Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1844">1844</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

Osborn and Dodge Family Papers, 1726-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, printed material, and miscellanea of three generations of the Osborn and Dodge families.

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

Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family, circa 1843-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family collection consists primarily of letters written over a period of almost five decades by Christina Georgina Rossetti to Mrs. Adolf Heimann, the wife of a professor of German at University College, London, who was a colleague of her father, Gabriele Rossetti, a professor of Italian at King's College, London. It also contains letters by her mother, Frances, and her three siblings, Dante Gabriel, Maria Francesca, and William Michael, to various members of the Heimann family.

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

New Jersey Collection, 1648-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.75 linear feet
Abstract:: The New Jersey Collection, dating from 1648 to 1931, is a grouping of material relating to New Jersey history, with emphasis on some of the more notable people involved in politics, government, and the legal system. The collection includes correspondence, legal records, financial records, land records, estate records, government records, and military records.

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

Miriam Y. Holden Collection, 1930-1969 (bulk) 1676-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 104 boxes and 45.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Miriam Holden Collection consists of books, periodicals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, cartoons, letters, and other materials about women and their achievements collected by Holden.

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

Vicente Llorens Collection of Blanco White Family Materials, 1713-1930 (inclusive) 1798-1841 (bulk)

Extent:: 19 boxes, 28 items, and 7.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White family, spanning two centuries: including works, diaries, correspondence, documents, accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White, the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts, as well as other genealogical material relating to the Blanco White family.

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

Ridgely Torrence Papers, 1833-1952 (inclusive) 1890-1951 (bulk)

Extent:: 123 boxes, 2 items, and 50 linear feet
Abstract:: Ridgely Torrence was an American poet, playwright, and editor of The New Republic, and his papers document the literary activity and relationship of a large group of American writers between the years 1890 and 1950. Particularly well-represented are American poets William Vaughn Moody and Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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

Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (inclusive) 1812-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 474 boxes and 253 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.

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

Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (inclusive) 1860-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 38 boxes and 17.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.

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

Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons, 1615-1960 (inclusive) 1745-1785 (bulk)

Extent:: 42 boxes and 16.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a collection compiled by American clergyman Stewart M. Robinson (Princeton Class of 1915), including photostats of sermons, letters, pamphlets, and communications to newspapers by clergymen in colonial America, which he used as research material for a proposed book entitled "The Political Thought of the Colonial Clergy."

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

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