Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1868">1868</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Edward Coles Papers, 1797-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Edward Coles was a prominent anti-slavery political figure, who most notably served as governor of Illinois when the state became officially anti-slavery through a referendum vote. These papers include personal notes from Coles, correspondence to and by Coles with friends, colleagues, and family, documents about Coles, and the writings of other people.

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

Charles Ruas Papers, 1974-1990 (bulk) 1860-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes, 21 linear feet, 9.8 gb, and 293 digital files
Abstract:: Charles Ruas is an American author, interviewer, editor, literary and art critic, and French translator, who served as the Director of the Drama and Literature Department for New York's Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM in the late 1970s and interviewed writers for radio broadcast and print, including Toni Morrison, Michel Foucault, Carlos Fuentes, Eudora Welty, Susan Sontag, Truman Capote, Buckminster Fuller, Andy Warhol, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others. Included are photographs and documents on Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, the St. Marks poetry project, and avant-garde artists and performers. The papers include transcripts and audiocassette tapes of Ruas's interviews with authors and artists, as well as typescripts and galleys of work by writers Ruas edited, including Marguerite Young, and some related photographs, notes, recordings, and correspondence. There are also some translations and other writings by Charles Ruas, as well as a collection of family photographs and papers...(see more)

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

Ebenezer Foote Papers, 1785-1829 (bulk) 1766-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Ebenezer Foote (1756-1829) was a cattle agent for the Continental Army's Commissary Department during the American Revolutionary War, a merchant, a land agent, a politician, and a judge in New York State. Foote's papers date from 1766 to 1925, with the majority dating from 1785 to his death in 1829, and primarily document his land agency business in Delhi, Delaware County, New York. In addition to the land and financial records related to his business, the collection also contains some legal records, records documenting Foote's work as inspector of cattle for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and limited family records.

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

Neilson Campbell Hannay Collection of William Cowper, 1711-1965 (inclusive) 1750s-1799 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 boxes, 6 items, 10 volumes, and 5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of poetry manuscripts, documents, pictorial works, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to the English poet William Cowper (1731-1800), and to his circle of family, friends, and editors, collected by Neilson Campbell Hannay.

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

Charles Hodge Papers, 1773-1930 (inclusive) 1811-1886 (bulk)

Extent:: 27 boxes and 13.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of the personal papers of Hodge, including lectures, speeches, articles, books an correspondence dealing with questions of Presbyterian theology in the mid and latter nineteenth century. The papers reflect Hodge's lifelong association with the Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS).

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Princeton University Materials, 1746-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an assembled collection of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts related to Princeton University, its students, and its employees, some in an official capacity and others as personal or family records of those associated with Princeton University, or the College of New Jersey as it was known prior to the end of the 19th century. Materials span from the 1740s until the 1980s, though most pertain to the mid-18th through early 20th century.

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

Edward Livingston Papers, 1683-1877 (inclusive) 1764-1836 (bulk)

Extent:: 178 boxes and 120 linear feet
Abstract:: The Edward Livingston Papers document the career of American lawyer, diplomat, statesman, and legal theorist Edward Livingston. The collection also contains domestic, financial, and property records of some three dozen others, mostly members of the Livingston/Beekman branch of the Hudson River Valley Livingstons and the Montgomery, Davezac, Barton, and Hunt families; the family surveyor/agent John Cox, Jr.; and an Albany-area merchant Benjamin French, whose forfeited estate ended up in Edward Livingston's hands for debt collection.

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

Hudson Review Archives, 1863-2016 (inclusive) 1947-2014 (bulk)

Extent:: 542 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: Consists of the records of The Hudson Review, one of the most notable and influential American literary quarterlies of the post-World War II era. Reflecting the history of this New York City-based magazine, the bulk of material dates from 1947 to 2014. In addition, there are extensive personal and family papers of founding editor Frederick Morgan (1922-2004), who was also a published poet and translator.

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

Geographical Playbills Collection, 1832-1980 (inclusive) 1925-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 242 boxes and 105.61 linear feet
Abstract:: The Geographical Playbills Collection consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

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

Uel Merrill Fisk Lectures, 1856-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: 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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