Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1885">1885</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Vardaman Collection, 1881-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4 linear feet
Abstract:: Mansel V. Boyle (1877-1945) was a popular vaudeville performer best known by the stage name Vardaman. Active on the vaudeville circuit from 1901 through 1925, Vardaman was billed as a female impersonator, often appearing on programs as "Vardaman, the Gay Deceiver" or "Vardaman, the Auburn-haired Beauty." The collection consists of papers of Vardaman, including personal and business correspondence, appointment books, route sheets, contracts, scripts, photographic materials, clippings, and playbills, as well as photographs and printed materials documenting other vaudeville, minstrel, and burlesque performers active from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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

New Series of Islamic Manuscripts, 1300-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2400 items and 195 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 5000 texts in 2194 volumes.

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

Thomas Craig Correspondence, 1882-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.

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

Frank L. Wood Correspondence, 1861-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume and 0.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a letter album of Frank L. Wood, an American lawyer.

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]

Gülmez Frères Photographs Collection, 1880-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Turkish photographers Gülmez Frères.

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

Fulton McMahon Collection, 1882-1884 (bulk) 1882-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of academic documents of American politician Fulton McMahon while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence, 1789-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.

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

Hacienda San Diego (Mexico) Records, 1634-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two volumes of certified copies of land titles and estate records of the estate known as Hacienda San Diego, situated in the Armadillo Valley of the northern state of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), a silver mining region, covering the period from its origin, in a 1634 grant from Viceroy Pacheco y Osorio to Diego del Castillo, to 1902, when John A. Wright bought the estate on behalf of George W. Brackenridge, a prominent citizen of San Antonio, Texas.

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]

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