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New Jersey Miscellaneous Collection, 1671-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of a collection of miscellaneous legal and financial documents, correspondence, and other manuscript materials, assembled from various sources, that relate to New Jersey history or inhabitants of New Jersey from the late 17th century through the mid 20th century.

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

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Henry Van Dyke Family Papers, 1694-1963 (inclusive) 1840-1950s (bulk)

Extent:
179 boxes and 75.9 linear feet
Abstract:
The Henry Van Dyke Family Papers consists of papers of three generations of the prominent Van Dyke family of New York and Princeton, beginning with Henry Jackson Van Dyke (1822-1891) and his wife, Henrietta [Ashmead] Van Dyke (1820-1893), followed by their children, Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) and Paul Van Dyke (1859-1933), and ending with Henry van Dyke's son Tertius Van Dyke (1886-1958).

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

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Delafield Family Papers, 1393-1985 (inclusive) 1800-1950 (bulk)

Extent:
164 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 70 linear feet
Abstract:
The Delafields were avid collectors of family history and family-related memorabilia in the Hudson River Valley region of New York state. This collection consists of the papers of the Delafield family and related families, most prominently the Livingstons, containing both personal papers and papers collected for their genealogical and historical significance.

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

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Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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

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Robert Judson Clark Papers, 1741-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes
Abstract:
The Robert Judson Clark Papers consist of records pertaining to the architecture and grounds of Princeton University's campus and the surrounding area, compiled by professor emeritus Robert Judson Clark of the Princeton University Department of Art and Archaeology.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Biddle family papers, 1709-2017 (inclusive) 1776-1952 (bulk)

Extent:
14.5 linear feet (32 boxes)
Abstract:
The Biddle family has a long history on American land with Quaker ancestors emigrating in 1681 and settling in Philadelphia around 1725. This collection documents the family relationships, and to a lesser extent, the work and military service of six generations of one branch of that family, starting with Clement Biddle (1740-1814), and following the descendants of two of his sons: Thomas Alexander Biddle (1776-1857) and Clement Cornell Biddle (1784-1855). These papers tell the stories, to varying degrees, of more than 30 individual Biddle family members through correspondence, financial records, professional papers, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Siegfried Weisberger papers, 1708-1955 (inclusive) 1923-1955 (bulk)

Extent:
4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection includes material collected by Siegfried Weisbeger (1896-1984), proprietor of the Peabody Book Shop in Baltimore Maryland and confidante of H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), a noted writer, editor, and social provocateur, famous for his disdain for common morals and received wisdom. The collection contains correspondence between the two men and other correspondents of the Peabody Book Shop, manuscripts and published writings by and about Mencken (many of them signed), and autobiographical writings and poems written by Weisberger.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Compagnie de Commerce de Lorraine financial records, 1694-1791 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Compagnie de Commerce de Lorraine was founded by Duke Leopold of Lorraine in 1724, with Regard d'Aubonne as director general and Claude Regnault among its other directors, and dissolved by the 1760s. One purpose of the company was to protect commerce in the duchy from the French economic crisis precipitated by the inflation and crash of the stock of John Law's Compagnie des Indes. These 31 files include a few printed documents pertaining to the establishment of the Compagnie and numerous account calculations and documents concerning the liquidation of the Compagnie.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Henry Charles Lea collection of Inquisition manuscripts, 1533-1866 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.8 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:
Henry Charles Lea was a Philadelphian publisher, civil and public rights activist, mathematician, and and ecclesiastical historian. This collection consists of original manuscripts including trial records, correspondence, a discourse, an edict, a royal proclamation and unidentified French documents.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Roberto Morgadanes collection of Mexican religious dramas, 1684-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Roberto Morgadanes, a native of Mexico, studied for his doctorate in Romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania from 1940 to 1942, specializing in the origin of colonial Mexican drama. This collection consists of documents relating to Roberto Morgadanes's studies as well as original Mexican religious dramas, mainly dating from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Sydney S. Keil collection of Latin Americana, 1615-1863 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.75 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:
The Sydney S. Keil Collection of Latin Americana contains broadsides and other printed material from Latin America dating from the 17th to 19th centuries with the majority dating from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The majority of these items were printed in Mexico, but the collection also includes material printed in Spain, Peru, and Columbia. The collection is particularly strong in printed novenas and other devotional work, as well as government decrees and laws.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.

