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Reginald Lawrence Papers, 1939-1967 (inclusive)

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14 boxes and 7.20 linear feet
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The Reginald Lawrence Papers consists primarily of typescripts of plays Lawrence (Princeton Class of 1921) wrote for theater, film, and television, as well as short stories, poetry, outlines and notes for various projects, some letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

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Edward LeRoy Rice Papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive) 1916-1935 (bulk)

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9 boxes and 7.2 linear feet
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Edward Le Roy Rice was an American entrepreneur, producer of minstrel shows, and dealer in theatrical memorabilia. His collection consists of correspondence, both business and personal, documents, miscellaneous material, and many newspapers and clippings regarding Rice's interests in radio, film, and theater.

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Bretaigne Windust Collection, 1929-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes and 6.4 linear feet
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Contains records concerning plays directed by Bretaigne Windust (Princeton Class of 1929), mainly for the University Players, of which he was a co-founder.

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Dennis E. Puleston Papers, 1961-1980 (inclusive)

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68 boxes and 73.04 linear feet
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Consists of works, correspondence, photographs, a journal (1962), maps, computer tapes, and printed matter of Puleston, a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota.

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J. Monroe Thorington Collection, 1848-1983 (inclusive) 1920-1964 (bulk)

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43 boxes
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Consists of works, correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and printed matter by and about mountaineer J. Monroe Thorington (Princeton Class of 1915), as well as some papers of other people.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Circus Miscellany, 1837-1982 (inclusive)

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17 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
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The Miscellaneous Circus Collection consists of subject files on all aspects of the circus: acts, organizations, and specific performers and circuses. Included are photographs, manuscripts, programs, broadsides, posters, scrapbooks, clippings, and other ephemera.

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Trapping Diaries of Donald Phillips, 1904-1940 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of thirteen diaries (1903, 1906-1908, 1912-1918, 1922-1923) by Donald Phillips describing his adventures as a trapper and hunter in Alberta, Canada, and the typed manuscript "Tracks Across My Trail" (1940), a transcription of the diaries edited by J. Monroe Thorington.

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Sheldon Jackson Collection of Indian Photographs, circa 1850-1890 (inclusive)

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3 boxes
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Sheldon Jackson was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. This collection consists of three portfolios with 576 photographic prints and 5 photomechanical photogravures of Native Americans and related subjects compiled by Jackson, possibly from negatives in the collections of the Bureau of American Ethnology and by ordering prints from various photographic trade catalogs.

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Lawrence Crane Woods Collection, 1888-1957 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and student account books of Lawrence Crane Woods, a member of the Princeton Class of 1891 and vice president and assistant manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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

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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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Office of the President Records: Robert F. Goheen Subgroup, 1924-1988 (inclusive) 1957-1972 (bulk)

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572 boxes
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The records of the Office of President Goheen contain the files of the President's Office during the administration of President Robert F. Goheen (1957-1972). The collection contains eighteen series, which consist of correspondence and memoranda, reports, speeches, publications, and related materials, which were created or received by Robert Goheen and other members of the President's office.

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Film Stills Collection, 1908-1986 (inclusive)

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176 boxes, 5514 items, and 73.9 linear feet
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The Film Stills Collection consists of stills and publicity portraits of actors and actresses in the American film industry.

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HF Bar Ranch Photograph Albums, 1918 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists of two photograph albums containing photographs taken on and around the HF Bar Ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming, in 1918. One album depicts ranchers and cowboys engaged in cattle and horse wrangling, dehorning, branding, and herding. The other documents a group of visitors, including many women travelers, participating in a camping trip on horseback through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. Photographs of Frank O. Horton (1880–1948), the founder and owner of the ranch, are included.

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Theodore Wratislaw Collection, 1928-1933 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, typescript poems, and corrected proofs of the British poet Theodore Wratislaw. The bulk of his correspondence is with John Gawsworth, pseudonym of British writer and poet Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong.

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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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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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Frederic J. Agate Papers, 1918 (inclusive)

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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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Curtis Bok Collection, 1941-1948 (inclusive)

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

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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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Bliss Perry Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Bliss Perry, an American scholar and editor especially noted for his work in American literature.

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Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827 (inclusive)

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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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Lewis French Stearns Correspondence, 1862-1866 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of Lewis French Stearns (Princeton Class of 1867) from the American Civil War years. The letters shed light not only on general student life at the University in the mid-nineteenth century, but also on the local effects of the war--on the University, its students, and on the town of Princeton, N.J.

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

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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.

