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"Old Nassau" Collection

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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This collection contains early scores and lyrics to Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" as well as information about the song and the men who created it. Included are biographical information pertaining to the lives of the song's composer and lyricist, both before and after 1859. Other materials were assembled by Wilford Conrow (Class of 1901) as research for the publication Old Nassau (1905), a book containing the original song and its variations and several related essays.

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This collection was processed by Sue J. Kim in June 1997. Finding aid written by Sue J. Kim in June 1997.

Publisher
University Archives
Finding Aid Author
Sue J. Kim
Finding Aid Date
2001
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

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Collection Inventory

Peck, Rev. Harlan Page: Papers: Poems, letters, and photographs; Nassau Rake (1859); notes by Frederic Fox, Class of 1939, circa 1859-1866. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Peck, Rev. Harlan Page, Family Papers: Mrs. H. P. Peck's journal and photograph; obituaries of Richard Peck (H. P. Peck's son); Dr. Houghton M. Peck's correspondence concerning his father, 1895-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Peck, Rev. Harlan Page: Frederic Fox, Class of 1939, correspondence with Presbyterian church members and Mrs. H. M. Peck, 1967-1968. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Langlotz, Karl A.: Letters, documents, pamphlets, clippings, etc, 1872-1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905) manuscripts: Published and unpublished manuscripts for the book prepared by Wilford Conrow, circa 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905) illustrations: Photoengraver's copy of illustrations used in the book prepared by Wilford Conrow, circa 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): Correspondence of Wilford Conrow concerning lining, binding and other publishing details of the book; copyright documents, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): Reviews and Announcements. Clippings on publication of the book, announcements, reviews, etc, 1905-1906. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): Letters to Wilford Conrow in appreciation of Old Nassau presentation copies, 1906-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Old Nassau": Miscellaneous papers. Clippings, letters, Princeton University Press press releases, Program for the Presentation Ceremony of the Karl Langlotz Memorial, etc, 1930-1987. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Songs of Old Nassau (1859): Contains the first printed copy of the song, "Old Nassau", 1859. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): No. 4 of the Presentation edition of one hundred copies; signed by the composer Karl A. Langlotz; published by Wilford Conrow, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): No. 57 of the first edition of five hundred copies; signed by the composer Karl Langlotz; published by Wilford Conrow, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): Third edition, published by Wilford Conrow, 1906. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): No. 327 of the first edition of five hundred copies; signed by the composer Karl Langlotz; published by Wilford Conrow. This copy was in the personal book collection of Jimmy Stewart '1932, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau (1905): No. 285 of the first edition of five hundred copies; signed by the composer Karl Langlotz; published by Wilford Conrow. This copy contains two handwritten notes from Langlotz to Wilford Seymour Conrow '1901, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pencil drawing print of house where Old Nassau was written., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Old Nassau Sheet Music. Composer's Edition (1905): Four copies: Nos. 35 (hard-cover edition), 112 (paperback edition), 124 (paperback edition), 549 (paperback edition) each signed by the composer Karl Langlotz; published by Wilford Conrow, 1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Galley proof of Old Nassau (1905), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photocopied version of the original copy of "Old Nassau" (Peck's signature at the upper left corner), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Portrait of Karl A. Langlotz by Wilford Conrow (pastel, 1904), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Langlotz's U.S. naturalization documents (Declaration of Intentions, 7 November 1866 and Certificate of Naturalization, 3 November 1868), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Langlotz's diploma from Princeton Theological Seminary, 23 April 1872, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"La Source," a copy of sheet music presented by Langlotz, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Bric-a-Brac Criticism," Daily Princetonian, 14 December 1903, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kenneth Clark, Class of 1905, "Everybody Up!," Saturday Evening Post, 10 November 1934, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kenneth Clark, "Teaching College Men How to Listen to Music," Musical America, 3 March 1917, 1860s-1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Photograph of the young Harlan Page Peck, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photograph of the Steinway piano where Langlotz composed "Old Nassau", ( ), circa 1957. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Copy of the song, "Old Nassau," signed by Langlotz, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Langlotz's passport issued by the Saxony (1853), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from H. P. Peck to J. L. Munn, 30 March 1865, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Old Nassau" Manuscripts and Documents Relative to Karl A. Langlotz collected by Wilford Conrow (P97.5762.01q). A collection of letters and versions of the song "Old Nassau", 1905-1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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