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Nelson R. Burr Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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Nelson R. Burr (Princeton Class of 1927) is an American historian at the Library of Congress and a church historian.
The collection consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, juvenilia, and printed matter of Burr (Princeton Class of 1927). The collection contains the typed manuscript (carbon) and photographs for Burr's book Education in New Jersey, 1630-1871 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1942), based on his Ph.D. thesis at Princeton, as well as undergraduate notes and essays, and letters written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Burr, during undergraduate (1923-1927) and graduate school years (1928-1932) at Princeton and New York University (1929).
The bulk of the collection consists of letters written to Burr by his father, friends, clergymen, publishers, and libraries, much of it regarding Burr's histories of various parishes and churches in Connecticut and Washington, D.C. The correspondence reflects his interest in religious matters, especially the Episcopal Church, and there are letters concerning his book The Story of the Episcopal Church in the United States (1936). In addition, the collection contains scrapbooks kept by Burr when he was with the Library of Congress, as well as scrapbooks of the state anniversary exhibitions (1945-1948) mounted there, and includes a series of biographies for the "Liberty Ships" of the United States Maritime Commission written by him and others (1942-1944).
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Unprocessed, except for four boxes of letters by Burr to his parents, which are in chronological order.
Gift of the author.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
No appraisal information is available.
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Organization
Subject
- College students -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century
- Education -- New Jersey -- 18th century
- Education -- New Jersey -- 19th century
- Education -- New Jersey -- 20th century
- Liberty ships -- United States
Place
- Connecticut -- Church history -- 19th century -- Sources
- Connecticut -- Church history -- 20th century.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Church history -- 19th century.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Church history -- 20th century.
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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Collection is open for research use.
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