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Morgan Family Papers, 1840-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
80 boxes and 34.5 linear feet
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Consists primarily of the correspondence of Josephine Perry Morgan, her husband Junius Spencer Morgan, her daughter Sarah Morgan Gardner, and various other Perry family members. This correspondence concerns mostly family and social matters.

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Pinkney Papers, 1804-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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Consists of papers of the notable American statesman and attorney William Pinkney, including writings, political and diplomatic correspondence from his time as minister to Great Britain and Russia, legal notes, deeds, bookplates, and other assorted papers. The collection also contains some papers from his grandson, William Pinkney Whyte, and a notebook from Joseph White, a Pinkney relative.

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Charles Ryskamp Collection of William Cowper, 1780-1968 (inclusive)

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12 boxes and 4.8 linear feet
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Consists of Xerox copies of works and correspondence by William Cowper collected by Princeton professor and scholar Charles Ryskamp, as well as correspondence, notebooks, and miscellaneous material of Neilson Campbell Hannay, another Cowper scholar and collector.

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Princeton University Collection of George Egerton Correspondence, 1850-1958 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.80 linear feet
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Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (pseudonym George Egerton) was a writer and translator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She was influential in the late-nineteenth century "New Woman" movement as well as the early modernist movement in English-language literature. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between Bright and various friends, family members, and literary and theatrical colleagues. The collection also contains a small number of manuscripts which include prose, poetry, and biographical notes.

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Blair Family Papers, 1829-1945 (bulk) 1829-1977 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 3.5 linear feet
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Consists of a group of family papers and genealogical research collected by members of the Blair family, a prominent political family in the United States in the 19th century. Materials relate to Francis Preston Blair Sr. (1791-1876) and his descendents, including Frank P. (Francis Preston) Blair Jr., Apolline Alexander Blair, Francis Preston Blair III, Andrew A. Blair, James L. Blair, Gist Blair, Emily Blair Henrotin, and others. Included are correspondence, documents, genealogical research, photographs, printed materials, and writings related to politics, military service, family history, and domestic life.

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Francis De Haes Janvier Family Papers, 1800-1922 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
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Francis De Haes Janvier was a Philadelphia businessman and poet. Consists of correspondence of civil war poet Francis Janvier and his family as well as drafts and autograph copies of his works.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1840-1901 (inclusive) 1849-1866 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of a closed collection of miscellaneous source material--letters, documents, and other separate, unbound manuscript items--pertaining to the history of the American West and Southwest, largely from the perspective of white settlers, acquired by the Library from 2013 to 2020.

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General Manuscripts Collection, 1765-2016 (inclusive) 1836-2016 (bulk)

Extent:
1.9 linear feet (5 boxes) and 1 folder
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The General Manuscripts Collection consists of manuscripts and small collections of papers and records which are related in some way to the history of Princeton University. While most documents in the General Manuscripts collection were produced by alumni or student organizations, there are several documents produced by trustees, faculty, and other members of the University community.

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Faculty and Professional Staff files, Subgroup 7: H, 1764-2014 (inclusive)

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312 boxes
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Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

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Faculty and Professional Staff files, Subgroup 9: L, 1764-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
219 boxes
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Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Historical Subject Files, Grounds and Buildings, 1802-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
21 boxes, 342 items, and 20 digital files
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The Princeton University Library Collection of Historical Subject Files, Grounds and Buildings contains information relating to the buildings, grounds, and architects of Princeton University. The collection also includes information on the development of the campus and the various chronologies of construction and land acquisition that have been gathered.

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Princeton University Commencement Records, 1748-2022 (inclusive)

Extent:
30 boxes and 1 folder
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The Commencement Records contain programs, bulletins, announcements and newspaper clippings which document commencement activities from 1748 to the present. Files are arranged chronologically by year. In addition there are separate series consisting of bound programs, electrical broadcast transcriptions, bound commencement notices, oversize material, and audio recordings of various commencement, class day, and baccalaureate activities.

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Autograph Book Collection, 1825-1884 (inclusive) 1848-1882 (bulk)

Extent:
43 boxes
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This collection contains more than two hundred autograph books from more than two hundred members of classes between 1825 and 1884. The books were used to collect not only the autographs of classmates, but also good wishes, bits of favorite verse, letters of farewell, or reminiscences of shared events during undergraduate years.

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"Old Nassau" Collection, 1859-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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This collection contains early scores and lyrics to Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" as well as information about the song and the men who created it.

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Faculty and Professional Staff files, Subgroup 8: I - K, 1764-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
127 boxes
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Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

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Student Correspondence and Writings Collection, 1768-2020 (inclusive)

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19 boxes and 4 digital files
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The Student Correspondence and Writings Collection contains original materials from the university archives that document aspects of student life as experienced by students at Princeton University.

