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Glen Shoemaker and Douglas Bates Columbia River Dam Sites Aerial Photographs, 1935 september- 1937 may (inclusive)

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2 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Consists of 177 silver gelatin aerial photographs taken by civil engineers Glen Walter Shoemaker (1892-1982) and Douglas Bates (1893-1963) for the Portland District U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers documenting the Columbia River during the Great Depression as construction and installation of power generating machinery at the Bonneville Dam project began changing the flow and nature of the river.

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Faber and Faber Author File on Jacob Peter Mayer, 1943-1989 (inclusive) 1943-1960 (bulk)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of an author file kept by the British publishing house Faber and Faber and editor T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) on Jacob Peter Mayer (1903–1992), a German-born scholar of Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber and professor at the University of Reading. There are letters from T. S. Eliot and other Faber and Faber editors to Mayer, as well as related contracts, publication lists, publishers' catalogs, and book proposals.

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

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Marquis Du Bouzet, Letters to his Mother, 1826-1831 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of 62 ALsS by Marquis du Bouzet to his mother, written while on service in the French Navy in the Mediterranean. The letters range in date from 1826 to 1831.

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Romus Broadway Photographs of the Witherspoon-Jackson Community of Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1955-2005 (inclusive) 1970s-2005 (bulk)

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49 linear feet and 24 boxes

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Consists of 90 photograph collage boards, 30,000 photographic negatives, 760 color slides, and several hundred loose photographic prints, comprising Romus Broadway's body of work documenting the history of the Black community in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton, New Jersey, from the late 1950s through the early 2000s.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Nikolaos, Prince of Greece, 1872-1936 Materials, 1890

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0.4 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of correspondence (ALS) with Prince Nikolaos's parents and sister while his was in Petroupoli and several other places; an autograph diary book; and a notebook containing a handwritten text titled "To taxeidi mou eis tēn Rōssian to 1916" (My trip in Russia in 1916).

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S. Victor Papacosma Collection of Greek Elections Slides, 1981-1989 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of a collection of slides documenting the Greek legislative elections of 1981, 1985, and 1989.

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Collection of Press Photographs of African American Civil Rights Leaders and Politicians, 1960s-1980s (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of a collection of forty-eight publicity and wire service press photographs of African American civil rights leaders and politicians issued between the 1960s and the 1980s.

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Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

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6 boxes

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Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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Collection of Greek Military Junta Printed Materials, 1968-1983 (inclusive)

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1.2 linear feet and 3 boxes

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Consists of printed materials related to the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.

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Richard B. Cohen Collection of Francis S. Cockran, Reuben Yocum, and Bills Family Materials, 1845-1907 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet and 1 box

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Consists of three groups of 19th century materials that were formerly part of the Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection. These include thirteen letters to Francis S. Cockran (1814-1886), a Maryland businessman, Navy officer, abolitionist, and Underground Railroad supporter; eight letters, bounty payments, and financial documents related to Reuben Yocum, 3rd Assistant Engineer on the U.S.S. Fort Hindman; and miscellaneous business records and letters related to the family business of John Houston Bills (1800-1871) and Leonidas Bills (1828-1881) in Bolivar, Tennessee.

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