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World Committee against War and Fascism Collected Records, 1934-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 items (30 items.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, postcards, flyers and handbills, periodicals, subject/reference files, and booklets, primarily in French.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Henry Sharpless sketchbooks, 1850-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains two sketchbooks created by Henry Sharpless after his time at Haverford.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Russell Stetler papers, 1937-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.1 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials related to Russell Stetler's work regarding the death penalty, primarily related to him videotaping Robert Harris' execution in 1992 which was then submitted as evidence for the Fierro v. Gomez case, which outlawed the use of lethal gas in executions.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Personal journal of a Parisian scrivener manuscript, 1805-1807 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volumes
Abstract:: This journal documents the life and intimate thoughts of a Parisian middle class tradesmen at the beginning of the first French empire.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Critta Meers commonplace book, 1834-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This commonplace book, written by Critta Meers between 1834 and 1850, likely in Kent, England contains excerpts from poetry and prose, mostly related to love and friendships, in addition to numerous sketches. There are several poems by Meers herself.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

French Intelligence Reports on the United States, 1804-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: At the start of the 19th century, the tumultuous events of Europe and the new government of the United States prompted the government of France employing agents to report on American politics, economics, diplomacy, geographic expansion, and military affairs. This collection consists of thirty-eight confidential, anonymous reports from French agents in the United States over a period of forty years, from the period immediately following the Louisiana Purchase into the early 1840s.

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

Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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

Dorothea Lieven Letters to Klemens Metternich, 1820 january 6-1826 december 12 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of annotated copies of Dorothea Lieven's (1785-1857) letters, dating from 1820 to 1826, to Klemens Metternich (1773-1859), which she documented in a series of 36 notebooks.

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

Marion Eppley Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume and 1.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of an album of 38 photographs (5" x 7" and 9" x 11") taken during World War I and collected by Marion Eppley (Princeton Class of 1906).

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

Bertrand de Moleville Counterrevolution Papers, 1805 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts and related material regarding Bertrand de Moleville's proposals to the British government for invading France and Spanish America. The marquis de Bertrand de Moleville was a nobleman and navy minister in the French Constitutional Cabinet. He urged Louis XVI to flee Paris and was accused of being one of the "Austrian Committee," the shadowy circle accused of anti-revolutionary plots. He emigrated to England in 1793.

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

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