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James Barnes Papers, 1894-1936 (inclusive) 1930-1936 (bulk)

Extent:

3 boxes

Abstract:

James Barnes, Class of 1891, was a writer and military historian. The collection consists primarily of correspondence to Barnes from friends and contemporary writers, such as Joseph Choate, William Lyon Phelps, and Edith Wharton. Also included are carbons of some of Barnes's letters, memorabilia and papers of other persons.

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

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New York Central Railroad System Stock Certificates Collection, 1840-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of nearly three hundred stock certificates of companies comprising the New York Central Railroad System.

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

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Roosevelt Family Collection, 1911-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents of several members of the Roosevelt family.

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

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Sarah Anne Vinton Papers on Leonard Alden, 1816-1889 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists largely of correspondence between Sarah Anne Vinton and her cousin Leonard Case Alden, a Harvard graduate and lieutenant in the Civil War.

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

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William T. Anton Collection of Southern Territorial Documents, 1802-1817 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.25 linear feet

Abstract:

The William T. Anton Collection of Southern Territorial Documents consists of nine Southern Territorial legal documents collected by William T. Anton, Jr., and his son, William T. Anton III (Princeton Class of 1988).

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

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William Dodge Horne collection of Ernest Hemingway, 1928-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

William Horne and Ernest Hemingway were lifelong friends. Horne met Hemingway while a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Red Cross during World War I. They were stationed in Schio, Italy, and drove together on the same ambulance. After Hemingway's failed engagement to Agnes von Kurowsky, they shared an apartment in Chicago during the fall of 1920. When Hemingway married Hadley Richardson in September 1921, Horne was in the wedding party. When the writer died in 1961, Horne was an honorary pallbearer. Contains eight Horne-Hemingway items: a copy of a photograph of Frances Horne [Bunny] and Hemingway in Wyoming in 1928; an autograph signed letter by Ernest Hemingway (with postcript by wife Pauline) to "Dearest Bunny and Horney" [Frances and William Horne], dated 9 September [1929], 2 pp., with envelope; an autograph signed letter by Hemingway to "Dear 'Orny" [Horne], dated 1 June [1930], 2 pp., with 5 pp. of fishing gear advertisements with holograph annotations, with...(see more)

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

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James Robertson Collection, 1781-1804 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of later eighteenth and early nineteenth-century correspondence and documents regarding monies owed to James Robertson by the estate of Lord James Drummond, the Earl of Perth.

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

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Philip Ten Eyck Letters to Philip J. Schuyler, 1793-1810 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of over 40 letters from New York City bookseller and politician Philip Ten Eyck to Philip J. Schuyler that document local, regional, and national politics as well as other prominent current events, among other topics.

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

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Robert Smith Collection, 1755-1758 (bulk) 1755-1790 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and documents of carpenter-architect Robert Smith, the leading building professional in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century, chiefly concerning the building of Nassau Hall at The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the house of the college president.

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William Griffith Collection, 1914-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of letters to William Friffith, an American author and editor, from various authors, poets, and editors.

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