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Craig House Medical Records on Zelda Fitzgerald, 1932-1934 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Zelda Fitzgerald, American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of the American novelist and storywriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote of their turbulent life and marriage in her novel Save Me the Waltz (1932). This collection consists of psychiatric evaluations, correspondence, and reports concerning Zelda Fitzgerald when she was a patient at Craig House, Beacon, N.Y., under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum.

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Thomas Foxcroft Correspondence, 1729-1759 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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.

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William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
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Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

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Selected Papers of Edward L. Howe, 1763-1956 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, documents, and memorabilia of the American banker and Princeton graduate (Class of 1891) Edward Leavitt Howe (1870-1952).

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Samuel Stanhope Smith Collection, 1772-1817 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of manuscripts, letters, and documents of Samuel Stanhope Smith, covering, for the most part, the years (1795-1812) he served as president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton.

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Carl Van Vechten Photographs, 1923-1942 (inclusive)

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2 boxes
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Consists of photographs taken and printed by Carl Van Vechten, primarily during the 1930s to 1940s, following his career as a music critic, journalist, and author.

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Thomas H. Johnson Papers, 1919-1984 (inclusive)

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4 boxes, 1 folder, and 1.7 linear feet
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The Thomas H. Johnson Papers consists of correspondence, subject files, notes, printed matter, diplomas, and other miscellanea of the American educator and editor Thomas H. Johnson (1902-1985).

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Samuel Jackson Reid Letters, 1901-1919 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of letters written by Samuel Jackson Reid (Princeton Class of 1906) to his mother, father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton, to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France.

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Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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Ann Tashi Slater Collection of Cuban Writings, 1979-1987 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet
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Consists of typescript drafts by Cuban writers collected by American author, translator, and educator Ann Tashi Slater (Princeton Class of 1984) on a trip to Cuba in 1987, with some later additions. Included are drafts of short stories and novels, primarily science fiction, by more than twelve different authors, one audio recording of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, and some letters.

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Sergeant Family Collection, 1746-1843 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about three members of the Sergeant family and their relationship with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) during the Colonial period: Jonathan Sergeant, his son Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, and his grandson John Sergeant.

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Sonya Rudikoff Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 7.0 linear feet
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Sonya Rudikoff (1927-1997) was a writer, literary critic, and independent scholar, active from the 1950s through the 1990s, who wrote primarily on Victorian literature, feminism, and Virginia Woolf. The papers include Rudikoff's professional and personal correspondence, including five decades of extensive correspondence from second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler; typescripts of Rudikoff's unpublished fiction and lectures; notebooks, papers, and diaries from her time at Bennington College in the late 1940s; along with a curriculum vitae and bibliography of her work and some related materials.

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Struthers Burt Papers, 1911-1954 (bulk) 1845-1957 (inclusive)

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33 boxes and 19.42 linear feet
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Struthers Burt was a noted poet, prose writer and rancher in the first half of the twentieth century. The collection includes various copies of some of Burt's own works, correspondence with family and friends from his days at Princeton University, and assorted materials about his family and genealogy.

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William Seymour Family Papers, 1870-1933 (bulk) 1733-1967 (inclusive)

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89 boxes and 42 linear feet
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Consists primarily of the professional papers of prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American theatrical stage manager and director William Seymour (1855-1933). The majority of papers include correspondence as well as numerous production-related materials, such as playscripts, promptbooks, and sheet music. Family members, particularly other well-known theater figures, such as Seymour's sister-in-law Fanny Davenport (1850-1898), are also represented in the collection through correspondence, production materials, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.

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American Architectural Drawings, 1900-1930 (bulk) 1880-1988 (inclusive)

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115 boxes
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Consists of approximately 5000 early 20th-century American architectural drawings (blueprint and trace drawings), primarily by C. Grant La Farge and various firms with which he was associated, including Heins & La Farge, La Farge, Clark & Creighton, La Farge, Warren & Clark, La Farge & Morris, and La Farge & Son. There are also groups of drawings by the architects Wilson Eyre, Pennington Satterthwaite (Princeton Class of 1893), Robert Gibson, and a few miscellaneous firms.

