Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Reading Family of New Jersey Collection, 1765-1781 (bulk) 1757-1787 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of three members of the Reading family of New Jersey: Thomas Reading, his brother George, and their father, Governor John Reading. Most of the material deals with incidences during the time of the American Revolutionary War.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Dayton Family Papers, 1734-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of several members of the Dayton family of Elizabeth, N.J., including Jonathan Dayton (Princeton Class of 1776) and his father, Elias Dayton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Benjamin Kennicott Collection, circa 1762 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Benjamin Kennicott was a biblical scholar who specialized in the collation, translation, and publication of Hebrew texts. He held positions as Vicar of Culham (1753-1783) and Radcliffe librarian at Oxford (1767-1783). Collection consists of selected manuscripts by or related to Kennicott.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Ellsworth Peters Papers, 1876-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed matter of John Ellsworth Peters (Princeton Class of 1870).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Robert Smith Collection, 1755-1758 (bulk) 1755-1790 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of carpenter-architect Robert Smith, the leading building professional in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century, chiefly concerning the building of Nassau Hall at The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the house of the college president.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Arthur Machen Collection, 1895-1945 (bulk) 1863-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters and photographs of Arthur Machen, the Welsh-born writer called "the Apostle of Wonder" because of his mastery of the English language and outstanding creation of supernatural fiction.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

World War I Letters of George W. Glover, 1915-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by George W. Glover from England to a Princeton, N.J., friend, George Madison Priest, during World War I.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Ezra Pound Translations of Greek Drama, 1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of typescripts, with holograph emendations, of American poet Ezra Pound's English translations of Sophocles' Electra and The Women of Trachis.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins, 1891-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Student Notebooks of John Preston Hoskins consists of notebooks of the American educator and German linguist John Preston Hoskins (1867-1935) covering the period that he was a graduate student in Germany. Hoskins later had a lengthy career as a professor of German at Princeton University, teaching from 1895 to 1935.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Search

Search Constraints

Search Results

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Limit your search

Repository

Record Source

Online Content

Subject

Organization

People

Place

Occupation

Form

Creator

Language

Year