Call Number:

C0016

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

4 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Agnew Paton Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1880-1889 (inclusive)

Creator:

Paton, William Agnew, 1848-1918

Form:

Albumen prints -- 19th century. and Photographs -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of portfolios of photographs, illustrations, and articles of William Agnew Paton related to his travel books.

William Agnew Paton was a publisher of the New York World and a world traveler.

The collection consists of nine numbered portfolios of book illustrations and photographs together with an additional volume containing copies of articles on the history of Sicily.

Box 1: Volume of articles on the history of Sicily, and Portfolios No. 1 (Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition), No. 2 (European views, primarily of England), No. 3 (proofs of illustrations for Paton's Down the Islands), and No. 4 (England). Box 2: Portfolio No. 5 (Europe and Morocco). Box 3: Portfolios No. 7 (England) and No. 8 (Alps). Box 4: Portfolios No. 9 (yachts) and No. 11 (illustrations for his Picturesque Sicily).