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Diamela Eltit Papers, 1943-2012 (inclusive)

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9 boxes
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A collection of manuscript and typescript drafts of and notebooks related to Eltit's works, personal and work-related correspondence mostly from the mid-1980s to 1990s, and other miscellaneous personal and work-related papers.

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Peter C. Bunnell Papers, 1960-2018 (bulk) 1857-2018 (inclusive)

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105 boxes
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This collection consists of the papers of photography historian, professor, author, and curator Peter C. Bunnell, spanning his student and professional career from the 1950s to 2018. Materials include subject files, correspondence, photographs, publications and drafts of publications, among other items.

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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-1989 (inclusive)

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13 boxes and 4 items
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Alexander D. Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939) was an avid bookman and collector. He had a lengthy career at the Princeton University Library, serving as assistant university librarian for collection development and as curator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists. His collection consists of of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, playwright, and storywriter.

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Frank Jewett Mather Papers, 1906-1948 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 28 items
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Consists primarily of correspondence of the American educator, art critic, and museum director Frank Jewett Mather (1868-1953).

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Essays by Jewish-American Immigrant Women, circa 1925-1929 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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This collection consists of essays written by mainly Jewish women immigrants to the United States, regarding their lives and experiences. They were written in connection with English language classes given by the National Council of Jewish Women's Department of Immigrant Aid, and initially collected through a contest sponsored by the same organization. The winning essays were originally published in the journal The Immigrant, a publication of the Council.

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Charles Lamb Collection, 1814-1903 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and manuscripts by and about the English essayist and poet Charles Lamb, as well as twelve of Lamb's letters to Maria Fryer and others.

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Istanbul Photographs Collection, circa 1880 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists of an open collection of photographs of Istanbul [Constantinople] and surroundings, most of which are by the Istanbul photography firm of Abdullah Frères.

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Marquis Astolphe de Custine Letters to Comtesse Merlin, 1836-1855 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of 273 letters, most of which are from French aristocrat, writer, and socialite Marquis Astolphe de Custine to his close friend, María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de Merlin. Reflecting on a myriad of topics, Custine's letters offer insight into the political, intellectual, social, and cultural happenings in Europe during a time of great change while also providing insight into his own character.

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Howard C. Rice Collection on Saint-Mémin, 1951-1970 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of research notes, correspondence, photographs, and drafts for three articles by Howard C. Rice (1904-1980), published in the Princeton University Library Chronicle (autumn 1951, summer 1959, spring 1971), concerning the French engraver, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852)

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Lydia Maria Child Collection, 1857-1878 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of the nineteenth-century American author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Francis Child.

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Frances Bragdon West Autograph Collection, 1873-1942 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of letters and autographs of authors, poets, critics, politicians, clergy, musicians, scientists, and other prominent personlities, as well as letters of friends and family, collected by Frances Bragdon West, wife of Princeton's first curator of numismatics.

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Winthrop M. Daniels Collection, 1934 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of the manuscript, page proofs, and correspondence (135 letters) related to "The Passing of the Old Economist," an article economist Winthrop M. Daniels published in the Harvard Business Review (April 1934).

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Jonathan Odell Collection, 1750-1780 (inclusive)

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

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Ellis Meredith Collection, 1930-1948 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and manuscripts related to the anthology Democracy at the Crossroads (1932), arranged by Ellis Meredith, a suffragist and journalist from Colorado.

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David N. Rowe Correspondence, 1944-1948 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence between David Nelson Rowe, a professor in Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs, and five of his Princeton University students who had joined the U.S. Army, Navy, or the Marines, during World War II.

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Paul Martin Papers, 1880-1925 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
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Consists of sermons and theological notes, a few letters, a diary (1880-1883), an autograph album (1882), diplomas, and newspaper clippings of American clergyman Paul Martin (Princeton Class of 1882).

