Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Subject: Authors, American -- 19th century / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1855">1855</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1859">1859</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.00 linear feet
Abstract:: Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and editor of St. Nicholas magazine. This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, financial records, and photographs of Mary Mapes Dodge, as well as an unfinished biography of her by Spencer Mapes.

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Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 500 miscellaneous letters relating to the Alexander family of Princeton, N.J., including autograph letters collected by them.

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Extent:: 1492 boxes, 66 items, 151 volumes, and 750 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of virtually all of the surviving records of Scribners (1846-1984), the New York City publisher, and reflect aspects of all of its publishing functions (soliciting and acquiring books, editing manuscripts, printing and manufacturing books, advertising and publicizing publications) and business concerns (book and magazine publisher, retail bookstore, subscription books department, educational books department, printing press and bindery, rare books department). Included are files of editorial correspondence with authors, manufacturing records about book production, advertising records, author contracts, a collection of dust jackets, book catalogs, ledgers, and photographs. While there are gaps in most of the series or record groups, there are records representative of all of the firm's former permutations: Baker & Scribner, Charles Scribner & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Welford, Scribner & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons. The bulk of...(see more)

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Extent:: 2 items, 1 volume, and 0.55 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of an album of letters and autographs (1771-1902) of prominent Americans and Englishmen collected by Pyne, son of Moses Taylor Pyne (Princeton Class of 1877), while he was a young man.

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Extent:: 191 boxes, 435 volumes, and 133 linear feet
Abstract:: Henry Holt was a prominent publisher in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts of authors published by the company, various bookkeeping records, and a collection of photographs, publicity materials, and clippings about Robert Frost.

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Extent:: 11 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton, reflecting a wide acquaintance among artistic, literary, and theatrical celebrities of the last quarter of the 19th century. In addition, the collection contains occasional manuscripts of some of the correspondents, miscellaneous autographs and clippings, and printed material.

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