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Leon T. Loofbourow Collection of Mormon and Utah Poetry, 1858-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of manuscripts of works of Mormon and Utah poets collected by Leon T. Loofbourow.

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

Cattle and Horse Brands Collection, 1852-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of lists with drawings of cattle brands recorded in Contra Costa County, Calif. (1852), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1854), and Italy (1600s); records of military brands used for horses during the Mexican Revolution (1913); a letter (1932) from the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico regarding a brand application; receipts for sale of cattle (1865) in Steilacoom, Washington Territory; and samples of brands burned into hide, leather, and wood.

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

Mary Randolph Letters to Penelope Pennington, 1813-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of seventeen letters of English socialite Mary Randolph to her literary friend Penelope Pennington.

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

Baroness Hyde de Neuville Collection, 1806-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed matter concerning the Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville.

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

William Yarrell Collection, 1833-1856 (bulk) 1830-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.

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

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

Extent:: 43 boxes
Abstract:: 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.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Circus Miscellany, 1837-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Miscellaneous Circus Collection consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations, and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, manuscripts, programs, broadsides, posters, scrapbooks, clippings, and other ephemera.

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

Sheldon Jackson Collection of Indian Photographs, circa 1850-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Sheldon Jackson was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. This collection consists of three portfolios with 576 photographic prints and 5 photomechanical photogravures of Native Americans and related subjects compiled by Jackson, possibly from negatives in the collections of the Bureau of American Ethnology and by ordering prints from various photographic trade catalogs.

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

Isaac Plumb, Jr. Family Papers, 1859-1864 (bulk) 1767-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Captain Isaac Plumb, Jr. (1842-1866) served in Company A of the 61st New York Infantry of the Union Army during the Civil War from his enlistment in the fall of 1861 until his death at the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864, and saw action at Fair Oaks, the Seven Days Battle, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Cold Harbor. During his experience as a Union soldier, Plumb's attitudes towards politics, the War, the North and South, and slavery underwent enormous transformations, from wild patriotism, to bitterness, and finally to a more realistic patriotism. This collection documents the Civil War from the soldier's perspective as well as the home front, detailing the day-to-day life of a Union soldier, with vivid descriptions of camp life, marches, battles, aftermath of battles, upheaval of the ranks, morale issues, and disillusionment; and from the perspective of family and friends not involved in the fighting, but actively offering opinions of...(see more)

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

Edward Julian Nally Papers, 1812-1953 (inclusive) 1905-1948 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The personal papers of Edward Julian Nally, an American radio industrialist, trace the development of his career in the communications industry, from his earliest days with the Western Union Telegraph Co. (1875-1890), through his tenure with the Postal Telegraph Cable Co. (1890-1913), to his years with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America (1913-1919); the bulk of the collection, however, covers his years with the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), for which he served as first president (1919-1923) and director.

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

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