the development of plastics and materials with specific properties.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Lewis Science and Engineering Library [Contact Us]

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Engineering Economics Series Reports, 1978-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
150 volumes and 1.0 linear feet
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Consists of technical and research reports created by the faculty and staff of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1978 to 1987. These reports are issued as part of the Economic Series.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Lewis Science and Engineering Library [Contact Us]

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Office of Naval Research Contract N6onr-270 Task Order V Technical Reports, 1948-1958, 1948-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 volumes and 1.0 linear feet
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The reports in this collection describe research in the field of sound propagation and acoustic signal detection. In the early years of the research, the project was knows as the Underwater Sound Transmission Project. The research was funded by the Office of Naval Research Contract N6onr-270, Task Order V.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Lewis Science and Engineering Library [Contact Us]

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Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory Technical Notes, 1983-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
55 volumes and 1.0 linear feet
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Consists of 55 technical notes which describe the research conducted by the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program at Princeton University from 1983 to 2005. The research addresses a number of topics in consciousness-related anomalous pheonomena of possible relevance to modern engineering practice. Using conventional instrumentation and data processing equipment and techniques, the program endeavors to identify those engineering devices, systems and processes most likely to display operator-related anomalies in their performance and to illuminate the characteristics of such aberrations.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Lewis Science and Engineering Library [Contact Us]

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Religion in Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal, and Spain, 1849-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 bin, 31 boxes, 5 folders, 14 items, and 22.0 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection of religious ephemera comprises materials from all over Latin America, with the exception of Cuba. While the date range covered in this extensive collection spans 165 years, the bulk of the items was published between 1960 and 2010.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera [Contact Us]

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