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NEUK Collection, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
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Consists of poetry, manuscripts, correspondence, plates, proofs, drawings, promotional material, paste-ups, photographic negatives, and subscription information for seven issues of NEUK, a Princeton student literary magazine, thought to have been published nine times between 1967 and January 1972.

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William Malliol Papers, 1967-1986 (inclusive)

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33 boxes and 14.75 linear feet
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William Malliol (the pseudonym of William T. McInenly) was a native of London, England. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950 and served in Korea, where he became a sergeant and received three Purple Hearts. He joined the French Foreign Legion in 1954 and served in the Algerian War. He was also in the Royal Air Force from 1956 to 1958. His papers consist of diaries, notes, literary manuscripts, photographs, and art work.

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Alexander Chambers Papers, 1864-1938 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
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Consists of papers of American commodities agent Alexander Chambers, much of which deals with his commercial agent, H. H. Steel, in Guatemala.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Mucker Materials, 1840-1877 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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This is an open collection consisting of materials, such as personal letters and religious and commercial records, related to the 19th century Mucker community of southern Brazil. Also included are military records of the war that led to the community's purge in 1874, and a bound manuscript containing theological and everyday reflections of the German-born Georg Klein, who immigrated to southern Brazil in 1853.

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Alfred A. Woodhull Collection, 1776-1916 (inclusive)

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9 boxes and 9 linear feet
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Consists of works, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs, miscellaneous material, and printed works of surgeon and medical inspector Alfred A. Woodhull (Princeton Class of 1856).

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Benjamin Franklin Collection, 1753-1771 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of selected correspondence and documents, both original and copies, of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most prominent of the founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States.

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Olden Family Papers, 1769-1847 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists mostly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of members of the Olden family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Olden, Ephraim Olden, John Olden, and Samuel Olden.

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Selected Papers of Lemuel Cobb, 1753-1824 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
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Consists of surveying documents, deeds, correspondence, and other material of American surveyor Lemuel Cobb relating, for the most part, to the Boudinot family, particularly the brothers Elias and Elisha and their nephew Tobias.

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Edith Hamilton Collection, 1918-1971 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
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Edith Hamilton was a classics scholar with a particular interest in Greek civilization. The collection consists of typescript and galley proofs of her book The Ever-Present Past, notebooks on classical civilization, and correspondence.

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Herbert Sidney Langfeld Papers, 1906-1958 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1879-1958) was an American professor of psychology and prominent academic. This collection includes his diaries, professional correspondence, drafts of lectures and notes, photographs, and various printed material.

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George Lianis Papers, 1964-2009 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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The George Lianis Papers consists of papers by and relating to the Greek academic and politician George Lianis (1926-2008). Included are autograph and typed manuscripts, as well as correspondence (personal and professional), loose photographs, one photograph album, slides, and printed material.

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Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.93 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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C. A. Young Collection, 1873-1897 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
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Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.

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F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1930-1957 (bulk) 1880-1973 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.65 linear feet
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Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.

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Ribeiro de Avellar Family Plantation Records, 1797-1858 (inclusive)

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2 boxes
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Consists of plantation records of the Ribeiro de Avellar family documenting the accounts and operations of their sugar and coffee plantation Pau Grande in the parish of Paty do Alferes, Brazil. Materials include extracts from account books spanning from 1797 to 1810 and correspondence and receipts from the 1830s through the 1850s.

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Dayton Family Papers, 1734-1868 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected papers of several members of the Dayton family of Elizabeth, N.J., including Jonathan Dayton (Princeton Class of 1776) and his father, Elias Dayton.

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Benjamin Kennicott Collection, circa 1762 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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Benjamin Kennicott was a biblical scholar who specialized in the collation, translation, and publication of Hebrew texts. He held positions as Vicar of Culham (1753-1783) and Radcliffe librarian at Oxford (1767-1783). Collection consists of selected manuscripts by or related to Kennicott.