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

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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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Edmund Downey Manuscripts of Charles Lever's Writings, circa 1890-1910 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts for two unrealized publications of selected works of Irish novelist Charles Lever (1806-1872), including "Books, Men, & Affairs; Views and Reviews" and "Harry Lorrequer's Log" or "Harry Lorrequer's Log-Book," both edited by Irish novelist and publisher, Edmund Downey (1856-1937). Also included is an early draft of part of Downey's book, Charles Lever: His Life in His Letters (1906), and some related bibliographical notes of Lever's writings.

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Horton Davies Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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This is a collection of correspondence and selected writings of Horton Marlais Davies, a Princeton University professor of religion and author of many books on church history.

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Eliseo Diego Papers, 1940-1990 (inclusive)

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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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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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DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907 (inclusive)

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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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Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1883 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, engravings, documents, and printed material related to Oliver Ellsworth, the eighteenth-century Connecticut senator and jurist.

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Sir Richard Owen Collection, 1824-1866 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscript material of Sir Richard Owen, the nineteenth-century English biologist and paleontologist who coined the term "dinosaur."

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Alfred Leeb Collection, 1874-1897 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of nineteenth-century account books of Alfred Leeb and his wife relating to their home in South Orange, N.J.

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

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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)

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

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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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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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Simeon Johnson Papers, 1805-1807 (inclusive)

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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)

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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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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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Theodore Weiss Publishing Correspondence, 1966-1982 (inclusive)

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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)

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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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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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Thomas Nast Manuscript Collection, 1860-1922 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence of American political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast's popular artwork influenced presidential elections in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and the letters in this collection reflect both the professional and personal sides of his life.

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Alexander Hamilton Collection, 1784-1803 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Alexander Hamilton, often regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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

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

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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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John Howell Westcott Collection, 1915 (inclusive)

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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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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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Oscar Hermes Villordo Papers, 1972-1991 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of three diaries of Argentine writer Oscar Hermes Villordo, accompanied by typed transcriptions (in Spanish) by Alicia Dellepiane Rawson.

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

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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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Louis Kronenberger Correspondence Concerning The Cutting Edge, 1969-1975 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of twenty one letters from American author and critic Louis Kronenberger, mostly regarding his publication The Cutting Edge: A Collection of Witty Insults and Wicked Retorts, of Polished Snubs and Homicidal Repartee. Also included is manuscript material of The Cutting Edge, and biographical notes.

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T. Crofton Croker Collection, 1827-1925 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of letters by Irish antiquary T. Crofton Croker or other Noviomagians, members of the English antiquarian society which Croker founded, called the Noviomagus Society.

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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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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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William Dodge Horne collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1928-2012 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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William Horne and Ernest Hemingway were lifelong friends. Horne met Hemingway while a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Red Cross during World War I. They were stationed in Schio, Italy, and drove together on the same ambulance. After Hemingway's failed engagement to Agnes von Kurowsky, they shared an apartment in Chicago during the fall of 1920. When Hemingway married Hadley Richardson in September 1921, Horne was in the wedding party. When the writer died in 1961, Horne was an honorary pallbearer. Contains eight Horne-Hemingway items: a copy of a photograph of Frances Horne [Bunny] and Hemingway in Wyoming in 1928; an autograph signed letter by Ernest Hemingway (with postcript by wife Pauline) to "Dearest Bunny and Horney" [Frances and William Horne], dated 9 September [1929], 2 pp., with envelope; an autograph signed letter by Hemingway to "Dear 'Orny" [Horne], dated 1 June [1930], 2 pp., with 5 pp. of fishing gear advertisements with holograph annotations, with...(see more)

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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.

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Edward Anthony Papers, 1920s -1950s (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Edward Anthony was a noted writer and publisher in the twentieth century, known primarily for his light verse. His papers include several manuscripts, including an autobiography co-authored with Clyde Beatty about circus animal training and a collection of poems. A few miscellaneous papers, such as letters and a date book from 1928 complete the collection.

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Cattle and Horse Brands Collection, 1852-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of lists with drawings of cattle brands recorded in Contra Costa County, Calif. (1852), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1854), and Italy (1600s); records of military brands used for horses during the Mexican Revolution (1913); a letter (1932) from the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico regarding a brand application; receipts for sale of cattle (1865) in Steilacoom, Washington Territory; and samples of brands burned into hide, leather, and wood.

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J. Paul Baldeagle Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist.

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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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Eirlys Roberts Collection, 1935-1977 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous material of Eirlys Roberts primarily relating to her United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation work in Italy and Albania during World War II and at the Consumers' Association, a consumer rights organization in the United Kingdom.

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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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