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Jason Chamberlain Ledger on Hemp Production and Farming, 1846-1880 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of a ledger, along with some receipts, advertisements, and correspondence, of Missouri farmer and hemp producer Jason Chamberlain (1804-1901), documenting Chamberlain's business accounts from 1853 to 1880, as well as the accounts of an anonymous Kentucky hemp producer and merchant from 1846 to 1851. These materials provide insight into hemp and other agricultural production in Missouri and Kentucky before, during, and after the American Civil War and document the employment of African American and immigrant laborers during the early Reconstruction era.

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Anna Eliza Bray Collection, 1823-1852 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters by Anna Eliza Bray, a nineteenth-century English novelist best known for fictionalizing the histories of prominent British families.

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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Collection, 1871-1940 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of 48 letters by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones to his daughter, Margaret Burne-Jones (1866-1953), who married J. W. MacKail, a biographer of William Morris, in 1888.

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James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.

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Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon, 1979-2015 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture "To End All Wars" (2001) based on Gordon's book "Through the Valley of the Kwai" (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.

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Warner Fite Collection, 1906-1928 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Collection contains the correspondence of Warner Fite ( a philosophy professor at Princeton University) with other writers, philosophers, professors and publishers.

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Alice Davis Tibbetts Collection, 1934-1972 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and photographs of authors, poets, and friends collected by Alice Davis Tibbetts, secretary, companion, and romantic partner of Edgar Lee Masters.

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Harvey Smith Novels, 1941-1965 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction by American novelist Harvey Smith (Princeton Class of 1917).

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Albert T. Reyburn Collection of German Legal Documents, 1510-1719 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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The Albert T. Reyburn Collection of German Legal Documents consists of nine 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century German legal documents collected by Albert T. Reyburn (Princeton Class of 1931). All the documents are in German, some with wax seals in wood cases attached, and with notes in English made by Reyburn.

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Selected Papers of Charles C. Black, 1881-1945 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 2.2 linear feet
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The Selected Papers of Charles C. Black consists of documents (1881-1929) relating to various judicial and other appointments and letters received by Black (Princeton Class of 1878) from Abram H. Wintersteen, Herbert S. S. Smith, James R. Macfarlane, William T. Kruse, and others primarily concerning the activities of the Class of 1878.

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Samuel Finley Collection, 1756-1766 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Samuel Finley, fifth president of Princeton University.

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Evelyn Cameron Photographs, 1903-1907 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928) was a Montana-based amateur photographer. Consists of 15 silver gelatin photographs (most 6.5 x 4 inches, laid on larger boards) of Montana ranching and scenery.

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Patrick J. Kelleher Papers, circa 1939-1981 (inclusive) 1960-1978 (bulk)

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6 boxes
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Patrick Kelleher was director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1960 to 1972. His papers consist of articles, notes, photographs, and printed matter from Kelleher about the Holy Crown of Hungary. There is a smaller selection of correspondence with artists and colleagues about the direction of the Art Museum.

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Frédéric Gaillardet Manuscripts, 1836-1877 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of several manuscripts, some of which are unpublished, by French lawyer, politician, and writer, Frédéric Gaillardet (1808-1882), including a partial manuscript draft of L'Aristocratie en Amérique (Paris, 1883) and several other manuscripts, notes, documents, and clippings, primarily relating to Gaillardet's time and travels in the United States, Canada, and Cuba from 1837 to 1848, particularly his time in Louisiana, Mississippi, and other southern states. Also included are manuscript drafts of unpublished plays and other writings.

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Dēmētrēs A. Charisiadēs Correspondence with Leon Uris, 1958-1970 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Correspondence between Greek photographer Dēmētrēs A. Charisiadēs (1911-1993) and American novelist Leon Uris (1924-2003) from 1958-1970, regarding the publication of their collaboration, Exodus Revisited (1960), a book documenting Israel's early statehood, as well as correspondence pertaining to personal and financial matters. Also includes correspondence between Charisiadēs and various European publishers, distributors, and literary agencies concerning several foreign language editions published in the early 1960s, letters of thanks for gifted copies of the book, accounting notes and receipts pertaining to Charisiadēs's royalties, along with press clippings, book reviews, and articles about Exodus Revisited and related photography exhibitions.

