Language: French - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 83 boxes and 56 linear feet
Abstract:: The Cameron Family Papers consist primarily of the correspondence and writings of former Princeton University professors Henry Clay Cameron (1827-1906) and his son, A. Guyot Cameron (1864-1947), with some correspondence relating to Henry C. Cameron's wife, Wilhelmina "Mina" Louise Cécile Chollet (1832-1908). There is also a significant amount of Cameron family photographs as well as some documents, printed matter, and ephemera relating to Princeton University. Famed Swiss-American geologist, geographer, and Princeton professor Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884), a relative of the Cameron family through marriage, is also represented in the collection through classroom maps, correspondence, a journal, and printed articles and lectures by and about Guyot. Most of the materials in the collection are professional in nature.

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

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The Allied Mission to Observe Greek Elections was established when on September 19, 1945 the Governments of Britain, France, and the United States accepted the Greek Government's invitation to send observers for the general elections and plebiscite to be held in 1946. The collection consists of correspondence, circulars, memos, press extracts, and and maps, including one annotated map depicting the locations of headquarters among the country.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters and other materials of the Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn.

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

Extent:: 56 boxes
Abstract:: Harvey E. Fisk (1856-1944) was a New York City banker who also wrote numerous pamphlets and books on public finance for Bankers Trust Company of New York. He specialized in railroad securities and public finance. Fisk's papers document his work as an author and include his research files, notes, and drafts of articles and books.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Extent:: 19 linear feet
Abstract:: George Grey Barnard was an American sculptor and collector of Medieval art, locating and arranging the pieces that eventually became "The Cloisters," now of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. His papers are comprised primarily of correspondence and financial and business records documenting both his collecting and creation of art. The collection includes a significant amount of personal correspondence, biographical information, and family financial records as well.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Papers of William Wistar Comfort (1876-1955), president of Haverford College in a particularly sensitive time between two world wars and scholar of French literature. Comfort was a prolific writer and speaker on Quaker topics, but also on such diverse subjects as William Cowper, children's stories, education and music.

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

Extent:: 9 folders
Abstract:: Consists of (41) color and black-and-white postcards depicting the Ethnikē Organōsē Neolaias (National Youth Organization); Salonique (by Mario Perilla); Crete (by N. Alikiōtēs); Souvenir d' Orien (by Levy Fils); Souvenir de Smyrne; Macedonian Struggle; and International Occupation. There are also (23) color satirical postcards.

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