Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1850">1850</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1899">1899</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Ellis Voting Machine Collection, 1879-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material relating to the Ellis Voting Machine developed by W. R. Ellis in California in the 1890s.

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Edmund Downey Manuscripts of Charles Lever's Writings, circa 1890-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts for two unrealized publications of selected works of Irish novelist Charles Lever (1806-1872), including "Books, Men, & Affairs; Views and Reviews" and "Harry Lorrequer's Log" or "Harry Lorrequer's Log-Book," both edited by Irish novelist and publisher, Edmund Downey (1856-1937). Also included is an early draft of part of Downey's book, Charles Lever: His Life in His Letters (1906), and some related bibliographical notes of Lever's writings.

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F. Wallis Armstrong Collection, 1840-1890 (bulk) 1797-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 0.71 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts collected by F. Wallis Armstrong (Princeton Class of 1931) relating to whaling in the nineteenth century and the exploration of the Congo River in Africa (1879-1882).

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Henry Wikoff Collection, 1836-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and other material by and about nineteenth-century American author and adventurer Henry Wikoff.

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Aristides E. Phoutrides papers, 1895-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Phoutrides was a Greek poet, educator, and translator. He taught classical literature and modern Greek at Harvard and Yale Universities. He was a proponent of "demotic" Greek language and literature. Consists of personal papers of Phoutrides.

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Stuart Merrill Collection, 1895-1915 (inclusive) 1900-1911 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and a poetry manuscript of the American poet, translator and bohemian Stuart Merrill (1863-1915).

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Homer Dodge Martin and Elizabeth G. Martin Letters to William Crary Brownell, 1874-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal letters by the American landscape painter Homer Dodge Martin and his wife, Elizabeth G. Martin, to friend and editor William Crary Brownell and his first wife, Virginia Shields Swinburne.

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Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Bliss Perry, an American scholar and editor especially noted for his work in American literature.

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Ogden N. Rood Correspondence, 1843-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters by Ogden N. Rood (Princeton Class of 1852), written from Troy, N. Y.and Munich, Germany.

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Edward LeRoy Rice Papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive) 1916-1935 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 7.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Edward Le Roy Rice was an American entrepreneur, producer of minstrel shows, and dealer in theatrical memorabilia. His collection consists of correspondence, both business and personal, documents, miscellaneous material, and many newspapers and clippings regarding Rice's interests in radio, film, and theater.

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Fanny Davenport Collection, 1870s-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Fanny Davenport, a popular nineteenth-century American actress and theater manager.

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Laurence Hutton Correspondence, circa 1851-1904 (inclusive) 1880-1900 (bulk)

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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Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (inclusive) 1930-1975 (bulk)

Extent:: 173 boxes
Abstract:: John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.

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Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (inclusive) 1860-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 38 boxes and 17.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.

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Archives of Henry Holt and Company, 1859-1981 (inclusive) 1890-1943 (bulk)

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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Tēlemachos Alaveras Papers and Nea Poreia Archives, 1889-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 97 boxes, 2 items, and 39.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Tēlemachos Alaveras, a prolific Modern Greek writer and editor of the literary magazine Nea Poreia for more than fifty years. He was also the president of the Literary Society of Thessalonikē and member of boards of many other organizations. Included also are the archives of Nea Poreia, as well as the personal papers of Alaveras's father, Chrēstos Alaveras.

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Alice Cort Holden Papers, 1870-1978 (inclusive) 1870-1919 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence and printed material, along with two diaries from 1926, a matted postcard, a photogravure plate, and a piece of hair jewelry. These family papers primarily center on Alice Holden (née Cort), as the correspondence are letters between members of the Cort family, or letters to her from her children. The collection largely documents the relationships of the Holden and Cort families in New York state between the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons, 1615-1960 (inclusive) 1745-1785 (bulk)

Extent:: 42 boxes and 16.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a collection compiled by American clergyman Stewart M. Robinson (Princeton Class of 1915), including photostats of sermons, letters, pamphlets, and communications to newspapers by clergymen in colonial America, which he used as research material for a proposed book entitled "The Political Thought of the Colonial Clergy."

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Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (inclusive) 1812-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 474 boxes and 253 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.

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Princeton Ethiopic Manuscripts, 1600s-1900s (inclusive)

Extent:: 95 items
Abstract:: An open collection of bound Ethiopic manuscripts with texts in Ge'ez and occasionally in Amharic.

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