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Edward Everett Collection, 1828-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American statesman Edward Everett.

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

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Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet

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Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.

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"Archives: Being the History of a Family, 1775-1899," by Thomas Clinton Pears, 1920s (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Consists of a copy of an unpublished manuscript by Thomas Clinton Pears (Princeton Class of 1907), entitled "The Archives: Being the History of a Family, 1775-1899," which constitutes his transcription and editing of original Pears family papers in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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James McNeill Whistler Collection, 1892-1903 (bulk) 1868-1910 (inclusive) 1952 January 9 1953 April 1955 February 23 1956 November 19 1993 October

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists chiefly of selected autograph letters and notes of the American-born, England-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler addressed to his friend Jonathan Sturges, Princeton Class of 1885, the majority of which relates to the affair of the "Baronet and the Butterfly," a public scandal which concerned an oil portrait of Lady Eden.

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

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Thomas Burnside Morris Papers, 1861-2000 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Thomas Burnside Morris graduated from New York University in 1861 with a degree in civil engineering. He was a chief engineer of the Long Island Railroad, 1863; a division chief of the Panama Railroad, 1864-1865; a division chief of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1867-1869; and a division chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1870-1874. He died in Oakland, California, on November 8, 1885. The collection consists primarily of material relating to Morris's role in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad.

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

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Edmund Gosse Collection, 1884-1925 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse.

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

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George R. Collins Papers, 1937-1985 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 3.5 linear feet

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Consists of notebooks and notes taken by George R. Collins during his years as an undergraduate and graduate student at Princeton (Classes of 1939, 1942) in the fields of art and architecture.

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John Keats Memorial Volume Collection, 1920-1921 (inclusive)

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2 boxes

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Consists of the original articles, essays, and poems written by prominent literary figures as contributions to the John Keats Memorial Volume (1921), edited by G. C. Williamson.

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

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Kenneth Roberts Letters to Malcolm Johnson, 1936-1955 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of letters by the American historical novelist Kenneth Roberts to his Doubleday editor, Malcolm Johnson.

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Martha Bradstreet Family Papers, 1780-1880 (inclusive)

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1 box

Abstract:

Consists of a collection of correspondence, writings, legal documents, and genealogical papers belonging to Martha Bradstreet (1780-1871) of Bennettsville, New York. Bradstreet inherited land in Oneida, Herkimer, and Delaware Counties, New York, through her step-grandfather, Major General John Bradstreet (1711-1774), and fought legal battles surrounding her land claims for much of the 19th century.

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