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James W. Alexander Scrapbooks on Princeton University
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James W. Alexander, member of the Princeton class of 1860, was a prominent New York City insurance official and financier, an active alumnus, and a member of the Princeton Board of Trustees.
The collection consists of 20 scrapbooks containing clippings about Princeton University from Philadelphia, New York and Princeton newspapers, arranged chronologically with occasional correspondence and ephemera from the University.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
No information about acquisition is available.
Container list created by Eleanor Wright '14 in December 2011 and finding aid updated by Christie Peterson in February 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Publisher
- University Archives
- Finding Aid Author
- Christie Peterson
- Finding Aid Date
- 2010
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Collection Inventory
Series 1: James W. Alexander Scrapbooks on Princeton, 1887-1905 consists of 19 scrapbooks containing clippings about Princeton University from Philadelphia, New York and Princeton newspapers, arranged chronologically with occasional correspondence and ephemera from the University.
The scrapbooks in Series 1: James W. Alexander Scrapbooks on Princeton, 1887-1905 are arranged chronologically.
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