Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1875">1875</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1879">1879</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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

Extent:: 89 boxes and 42 linear feet
Abstract:: 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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Mary A. Livermore Collection, 1768-1928 (inclusive) 1846-1905 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5.15 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two collections of materials created by or related to American suffragette and reformer Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1820-1905), including autograph notes, drafts, typescripts, and reprints of lectures, addresses, articles, and short stories by Livermore; correspondence; family documents and photographs; and clippings and printed materials, some of which were collected by Adelaide Witherington Boynton.

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Charles Richard Williams Papers, 1863-1927 (inclusive) 1900-1927 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 9.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Charles Richard Williams, Princeton Class of 1875, was an author and editor of the Indianapolis News between 1892-1911. The collection consists of selected holograph and typescript manuscripts of nonfiction, lectures, essays, poetry, translations, and paraphrases of Williams, as well as correspondence and documents pertaining to him, correspondence of other persons, and some of his works in print.

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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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Armstrong and Kaines Autograph Collection, 1803-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters, mostly autograph, from twenty-one United States Supreme Court justices, collected by Edward Ambler Armstrong and Richard Kaines.

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Gabriel Iturri, Letters to His Mother, 1876-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Gabriel Iturri (1860-1905), an Argentine from the Tucumán province, was secretary and companion to the French aristocrat, poet, and dandy Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) during the latter part of the 19th century. A colorful figure in Paris of the Belle Époque, Iturri inspired a poem by Paul Verlaine, and was a character study for Marcel Proust. These letters, written to his mother over a quarter-century, document his exceptional life abroad and his place in the history of literature.

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Princeton University Library Collection of William Holman Hunt Materials, 1853-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of selected correspondence of William Holman Hunt, the British painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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Business Correspondence of Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith relating to the Cornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and other publishing business of Smith, Elder, and Co., the London publishing firm.

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Massachusetts Elementary School Student Compositions Collection, 1866-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Massachusetts Elementary School Student Compositions Collection consists of short, nineteenth-century essays on a variety of topics written by children from Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.

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Sydney A. Gimson Correspondence, 1876-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 44 letters received by Sydney A. Gimson, elder brother of Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), the English furniture designer and architect. Many of the letters discuss lectures and meetings of the Fabian Society, a socialist group founded in 1884.

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Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1708-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, dating from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as colonial governor of New Jersey.

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Walter Savage Landor Correspondence, 1797-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.20 linear feet
Abstract:: Walter Savage Landor was an English poet and prose writer. This correspondence includes some of his letters to family members and friends and a collection of transcribed letters to and from Landor.

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Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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MacMartin Family Correspondence, 1827-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists predominantly of nineteenth-century correspondence between members of the MacMartin family of New York and New Jersey.

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Richard and Cosima Wagner Letters, 1858-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters of both German composer Richard Wagner and his second wife, Cosima Wagner, chiefly about Wagner's operatic works.

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William Bell Scott Collection, 1837-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and obituaries of the nineteenth-century English poet, painter, and art critic William Bell Scott. He was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was accepted by the Pre-Raphaelites.

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John Macpherson Berrien Collection, 1768-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several letters and a few family documents of John MacPherson Berrien, Princeton graduate (Class of 1796) and senator from Georgia.

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Chester H. King Diaries, 1875-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three diaries, two of which chronicle Chester H. King's overland journey to the southwestern frontier from Kansas along the Santa Fe Trail from 1881 to 1883.

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Princeton University Library Collection of James Payn Materials, 1891-1894 (bulk) 1864-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters by James Payn, the English novelist and editor, to William Morris Colles, his literary agent, regarding the possible sale of his stories and books.

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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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L. Fiorillo Photographs Collection, circa 1870-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Italian photographer L. Fiorillo.

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

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: 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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Pearce Family Collection, 1820-1863 (bulk) 1802-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.

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Thomas Oldham Barlow Correspondence, 1856-1929 (inclusive) 1870-1873 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Thomas Oldham Barlow was an English mezzotint engraver, best known for his engravings of the works of John Phillip and Sir John Everett Millais. The collection consists of selected correspondence of Barlow to friends and relatives.

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Otto von Corvin Letters to Richard Bentley & Son, 1867-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 122 letters by Polish-German author Otto von Corvin to his London publishers, Richard and George Bentley.

