Call Number:

C0096

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.25 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Granville Caldwell Autograph, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1823-1902 (inclusive)

Creator:

Caldwell, Robert Granville, b. 1882.

Form:

Letters -- 19th century.

Abstract:

The Robert Granville Caldwell Autograph Collection consists of correspondence and memorabilia of Caldwell, an American professor and public official.

Robert Granville Caldwell was an American professor and public official. Born in Bogota, Colombia, to American parents, Caldwell attended to the College of Wooster and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1912. His area of study was Latin America, and he worked in academia for several years before turning to government. He authored several books, including Lopez Expeditions to Cuba (1915), A Short History of the American People, Vol. 1 (1925) and Vol. 2 (1927), James A. Garfield -- Party Chieftain (1931), and Role of the Parties (1933). Caldwell died in 1976.

Consists of letters by several prominent 19th-century Americans collected by Caldwell, including seven signed, autograph letters (1823-1830) by Henry Clay, six signed, autograph letters (1850-1871) by Horace Greeley, and six signed, autograph letters (1844-1861) by Sam Houston. Autograph letters by P. T. Barnum, Millard Fillmore, James Garfield, Belva Lockwood (1st woman candidate to run for president), Cotton Mather, Winfield Scott, and William Sherman--among others--are also included.