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John Ellsworth Peters Papers, 1876-1918 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
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Consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, and printed matter of John Ellsworth Peters (Princeton Class of 1870).

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Shippen Family Collection, 1750-1783 (bulk) 1750-1810 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of several members of the prominent Shippen family of Philadelphia during the colonial, revolutionary, and early federal periods. Portions of the material are related to the College of New Jersey and its move from Newark, N.J. to Princeton, N.J.

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Charles M. Shipman Papers, 1882-2000 (inclusive)

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3 boxes
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Consists of correspondence between Charles Shipman and various artists and institutions, most notably George deForest Brush and Elliott Dangerfield.

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Arthur Machen Collection, 1895-1945 (bulk) 1863-1953 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of letters and photographs of Arthur Machen, the Welsh-born writer called "the Apostle of Wonder" because of his mastery of the English language and outstanding creation of supernatural fiction.

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Edward Kendall Papers, 1935-1970 (inclusive)

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17 boxes and 13.5 linear feet
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Visiting Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Princeton and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Edward Kendall conducted biochemical research and is best known for his work on the hormones of the cortex of the adrenal glands. His collection includes typescripts of scientific articles, laboratory notebooks and notes, correspondence regarding patients, and a great deal of printed material.

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Antonio Pace Correspondence with Princetonians, 1938-1976 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Antonio Pace (1914-2004), a professor of Romance Languages at Syracuse University and the University of Washington, from Princeton faculty, particularly those in the fields of language and cultural studies, as well as from former Princeton classmates (*43). Other notable scholars are also represented. Some correspondents include: Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), Julian P. Boyd (1903-1980), Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949), Theodore Fred Kuper (1886-1981), and Giuliano Bonfante (1904-2005).

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John Beatty Family Collection, 1768-1804 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists primarily of 18th-century letters and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1769) and New Jersey politician John Beatty and other Beatty family members.

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David Hosack Family Papers, 1793-1916 (inclusive) 1818-1850 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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David Hosack (1769-1835) was an American physician, botanist, educator, and graduate of Princeton University (Class of 1789). This collection consists of correspondence, deeds, indentures, wills, maps, printed materials, and other assorted family papers related to estates and land owned by David Hosack and his family. Many of the papers concern land in the Lackawanna River valley of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

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Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Papers, 1940-1958 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 2.3 linear feet
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Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were a famous twentieth-century aviation couple. The papers consist of manuscripts of Charles's A Letter to Americans and Anne's The Wave of the Future, A Confession of Faith, with related correspondence.

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Ezra Pound Collection, 1908-1956 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of and about Ezra Pound, who was one of the most ambitious, influential, and innovative American poets of the modernist period.

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Robert Smith Collection, 1755-1758 (bulk) 1755-1790 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of carpenter-architect Robert Smith, the leading building professional in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century, chiefly concerning the building of Nassau Hall at The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the house of the college president.

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Allen Family Burma Collection, 1781-1935 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.7 linear feet
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The Allen Family Burma Collection documents two generations of British aristocrats in colonial Burma, and consists of two diaries, dating from 1889 to 1890, and two scrapbooks, dating from 1781 to 1935. In total, the collection is extensive; within the scrapbooks are nearly six hundred items, including photographs, newspapers clippings, letters, and ephemera. As a group, this collection gives a great insight into colonial life in Burma immediately following Burma's incorporation into the British Empire.

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Reading Family of New Jersey Collection, 1765-1781 (bulk) 1757-1787 (inclusive)

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1 box and 2.5 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of three members of the Reading family of New Jersey: Thomas Reading, his brother George, and their father, Governor John Reading. Most of the material deals with incidences during the time of the American Revolutionary War.

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Liu Binyan Papers, 1988-2006 (inclusive)

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8 boxes
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Consists of papers of Chinese journalist and political dissident Liu Binyan, including manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, reviews, correspondence, audiocassettes of interviews, and other material.

