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Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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

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Jay's Treaty Collection, 1797-1799 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Samuel Sitgreaves was a Philadelphia lawyer and one of the American commissioners charged with sorting out financial claims made against Americans by British creditors, including Loyalists, under Article Six of Jay's Treaty (1794). Consists of Samuel Sitgreaves's collection of original manuscripts relating to an Anglo-American commission created by Jay's Treaty between the United States and England, as well as two printed works (1799) about prominent cases considered by the commission, one of which is annotated by Sitgreaves.

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

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Markos Veremēs Papers, 1908-1970 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

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Consists of personal papers of Markos Veremēs, a Greek engineer. Included are photograph and postcard albums of Greece, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey, and Romania; lantern slides and glass-plate negatives of Alaska, correspondence (professional and personal), typed manuscripts, official documents, and printed matter.

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

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Gawine Drummond Document Collection, 1701-1819 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.4 linear feet

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Consists of miscellaneous legal documents of Gawine (also spelled Gavin, Gawen, and Gavine) Drummond, county clerk for Monmouth County Court House in the state of New Jersey, and several members of his family.

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

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Robert H. Barton Family Correspondence, 1849-1890 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Robert H. Barton (1811-1898) of Providence, Rhode Island, from his family that begins in the winter of 1849 when Barton left his wife and four children to head to the California gold fields. The 70 plus letters, which continue until the early 1870s, are from various family members and friends all with the common theme of "come home." Also included are a few letters from Barton; some family photographs; and Barton's account statement from Gregory & Waite Groceries & Provisions (Nevada City).

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

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Bennett Cerf Correspondence Regarding the Ezra Pound Controversy (1946), 1946 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists of responses from the public to Bennet Cerf's appeal (1946) to readers of his "Trade Winds" column in the Saturday Review of Literature on the question of the exclusion of Ezra Pound's poetry from an anthology of English and American poetry being published by Random House.

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

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William Davenport Adams Correspondence, 1882-1904 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of correspondence between British journalist and critic William Davenport Adams and well-known British authors and poets.

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

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Selected Papers of Alfred S. Dashiell, 1921-1967 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.35 linear feet

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Alfred S. Dashiell was an American writer and editor. His papers relate primarily to his time as editor of Scribner's and Reader's Digest. Letters, memorabilia, and incomplete manuscripts of Thomas Wolfe appear, along with letters from other authors, assorted correspondence, and papers dealing with the Princeton matters of Terrace Club, Graduate Council, Hibben Fund, and Class of 1923 reunions.

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Charles W. Millard Correspondence, 1946-2011 (inclusive)

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5 boxes

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Consists of select correspondence, dating from 1946 to 2011, of art historian Charles W. Millard (1932-2017) with artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Carl Chiarenza, Mark Hewitt, Nick George, Jules Olitski, and others.

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

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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]