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Sophia Beale Papers, 1884-1906, 1913 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts and annotated clippings of articles and essays written by the British portrait painter and art critic, Sarah Sophia Beale.

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Bartlett Family Papers, 1776-1859 (inclusive) 1810-1834 (bulk)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and other financial and legal documents related to the settlement of the estate of the Bartlett family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Robert A. Phinney Papers, 1954-2013 (inclusive)

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28 boxes, 12.42 linear feet, 33.1 gb, and 208 digital files
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Consists of research files, teaching files, and publications related to the career of American seismologist Robert A. Phinney. Types of materials in the collection include: research notes, papers, notebooks, preprints, reprints, course notes, and scientific and professional correspondence.

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Romus Broadway Photographs of the Witherspoon-Jackson Community of Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1955-2005 (inclusive) 1970s-2005 (bulk)

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49 linear feet and 24 boxes
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Consists of 90 photograph collage boards, 30,000 photographic negatives, 760 color slides, and several hundred loose photographic prints, comprising Romus Broadway's body of work documenting the history of the Black community in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton, New Jersey, from the late 1950s through the early 2000s.

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Robert J. Sommers 1928 Alaska Tour Album and Related Materials, 1921-1972 (inclusive) 1928 (bulk)

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1.75 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of a photograph album, loose photographs, and clippings belonging to Robert J. Sommers (1881-1972), primarily documenting his work as a highway engineer in Alaska in the late 1920s, as well as some materials related to his personal life and career as a civil engineer and businessman involved in construction. Of note is a photograph album documenting a tour of Alaska made in 1928 by Sommers with Governor George A. Parks and Major Malcolm Elliott.

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Cook Almy Ledgers, 1795-1836 (inclusive)

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1.6 linear feet and 1 box
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This collection consists of three ledgers and a daybook kept by Cook Almy (1765-1861), a white farmer based in Puncatest Neck in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Almy's homestead farm was situated on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag (Wôpanâak) people, and many of the customers and employees documented in the ledgers are Wampanoag and/or African American. Entries relate to the operation of a grist mill, masonry and stone sales, lumbering, and spinning and weaving, as well as to Almy's activities as a landlord, raising livestock for sustenance, and selling corn, barley, and other grains.

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Johnny Stanton Collection of Siamese Banana Press Records, 1969-1998 (inclusive) 1970-1978 (bulk)

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0.4 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of records of the Siamese Banana Press assembled by its publisher, Johnny Stanton, which document the role of the press in the history of poetry, underground comics, and mimeograph publishing in New York City in the 1970s, as well as Joe Brainard's work as a book artist.

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Iōannēs Despotopoulos Collection of Photographs, circa 1920-1929 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of a collection of (440) black-and white photographs (six photograph albums and a few loose photographs) of Iōannēs Despotopoulos, a Greek architect, with several family members, friends and colleagues in Athens, Chios, Mytilēnē, Delphi and other places in Greece; Constantinople and Prince island in Turkey; Berlin, Leipzig, and Munich in Germany; buildings in Romania; street scenes in Bulgaria; and Paris. They are mounted and bear handwritten captions in Greek either on the negative or the mount (measure from 1.5 x 3.5 cm to 13 x 18.2 cm.).

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Vassilaki Kargopoulo Photographs Collection, circa 1850-1886 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Collection of photographs by Vassilaki Kargopoulo. Images depict a wide range of sites and subjects in and around Istanbul, including the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, Adrianople, as well as the greater area of Bosporus. There are also images of traditional professions and costumes. On the reverse of several photographs, there are attached etchings of historical buildings in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Muzio Pansa Manuscripts, circa 1586-1630 (inclusive)

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2.2 linear feet (in two record center cartons and a half-manuscript box.)
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Consists of twelve mostly unpublished manuscripts from Renaissance scholar, Muzio Pansa. He was a medical doctor and humanist writer from the Abruzzo region in Italy, though he completed his studies in Rome. The works in this collection range from fragments to tomes, and range in subject matter as well; in addition to the lecture notes from his university days are Pansa's unpublished Latin treatise on pharmacology, his pious Italian tragedy, Il mundo redento (published posthumously), writings on theology, and the De osculo, a significant work in the history of Renaissance Neo-Platonism.

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George H. Hoyt Papers on John Brown, 1859-1893 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of affidavits, clippings, correspondence, and photographs, mostly related to abolitionist lawyer George H. Hoyt's work as an attorney for John Brown (1800-1859). Materials shed light on the Virginia v. John Brown trial that followed Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, as well as Hoyt's participation in the American Civil War and abolitionist movements.