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

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Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series, circa 1726-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
121 boxes, 3 folders, 6 items, and 328 digital files
Abstract:
The Grounds and Buildings Series of the Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs of the grounds and buildings owned by Princeton University. The photographs date from the late 1850s to the present, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1940s. Many of these photographs have been digitized and are searchable in Digital PUL.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Ogden Family Collection, 1682-1853 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes, 6 items, and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous letters and documents--originals as well as copies--relating to multiple generations of the Ogden family of Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown), New Jersey.

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

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Felix Limongi Collection of Louisiana Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1722-1872 (inclusive) 1802-1872 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of several small groups of papers regarding slavery, the American Civil War, and related legal matters in Louisiana, primarily during the 19th century, which were assembled by collector Felix Limongi. Materials include estate records of Marie Claire Chabert (1769-1847), a formerly enslaved free African American woman who purchased and manumitted her family members and owned land in New Orleans; correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893); papers of the law firm Durant & Hornor regarding legal cases brought against the Union Army after the Civil War; as well as some miscellaneous documents and correspondence pertaining to Louisiana history.

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

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William E. Fredeman Collection of William Bell Scott, the Scott Family, and Alice Boyd, 1820-1895 (bulk) 1733-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes
Abstract:
Manuscripts and corrected page proofs for poetry and prose writings, drawings and engraved illustrations, personal documents, record books of print sales, correspondence, inscribed books, binding dummies, and family papers of William Bell Scott (1811-1890), a Scottish poet, painter, art critic, and engraver, known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelite circle in London, and also personal and family correspondence of Alice Boyd, Scott's long-term companion, from 1859 until his death. The collection consists of materials acquired by the eminent Pre-Raphaelite scholar, William E. Fredeman (1928-1999) from members of the Boyd family, which were once housed at Penkill Castle, the residence of Alice Boyd, where Scott spent much of his later life.

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

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Miscellaneous Deeds Collection, 1591-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 2.83 linear feet
Abstract:
This is an open collection of deeds and indentures from England, Ireland, North Africa, and the United States, excluding New Jersey.

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

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Radcliffe Family Papers, 1530-1779 (inclusive) 1699-1757 (bulk)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.84 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters and assorted documents of the Radcliffe Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, partly concerning trade with the Ottoman Empire. Also included are letters and legal documents pertaining to the Clarke and Evelyn families of England.

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

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Wilkinson Collection of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1703-1955 (inclusive) 1869-1900 (bulk)

Extent:
8 boxes and 2.70 linear feet
Abstract:
Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and editor of St. Nicholas magazine. This collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence concerning St. Nicholas, and correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the Dodge family.

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

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Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey, 1664-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of copies of fundamental legal instruments of government (1664-1961) under which people have lived in New Jersey for the last 300 years, gathered by historian, Julian P. Boyd, for the book Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey (1964), which he edited.

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

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George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of material of British clergyman and bishop George Pretyman (also known as George Pretyman Tomline) related to William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) and others.

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

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.

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

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Jonathan Dickinson Collection, 1704-1763 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of clergyman Jonathan Dickinson relating to his establishment of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

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Gawine Drummond Document Collection, 1701-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of miscellaneous legal documents of Gawine (also spelled Gavin, Gawen, and Gavine) Drummond, county clerk for Monmouth County Court House in the state of New Jersey, and several members of his family.

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

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Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1703-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of almost 200 eighteenth-century documents, mostly deeds to land, relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield, collected by Samuel Ross Winans (Princeton Class of 1874).

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

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