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Princeton University Library Collection of American Revolution Materials, 1765-1783 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and other materials related to the U.S. Continental Congress and the American Revolutionary War era. Materials span from the mid-1760s through the early 1780s, and many concern the state of New Jersey, among other areas.

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

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Philip W. Anderson Papers, 1954-2012 (inclusive)

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24 boxes

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Philip Anderson was a condensed-matter theorist, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, and Nobel laureate. This collection consists primarily of Anderson's research files, which include his article and book drafts, grant files, notes, memos and correspondence, a bound run of his talks and papers, and his research diaries and notebooks. To a lesser extent, the collection contains Nobel Prize nomination applications, recommendation letters, photographic prints, and ephemera.

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

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Byzantine Seals Collection, 1034-1300 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.5 linear feet

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Consists of six Byzantine lead seals: 1) anonymous, 13th century (middle-second half), 24-syllable metrical seal; 2) Niketas, proedros and doux of Antioch, 1034 A.D; 3) Thoros I Roupenids, 13th century (first third), 24-syllable metrical seal; 4) John, metropolitan of Sardis, 11th century; 5) bust of St. Nicholas, 11th (mid) - 12th (early) century, 24-syllable metrical seal; 6) John, logariastes of the Tropaiophoros (St. George of Mangana), 11th century (last third).

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Grover Cleveland Collection, 1860-1907 (inclusive)

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3 boxes

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Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

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

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Melvin M. Tumin Papers, 1942-2007 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 1.6 linear feet

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Melvin Tumin was a professor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University. Consists of correspondence, articles, papers, and book reviews by Melvin Tumin, including his dissertation research on the ladino and Pokomám Maya population of San Luis Jilotepeque in Eastern Guatemala. The collection is especially notable for Tumin's correspondence with writers Saul Bellow, Iris Murdoch, and Philip Roth.

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Newton Lacy Pierce Papers, 1937-1950 (inclusive)

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5 boxes

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Consists of articles, correspondence, and related materials on astronomy of Newton Lacy Pierce, a professor of astronomy at Princeton University.

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Floyd H. Black Collection of Diplomas, 1925-1942 (inclusive)

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3 boxes

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Consists of copies of approximately seven hundred diplomas of graduates of the American College of Sofia, Bulgaria, collected by Black, the college president.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Martha Gellhorn Materials, 1936-1974 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of an open collection of letters and memorabilia of American war correspondent, journalist, and novelist Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998), assembled from various sources. Contents include approximately fifty letters (1968-1974) to her adopted son George "Sandy" Gellhorn and fourteen letters (1941-1946) to George Brown, who was Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway's personal trainer, tennis partner, and friend, as well as badges from Gellhorn's time as a war correspondent and a portrait drawing of her.

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William Hayley Collection, 1775-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected correspondence and poetical manuscripts of English poet William Hayley, the biographer and friend of William Cowper.

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James Mark Baldwin Collection, 1868-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed material relating to the professional career and personal life of American psychologist James Mark Baldwin (Princeton Class of 1884).

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