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Meyers List, Inc., Records, 1911-2005 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 2.525 linear feet
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Incorporated as The Melody Company by Abraham Meyers in 1911, the firm was purchased in 1967 by Princeton alumnus Charles H. Rose (Class of 1950) and his wife. By offering comic strips--the plates for printing them--to small newspapers, the firm was able to secure advertising space, which it sold to national advertisers seeking wider, more regional coverage. Advertisers knew the firm as The Meyers List; newspapers knew it as International Cartoons Limited. The company was dissolved on 20 March 1997, and its printing plates were distributed to various museums and repositories, including Princeton University. Consists of assorted records of the American Melody Company and its corporate aliases (Meyers List Inc. and International Cartoons Limited), including minute and stock books, corporate seals, scrapbooks of cartoon strips, copies of contracts with advertisers, trademark registrations, and dissolution documents.

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William Courtenay Papers, 1870-1897 (bulk) 1850-1965 (inclusive)

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1 box
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The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, and other papers of William Courtenay (1832-1901), an English settler, veteran of the American Civil War, and frontier businessman who held positions in the United States Department of the Interior as postmaster, clerk, and Indian Agent at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, from 1874 to 1882. These materials document conditions at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and are of particular interest for their documentation of frontier transactions, corruption and mismanagement within the reservation system, and the relationships between the people of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara), the Sioux people, and white settlers.

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Bayard Taylor Putnam Family Papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
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Bayard Taylor Putnam (1854-1886) was geological surveyor in the Division of Mining Geology for the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) from the founding of the agency in 1879 to the early 1880s. This collection consists of Putnam's professional papers, including correspondence and field notes, which document his work with the U.S.G.S, specifically his surveys of iron-ore and coal mines for the Tenth U.S. Census. His papers also relate to a patented combined protractor and chart holder that Putnam invented. Other Putnam family members, particularly his wife, Grace Haven Putnam (1855-1900), are also represented.

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Charles William White Papers, 1934-1977 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
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American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a historical fiction writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including correspondence with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein.

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Kurt Weitzmann Papers, 1930-1991 (inclusive)

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60 boxes
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Kurt Weitzmann left his native Germany in 1935 for Princeton where he spent the remainder of his life, at the Institute for Advanced Study as a permanent member (1935-1972) and as a professor in Princeton University's Dept. of Art and Archaeology (1945-1972). Included are personal and professional correspondence, related files, course outlines, lectures, manuscripts and notes for various published works, scrapbooks of clippings, and printed matter.

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Walter Houk Collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1946-2010 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, stenographer's notebooks, photographs, and nautical charts associated with Walter and Juanita Houk's years in Havana, Cuba, documenting their friendship with the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Mary.

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Charles Woodruff Shields Papers, 1839-1905 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 4.2 linear feet
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Consists of personal papers of Charles W. Shields (Princeton Class of 1844), professor of philosophy and history at Princeton from 1865 to 1903.

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Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Faculty Research Materials, 1882-1965 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 2 linear feet
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Consists of research materials of faculty members of Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies, most likely Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978) and/or his son-in-law, R. Bayly Winder (1920-1988). Materials include photocopied materials relating to Jurji Zaydan (Georgie Zeidan) (1861-1914), and Aramco records, primarily Arabian Research Division, Government Relations Division translations of Current Affairs Radio Broadcasts from 1954 to 1956.

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Archery Papers of Robert P. Elmer, 1914-1952 (inclusive)

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21 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Archery Hall of Fame member Robert P. Elmer (Princeton Class of 1899) related to archery.

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George Haven Putnam Papers, 1853-1929 (inclusive)

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11 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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Consists of business and personal papers of George Haven Putnam (1844-1930), an American publisher and author. Included are fully-indexed letterbooks (1879-1910), typescripts of Putnam's writings (ca. 1905-1929), scrapbooks of letters received and press clippings (1878-1917), and other clippings and printed material (1853-1928).

