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Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes, 46 folios, 8 volumes, and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:
The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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

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Iturbe e Iraeta Papers, 1754-1878 (inclusive) 1781-1845 (bulk)

Extent:
10 boxes and 3.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of records of three successive generations of the Iturbe e Iraeta, a prominent, Mexican merchant family of Basque origin, active in Mexican colonial and interregional trade from the 1760s to the 1840s.

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

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John James Audubon Collection, 1788-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 6 volumes
Abstract:
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a nineteenth-century ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who published his illustrations of American birds and quadrupeds. This collection includes several original manuscripts, transcripts and photostats of manuscripts, correspondence of John James and Lucy Bakewell Audubon (originals and copies), and other printed materials related to Audubon, which have been assembled from various sources.

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

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Delaware Boundary Case Collection, 1664-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 5.9 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of photostats of documents collected by assistant New Jersey attorney general Duane E. Minard regarding a state boundary case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, October term, 1929, in which New Jersey was the plaintiff and Delaware the defendant.

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

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

Extent:
5 boxes
Abstract:
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.

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

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Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1883 (inclusive)

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

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

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Sir Richard Owen Collection, 1824-1866 (inclusive)

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

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

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