Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1880">1880</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1884">1884</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, 1866-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 2 items, and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Tinsley brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries, and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. Consists of 77 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England.

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J. M. Langford Correspondence, 1848-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The J. M. Langford Correspondence consists of letters received by J. M. (Joseph Munt) Langford from an assortment of English authors and noblemen, as well as the indenture for Langford's apprenticeship as a stationer. Langford was born in 1809, the son of John Langford, a farmer in Wallingford, County of Berks, England. In 1825, Langford began a seven-year stationer's apprentice to James Nesbit, for which his brother paid £250. Later, Langford became the trusted assistant to John Blackwood, the head of William Blackwood and Sons publishing and the editor of Blackwood's Magazine. He died in 1884.

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Charles Thomson Letters, 1783-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and miscellanea of the educator, merchant, and first secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson (1729-1824).

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Elizabeth Dodge Huntington Clarke Collection of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Calligraphy, 1803-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: Collection of Ottoman Turkish berat (imperial certificates of award or authorization), calligraphy, mottos and tughras.

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Bache and Wistar Family Correspondence, 1777-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Bache and Wistar Family Collection consists of correspondence between several members of the Bache and Wistar families of Philadelphia, Pa.

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William Dean Howells Collection, 1863-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and selected manuscripts of the American critic, novelist, poet, and playwright William Dean Howells.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Collection, 1828-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection for material by and about the English poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).

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Phillips Family Papers, 1900-1940 (bulk) circa 1880-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 4.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and ephemera relating to Edward H. Phillips (1868-1944), his wife Marie Kempton Phillips (1881-1946), and their daughter Jean Sarah Phillips (1908–1985) that document ranch life in and around Montana around the turn of the 20th century as well as Ed Phillips' involvement in Wild West shows, including Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and his career as a Hollywood actor.

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Robert Bernard Martin Papers, 1852-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two distinct groups of papers of author Robert Bernard Martin: material relating to his scholarly research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published novels and works of non-fiction.

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Don C. Seitz Papers, 1854-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of research notes, articles, bibliographies, photographs, and printed matter of Don C. Seitz, American journalist, poet, and business manager of the New York World (1898–1923).

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