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Julius Hall and Jared Kimberly Papers of the 1st California Regiment, 1861-1913 (bulk) 1804-1927 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
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Julius C. Hall and his friend Jared T. Kimberly grew up together in rural Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to California to seek their fortunes during the early days of the Civil War. Hiking through the wilderness from San Francisco to Oregon, they nearly lost their lives in an Indian attack, before enlisting together in Company K of the 1st California Infantry Regiment, which embarked on an epic march from San Francisco to Fort Craig in New Mexico. This collection contains first-hand accounts of these two men's Civil War service as they encountered the occasional Confederate sympathizer, but more often Apaches and Navajos who were resisting American encroachment into their territory.

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William Faulkner Collection, 1932-1961 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
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Consists of manuscripts and letters of American novelist and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner and related materials, including manuscripts of Maurice Coindreau's translation into French of four Faulkner novels.

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Arthur Gläser Papers, 1919-1948 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
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Consists of the writings, notes, diaries, calendars, ledgers, and miscellanea of the German novelist, poet, and critic Arthur Gläser (b. 1895 ).

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Don M. Wolfe Collection on John Milton, 1640-1660 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of copies of English poet John Milton's pamphleteering (1640-1660) that was used in the preparation of a volume in a series about the poet, edited by Don M. Wolfe.

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Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach, 1890s-1988 (inclusive) 1955-1988 (bulk)

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5 boxes and 4.09 linear feet
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This collection consists of selected papers of Frederic Dennis regarding Sylvia Beach, including correspondence of Sylvia Beach and members of her family, as well as letters from Noël Riley Fitch from 1977-1988, photographs of Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Co., her friends and family, and assorted clippings and other miscellany.

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Francis Vielé-Griffin Collection, 1875-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Contains manuscripts and miscellany, but the bulk of the collection consists of family and literary correspondence of the American-born French poet Francis Vielé-Griffin.

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The Hardy Players Collection, 1882-1926 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of material relating to productions of plays adapted from Thomas Hardy novels and short stories by the English amateur theater company The Hardy Players.

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Gamaliel Bailey Correspondence, 1839-1868 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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One of America's leading antislavery journalists, Gamaliel Bailey (1807-1859) played a prominent role in shaping the direction of the country's abolitionist movement, and helped found the Republican Party. The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Gamaliel Bailey and his close friends and associates, statesman Salmon P. Chase and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean.

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Antón Arrufat Papers, 1953-1991 (inclusive) 1960-1972 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.45 linear feet
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The Antón Arrufat Papers consists of manuscripts of poems, short stories, novels, and criticism by Antón Arrufat, Virgilio Piñera, and Witold Gombrowicz; and correspondence of Antón Arrufat.

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Richard Watson Gilder Collection, 1880-1920 (inclusive)

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3 boxes
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Richard Watson Gilder was a nineteenth century poet and editor. The collection consists of Gilder's letters to Maria Hornor Lansdale, one of Gilder's addresses, photographs, pamphlets, programs, and newspaper clippings.

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Elmer W. Engstrom Papers, 1902-1970 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 3.25 linear feet
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Consists of photocopies and photographs of Elmer W. Engstrom's diplomas, certificates, and honors (1902-1970), as well as copies of addresses delivered and papers written (1933-1970) for both scholarly and popular periodicals during his career as an electrical engineer.

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Robert M. McClung Manuscripts, 1969-1980 (inclusive)

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10 boxes, 2 items, and 3.6 linear feet
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Robert M. McClung (Princeton's Class of 1939) was an American writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, especially about animals and natural history. His papers contain five manuscripts of published works by McClung on wildlife conservation and endangered species. The collection includes the original edited typescripts, outlines, workbooks and notes, page and galley proofs, Xerox copies, reference material, maps, and illustrations of the books, as well as related correspondence.