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United Spanish War Veterans Mrs. Edmund Rice Auxiliary Meeting Records, 1906-1922 (inclusive)

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1 box and 2.0 linear feet ((1 container))
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Consists of three meeting ledgers documenting the activities of the Mrs. Edmund Rice Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans, an American women's organization run by suffragists and philanthropists that advocated for veterans and their families during the first two decades of the 20th century, including during World War I.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Nikolaos, Prince of Greece, 1872-1936 Materials, 1890

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0.4 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of correspondence (ALS) with Prince Nikolaos's parents and sister while his was in Petroupoli and several other places; an autograph diary book; and a notebook containing a handwritten text titled "To taxeidi mou eis tēn Rōssian to 1916" (My trip in Russia in 1916).

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David Schankler Papers on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, 1967-2013 (inclusive) 1967-1971 (bulk)

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.75 linear feet (2 boxes) and 1 digital file (.44 gb)
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Consists of various literature, ephemera, correspondence of, and a video interview with, Princeton alumni and anti-war activist David Schankler '71 concerning the antiwar movement of the period 1967-1971 broadly as well as related events and activities at Princeton University while he was a student.

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Christopher Cardozo Collection of Photographs of Native Americans, circa 1862-1910 (inclusive)

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3.2 linear feet and 3 boxes
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Consists of a selected group of over sixty photographs of Native American people collected by Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021), an American art collector, dealer, publisher, and photographer. Mostly taken by white photographers in the mid to late 19th century and around the turn of the 20th century, these photographs depict people from the following Indigenous communities (and likely others that are unidentified): Sioux, Dakota, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Winnebago, Duwamish, Paiute, Ute, Yuma, Mojave, Arapaho, Apache, Gila, Maricopa, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Flathead (Salish), and Comanche.

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William Morris Davis and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis Correspondence, 1829-1863 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of Quaker abolitionists and husband and wife, William Morris Davis (1815-1891), member of the 37th U.S. Congress, and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis (1817-1904) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, primarily documenting their activities during the antebellum and Civil War periods.

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Glen Shoemaker and Douglas Bates Columbia River Dam Sites Aerial Photographs, 1935 september- 1937 may (inclusive)

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2 linear feet (2 boxes)
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Consists of 177 silver gelatin aerial photographs taken by civil engineers Glen Walter Shoemaker (1892-1982) and Douglas Bates (1893-1963) for the Portland District U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers documenting the Columbia River during the Great Depression as construction and installation of power generating machinery at the Bonneville Dam project began changing the flow and nature of the river.

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Faber and Faber Author File on Jacob Peter Mayer, 1943-1989 (inclusive) 1943-1960 (bulk)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of an author file kept by the British publishing house Faber and Faber and editor T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) on Jacob Peter Mayer (1903–1992), a German-born scholar of Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber and professor at the University of Reading. There are letters from T. S. Eliot and other Faber and Faber editors to Mayer, as well as related contracts, publication lists, publishers' catalogs, and book proposals.

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Archivo de Alma Concepción, 1939-2021 (inclusive)

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15.0 linear feet ((12 containers))
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El archivo de Alma Concepción consiste principalmente en 43 álbumes de la bailarina, educadora y coreógrafa puertorriqueña Alma Concepción, que contienen fotografías, recortes, programas, cartas, tarjetas postales, folletos, material de difusión y memorabilia. También incluye escritos de Alma Concepción, material de investigación, imágenes digitales, recuerdos, afiches y partituras musicales.

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Richard B. Cohen Collection of Francis S. Cockran, Reuben Yocum, and Bills Family Materials, 1845-1907 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box
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Consists of three groups of 19th century materials that were formerly part of the Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection. These include thirteen letters to Francis S. Cockran (1814-1886), a Maryland businessman, Navy officer, abolitionist, and Underground Railroad supporter; eight letters, bounty payments, and financial documents related to Reuben Yocum, 3rd Assistant Engineer on the U.S.S. Fort Hindman; and miscellaneous business records and letters related to the family business of John Houston Bills (1800-1871) and Leonidas Bills (1828-1881) in Bolivar, Tennessee.

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Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

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6 boxes
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Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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T. A. Barron Papers, 1965-2021 (inclusive)

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25 boxes and 22 linear feet
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T. A. Barron (1952-) is an American writer of fantasy literature, books for children, and nature books. The collection consists of his literary and personal papers, including manuscripts and other draft materials, copies of his books and related promotional materials, international editorial correspondence, articles and speeches, personal journals and letters, fan mail, videos, and correspondence with other authors.

