Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1886">1886</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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

McCaddon Collection of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1871-1907 (inclusive) 1895-1905 (bulk)

Extent:: 85 boxes, 9 folders, and 14 items
Abstract:: The McCaddon Collection of the Barnum and Bailey Circus consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and other material collected by business manager Joseph T. McCaddon prior to the 1907 merger of the circus with Ringling Bros.

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

Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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

William Berryman Scott Papers, 1910-1940 (bulk) 1874-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21 boxes and 10.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of William Berryman Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), an eminent vertebrate paleontologist and professor of geology at Princeton University.

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

Parke Godwin Papers, 1830-1900 (inclusive) 1850-1880 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.96 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a wide range of published and unpublished manuscripts of Parke Godwin (Princeton Class of 1834).

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

Civil War Letters of Adam Badeau, 1862-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 79 autograph letters from Adam Badeau to Union general James Harrison Wilson, dated 1862 to 1865, most of which were written while Badeau was General Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary in the Civil War.

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

Charles Richard Williams Papers, 1863-1927 (inclusive) 1900-1927 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 9.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Charles Richard Williams, Princeton Class of 1875, was an author and editor of the Indianapolis News between 1892-1911. The collection consists of selected holograph and typescript manuscripts of nonfiction, lectures, essays, poetry, translations, and paraphrases of Williams, as well as correspondence and documents pertaining to him, correspondence of other persons, and some of his works in print.

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

George B. Bacon Civil War Correspondence, 1855-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: George B. Bacon served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Serving in several blockading squadrons, Bacon was involved in notable battles and engagements, including the capture of New Orleans and the Battle of Morris Island, S.C. The collection consists primarily of detailed letters Bacon wrote to his wife during the war along with some official wartime correspondence, and biographical materials about Bacon.

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

Maria Hornor Lansdale Correspondence, 1884-1931 (inclusive) 1900-1928 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and miscellanea of the American author Maria Hornor Lansdale (b. 1860).

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

John Daggett Collection, 1880s-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The John Daggett Collection consists primarily of 41 photographs taken by Daggett documenting his mining life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area in the late 1800s.

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

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