A Princeton Companion (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978) by Alexander Leitch was consulted during preparation of the biographical note.

According to Joseph Felcone, the seller, papers in Series 6 (AR.2021.009) all came from the papers of Edna Netter, who was a New Jersey antiques dealer active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Felcone writes that Netter acquired all the Maclean material from an estate auction in Princeton. Edna Netter's business partner, Virginia Smith, was also Netter's exeutrix. Virginia Smith's descendants, Denise Smith and Amy Smith, sold Maclean papers in this collection to Princeton University through Joseph J. Felcone.

Other papers in this collection derived from the Edna Netter estate, as well.

FOR DIGITIZED CONTENT: Almost all of the collection, with the exception of Series 6, has been digitized and may be viewed or downloaded through this finding aid. To view materials, navigate to the title of the item, rather than the series.

The collection consists of multiple accessions, five of which were purchases.

An accession consisting of approximately 1 linear foot was purchased from Amy Smith in March 2008.

A second accession, consisting of 230 letters, was purchased from Amy Smith in June 2008.

The third accession consists of membership certificates from the American Bible Society (Series 4), which were transferred from the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections in March 2011.

The fourth accession, consisting of six letters to John Maclean, Jr. and one financial document, was purchased from Joseph Felcone in July 2017 and is associated with accession number AR.2017.099.

The fifth accession, one letter from Edward Drayton '1845 to John Maclean, Jr., was purchased from David Nathan in December, 2016 December 2016 and is associated with accession number AR.2017.104. The accession that makes up Series 6 was purchased from Joseph J. Felcone, Inc., Antiquarian Booksellers, in 2020 and is associated with accession number AR.2021.009.

This collection was processed by Casey Babcock in May 2008. Finding aid written by Casey Babcock in May 2008.

The name of the collection was changed in October, 2017 from the John Maclean, Jr. Papers to the Princeton University Archives John Maclean, Jr. Collection. Series 6, John Maclean, Jr. and Maclean Family Papers Accrual, was added and described by Phoebe Nobles in April, 2022.

The Princeton University Archives holds additional John Maclean, Jr. material in the Office of the President Records (AC117). The Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections holds the Princeton University Library Collection of John Maclean Family Materials (C0342).

Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Library guidelines. Two locks of George Maclean's hair were separated during processing in 2008.

People

• Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
• Maclean, George Macintosh, 1806-1886
• Maclean, John, 1771-1814
• Pennington, Samuel Hayes, 1806-1900

Organization

• Princeton University

Subject

• College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
• Fathers and sons -- New Jersey -- Princeton

Publisher

University Archives

Finding Aid Author

Casey Babcock

Finding Aid Date

2008

Sponsor

These papers were purchased, in part, with the generous support of Steven Brown '77, Dave Cleaves '78, Scott Clemons '90, Donald Farren '58, Jan Kubik '70, Gregg Lange '70, Sev Onyshkevych '83, Cynthia Penney '83, Robert Rodgers '56, Jonathan Sapan '04, Paul Sittenfeld '69 and Frank Sloat '55. These papers were processed with an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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