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John Bright Letters, 1845-1908 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of over forty letters by John Bright written while he was a member of Parliament and addressed to various individuals.

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

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Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection, 1842-1940 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 2.1 linear feet

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The Jeter A. and Elizabeth Riggs Isely Collection consists of manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and correspondence relating to research by the American historian and Princeton professor Jeter A. (Jeter Allen) Isely (1913-1954) and his wife, Elizabeth ["Lisette"] Riggs Isely (1914-1957).

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

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Peter Schwed Correspondence, 1948-1994 (inclusive) 1982 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of 40 letters by various authors to Peter Schwed on the occasion of his retirement in 1982 as editor, publisher, and vice-president (1945-1982) of Simon and Schuster, Inc. Also present are brief comments on these letters by Schwed and a copy of his self-published Plum to Peter: Letters of P. G. Wodehouse to his Editor Peter Schwed (1996).

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

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Gilbert Chinard Collection of French Historical Material, 1494-1905 (inclusive) 1761-1885 (bulk)

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4 boxes and 1.7 linear feet

Abstract:

Contains historical and literary manuscripts collected by Gilbert Chinard (1881-1972), a Franco-American scholar who was associated with the Institut Français de Washington from 1928 and was Pyne Professor of French at Princeton University, 1937-50. His published work was on French literature and the history of Franco-American relations.

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

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Jack Iams Mystery Novels, 1946-1950 (inclusive)

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5 boxes

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Jack Iams (Samuel Harvey Iams, Jr.), Class of 1932, was a noted mystery writer in the first part of the twentieth century. The collection includes notes, drafts, outlines, and typescripts for seven of Iams's mysteries, as well as several assorted items, such a book jacket proofs and page proofs.

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

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Davidson Materials, 1879-1945 (inclusive) 1890-1909 (bulk)

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4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet

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John Davidson was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Scottish poet hailed for his provincial, melancholy body of work. This collection contains letters, manuscripts, reports, galley proofs with Davidson's holograph corrections, documents, and clippings pertaining to his literary career.

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

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Selected Papers of Edward Naumburg, 1882-1993 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 3.04 linear feet

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Consists of correspondence, files relating to collecting interests, and miscellanea of the American stockbroker and manuscripts collector Edward Naumburg (Princeton Class of 1924).

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

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Georges Braive World War I Photographs of the Macedonian Front, 1917-1918 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

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Consists of over 1,000 military and ethnographic photographs of the Macedonian Front of World War I taken by French architect Georges Braive (1884-1963) during his service as a lieutenant commander of the Armée d'Orient's "Section sanitaire automobile 27."

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

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Chester H. King Diaries, 1875-1883 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of three diaries, two of which chronicle Chester H. King's overland journey to the southwestern frontier from Kansas along the Santa Fe Trail from 1881 to 1883.

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

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Junius Spencer Morgan Collection of Seals, circa 1294-1824 (inclusive)

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1 box and 1.4 linear feet

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Contains seven Royal and Papal seals spanning the 13th to the 19th century and including Louis XVIII of France, Pope Leo X, and Pope Boniface VIII.

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