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Ruth Bernhard Papers, 1938-2006 (bulk) 1910s-2013 (inclusive)

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79 boxes and 61.7 linear feet
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Correspondence, personal and business files, publicity materials, drafts, photography props, teaching materials, appointment books, and memorabilia of Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), a German-born American photographer and teacher, active in the United States from the late 1920s through the early 2000s, best known for her complex black-and-white still lifes and classical photographs of the female nude. The papers contain professional correspondence and files, personal correspondence with friends and students, a small amount of photographic work and writings, some drafts and proofs for publications, publicity folios, exhibition catalogs and announcements, posters, props used for still life photography and teaching, planners, and a large collection of memorabilia, including snapshots of Bernhard, collected fine art photographs and artwork by others, photograph albums, gifts, personal effects, awards, and some audio and visual materials.

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Ed Sanders Papers, 1960-2020 (bulk) 1939-2021 (inclusive)

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447.71 linear feet (395 boxes), 22 digital files, and 0.11 gb
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Consists of drafts, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, artwork, and other related materials of American musician, poet, writer, artist, and activist Ed Sanders.

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Anton Tedesko Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk) 1913-2005 (inclusive)

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44 boxes and 42.0 linear feet
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Anton Tedesko (1903-1994) was a German-born American structural engineer, best known for his extensive work in reinforced thin-shell concrete design, often on significant industrial, institutional, and government construction projects, largely in the United States during World War II and the Cold War. The papers consist of Tedesko's writings, correspondence, calculations, engineering drawings and designs, personal papers, photographs, reference materials and technical journals, along with some film reels and glass lantern slides, including materials from his time at the Dyckerhoff & Widmann and Roberts & Schaefer firms, representing his professional work and activities from the 1920s through the 1990s.

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Princeton University Press Records, 1905-2014 (inclusive) 1940s-1990s (bulk)

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554 boxes
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The Princeton University Press Records document the business acitivities of Princeton University Press. They include extensive files on works published by the press, as well as staff files, review files, editorial board and board of trustees files, financial information, production files, and publications.

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Immanuel Velikovsky Papers, 1930-1979 (bulk) 1920-1996 (inclusive)

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162 boxes
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The collection consists of manuscripts, writings, correspondence (both personal and professional), photographs, works of others, microfilm, printed material, and film reels, spanning more than 50 years, concerning Velikovsky's controversial ideas, the books that he wrote, and the history of opposition and criticism from the academic community that he received following the publication of his first book, Worlds in Collision, in 1950. Colleges and universities threatened to boycott the textbook division of the publisher, Macmillan & Co., which led to the transfer of the publishing rights to Doubleday & Co., even though the book had reached the number one spot on the best-sellers list. The book was eventually banned from a number of academic institutions, and several people lost their jobs because of it.

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Mario Vargas Llosa Papers, 1958-1995 (bulk) 1944-2010 (inclusive)

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230 linear feet, 362 boxes, and 60 items
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The Mario Vargas Llosa Papers consists of notebooks, manuscripts of novels, plays and screenplays, short stories, nonfiction, documents, correspondence, and printed and recorded material.

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Sergio Ramírez Papers, 1916-2005 (inclusive) 1963-2002 (bulk)

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2 items and 107.25 linear feet ((187 containers))
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Sergio Ramírez has been a leading Nicaraguan author and politician. In 1977 Ramírez became head of the "Group of Twelve", a group of prominent intellectuals who supported the struggle of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) against the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. With the triumph of the Revolution in 1979, he became part of the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction and in 1984 he was elected vice-president under Daniel Ortega. The collection consists of manuscripts of his writings, source materials, personal, literary and political correspondence, papers and documents related to Ramírez's political career and to Nicaraguan political history, writings of others, photographs, and graphic and printed materials.

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Alonzo Church Papers, 1924-1995 (inclusive)

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85 boxes and 35.1 linear feet
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The Alonzo Church Papers consists of the writings, correspondence, notebooks, notes, and subject files of Alonzo Church (1903-1995, Princeton Class of 1924), the renowned mathematical logician who taught at Princeton University from 1929-1967 and the University of California at Los Angeles from 1967 to 1990, and who was editor of the Journal of Symbolic Logic from 1936 to 1979.

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David Weissman Papers, 1950s-2020s

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9 linear feet, 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 945.1 gb, and 2198 digital files
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Consists of filmmaker David Weissman's professional records, personal papers, photographs, posters, and audiovisual interviews related to his personal life, career as a film director, and activism.

