Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1830">1830</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1834">1834</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Shoseki, chizu, sugoroku fukuro-shū, 書籍, 地図 [地圖], 双六袋集 [Collection of Wrappers for Books, Maps, and Sugoroku], circa 1800s-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: .33 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This volume includes fukuro 袋 for 122 ehon 絵本 (illustrated books), 12 sugoroku 双六 (board games), and 4 maps, pasted onto pages in apparently no order. The fukuro are wrappers for printed material and are often heavily illustrated with images and/or text.

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

Nassau Hall Iconography, 1760-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: The collection contains representations of Nassau Hall and other historic buildings of Princeton University. Most of them are reproductions, some photographic.

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

Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280s-1958 (inclusive) 1800s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:: 51 boxes, 229 items, and 13 volumes
Abstract:: The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists of over 4,000 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department of the Princeton University Library.

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

Princeton Greek Manuscripts Collection, 1601-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 57 volumes and 6.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of bound Greek manuscripts dating from the 17th to the 19th century.

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

Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence, 1789-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.

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

Hacienda San Diego (Mexico) Records, 1634-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two volumes of certified copies of land titles and estate records of the estate known as Hacienda San Diego, situated in the Armadillo Valley of the northern state of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), a silver mining region, covering the period from its origin, in a 1634 grant from Viceroy Pacheco y Osorio to Diego del Castillo, to 1902, when John A. Wright bought the estate on behalf of George W. Brackenridge, a prominent citizen of San Antonio, Texas.

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

New Series of Islamic Manuscripts, 1300-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2400 items and 195 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 5000 texts in 2194 volumes.

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

Compton Townsend Correspondence, 1816-1832 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of early nineteenth-century correspondence between Townsend Compton in London, England, and his relatives and friends in Philadelphia.

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

Dickinson Family Collection, 1790-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence and documents from 1861-1862 when S. Meredith Dickinson was commissioned as a paymaster in the United States Navy, assigned to the U.S. sloop of war Dale.

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

Lulu Glaser Papers, 1821-1966 (inclusive) 1895-1917 (bulk)

Extent:: 95 boxes and 56.6 linear feet
Abstract:: The Lulu Glaser Papers contains various artifacts, letters, photographs, and other items belonging to Lulu Glaser, a popular singer and actress during the early 1900s. Glaser starred in a couple Broadway plays in the 1890s and later opened the Lulu Glaser Opera Company in 1900, where she produced a number of operas before retiring from performing in 1917. Collection includes materials relating to Glaser's many productions as well as offers insights into her personal life before and after retirement.

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

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