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Sinclair Hamilton 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.
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Sinclair Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906) established the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books which is housed in the Princeton University Library.
The collection consists of a manuscript and correspondence of Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1906). The collection contains the typescript, notes, and proofs of his Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1870 (1950), a catalog of the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books, illustrated, for the most part, with woodcuts and engravings, which is housed in the Princeton University Library. There is also correspondence with libraries, museums, bookshops, and dealers concerning the acquisition of books for his collection and its transfer to the library.
Published under same title (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1950)
Gift of Sinclair Hamilton in 1959 (AM 16436, AM 16461). Additions were a gift of Sinclair Hitchings in 2014 (AM 2015-5).
This contents list was created by Jerome Jackson in June 2010.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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Open for research/
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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
Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Revision, galley proofs and typescript of "Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers"
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Galley Proofs and Typescript of "Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers"
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Galley proofs and typescript
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Galley proofs and typescript
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