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David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck, 1928-1958 (inclusive) 1934-1952 (bulk)

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72 boxes, 1 folder, and 28.8 linear feet
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The David Lloyd Agency Records on Pearl S. Buck Collection consists of correspondence, publication and translation rights, financial records, and other publishing-related material collected by the David Lloyd Agency regarding their client, the American novelist Pearl S. Buck.

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Sir John Orde Collection on Slavery in Dominica and Jamaica, 1763-1823 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 3.0 linear feet
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Consists of a collection of letters, accounts, land registers, and other documents from the office of Sir John Orde as governor of Dominica from 1783 to 1793, during a period of British colonial rule over the island; lists of enslaved workers on the estates of Peter Campbell, Esq., plantation owner in the parishes of Saint Elizabeth, Westmoreland, and Hanover, Jamaica, in 1817, 1820, 1823, and 1825; as well as some personal correspondence and documents of Sir John Orde, including letters to his wife and incoming letters during his naval service, household accounts, and various land and property documents.

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Princeton University Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials, 1811-1915 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous professional and personal papers created by various members of the Delafield, Livingston, and other related families, including Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Livingston (1740-1810), and Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), among others. Materials about family members are also included.

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Landon T. Raymond Papers on the Class of 1917, 1913-1973 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2 folders
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Consists of typescripts of letters by Landon T. Raymond (Princeton Class of 1917) to his parents and other family members while at Princeton University and overseas during World War I; a diary for 1918; a file of correspondence related to his collection of books by and about members of the Class of 1917, especially F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Miscellaneous Deeds Collection, 1591-1898 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.83 linear feet
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This is an open collection of deeds and indentures from England, Ireland, North Africa, and the United States, excluding New Jersey.

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Maurice Kelley Collection, 1935-1971 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2.7 linear feet
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Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter of American educator and librarian, Maurice Kelley (Princeton Class of 1934).

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Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers, 1835-1969 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

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Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater Papers, 1852-1883 (inclusive)

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4 boxes
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Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater was a nineteenth century theologian and scholar. His papers include lectures, notes, published essays, printed matter, and some correspondence, as well as a volume of lecture notes from Atwater's son, Edward Atwater, and articles authored by various people for The Princeton Review.

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James H. Morrow Papers, 1842-1865 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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James H. Morrow was a young physician with an extensive background in natural history and agriculture when Secretary of State Edward Everett appointed him to serve as agriculturist with the U.S. expedition to Japan, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, in February 1853. Included in the collection are Morrow's original autograph draft of his expedition journal (approx. 213 pp.), other expedition-related material, and a number of documents of biographical interest about Morrow.

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Theatrical Autographs Collection, 1870-1935 (bulk) 1798-1949 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists of a collection of letters and autographs of over 120 English, American, and a few European actors, actresses, playwrights, theatrical managers, directors, critics, and others connected with the theater from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Garland Publishing, Inc., Records, 1969-1991 (inclusive)

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38 boxes
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This collection consists of correspondence of various Garland Publishing, Inc. staff members with authors, editors, and others, concerning permissions, copyrights, and production and editorial matters relating to their publication of facsimile and reprint editions of works by established writers. Also present are company catalogs and brochures arranged in two series, chronologically (1987-1996) and by subject.

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Clawson Family Papers, 1800-1886 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Clawson family of Salem County, N.J.

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Clements/Ryerson Papers, 1920-1943 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, published works, and memorabilia of Clements and his wife, Florence Ryerson Clements.

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D. Van Nostrand Company Collection of Edward M. Crane, 1834-1969 (inclusive)

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26 boxes and 15.1 linear feet
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The D. Van Nostrand Company Collection of Edward M. Crane consists of correspondence, financial papers, documents, diaries, photographs, artwork, printed matter, and other papers of the American publishing consultant and former president of D. Van Nostrand Company Edward Matthews Crane (1922- ).

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German Authors Collection, 1772-1930 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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Cnsists of autograph letters and occasional manuscripts of various, primarily 19th-century, German writers, including Hermann Bahr, Richard Dehmel, Marie Ebner-Eschenbach, Carl Hauptmann, Arno Holz, Heinrich Laube, Max Mell, and Arthur Schnitzler.

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Joe Walker Kraus Collection, 1977-1983 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
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Joe Walker Kraus was an American librarian. His collection includes working papers for two publishers and bibliographies of books they published, some working papers, and some correspondence.