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

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2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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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.

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Nelson R. Burr Papers, 1917-1956 (inclusive)

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18 boxes
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The Nelson R. Burr Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, juvenilia, and printed matter of American historian, Nelson R. Burr (Princeton Class of 1927). The collection contains materials from his book Education in New Jersey, 1630-1871 (1942), as well as notes, essays and personal correspondence from his undergraduate and graduate school years at Princeton.

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Ruth E. and Edward M. Brecher Collection on William F. Mannix, 1950-1965 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 4.5 linear feet
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Consists of papers gathered and generated by Ruth E. and Edward M. Brecher while researching the life of William Francis Mannix (1870?-1920), a journalist, soldier of fortune, grafter, and literary forger, for a proposed biography that was never completed. Included are manuscript drafts, correspondence and documents relating to Mannix's background, psychopathic personalities, and literary forgeries.

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United States Colored Troops 39th Infantry Regiment Muster Rolls, 1864 august 31-october 31 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of a complete set of muster rolls for the 39th Infantry Regiment of United States Colored Troops for the period of August 31st to October 31st, 1864, documenting African American soldiers who fought in the American Civil War in Virginia under the command of Colonel Ozora Pierson Stearns.

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Windborne Productions Recordings of Ernest Gordon, 1991 may (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of eleven Betacam video tapes containing an interview of Ernest Gordon (1916-2002) about his capture and internment in the Japanese camps in Burma and Siam (now Myanmar and Thailand) during World War II, along with raw scenes, stills, and B-roll. The videos were shot in the Princeton University Chapel in May 1991 by Windborne Productions, which was then working on a project to turn Gordon's book Through the Valley of the Kwai into a feature film.

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Antoine Guerry Duclaud Papers, 1771-1775 (bulk) 1759-1794 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of Antoine Guerry Duclaud, a French officer employed by the Dutch West India Company who deserted and settled in the Dutch colony of Surinam (now the independent Republic of Suriname) in 1771. The papers document Guerry Duclaud's move to Surinam with the intention of starting a plantation, his business renting the labor of enslaved Africans he brought from Guinea, and his return to Europe in 1775 after failing to make a profit. This collection offers insights into Dutch trade, economic conditions, the institution of slavery, and resistance to slavery by maroon communities in Surinam in the 1770s.

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Monique Fong Wust Collection of Octavio Paz, 1961-1999 (inclusive)

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1 box
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The collection includes correspondence to and from Mexican poet and Nobel Prize Laureate Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and French translator and friend Monique Fong Wust. Other correspondents include Robert Lebel, Marie-Jo Paz, and Juan García de Oteyza. Also included are original English typescripts of Paz's essay, "The Centurions of Santiago" with corrections and additions from Paz and Fong Wust, an annotated and corrected printed copy of Paz's Apariencia desnuda. La obra de Marcel Duchamp for French translation, and various ephemera about related Paz events.

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Arthur M. Greene Collection, 1902-1953 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 2.7 linear feet
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Consists of works, correspondence, and memorabilia of Princeton School of Engineering dean Arthur M. Greene, as well as papers of others about him.

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Daniel Webster Collection, 1824-1852 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of and about Daniel Webster, the nineteenth-century American attorney, congressman, and secretary of state.

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George Lynde Catlin Diaries, 1835-1836 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of nine travel diaries used by New York attorney George Catlin during his travels through France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Scotland between 1835 and 1836.

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James Greene Correspondence, 1956-2006 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, comprising eighty-one letters, between poet and translator James Greene and other writers and artists, including Ted Hughes and Antony Gormley. The letters range in date from 1956 to 2006.

