Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1877">1877</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

Joseph Jefferson Collection, 1823-1976 (inclusive) 1829-1905 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author. His collection consists of biographical newspaper clippings, 2 copies of his Autobiography, theatrical criticism and approbation, and clippings on family matters.

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

William J. Harsha Papers, 1873-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of four volumes of sermons, lecture notes, diary entries, and clippings, as well as correspondence, broadsides, a pamphlet, and a photograph belonging to William J. Harsha (1853-1938), a Presbyterian minister from Illinois who worked in Nebraska, New York, and Colorado, and who was an advocate for Indigenous civil rights.

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

Booth Tarkington Papers, 1812-1956, 1812-1956 (inclusive) 1899-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 281 boxes and 131.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of extensive writings -- novels, plays, short stories, articles, film scenarios, radio scripts -- and correspondence of "The Gentleman from Indiana" Booth Tarkington, noted American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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

Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: 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]

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]

William W. Belknap Papers, 1849-1890 (bulk) 1814-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, documents, and miscellaneous material of William Worth Belknap (Princeton Class of 1848) and his father, William Goldsmith Belknap (1794-1851), of Newburgh, New York.

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]

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]

Alba Houghton Warren Papers, 1938-1940 (bulk) 1864-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.

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

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