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Edward Page Allinson Papers, 1940-1972 (inclusive) 1940-1942 (bulk)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
This collection contains various letters relating to Edward Page Allinson. In Allinson's 1942 letters, he asks individuals their opinions on the average Haverford undergraduate. This collection also contains an excerpt from a 1940 publication titled "With Clean Hands and a Neutral Heart, America!" by Brent Dow Allinson, an individual Edward would connect with via letters due to their shared surname.

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

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The Tatler, 1836

Extent:
.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection contains issues three, four, five, and eight of The Tatler.

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

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Taylor farm and family papers, 1818-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.4 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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This collection contains records of the Taylor family farm, as well biographical documentation on the genealogy of the family. Extensive records of Howard Taylor, including his "Farm News" volumes are included in this collection.

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

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William Wistar and Connie Comfort materials, 1773-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 linear ft. (11 boxes, 7 volumes)
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Collection of letters by Members of the Comfort Family, with most records covering WIlliam Wistar Comfort and William Wistar Comfort II. Topics include William Wistar Comfort's time as president of Haverford College, communications about his books and Quakerism, personal letters of William Wistar Comfort II. Includes a series of letters and small manuscript covering the Comfort Family's time in France during the start of World War One.

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Class of 1933 letter, 2001

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0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection consists of a class letter to the Haverford College Class of 1933 from 2001.

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Class of 1878 records, 1928

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0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection contains one program for the Haverford College Class of 1978's fiftieth reunion in 1928.

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Class of 1882 records, 1933

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0.02 linear ft. (1 folder)
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Collection of biographical accounts of members of the Class of 1882 compiled by class member George A. Barton in 1933.

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Arthur Haines sketchbook, ca. 1899

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0.3 linear ft. (1 volume)
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This collection consists of a sketchbook created by Arthur Haines, ex-Class of 1899 at Haverford College.

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Mitchell Cohn papers, 1977-1980 (inclusive)

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0.21 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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This collection contains posters, programs, drawings, and designs created by Mitchell Cohn, Class of 1980, while he was a student at Haverford College, as well as materials related to Haverford Cohn collected as a student.

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Robert Birgeneau protest materials, 2014

Extent:
.25 linear ft. (2 pins and 2 flyers (1 folder))
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This collection consists of two fliers and two buttons related to Robert Birgeneau's presence at Haverford College's commencement in 2014 as well as correspondence between Haverford students and alumni and President Dan Weiss regarding William Bowen's commencement speech.

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Letters to Anna Wharton Wood and list of apple trees planted at Haverford College, 1925-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.02 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection consists of letters to Anna Wharton Wood from her brother Edward Wanton Smith and Amelia Mott Gummere about the history of Haverford College. It also includes newspaper clippings and a list of apple trees on the Haverford College campus copied by Wood from the papers of her grandfather, Daniel B. Smith.

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Haverford Community Center records, 1939-1954 (inclusive)

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0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
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These records contain printed pamphlets describing and advertising aspects of the Haverford Community Center. The center was created to cultivate community in the Haverford area for people of all ages through activities, clubs, and events. Included is a financial report for the expenditures of the center, as well as a thorough review of the center's advantages and disadvantages regarding their intent and impact on the community.

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Charlie Piersol letters, 1946

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0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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11 letters written by Charles Piersol to Chris Holladay. The letters contain his observations of racism in Virginia during his departure, his work as a "cowboy" on the ship, and his experiences of the American Zone, the Red Cross, and the devastation following the war.

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Elizabeth Peace Sturges Anthony Poetry Book, 1950

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0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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Folder including one book of poems written and compiled by Elizabeth Peace Sturges Anthony as a Christmas gift for Edith Warren Johnson. Subjects in her poems include love, friendship, and her relationship to animals and nature.

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Peterson Toscano collection, 1989-2022 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.45 linear ft. (11 boxes, 1 oversized flat box, 7 volumes)
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This collection contains various materials from playwright, performer, and Bible scholar Peterson Toscano. Documents include notes and scripts and publicity materials for his plays, personal materials like journals and photographs, and various magazines and newspapers featuring Toscano discussing his creative work, his experience with surviving Ex-gay therapy and how his relationship with Christianity as evolved because of it.

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Haverford College Rules for Freshmen collection, 1897-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 items (1 oversized folder)
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This collection consists of "Rules for Freshmen" made by the Haverford College Classes of 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1931 at the start of their sophomore years. There is also one undated set of rules.

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Charles C. Walker papers, 1959-1989 (inclusive) 1969-1979 (bulk)

Extent:
4.62 linear ft. (11 boxes)
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This collection consists of Charles Walker's papers on nonviolent direct action and the peace movement. The majority of the collection relates to his work on the Nonviolent Action Research Project, part of the Center for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution at Haverford College, from 1969 to 1974.