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John Lewis Guillemard Letters, 1787-1844 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of letters, dating from 1787 to 1844, of John Lewis Guillemard (1764-1844), a well-traveled English aristocrat and Royal Society fellow, to his family and friends that document, among other things, American politics and foreign relations, the British Empire, the French Revolution, and the early 19th-century scientific and intellectual communities. Guillemard's letters are addressed primarily to his sister, Jeanne Marie Griffin, his nieces Frances, Jane and Mary Griffin, his uncles, James and Isaac Guillemard, merchants in London, Sir John and Lady Jane Griffin Franklin, and Sir George Thomas Staunton.

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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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Radcliffe Family Papers, 1530-1779 (inclusive) 1699-1757 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 0.84 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters and assorted documents of the Radcliffe Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, partly concerning trade with the Ottoman Empire. Also included are letters and legal documents pertaining to the Clarke and Evelyn families of England.

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H. R. Hays Correspondence with Latin American Writers, 1922-1981 (inclusive) 1940-1955 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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H. R. Hays was a writer, anthropologist, and educator. The collection contains his correspondence with ten Latin American writers and poets, primarily about literary and research issues. Also included are typescripts of an article about Jorge Carrera Andrade's poetry and Antenor Orrego's prologue to Trilce (1922).

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Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy Correspondence, 1789-1799 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of correspondence of Germano-French diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy (1754-1817), who served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim in Philadelphia and New York from 1787 to 1792, including 19 letters dating from October 19, 1789 to October 10, 1791, to fellow French diplomat Eléonore-François-Elie, marquis de Moustier (1751-1817), with a 10-page letter with the title "Bulletin," dated January 18, 1790; and two letters from Otto's father-in-law J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, from February 23, 1799, and August 27, 1799, recounting his journeys through upper Pennsylvania and the state of New York.

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Felice and Mildred Morris Autograph Collection, 1876-1961 (inclusive) 1895-1915 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.45 linear feet
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The Felice and Mildred Morris Autograph Collection consists of letters from numerous 19th- and early 20th-century actors, actresses, playwrights, and others associated with the theater, collected by the Morrises. Included are James Matthew Barrie, Edwin Booth, Dion Boucicault, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Wilkie Collins, Charlotte Cushman, Clyde Fitch, Charles Dana Gibson, Laurence Hutton, Louis Napoleon Parker, Adelina Patti, William Seymour, Otis Skinner, and Kate Wiggin.

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Robert Mountsier Collection, 1908-1912 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Robert Mountsier, secretary (ca. 1910) of the Student Lecture Bureau at the University of Michigan and, later, an editor at The Evening Sun.

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Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of eighteenth-century lawyer and legal clerk Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), of Trenton, New Jersey, as well as legal records created by others following his death. The materials mainly reference land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington, Monmouth County, and other localities.

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Steven Barclay Collection, 1904-2008 (inclusive) 1920-1940 (bulk)

Extent:
6 boxes and 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:
A collection containing original manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, association copies of books, and other printed material, chiefly by or pertaining to Adrienne Monnier (1892-1955) and Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), and their respective bookshops in Paris: La Maison des Amis des Livres and Shakespeare & Company.

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Joseph Bloomfield Collection, 1794-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of correspondence between New Jersey mayor and governor Joseph Bloomfield and Nicholas Biddle, David Brearley, Aaron Burr, Thomas P. Johnson, Samuel McLane, Edward Miller, and Rev. Andrew Hunter.

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Forman Family Collection, 1879-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence and literary material of H. Buxton Forman, his brother Alfred, and his son Maurice.

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Kōnstantinos Stamatēs Letters to Panagiōtēs Kodrikas, 1788-1794 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Kōnstantinos Stamatēs (1764-1817) was a Greek patriot and secret agent working for the French government and for Michael Soutzo, the Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia, during the French Revolution. The collection consists of one hundred and ninety-eight letters from Stamatēs to Panagiōtēs Kodrikas (1762-1827), then secretary to Soutzo. Letters are primarily in Greek and are addressed from Paris (November 25, 1788 - 11 September 1793), Rouen (September 17, 1793), Le Havre-de-Grâce (September 30, 1793), Hamburg (October 15, 1793 - February 22, 1794), and Altona (March 1 - December 27, 1794).

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W. H. Auden Collection, 1941-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of the Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden, one of the most acclaimed poets of the 20th century.

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Howard McClenahan Collection on World War I Belgian Relief, 1914-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence, articles, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of Howard McClenahan (Princeton Class of 1894) relating to his trip to England, Holland, and Belgium in 1914-1915 on a mission sponsored by Princeton University to examine and report on the amount and effectiveness of civilian relief provided for Belgium.

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Washington Irving Collection, 1831-1858 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of Washington Irving, often called the first American man of letters.

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