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Chambers Family Papers

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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

The Chambers family was a prominent family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter of the Chambers family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The diaries were kept mainly by the women of the family, the earliest written by Mary Stokes (1797) when she was thirteen and the latest by Mary B. Chambers (1962), who kept a diary for seventy-two consecutive years. Also represented by a large number of diaries is Fanny Clarke Chambers who kept one from 1839 until 1888. There are many postcards sent by family members while traveling in the United States and abroad, some included in scrapbooks. The collection also contains documents such as deeds, wills, mortgage agreements, and indentures, as well as bankbooks, financial accounts, and some business records of the Tide Water Pipe Company, Ltd. of Titusville, Pa. In addition, there are maps, commonplace books, and recipe books.

Unprocessed.

Gift of Richard B.T. Roberts.

Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '2013 in 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

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

Diary: Mary Stokes, 1797-1815. 2 Volumes.
Physical Description

2 Volumes

Diary: Fanny Clark Chambers, 1838-1862. 26 Volumes.
Physical Description

26 Volumes

Diary: Fanny Clark Chambers, 1864-1882. 19 Volumes.
Physical Description

19 Volumes

Diary: Fanny Clark Chambers, 1883-1888. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Diary: Hannah Hough Barnsley Chambers, 1861-1866. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Diary: Anna P. Chambers, 1886-1889. 4 Volumes.
Physical Description

4 Volumes

Diary: Thomas Preston Chambers, 1856. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary: Helen Troth Chambers, 1887. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1886-1916. 12 Volumes.
Physical Description

12 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1917-1925. 9 Volumes.
Physical Description

9 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1926-1932. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1933-1939. 7 Volumes.
Physical Description

7 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1940-1945. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1946-1951. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Diary: Mary B. Chambers, 1952-1953. 2 Volumes.
Physical Description

2 Volumes

Diary: Elizabeth C. Chambers, 1901-1954. 5 Volumes.
Physical Description

5 Volumes

Diary: Elizabeth C. Chambers, 1955-1959. 5 Volumes.
Physical Description

5 Volumes

Loose Material from Elizabeth Chambers 1956 Diary, 1956. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary: Elizabeth C. Chambers, 1960-1962. 3 Volumes.
Physical Description

3 Volumes

Diary: Mrs. Thomas Preston Chambers, 1919. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary: F.W. Le Roy, 1923. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Diary: Unknown, 1895-1932. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Account Records, 1824-1884. 10 Volumes.
Physical Description

10 Volumes

Inscriptions in Burial Ground of Christ Church, 1864. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Autograph Books, 1783-1891. 6 Volumes.
Physical Description

6 Volumes

Recipe Book, Diary, Poems, 1833-1886. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Autobiography of Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Roberts, 1846-1847. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

Legal Documents, 1774-1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1642-1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, after 1705. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1861-1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1784-1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1758-1911. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1721-1819. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1810-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1842-1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1707-1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1785-1873. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1726-1868. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1716-1909. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1716-1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal Documents, 1758-1844. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1797-1831. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1679-1834. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1745-1930. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1775-1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1779-1894. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1834-1917. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1883-1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1881-1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1852-1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Documents, 1868-1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1718-1814. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1767-1871. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1769-1911. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Concession of a Mineral Zone of Four Sections", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Concession Republic of Honduras", 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Concession Republic of Honduras", 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Account Books, 1897-1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Diary: Robert E. Hopkins, 1894-1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Account Book, 1848. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook of Robert E. Hopkins, 1850. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Recuerdo de Guatemala", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cloth Sack, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Composition Booklet, 1822. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Maps of the World, 1836. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Documents, 1826-1865. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Postcards, 1902-1939. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Postcards, 1902-1939. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Postcard Scrapbooks, 1880-1907. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Also includes a scrapbook of Library of Congress souvenir prints.

Physical Description

1 box

Print, Suggest