Search

Start Over Repository Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division Year 1925 to 1929

Main content

Sir William Rothenstein Letters, 1898-1943 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of 34 letters and postcards by the English painter Sir William Rothenstein to four correspondents: Henry Davray, Elizabeth Jungmann, F. H. Sunderland, and E. G. Wolfe.

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

Main content

Caleb Frank Gates Papers, 1919-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of papers of Caleb Frank Gates dating from part of his tenure as president of Robert College, Istanbul, including the years on leave (1922-1923) that he served as adviser to the United States high commissioner at the peace conference on Near Eastern affairs in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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

Main content

Matthew Phipps Shiel Collection, 1892-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence of Matthew Phipps Sheil, a prolific British writer of fantasy fiction, with editors, literary agents, publishers, and other authors.

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

Main content

Shokri K. Swydan Papers, 1894-1940s (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Swydan was a Syrian journalist who emigrated to the United States in 1909. He served as secretary of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Society and the United Syrian Christian Association of North America, and founded a business, S. Swydan and Sons, Russian traders, in Worchester, Mass. The collection consists of papers of Swydan, including correspondence (personal and business, some in Russian), family photographs and negatives, framed documents (including several embroidered floral and Arabic pieces), writings, maps, and newspaper clippings.

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

Main content

Percy H. Williams Autograph Collection, 1852-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of approximately 50 original autographs, including signatures of Washington Irving, Henry van Dyke, and Charles Guiteau (assassin of President James Garfield), and a letter written by Wendell Willkie.

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

Main content

Ingersoll Family Collection, 1797-1865 (bulk) 1797-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of letters of the Constitution signer and Philadelphia lawyer Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

Main content

F. W. Doolittle Railroad Collection, 1910-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of miscellaneous railroad material collected by railroad consultant F. W. Doolittle (Princeton Class of 1905), including reports on electrification, cost analyses, and operating expenses.

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

Main content

Princeton University Library Collection of Kōstas Zēmerēs Photographs, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:
Kostas Zēmerēs was born in 1886 in Katēchōri Pelion. He studied at the Commercial School of Volos, where he took his first lessons from the painter Iōannēs Poulakas. In 1904 he went to the United States where he worked in photo labs collaborating with painters and photographers. There he had the opportunity to study at the Art Institute of Saint Louis. He returned to Greece in 1912 where he was recruited during the Balkan Wars. Later, after the World War I, he remained in Athens working with great photographers, such as George Bouka and Nelly's. Finally he returned to Volos where he worked as a professional photographer and painter. He participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as in Calais (France) in 1925 and Liverpoool (England) in 1926. He received the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Thessalonikē (Greece) in 1932 and 1936. Zēmerēs gave us the unique photographs of the painter Theophilos Chatzēmichaēl. He died at the age of 96. Consists of an open...(see more)

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

Main content

Voula Papaiōannou photographs collection, 1900-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:
Papaioannou was born in Lamia and grew up in Athens (Greece). She began working as a photographer during the 1930s, concentrating at first on studies of landscapes, monuments and archaeological exhibits. The outbreak of war in 1940 marked a turning point in her career, as she was intensely affected by the suffering of the civilian population of Athens. Realizing the power of her camera to arouse people's conscience, she documented the troops departing for the front, the preparations for the war effort, and the care received by the first casualties. When the capital was in the grip of starvation, she revealed the horrors of war in her moving photographs of emaciated children. After the liberation, as a member of the photographic unit of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), she toured the ravaged Greek countryside recording the difficult living conditions faced by its inhabitants. She often exceeded her brief, immortalizing the faces and personal stories of...(see more)

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

Main content

Channing Pollock plays, 1903-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of typescripts of plays written by Pollock over a forty-year period but includes sheet music of songs containing his lyrics, playbills, and printed matter.

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

Main content

Smith Ordway Collection, 1880-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of diaries written by Smith Ordway while he was an undergraduate at Princeton (1880-1884), a seminarian (1885-1888) at Auburn Theological Seminary (N.Y.), a traveler to Europe and the Middle East (1907), and a Presbyterian minister to congregations mainly in New York State (1888-1923). The collection also contains an album of photographs of members of the Class of 1884, scenes of Princeton, and Ordway family members.

