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Beecher Family Collection, 1845-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscript material of three members of the Beecher family -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher -- who became nationally known for their work on abolition and women's suffrage.

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

Selected Papers of Smith Thompson, 1823-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of documents and correspondence of Smith Thompson (Princeton Class of 1788) covering, for the most part, the years (1823-1843) when he served on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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

Orlando F. Weber Collection, 1791-1903, 1820-1832 (bulk) 1791-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of mostly nineteenth-century material collected by Orlando F. Weber, a prominent industrialist with an interest in the history of corporate practices and economics.

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

Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Faculty Research Materials, 1882-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of research materials of faculty members of Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies, most likely Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978) and/or his son-in-law, R. Bayly Winder (1920-1988). Materials include photocopied materials relating to Jurji Zaydan (Georgie Zeidan) (1861-1914), and Aramco records, primarily Arabian Research Division, Government Relations Division translations of Current Affairs Radio Broadcasts from 1954 to 1956.

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

Mixsell Collection of Autographs of Musicians, 1825-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and/or autograph manuscripts of several bars of music (some signed and inscribed) by such composers as Beethoven, Brahms, Cui, Puccini, Ravel, and Strauss. Materials were collected by American physician and composer Raymond B. Mixsell (Princeton Class of 1903).

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

William Courtenay Papers, 1870-1897 (bulk) 1850-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, and other papers of William Courtenay (1832-1901), an English settler, veteran of the American Civil War, and frontier businessman who held positions in the United States Department of the Interior as postmaster, clerk, and Indian Agent at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, from 1874 to 1882. These materials document conditions at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and are of particular interest for their documentation of frontier transactions, corruption and mismanagement within the reservation system, and the relationships between the people of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara), the Sioux people, and white settlers.

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

Boarded Hall Estate (Barbados) Plantation Records, 1676-1887 (inclusive) 1712-1845 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth and nineteeth-century records of Boarded Hall Estate, a slave plantation in Barbados in the West Indies. The material was found on the estate in the 1820s by George Harnage, the son of its last English owner, and annotated by him in subsequent years.

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

Manuscript Maps Collection, 1700-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of manuscript maps. Included is the eastern section of the Mason-Dixon Line drawn by Charles Dixon and Jeremiah Dixon in 1768.

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

William Michael Rossetti Collection, 1868-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The William Michael Rossetti Collection consists of manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, and miscellanea of the English art critic and essayist William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919).

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

Briton Rivière Family Correspondence, 1872-1901 (bulk) 1853-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of letters to Briton Rivière (1840-1920), the Victorian artist and illustrator, and to his family members, including from many contemporary artists and writers.

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

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