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Admission Office Records, 1854-2017 (inclusive) 1922-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
42 boxes, 2 items, and 1 websites
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The Admission Office has determined who should be allowed to enroll as undergraduates at Princeton University since 1922. The actual composition and the desired composition of each class have been contentious campus issues since the introduction of selective admission. The debates over the value of recruiting and admitting alumni sons, war veterans, athletes, disadvantaged students (especially racial minorities), and women are reflected in the records of the Admission Office. This collection includes a number of reports and minutes, some of which are restricted, news clippings and releases about Princeton admission, historical materials, and a series of Admission Office publications.

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Samuel L. Southard Papers, 1802-1846 (bulk) 1783-1893 (inclusive)

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170 boxes and 73.6 linear feet
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This collection consists of papers of New Jersey politician, lawyer, and governor Samuel Lewis Southard, presenting a rather comprehensive view of Southard's personal and professional life, as well as the state of American politics and the law profession during the first half of the nineteenth century. Included is a significant amount of Southard's personal and professional correspondence and notebooks. Also contained in this collection are printed materials from Southard's library, other printed documents, and papers generated by family members and associates.

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

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19 boxes, 28 items, and 7.4 linear feet
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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.

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

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123 boxes, 2 items, and 50 linear feet
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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.

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Elmer Adler Papers, 1651-1961 (inclusive) 1925-1955 (bulk)

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464 boxes
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Elmer Adler was a printer, publisher, editor, and author. This collection consists of the personal papers of Adler as well as the business archives of the Pynson Printers and The Colophon.

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Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, 1786-2004 (inclusive) 1880s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:
1492 boxes, 66 items, 151 volumes, and 750 linear feet
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This collection consists of virtually all of the surviving records of Scribners (1846-1984), the New York City publisher, and reflect aspects of all of its publishing functions (soliciting and acquiring books, editing manuscripts, printing and manufacturing books, advertising and publicizing publications) and business concerns (book and magazine publisher, retail bookstore, subscription books department, educational books department, printing press and bindery, rare books department). Included are files of editorial correspondence with authors, manufacturing records about book production, advertising records, author contracts, a collection of dust jackets, book catalogs, ledgers, and photographs. While there are gaps in most of the series or record groups, there are records representative of all of the firm's former permutations: Baker & Scribner, Charles Scribner & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Welford, Scribner & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons. The bulk of...(see more)

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Carlos Fuentes Papers, 1830s-2012 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

Extent:
381 boxes and 60 items
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The Carlos Fuentes Papers consists of personal and working papers of Fuentes (1928-2012), Mexican author, editor, and diplomat, including notebooks, manuscripts of novels and novellas, short stories, plays, screenplays, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, translations of fiction and nonfiction, correspondence, juvenilia, drawings, documents, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, papers of others, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed material.

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

Extent:
51 boxes, 229 items, and 13 volumes
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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.

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Ferdinand Denis letters and manuscripts, 1847-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of letters, manuscripts and notes dating from 1847 to 1882, from French historian, writer, and librarian at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, Ferdinand Denis. Also included is one letter written to him. Many of the items concern Brazil, but there are also two chapters apparently intended for a book.

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Dickinson Family Collection, 1790-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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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.

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

Extent:
6 volumes
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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.

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

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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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.

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Robert McKnight Collection, 1841-1876 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists chiefly of correspondence to and miscellaneous essays and notes written by Robert McKnight, a member of the Princeton Class of 1839 and, later, a Pennsylvania congressman.

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A. W. Bradford Collection, 1843-1932 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Contains some miscellaneous papers of A. W. Bradford, governor of Maryland during the Civil War, but the collection consists primarily of speeches, correspondence, documents, and printed matter of Bradford's son, Samuel Webster Bradford (Princeton Class of 1875).

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

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5 boxes
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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.

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DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.

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Harold E. Pickersgill Collection, 1809-1939 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of historical papers of New Jersey collected by New Jersey historian Harold E. Pickersgill and related correspondence and newspaper clippings.

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French Family Collection, 1835-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.

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Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1883 (inclusive)

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

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George Palmer Putnam Collection, 1813-1888 (inclusive) 1853-1855 (bulk)

Extent:
12 boxes
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Consists primarily of authors' correspondence, accompanied by related artwork, pertaining to G.P. Putnam & Co.'s publishing enterprise from before the Civil War. In addition to the correspondence and a scrapbook of miscellaneous material, the collection contains drafts of articles intended for the anthology Homes of American Authors (1853), as well as manuscript material by George Bethune and Francis Hawks.

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1917-1947 (bulk) 1827-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
93 boxes
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. This collection covers a broad spectrum of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's work in the fields of art history, philosophy, religion, and social criticism.

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Louis Adamic Papers, 1848-1951 (inclusive) 1921-1951 (bulk)

Extent:
113 boxes, 6 items, and 58.5 linear feet
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Louis Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot." This collection consists of papers of Adamic, including manuscripts of his books, short stories, articles, and lectures, as well as sketches, paste-ups, and proofs of Adamic's own journal T & T. Also included are correspondence, subject files, and works of other writers.

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

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38 boxes and 17.1 linear feet
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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.

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