Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1750">1750</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1754">1754</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Gilbert Chinard Collection of French Historical Material, 1494-1905 (inclusive) 1761-1885 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains historical and literary manuscripts collected by Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), a Franco-American scholar who was associated with the Institut Français de Washington from 1928 and was Pyne Professor of French at Princeton University, 1937-50. His published work was on French literature and the history of Franco-American relations.

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

William Churchill Houston Papers, 1731-1807 (inclusive) 1782-1793 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 4.42 linear feet
Abstract:: William Churchill Houston was a professor at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), a lawyer, and a statesman. He was a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Convention and the Continental Congress. The collection documents his legal career and his tenure as receiver for Continental taxes in New Jersey.

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

Eva Maria Garrick Estate Papers Concerning David Garrick, 1750-1832 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of printed materials, as well as correspondence, documents, objects, and ephemera concerning British actor David Garrick from the estate of his wife, Eva Maria Garrick.

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

John Ingram and John Godfrey Collection, 1557-1839 (inclusive) 1819-1834 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Little is known of the nineteenth-century lives of John Ingram and his son-in-law, John Godfrey, other than that Ingram spent much of his time traveling in Italy and was a patron of Francesco Guardi. The collection includes letters to Ingram as well as notes, maps, and building plans by Ingram and Godfrey, and travel documents collected by Ingram.

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

Junius Spencer Morgan Collection of Seals, circa 1294-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains seven Royal and Papal seals spanning the 13th to the 19th century and including Louis XVIII of France, Pope Leo X, and Pope Boniface VIII.

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

Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, 1742-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 15 boxes, 26 items, and 21 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection of ephemera relating to the marketing of books, consisting of prospectuses, adverts, catalogs, etc.

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

Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection, 1910s-1980s (bulk) 1685-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (4 boxes and 10 folders)
Abstract:: Melanie Atherton Updegraff (1886-1973) was a 1908 graduate of Bryn Mawr who went on to do missionary work for the Presbyterian Mission Board alongside her husband, Reverend David Benjamin Updegraff. The two were primarily stationed in Kolhapur and later Nipani, in West India. The collection includes correspondence between Updegraff and her sisters, children, and sister-in-law, among other family members, photographs of the Atherton and Updegraff families, an autograph collection, and brochures, pamphlets, and official documentation pertaining to Updegraff's missionary work. Updegraff's four sisters and three daughters all went to Bryn Mawr, and we hear about entrance exams, musical productions, and other campus activities in their letters.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Jonathan Odell Collection, 1750-1780 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material of Jonathan Odell, an eighteenth-century New Jersey clergyman and loyalist in the American Revolution, and his father, John Odell.

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

Neilson Campbell Hannay Collection of William Cowper, 1711-1965 (inclusive) 1750s-1799 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 boxes, 6 items, 10 volumes, and 5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of poetry manuscripts, documents, pictorial works, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to the English poet William Cowper (1731-1800), and to his circle of family, friends, and editors, collected by Neilson Campbell Hannay.

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

Thomas Foxcroft Correspondence, 1729-1759 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Thomas Foxcroft served as a Congregational minister at the First Church of Boston. The collection consists primarily of letters sent to Foxcroft by acquaintances and colleagues, notably Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) and Experience Mayhew (1673-1758). Several manuscripts, including sermons by Jonathan Dickinson (both written and printed) and lengthy responses to theological debates, are also included.

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

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