Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1883">1883</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Lee Family Collection, 1780-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and documents by and about members of the Lee family of Virginia. The Lee family is a historically significant Virginia political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military. They are descended from the Lees of Shropshire, England, and became prominent in colonial America when Colonel Richard Lee emigrated to Virginia and made his fortune in tobacco. Members of the family represented in this collection include Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) and Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), both signers of the Declaration of Independence, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee (1756-1818), and, most famously, Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War.

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

Gabriel Iturri, Letters to His Mother, 1876-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Gabriel Iturri (1860-1905), an Argentine from the Tucumán province, was secretary and companion to the French aristocrat, poet, and dandy Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) during the latter part of the 19th century. A colorful figure in Paris of the Belle Époque, Iturri inspired a poem by Paul Verlaine, and was a character study for Marcel Proust. These letters, written to his mother over a quarter-century, document his exceptional life abroad and his place in the history of literature.

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

Cooley Family Papers, 1796-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers relating to the Cooley family of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

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

Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection, 1868-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of general photographs of Ottoman Empire sites. Currently, there are more than 39 19th-century photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the surrounding area.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Sir Walter Besant Correspondence, 1876-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of incoming and outgoing letters of English novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901).

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

Joseph Miller Collection, 1783-1929 (inclusive) 1820-1860 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of professional and personal correspondence, some documents, and printed matter of Joseph Miller, a nineteenth-century English civil engineer primarily concerned with the construction of steam engines and other machinery for naval vessels.

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

John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.

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

Sydney A. Gimson Correspondence, 1876-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 44 letters received by Sydney A. Gimson, elder brother of Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), the English furniture designer and architect. Many of the letters discuss lectures and meetings of the Fabian Society, a socialist group founded in 1884.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of William Holman Hunt Materials, 1853-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of selected correspondence of William Holman Hunt, the British painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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

Business Correspondence of Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith relating to the Cornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and other publishing business of Smith, Elder, and Co., the London publishing firm.

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

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