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The Clerk Archives, 2012-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.05 linear ft. (1 folder)
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Organizational documentation for The Haverford Clerk, including an article log (2012-2023), readership statistics (2012-2023), and budget materials (2018-2023).

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Roger Easton collection, 1970-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.05 linear ft. (3 folders)
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This collection consists of materials related to the fictitious George Stephens created and collected by Roger Easton, Haverford College Class of 1972, a football explainer created by Dana Swan, and a schedule for the junior varsity baseball team.

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Isabel Magee Sherman Papers, 1900-1913 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellanea of the American journalist Isabel Magee Sherman relating to her experiences in Mexico.

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

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Charles Ethrige Minton Papers, 1954-1976 (inclusive)

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19 boxes and 9.10 linear feet
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A former lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri, Minton moved to New Mexico to work among the Indians. His subsequent positions include State Supervisor of the Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration, Executive Director of the State Commission on Indian Affairs, and Executive Secretary of the New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs. Consists of correspondence and papers of Minton.

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John Frippo Brown Papers, circa 1873-1875 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a small collection of materials relating to Seminole chief John Frippo Brown (1842-1919) and his family, including a manuscript notebook, calling card, and five tintype photographs.

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DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.

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Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.

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Philip Lindsley Letters, 1821-1837 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters of Philip Lindsley, educator, Presbyterian clergyman, and acting president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1822-1823.

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Wenceslao Ramirez de Villaurrutia Papers, 1862-1924 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of manuscript notes, reports, and letters of Spanish diplomat Wenceslao Ramirez de Villaurrutia concerning the Spanish position on Morocco and negotiations with statesmen and ambassadors of countries with interest in Morocco.

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William Couper Collection, 1822-1844 (bulk) 1769-1849 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence betwen American tea merchant William Couper and his family during the years (1831-1844) when he was traveling abroad to Europe and the Far East.

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Moses A. Lane Papers, 1852-1885 (bulk) 1852-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of Moses A. Lane, a nineteenth-century career serviceman in the U.S. Navy, serving most of his time as a gunner. Much of the material relates to a tour (1852-1855) in the Mediterranean aboard the sloop of war St. Louis.

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John Von Neumann Collection, 1919-1949 (bulk) 1919-1966 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters and a manuscript of John Von Neumann, one of the 20th century's preeminent mathematicians, and an early pioneer in fields such as game theory, nuclear deterrence, and modern computing.

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Andrew Hunter Family Collection, 1770-1820 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of both Andrew Hunter, an early nineteenth-century Princeton professor of mathematics and astronomy, and his clergyman uncle of the same name.

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Adamantia Pollis Papers, 1936-1973 (inclusive) 1958-1972 (bulk)

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4 boxes
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This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Adamantia Pollis, professor of political science on the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research in New York. Included are drafts of various articles, papers of her students, personal memorabilia and papers, grant proposals, and correspondence.

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Robert H. Davis Collection, 1907-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of American writer and editor Robert H. Davis with his friend, lawyer Thomas Baskerville, who was amassing a collection of autographs of famous individuals.

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Eliseo Diego Papers, 1940-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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This collection consists of papers of Diego, Cuban poet, author, and translator. Included are correspondence between Diego, his wife, various friends and other writers.

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Ernest Dowson Collection, 1889-1897 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters, both in English and French, by the nineteetnh-century English poet and novelist Ernest Christopher Dowson. His correspondents include other writers, poets, journalists, and editors from France and England.

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Madeira-Mamoré Expeditions Collection, 1875-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of postcards, photographs, wood engravings, memorabilia, and printed material collected by Robert Hopewell Hepburn relating to expeditions sent down to tropical South America in an attempt by the Brazilian government to construct a railroad along the Madeira River. Robert Hopewell Hepburn, a young engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad System and a Princeton graduate of the Class of 1871, made the trip in 1878. He son undertook the same effort twenty-nine years later, sending back postcards to his father from Brazil.

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Philip Carteret Collection, 1672-1874 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of autograph letters, with typed transcriptions, of New Jersey's first governor, Philip Carteret.

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Wilder Haydn Haines Papers, 1920-1923 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists primarily of four albums of photographs taken by Wilder Haydn Haines (Princeton Class of 1915) during a trip to China and Japan from October 27, 1920, to July 2, 1921.

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Estillac Plantation Records, 1752-1783 (bulk) 1665-1813 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of over sixty letters and related documents concerning the Estillac sugar plantation in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now the Republic of Haiti) from the late 1750s through the early 1780s. Many of the letters are addressed to A. Mabille, a Paris-based hatter, trustee, and creditor, and pertain to the operations and troubled finances of the plantation under the management of Guillaume Claude Besson and Jean Guillaume Robillard.