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

Main content

George Russell Brown Family Collection, 1865-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of documents and newspaper clippings about Civil War veteran George Russell Brown and college essays of his son, Princeton student George Russell Brown, Jr.

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

Main content

Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Photographs, 1870-1915 (bulk) 1840-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
144 boxes and 123 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.

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

Main content

L. Ashton Sly Collection of Musical Scores, 1922-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes
Abstract:
The L. Ashton Sly Collection of Musical Scores is a 137 volume collection of vocal scores and/or libretti for one hundred twenty-three musical comedies, comic operas, and operettas, including twenty-eight full production promptbooks. These are arranged alphabetically by title and housed in 8 record center cartons.

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

Main content

Clare Beecher Kummer Papers, 1890s-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
21 boxes and 10.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of the papers of song-writer, playwright, and poet Clare Beecher Kummer. Included are manuscript plays, musical compositions, songs, verse, and correspondence.

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

Main content

Blaney Melodramas, 1896-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists mainly of typescripts of melodramas written by American dramatist Charles E. Blaney.

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

Main content

Julia Marlowe Collection, 1909-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Julia Marlowe (1866-1950), who was also known as Sarah Frances Frost, was an American actress and Shakespearean performer. Her collection consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid. Also included are photographs of both Marlowe and her husband, E. H. Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

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

Main content

Carl W. Jones Magic Collection, 1870s-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes, 122 items, and 1.85 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of three scrapbooks of publicity photographs--compiled by C. A. George Newmann and collected by Carl W. Jones--of some 19th- but mainly 20th-century mentalists, magicians, ventriloquists, and illusionists.

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

Main content

Virginia Card Papers, 1893-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
17 boxes and 7.1 linear feet
Abstract:
Virginia Card is a Native American of Delaware and Creek descent. Consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and audio-visual material. The collection is especially noteworthy for Virginia Card's extensive documentation of the activities of Native American communities in California.

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

Main content

Max Gordon Papers, 1908-1971 (inclusive) 1950-1965 (bulk)

Extent:
37 boxes
Abstract:
Max Gordon (1892-1978) was an American theatrical producer. His collection contains personal correspondence with theater and film notables spanning the years 1942-1971. Also included are production materials, such as correspondence, contracts, summaries of earnings, financial sheets, and miscellaneous notes of plays Gordon produced, including Born Yesterday, The Solid Gold Cadillac, My Sister Eileen, and the film, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, as well as letters and script reports relating to Columbia Pictures.

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

Main content

Arthur J. Pilgram Papers, circa 1910-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Papers contain manuscripts, lists, and notes of American author and historian Arthur Julian Pilgram (Princeton Class of 1902) for his six-volume work, Military Compendium of Napoleon and His Armies, which covers the Napoleonic and Spanish Wars and the history and organization of the French army.

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

Main content

Alfred Thayer Mahan Collection, 1883-1913 (bulk) 1883-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of letters by Alfred Thayer Mahan to his publisher regarding his writings about United States naval history. Mahan was a U.S. naval officer in the Civil War, and his work on the importance of adequate navies and merchant marines influenced the policies and philosophies of national leaders across the globe, including those of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

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

Main content

Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of family correspondence of John Henry Hobart, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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

Main content

Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.

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

Main content

Percival W. Petch Papers, circa 1900-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
Abstract:
Consists primarily of an unpublished manuscript, dating from 1917 to 1919, along with clippings and a few original photographs documenting the experiences of Percival William Petch (1886-1940), a British army officer who was stationed along the Macedonian Front during World War I.

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

Main content

Forman Family Collection, 1879-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence and literary material of H. Buxton Forman, his brother Alfred, and his son Maurice.

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

Main content

Thomas Burnside Morris Papers, 1861-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Thomas Burnside Morris graduated from New York University in 1861 with a degree in civil engineering. He was a chief engineer of the Long Island Railroad, 1863; a division chief of the Panama Railroad, 1864-1865; a division chief of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1867-1869; and a division chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1870-1874. He died in Oakland, California, on November 8, 1885. The collection consists primarily of material relating to Morris's role in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad.

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

Limit your search

  • Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division635

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

Current results range from 1198 to 2024

View larger »