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James B. Rankin Autograph Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Consists predominantly of autograph letters of 19th- and early 20th-century English, French, and American illustrators, but with some manuscripts and illustrations included, collected by Rankin. The collection contains autograph letters of Thomas Nast, Maxfield Parrish, Frederic Remington, Kate Greenaway, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Herbert Hoover, F. C. Burnand, and many of the artists and writers of Punch magazine.
Gift of James Rankin '23 in 1961.
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This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
No appraisal information is available.
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Subject
- Artists -- England -- 19th century
- Artists -- England -- 20th century
- Artists -- United States -- 19th century
- Artists -- United States -- 20th century
- Autographs -- Collections
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Collection Inventory
Consists of James B. Rankin's collection of autographs from individuals such as Randolph Caldecott and Thomas Nast, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically.
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Includes one letter by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847), dated 1818.
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Consists primarily of correspondence of James B. Rankin as well as clippings.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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