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Clarke Family Papers, 1710-1906 (inclusive) 1802-1890 (bulk)

Extent:

1 box and 0.45 linear feet

Abstract:

The Clarke family lived and farmed in the Stony Brook - Quaker Bridge area of Middlesex County, New Jersey, now known as Clarkesville of Mercer County. The collection includes documents of the Clarke family such as deeds, wills, and mortgages of various generations of Clarkes.

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Blair Family Papers, 1829-1945 (bulk) 1829-1977 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 3.5 linear feet

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Consists of a group of family papers and genealogical research collected by members of the Blair family, a prominent political family in the United States in the 19th century. Materials relate to Francis Preston Blair Sr. (1791-1876) and his descendents, including Frank P. (Francis Preston) Blair Jr., Apolline Alexander Blair, Francis Preston Blair III, Andrew A. Blair, James L. Blair, Gist Blair, Emily Blair Henrotin, and others. Included are correspondence, documents, genealogical research, photographs, printed materials, and writings related to politics, military service, family history, and domestic life.

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

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Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk) 1799-1963 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 4.6 linear feet

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This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

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Samuel Carter Hall Papers, 1843-1893 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Consists primarily of correspondence and poetry of Samuel Carter Hall, a Victorian poet and editor of The Art-Union.

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Thomas Potts Johnson Collection, 1769-1846 (inclusive)

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8 boxes and 3.2 linear feet

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Consists of miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Potts Johnson's legal practice covering the New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex; papers pertaining to his position as New Jersey attorney general; and two family photograph albums.

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Thomas Colchie '64 Collection on Jorge Amado, 1946-1991 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.5 linear feet

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The collection consists of twenty-four audiocassette recorded interviews conducted by Thomas Colchie (Princeton University alumnus, Class of 1964) of or about Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. Recordings include interviews with Jorge Amado and other writers and artists speaking about Amado. Also includes photocopy documents about Amado's political involvement as an elected representative in Brazil's National Constituent Assembly from 1945-1947, and photocopy documents of Brazil's National Intelligence Service (SNI) file on Amado.

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Claude-Henri Dufour Art Course Materials, 1797-1822 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet

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The collection consists of course planning materials, manuscripts for an illustrated treatise on art and design, speech drafts, and drawings of French professional designer and art teacher Claude-Henri Dufour (1766-1845), dating from the period during and following the French Revolution, related to an art course he developed and taught at l'École Centrale d'Allier in the Auvergne region of central France. Dufour's writings depict an ardent republican who promoted the value of design education for artists during the Industrial Revolution and early years of industrial design. Course materials cover elements of design and perspective, anatomy and proportion of the human figure, aesthetics, composition, and ornamental design, as well as touch on architecture and natural history.

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Selected Papers of Jonathan Pennington Alward, 1834-1874 (inclusive) 1834-1841 (bulk)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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The Jonathan Pennington Alward Collection consists of correspondence and assorted writings of the Basking Ridge, N.J., native Jonathan Pennington Alward—a clergyman, missionary, and graduate of Princeton (Class of 1836)—and his family.

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William Faulkner Collection, 1932-1961 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

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Consists of manuscripts and letters of American novelist and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner and related materials, including manuscripts of Maurice Coindreau's translation into French of four Faulkner novels.

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Arthur Gläser Papers, 1919-1948 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 1.9 linear feet

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Consists of the writings, notes, diaries, calendars, ledgers, and miscellanea of the German novelist, poet, and critic Arthur Gläser (b. 1895 ).

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