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Twining Family Papers, 1778-1934 (inclusive) 1845-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence received by various members of the Twining family, originally of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and later of New York. There are letters both personal and professional in nature.

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Frédéric Gaillardet Manuscripts, 1836-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: 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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George Macloskie Papers, 1857-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 7.5 linear feet
Abstract:: George Macloskie was a Princeton professor of biology (1875-1906) and an ordained Presbyterian minister and lawyer. His collection consists of notebooks related to his class lectures and papers, scrapbooks, printed material, and a commonplace book (1906).

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Moe Berg Papers, 1943-1958 (bulk) 1866-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes and 19 linear feet
Abstract:: Morris "Moe" Berg (1902-1972) was a Major League Baseball player, linguist, and lawyer who became a spy in World War II. The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous and printed materials covering all aspects of his life and work, but relating primarily to Berg's work with multiple government agencies.

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Benedict Jaeger Collection, 1825-1886. (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Benedict Jaeger, professor of natural history and modern languages at Princeton (1832-1843), as well as some papers of others.

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George B. Bacon Civil War Correspondence, 1855-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: George B. Bacon served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Serving in several blockading squadrons, Bacon was involved in notable battles and engagements, including the capture of New Orleans and the Battle of Morris Island, S.C. The collection consists primarily of detailed letters Bacon wrote to his wife during the war along with some official wartime correspondence, and biographical materials about Bacon.

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Blanckley Family Papers, 1813-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family correspondence and documents of the Blanckley family, centering on Henry Stanyford Blanckley (1752-1820), British consul in Algeria and the Balearic Islands, and his children and grandchildren. Materials also document the Tonna, Philippides Cammenos, Androutsos, and Rogers families in Great Britain, Malta, the Balearic Islands, France, and Greece.

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Paul Ambrose Oliver Collection, 1862-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of letters by Civil War Army officer Paul Ambrose Oliver.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Sir Walter Besant Correspondence, 1876-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of incoming and outgoing letters of English novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901).

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Roswell H. Lamson Papers, 1845-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, diaries (1864, 1870, 1887), photographs, documents, memorabilia, and printed matter of U.S. Naval officer Roswell H. Lamson.

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Duffield Family Papers, 1838-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of the Duffield family of Princeton, N.J.

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Selected Papers of Herbert Spencer Murch, 1902-1943 (bulk) 1852-1943 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a scrapbook of Herbert Spencer Murch, a professor of English at Princeton (1906-1944).

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John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.

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Emily Treslove Diaries, 1818-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.83 linear feet
Abstract:: Diaries spanning several years that belonged to Emily Treslove, wife of prominent English Barrister Thomas Crosby Treslove, as well various miscellaneous materials.

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James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (inclusive) 1873-1899 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.

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Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection, 1868-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of general photographs of Ottoman Empire sites. Currently, there are more than 39 19th-century photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the surrounding area.

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Lee Family Collection, 1780-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and documents by and about members of the Lee family of Virginia. The Lee family is a historically significant Virginia political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military. They are descended from the Lees of Shropshire, England, and became prominent in colonial America when Colonel Richard Lee emigrated to Virginia and made his fortune in tobacco. Members of the family represented in this collection include Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) and Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), both signers of the Declaration of Independence, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee (1756-1818), and, most famously, Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War.

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A. Jacobi Papers, 1794-1955 (inclusive) 1880-1919 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
Abstract:: The A. Jacobi Papers consists of offprints of writings and lectures, correspondence, memorials, and other miscellanea of the German physician, pediatrician, author, and first professor of children's diseases in the United States Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919).

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Joseph Miller Collection, 1783-1929 (inclusive) 1820-1860 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of professional and personal correspondence, some documents, and printed matter of Joseph Miller, a nineteenth-century English civil engineer primarily concerned with the construction of steam engines and other machinery for naval vessels.

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Ruskin Materials, 1840s-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and miscellanea of the nineteenth-century English art critic, social reformer, and educator John Ruskin.

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Alexander Family Collection, 1815-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family, many of whom lived and worked in Princeton, N.J.

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Lydia Maria Child Collection, 1857-1878 (inclusive)

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

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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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