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Selected Papers of Wilson Farrand

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Farrand, Wilson, 1862-

A graduate of Princeton University (Class of 1886), Wilson Farrand went on to become headmaster of Newark Academy and a founding member of the College Entrance Examination Board.

The collection consists of selected papers of Farrand (Princeton Class of 1886), including letters by Theodore Dreiser, John Grier Hibben, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry van Dyke, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew F. West, as well as addresses and articles of Farrand that are primarily concerned with various aspects of secondary and college education and college entrance examinations. There are memorials on Charles W. Eliot and others associated with higher education, and miscellaneous addresses on such topics as "Tennyson, the Man and His Work," "Leif Erikson and the Norse Discovery of America," and "The Jew in Our Midst." In addition, there are materials related to Farrand's position as a Princeton University trustee (1908-1920), Carteret Book Club pamphlets, essays written as a Princeton student, an account book (1879-1884) showing his student expenditures in Newark and Princeton, and newspaper clippings.

A list (2 pp.) of correspondents and manuscripts is available in the Dept.

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Folder inventory prepared by Fadzilah Yahaya GS in 2011.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2011
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

List of Lectures by Wilson Farrand, Letters to Wilson Ferrand, 1892-1899. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1900-1903. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 letters.

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1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1905. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

5 letters.

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1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1906-1907. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 letters.

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1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1908. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

12 letters.

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1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1911-1913. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

7 letters.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1914-1918. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

5 letters.

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1 folder

Letters to Wilson Farrand, 1925-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

10 letters.

Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Clippings About Wilson Farrand's Appointment as Trustee of Princeton University, 1907-1914. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters Pertaining to Appointment of Wilson Farrand to be Trustee of Princeton University, 1907-1914. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Degree of Master of Arts Granted to Dr. Wilson Farrand by Rutgers University, 1936 June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Report of the Grand Jury of Essex County on Public Institutions, 1907. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Addresses, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Addresses on College Enhance Examination Board and College Preparations, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on "Loyola and the Jesuits", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Addresses on Aspects of Secondary and College Education, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Salutatory Address - Newark Academy, 1878. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Memorial Addresses on Charles Z. Klauder, Edward Dickinson Duffield, Randall Spaulding, William Frederick Allen, Clarence John Hicks, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on Charles William Eliot, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on Leif Erikson and the Norse Academy of America, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on "The Jews in Our Midst", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on Tennyson - The Man and His Work, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on The English Race, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address on the English Race and Its Future, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Carteret Book Club, 1931-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pritchett, Henry Smith (Pres. of Carnegie Foundation for the Adv. of Teaching) - Letter to Wilson Farrand, 1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on American Philanthropy, 1883. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Essays, 1883-1884, 1909, 1913. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Clippings on Lectures by Wilson Farrand, 1893-1902. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Writings by Wilson Farrand, 1893-1907. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed Matter on The Newark Academy, 1916-1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Accounts Book, 1879-1884. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oversize Diplomas and Awards, circa 1862-1942. 1 box.
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1 box

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