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John Anstis Collection, 1700-1715 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists chiefly of family documents of John Anstis (1639-1714) of Lunna in the parish of St Neot in Cornwall, including materials regarding his daughter, Mary Hooper.

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Walter Dundas Bathurst Papers, 1883-1923 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Consists primarily of three diaries that William Dundas Bathurst (1859-1940) kept while serving as an officer of the Association Internationale du Congo (AIC) from December 1883 to September 1886.

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

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Albert Mathias Friend Papers, 1913-1955 (inclusive)

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12 boxes

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Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. (Princeton Class of 1915), was an officer and a scholar. Friend served in World War I and then did his graduate studies in art and architecture in Europe, studying and salvaging the great works of art and architecture that may have been damaged by the fighting. He then worked with Harvard's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library before becoming a professor at Princeton University. The collection contains notes and course materials from Friend's time as a student and as a professor, correspondence, and some of his research materials, photographs, and negatives, focusing on medieval art and architecture in Greece, Rome, and other Mediterranean cultures.

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Chile Photographic File, 1984-1990 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of 223 slides and 77 photographs taken during the last years of the Augusto Pinochet regime in Chile.

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James Chaytor Papers, 1804-1849 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Consists of ship's papers, a diary (1841), and correspondence of James Chaytor relating to some of the nineteenth-century American ships for which he was commander or shipmaster.

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China Papers of Samuel Cochran, 1898-1926 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet

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Consists of notes, letters, photographs, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings of Samuel Cochran (Princeton Class of 1893) during the years (1898-1926) he served as a Presbyterian medical missionary in Hwaiyuan, Anhwei Province, China.

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John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution." One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.

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Frederic Vinton Correspondence, 1847-1899 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected correspondence of Frederic Vinton, librarian at Princeton from 1873 to 1890.

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Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama, circa 1916-1917 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Contains five typescript translations by American poet Ezra Pound of Japanese Noh plays by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), H. Monogatei, and others, and several essays and miscellaneous notes by Pound.

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Dyckman and Martine Family Papers, 1782-1909 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet

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Consists of selected papers of the Dyckman and Martine families of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, New York.

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A. D. Power Collection, 1837-1946 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of letters received by A. D. Power, who worked for the English publishing firms of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons and W. H. Smith and Son.

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Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

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3 boxes

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Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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Severo Sarduy Family Correspondence, 1960-1993 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Correspondence consists of letters from Severo Sarduy to various members of the Sarduy Aguilar family, spanning from 1959 until 1993.

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French Intelligence Reports on the United States, 1804-1842 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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At the start of the 19th century, the tumultuous events of Europe and the new government of the United States prompted the government of France employing agents to report on American politics, economics, diplomacy, geographic expansion, and military affairs. This collection consists of thirty-eight confidential, anonymous reports from French agents in the United States over a period of forty years, from the period immediately following the Louisiana Purchase into the early 1840s.

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Maclean Family Materials, 1795-1874 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.5 linear feet

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Consists of selected personal and family papers of John Maclean (1771-1814), Princeton's first professor of chemistry, including correspondence and documents of Maclean and other family members, including John Maclean Jr. (1800-1886), Archibald Maclean (1810-1894), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), Phebe Bainbridge Maclean, and Mary B. Maclean, as well as a genealogy of the Maclean, Bainbridge, and Taylor families.

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Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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Jay's Treaty Collection, 1797-1799 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Samuel Sitgreaves was a Philadelphia lawyer and one of the American commissioners charged with sorting out financial claims made against Americans by British creditors, including Loyalists, under Article Six of Jay's Treaty (1794). Consists of Samuel Sitgreaves's collection of original manuscripts relating to an Anglo-American commission created by Jay's Treaty between the United States and England, as well as two printed works (1799) about prominent cases considered by the commission, one of which is annotated by Sitgreaves.

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Markos Veremēs Papers, 1908-1970 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

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Consists of personal papers of Markos Veremēs, a Greek engineer. Included are photograph and postcard albums of Greece, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey, and Romania; lantern slides and glass-plate negatives of Alaska, correspondence (professional and personal), typed manuscripts, official documents, and printed matter.

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Charles Rufus Morey Papers, 1924-1945 (bulk) 1895-1955 (inclusive)

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20 boxes, 3 oversize folders, and 22.4 linear feet

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American art historian Charles Rufus Morey (1877-1955) served as professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University from 1918-1945 and as chairman from 1924-1945. The collection includes Morey's drafts for catalogues, mainly at the Museo Sacro and Museo Cristiano; photographs; professional papers, lecture and course notes; and drafts, extracts and contents of vertical files.

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Stimson Collection of Elias Boudinot, 1758-1898 (inclusive) 1777-1819 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 27 items

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The Stimson Collection of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) consists of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the Boudinot family, particularly the brothers Elias and Elisha, from the Revolutionary War period and several decades thereafter, collected by Frederick B. Stimson.

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