Call Number:

C0303

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 7 boxes
• 2.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1850-1950 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), Jr., 1859-1923

Form:

Correspondence. and Photographic prints

Abstract:

Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.

Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1859-1923) was an American educator, archaeologist, editor, and author.

The collection consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Frothingham, Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905), including his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, a writer who also received letters from her publishers and friends, such as Jesse Lynch Williams and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. In addition, the collection contains a box of family photographs. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on memorial and triumphal arches in Rome and throughout the Roman Empire.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Unprocessed. Boxes 4-7 (notes on arches) are arranged alphabetically by place.