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Chalfant Robinson 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

Robinson, Chalfant, 1871-1947

Chalfant Robinson was an American educator, author, and curator.

The collection consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, and manor rolls collected by Robinson. In addition, there are miscellaneous photographs, nineteen slides illustrating medieval paleography, wax seals, and printed matter.

Gift of Chalfant Robinson, 1947 (AM 13457).

The two wax seals were found in the repository in 2016 (AM 2017-48).

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '15 in September 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

The Chronicle of Melrose (Facsimile), 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photostats of Unidentified Manuscripts, Undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"The Great Roll of the Pipe" Lecture by Chalfant Robinson, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs of Class of '99, Ohio Western Football Team, Chalfant's Parents, and Chalfant Robinson, 1917-1919. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified Original Manuscripts, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Concession to the Abbey of St. Mary of Ardennes, 1198. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Guillaume de Hommet (1135-1209), Contable of Normandy, when King Richard I of England was Duke of Normandy.

Physical Description

1 folder

King Henry VI of England, Indenture, Concerning Sale of Land, 1449 May 20. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Manuscript from Pope Benedictus XIV, 1852. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Church Manuscript, 1748. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Carolus VI, 1711-1740. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified Note or Transcription of Manuscript, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Indenture Dated After the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor (October 13), in 3 Henry V, 1416. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Noterial and Other Documents, 1369-1751. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Seal of Charles V1 (R. 1711-1740), Holy Roman Emperor, 1711-1740. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Unidentified French Royal Wax Seal, 1400-1499. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Print, Suggest