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Beecher Family Collection, 1845-1886 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscript material of three members of the Beecher family -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher -- who became nationally known for their work on abolition and women's suffrage.

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Sir Hall Caine Letters, 1882-1928 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected letters by British novelist and playwright Sir Hall Caine to Curtis Brown, Sir Martin Conway, Ford Madox Brown, James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, and several others.

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Henry De Wolf Smyth Papers, 1898-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth, the American physicist and diplomat who figured prominently in the development of atomic energy, the Manhattan Project, and the production of the atomic bomb.

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Frederic J. Agate Papers, 1918 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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The Frederic J. Agate Papers consists of letters, a diary, and miscellanea documenting the World War I experience of the American Red Cross Ambulance Corps driver Frederic J. Agate.

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Charles W. Tinckam Collection, 1866-1873 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century English editor Charles W. Tinckam with about 45 poets, authors, songwriters, or their representatives, seeking permission to use their poems in his anthology The Poets' Year, Being Pastoral Pictures of the Season, which was published in 1874.

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Curtis Bok Collection, 1941-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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Consists primarily of several versions, reflecting the printing stages, of Backbone of the Herring (1941), Curtis Bok's fictionalized look at courtroom justice seen through the eyes of a judge. Bok was a common pleas court judge in Pennsylavnia at the time.

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Pierson Family Documents, 1800-1880 (bulk) 1713-1946 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of documents representing at least three generations of the Pierson family of Orange, New Jersey, including Isaac Pierson (1770-1833, Princeton Class of 1789), a physician, his son William (1796-1882, Princeton Class of 1816), a physician and first mayor of Orange, and William's sons Edward (d. 1882, Princeton Class of 1854), a lawyer, and William, Jr. (1830-1900), also a physician.

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Jorge Amado Letters, circa 1965-1985 (inclusive) 1980-1985 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box
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The collection consists of typewritten and handwritten letters and postcards (circa 1965-1985) from Jorge Amado to Alvaro and Elisa Salema. Also included are typewritten letters from Zélia Amado to Alvaro and Elisa Salema.

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Simeon Johnson Papers, 1805-1807 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of papers of Simeon Johnson (1770-1807), an American merchant residing in Gonaïves, Haiti, following the Haitian Revolution, including a journal about the conflicts between rival Haitian leaders Henri Christophe (1767-1820) and Alexandre Pétion (1770-1818), as well as legal documents signed by Henri Christophe and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) and financial documents and correspondence pertaining to Johnson's business and social affairs.

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Travel Journals on French Trade and Slavery in the Indian Ocean, 1820-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of two journals kept by an anonymous sailor detailing French voyages to the Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, and South America in the early 1820s. Entries document illegal trafficking by the French of enslaved persons from Indonesia and Southeast Africa to Île Bourbon (now Réunion), trade in livestock and foodstuffs in South America and the Caribbean, and life on board the ships.

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Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of Penelope Pennington, who was part of the social and literary women's group that was centered around the English diarist and patron of the arts Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzii (1741-1821).

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Charles H. McIlwaine Papers, 1707-1946 (inclusive) 1894-1946 (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes
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Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The American Revolution (1923), Charles H. McIlwaine (Princeton Class of 1894) was a professor of history and government at both Princeton (1905-1910) and Harvard University (1926-1946). His papers include notes, lectures, and other miscellaneous personal papers.

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Harold E. Pickersgill Collection, 1809-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of historical papers of New Jersey collected by New Jersey historian Harold E. Pickersgill and related correspondence and newspaper clippings.

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Luiz Forjaz Trigueiros Correspondence, 1935-1995 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of approximately 100 letters and postcards addressed to Trigueiros from seven correspondents: Jorge Amado (1967-1995), António S. Celestino (1973), Manuel Ferriera (1959-1966), Jesué Pinharanda Gomes (1960-1995), António Guedes de Amorim (1947-1971), Afonso Lopes Vieira (1935-1944), and José Rodrigues Júnior (1958-1987).

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John Howell Westcott Collection, 1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of manuscript material for an edition of Einhard's Vita Caroli Imperatoris (or The Life Charlemagne) by classicist John Howell Westcott..

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Theodore Weiss Publishing Correspondence, 1966-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists primarily of correspondence between American poet and editor Theodore Weiss and his editors at Macmillan Publishing, Arthur Gregor and Ray Roberts. Also included are a few clippings, advertisements, event programs concerning Theodore Weiss' work, and a printed interview with the poet.

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French Family Collection, 1835-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.

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William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of 167 letters by American poet William Meredith to his intimate friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London, Conn., and other places.

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

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