Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1883">1883</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Editorial Correspondence of The Independent, 1882-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 2 items, and .2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton, 1856-1861 and 1864-1871, Henry Ward Beecher, 1861-1864, William Hayes Ward, 1868-1916, Kinsley Twining, literary editor, 1880-1899, and Hamilton Holt, 1897-1921. The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss [Susan Hayes] Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent.

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Frank Jewett Mather Autograph Collection, 1700-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1 volume
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters and autograph copies of parts of manuscripts of 19th-century English and American poets and novelists collected by American art critic and Princeton professor, Frank Jewett Mather (1868-1953).

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Harold F. McCormick Collection of Aeronautica, 1780-1940 (inclusive) 1910-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 13.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers reflecting the many aeronautical activities and interests of industrial magnate Harold F. McCormick (Princeton Class of 1895) and papers which he collected concerning the history of aviation.

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Charles Grosvenor Osgood Papers, 1880-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia, family papers, scrapbooks, and an autograph book (1880) of Charles Grosvenor Osgood, reflecting his role as one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors (1905) and the importance of the preceptorial system at Princeton. The collection contains typed manuscripts of Osgood's lectures on Milton, Spenser, and Samuel Johnson, addresses and note cards, and professional correspondence.

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Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, 1660-1903 (inclusive) 1740-1810 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, known as "queen of the Bluestockings," an informal group of 18th-century English literary figures and intellectuals that gathered frequently at her home.

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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 0100-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 126 boxes
Abstract:: An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.

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Russell W. Moore Autograph Collection of Princetonians, 1738-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of autograph letters and documents of Princetonians collected by American chemist and collector, Russell W. Moore (Princeton Class of 1883).

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George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet
Abstract:: George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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Abbott Family Collection, 1707-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: The Abbott Family Collection consists of correspondence, poetry, documents, and miscellanea of the Abbott family of New Jersey.

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Constantine Cavafy Photograph Collection, 1865-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photographs of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy and members of his family that were collected by Ben Sonnenberg.

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