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Miscellaneous European Documents Collection, 1500-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous documents and manuscripts from European and North African countries about politlcal, religious, or colonial matters between the 16th and 19th century. The countries include England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and Poland.

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

Du Rouvenoz et Cie records, 1792-1891 (inclusive) 1830-1870 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Collection of various documents, mostly from 1830-1870, relating to a distillery located in Annecy, France.

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

Achille François Bazaine Correspondence, 1862-1866 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: A collection of 74 letters and documents, 1862-1866, concerning the efforts of the French to establish and maintain an empire in Mexico under the rule of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (1832-1867). Almost all the letters were sent to General Achille François Bazaine.

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

Sandi E. Cooper Reference and Peace History Collection, 1820-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 linear ft. (research files and notes of sandi e. cooper)
Abstract:: Collected and photocopied papers regarding Italian peace organizations primarily in the 1800s. Much of this collection is photocopied periodicals published Italian peace organizations, with notes by Sandi Cooper or other researchers attached.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Ferdinand Denis letters and manuscripts, 1847-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters, manuscripts and notes dating from 1847 to 1882, from French historian, writer, and librarian at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, Ferdinand Denis. Also included is one letter written to him. Many of the items concern Brazil, but there are also two chapters apparently intended for a book.

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

Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.93 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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

James Curtis Booth Letters and Notes Collection, 1853-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 half hollinger box.)
Abstract:: A collection of letters and notes addressed to American chemist James Curtis Booth and his wife, Margaret Martinez Cardeza, regarding their marriage in 1853, in addition to two unrelated letters from 1869 and 1878.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Ernest Maindron collection of Académie des Sciences documents and letters, 1838-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Documents relating to the Académie des sciences (Paris) in the mid- to late-1800s, including letters to Ernest Maindron from members of the Académie.

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

Nadar autograph album, 1853-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820–1910[1]), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. This collection consists of an album kept by Nadar at his art and photography studios in which his sitters were asked to sign. The 400 names found in the album comprise notables in the worlds of art, literature, music, dance, theater, and government. The majority of signatures are accompanied by examples of the artist's trade--such as a drawing, a poem, bars of music--or some greeting or observation.

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

Antoine Prudence Lalouette papers, 1813-1884 (inclusive) 1821-1823 (bulk)

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Antoine Prudence Lalouette (1775/1777-1855) was a French Army officer who purchased land in Baldwin County (Fish River or Rivière Poissons), Alabama, and spent two years settling the land, with the goal of farming fruits and vegetable from his native country. After two years, he returned to his family, but retained the land in Alabama, ownership of which was contested in 1884. This collection consists of material (largely letters) from the time that Lalouette was working in Alabama, as well as material produced afterward, much of which may have been used in the 1884 efforts by Lalouette's heirs to prove ownership of the land.

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

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