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John Daggett Collection, 1880s-1914 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.8 linear feet
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The John Daggett Collection consists primarily of 41 photographs taken by Daggett documenting his mining life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area in the late 1800s.

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

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4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet
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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.

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Jack Iams Mystery Novels, 1946-1950 (inclusive)

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5 boxes
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Jack Iams (Samuel Harvey Iams, Jr.), Class of 1932, was a noted mystery writer in the first part of the twentieth century. The collection includes notes, drafts, outlines, and typescripts for seven of Iams's mysteries, as well as several assorted items, such a book jacket proofs and page proofs.

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Guild Family Collection, 1787-1823 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of the Guild family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, including papers of brothers Benjamin and Ralph Guild.

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Pedro Consuegra Papers, 1959-2007 (inclusive)

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3 boxes
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The Pedro Consuegra papers include postcard correspondence with Néstor Almendros, German Puig Paredes, Severo Sarduy, and others. The papers also include original issues of SIE, a handwritten underground tabloid, or zine, Consuegra edited for and about gay Latin American expatriates living in France.

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James Creese Papers, 1822-1960 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 2.1 linear feet
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Consists of some undergraduate and graduate papers of James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918), as well as papers from his tenures as successive presidents of the Stevens and Drexel Institutues of Technology.

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Hamilton Cottier Papers, 1752-1977 (inclusive)

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17 boxes and 8 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, account books (1925-1975), financial papers, and printed matter of Hamilton Cottier (Princeton Class of 1922, professor of English, 1925-1962), and material relating to "Southlawn," the home of his father, Alonzo Cottier, in Scarsdale, N.Y.

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George H. Boker Collection, 1847-1888 (inclusive)

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6 boxes, 3 volumes, and 2.6 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of manuscripts of poems and plays by George H. Boker, a nineteenth-century American dramatist and poet.

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Eugene O'Neill Collection, 1913-1993 (inclusive) 1913-1944 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.45 linear feet
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Eugene O'Neill, the celebrated American playwright, was a director of the Provincetown Players and a founder of the Theatre Guild. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Strange Interlude (1928) and, posthumously, for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). The collection consists of fifteen manuscripts of O'Neill, most of which are first drafts of plays and include preliminary notes.

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Nicholas Biddle Collection, 1800-1838 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of material, primarily correspondence, relating to Nicholas Biddle, one of the first directors of the Bank of the United States and author of the official Lewis and Clark narrative.

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Gerald Eades Bentley Papers, 1927-1980s (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:
9 boxes
Abstract:
Shakespearean scholar Gerald Eades Bentley was a professor of English at Princeton University (1945-1970) and assistant librarian for Special Collections (1971-1973). His papers consists of notes, typescripts, and galleys for three published works, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage (1941-1968), The Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1971), and The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1984), as well as various speeches, articles, and correspondence about his works.

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John O'Hara Collection, 1945-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of manuscripts and related material for two novels by American novelist John O'Hara: A Rage to Live (1949) and Ten North Frederick (1955).

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Selected Papers of Thomas W. Hotchkiss, 1891-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
The Selected Papers of Thomas W. Hotchkiss consists of articles, notes, correspondence, and clippings of the American lawyer, editor, magazine writer, professional researcher, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1889) Thomas W. (Thomas Woodward) Hotchkiss (1867-1953).

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John W. Comfort Papers, circa 1875-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:
The John W. Comfort Papers consists of a letter, hand-drawn map, detailed narrative, military service history, and photograph of the career soldier John W. Comfort (1844-1893). The map and narrative document Comfort's experience fighting Big Foot's Sioux band at the Battle of Wounded Knee, 29 December 1890.

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F. Carrington Weems Papers, 1857-1919 (inclusive) 1906-1913 (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of papers of F. Carrington Weems (Princeton Class of 1907) primarily from his student days at Princeton and several years thereafter, during which he traveled in Europe, worked for the Alaska Road Commission, and became an army colonel in World War I.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Collection, 1807-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of selected correspondence of the Duke of Wellington, chiefly with Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. Wellington is best known as the British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

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