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Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918-1948 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected letters by authors and publishers addressed to American reporter and editor Barton Currie and his wife, Florence.

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

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Selected Papers of John W. Foster, 1892-1916 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Consists of diplomatic and personal papers relating to the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), documenting John Watson Foster's role as consultant to the Chinese commissioners in the negotiations.

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

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George Mifflin Dallas Collection, 1815-1864 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of selected correspondence of George Mifflin Dallas, nineteenth-century American senator and vice-president.

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

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James S. Woods Papers, 1840-1847 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists mainly of family correspondence of James S. Woods, from his entrance into the military academy at West Point in 1840, through his graduation in 1844, and into his Mexican War experience in Matamoros, Mexico, in June 1846.

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

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John and Martha Bowen Letter Book Concerning Bowen Hall Sugar Plantation, 1822-1848 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of 136 letters from John Bowen (1794-1835) and his wife Martha Powell Anthony Bowen (1797-1849) of Philadelphia (Pa.) documenting in great detail the management of Bowen Hall, their sugar plantation located in Vere, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, including its varied finances, seasonal production and export of sugar and rum, and the treatment allocated to its enslaved workers and newly-emancipated population. The letters provide insights into the final throes of the institution of slavery in Jamaica and the abolishment of the practice in 1834; the Jamaican sugar industry; and British politics of the early 19th century in relation to its colonies and trade.

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

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Faure Family Coffee Plantation Correspondence and Inventory, 1761-1770 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of ten letters and an inventory related to a coffee plantation owned by François Faure in the Dondon parish of Saint-Domingue, a French colony on the portion of the island of Hispaniola (Taíno: Haiti) that became the Republic of Haiti in 1804. The collection documents the plantation's operations under the management of Faure's nephew Pierre Faure and a Monsieur M. Fauquet during Faure's absence in the 1760s. The materials in this collection provide a detailed account of the operations of a large colonial coffee plantation in the mid-18th century; they also contain evidence of the practice of marronage and other tactics of resistance to slavery in pre-revolutionary Haiti.

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

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Marianne Moore Collection, 1935-1969 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists selected correspondence and manuscripts of celebrated American poet Marianne Moore.

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

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Samuel Finley Collection, 1756-1766 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Samuel Finley, fifth president of Princeton University.

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

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Evelyn Cameron Photographs, 1903-1907 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928) was a Montana-based amateur photographer. Consists of 15 silver gelatin photographs (most 6.5 x 4 inches, laid on larger boards) of Montana ranching and scenery.

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

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Patrick J. Kelleher Papers, circa 1939-1981 (inclusive) 1960-1978 (bulk)

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6 boxes

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Patrick Kelleher was director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1960 to 1972. His papers consist of articles, notes, photographs, and printed matter from Kelleher about the Holy Crown of Hungary. There is a smaller selection of correspondence with artists and colleagues about the direction of the Art Museum.

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