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The Rochester Courier Collection, 1850-1903 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.20 linear feet
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The Rochester Courier was a weekly, local newspaper published on Friday nights in Rochester, New Hampshire, beginning in 1864. The collection consists of manuscript speeches, articles, editorials, and correspondence from the newspaper, reflecting some of the national issues which dominated American political life leading up to and following the Civil War, including the antislavery movement, the Missouri Compromise, and temperance.

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Miguel Correa Novels, 1980-1987 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.70 linear feet
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Miguel Correa is an author from Cuba. The collection consists of different manuscript version of two of Correa's novels: Fragmentos del Discurso Humano (2001) and Al Norte de Infierno (1984). There are also some notes for an article in the papers.

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Allan H. Stevenson Papers, 1950-1968 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Allan H. Stevenson relating to watermarks, papermaking, and block-books of the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Claude-Henri Dufour Art Course Materials, 1797-1822 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
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The collection consists of course planning materials, manuscripts for an illustrated treatise on art and design, speech drafts, and drawings of French professional designer and art teacher Claude-Henri Dufour (1766-1845), dating from the period during and following the French Revolution, related to an art course he developed and taught at l'École Centrale d'Allier in the Auvergne region of central France. Dufour's writings depict an ardent republican who promoted the value of design education for artists during the Industrial Revolution and early years of industrial design. Course materials cover elements of design and perspective, anatomy and proportion of the human figure, aesthetics, composition, and ornamental design, as well as touch on architecture and natural history.

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Florence G. and Edward Y. Miller Collection, 1899-1938 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of writings, correspondence, a diary (1904-1907), photographs, and printed matter of Florence G. Miller, wife of Captain Edward Y. Miller of the U.S. Army, reflecting their life while stationed in the Philippines.

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Mercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence, 1961-1993 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Contains Valdivieso's correspondence with Latin American writers and critics such as Fernando Alegría, Octavio Paz, and Manuel Rojas, as well as drafts of scholarly essays and talks.

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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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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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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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John Forsyth Collection, 1802-1851 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters, 1899-1968 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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Consists of original letters and transcriptions of additional letters by Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes.

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Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas, 1969-1994 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
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The Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas contains a small collection of letters and correspondence with Reinaldo Arenas and others, as well as typewritten drafts of Arenas' articles and essays, some of which are dedicated to Cortés, a personal friend. Also present are typewritten drafts of Cortés' own work on his friendship with Arenas.

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Ian Hamilton Working Papers for J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life, 1934-1988 (inclusive) 1984-1987 (bulk)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of papers of British poet and literary critic Ian Hamilton that were used in preparation of his biography J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life, which was never published as a result of judicial decisions in the case of J. D. Salinger vs. Random House and Ian Hamilton (1987).

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

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Norman Gilbertson Photographs of Greece, 1945-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of photographs, with notes, taken by British relief worker Norman Gilbertson of the aftermath of an earthquake on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, mainly at its capital city of Argostolion, in August 1953.

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

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Daniel Gano Gold Rush Scrapbook, 1846-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of a scrapbook compiled by Daniel Gano, documenting the California Gold Rush (1849-1850), including his son Stephen's journey to the gold fields of California and his subsequent experiences in "the diggings" there. "Images of this collection are available online at Digital PUL.

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

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Condit Family Papers, 1750-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of account books and ledgers, a diary (1750), documents, photographs, a few letters, and printed material of the Condit family of East Orange, N.J.

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

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Francis C. Brown Collection of French Royal Marriage Contracts, 1607-1846 (inclusive)

Extent:
33 volumes and 2.7 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of 32 bound volumes, each containing an original, French, royal marriage contract with supplementary biographical sketches and portraits of the witnesses who signed the contracts, collected by Francis C. Brown (Princeton Class of 1958). The first two volumes are alphabetical catalogues of the marriage contracts

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

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