Philadelphia Area Archives

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Charles Roberts scrapbooks, 1859 and undated

Extent:: .5 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains four scrapbooks compiled by Charles Roberts, one from 1859 and others which are undated.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Collection of Signatures, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.03 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains various signatures.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Allen C. Thomas autograph album and letterbooks, 1861-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: The collection consists of a book called "Autographs" of Allen C. Thomas, which serves as an album of autographs he presumably collected during his early life, and two letterbooks pertaining to Thomas's time at Haverford College as a professor and librarian.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Straus Autograph Collection, 1637-1905 (inclusive) 1778-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.

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

Felice and Mildred Morris Autograph Collection, 1876-1961 (inclusive) 1895-1915 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The Felice and Mildred Morris Autograph Collection consists of letters from numerous 19th- and early 20th-century actors, actresses, playwrights, and others associated with the theater, collected by the Morrises. Included are James Matthew Barrie, Edwin Booth, Dion Boucicault, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Wilkie Collins, Charlotte Cushman, Clyde Fitch, Charles Dana Gibson, Laurence Hutton, Louis Napoleon Parker, Adelina Patti, William Seymour, Otis Skinner, and Kate Wiggin.

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

Robert Granville Caldwell Autograph Collection, 1823-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: The Robert Granville Caldwell Autograph Collection consists of correspondence and memorabilia of Caldwell, an American professor and public official.

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

William Pyle Philips collection, 1795-1921 (inclusive) 1895-1915 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Primarily the personal papers of William Pyle Philips (1882-1950), as well as a collection of 12 letters of United States presidents.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Robert Stockton Pyne Autograph Collection, 1771-1902 (inclusive) 1840-1890 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 items, 1 volume, and 0.55 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of an album of letters and autographs (1771-1902) of prominent Americans and Englishmen collected by Pyne, son of Moses Taylor Pyne (Princeton Class of 1877), while he was a young man.

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

Miriam Y. Holden Collection, 1930-1969 (bulk) 1676-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 104 boxes and 45.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Miriam Holden Collection consists of books, periodicals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, cartoons, letters, and other materials about women and their achievements collected by Holden.

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

James B. Rankin Autograph Collection, 1834-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Autograph Collection includes letters from nineteenth and early twentieth century English, French, and American illustrators. A few manuscripts and illustrations are included as well.

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