Call Number:

C0466

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 4 boxes
• 1.6 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1825-1886. (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Jaeger, Benedict, d. 1869

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Lectures -- 19th century, and Notebooks -- 19th century

Abstract:

Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Benedict Jaeger, professor of natural history and modern languages at Princeton (1832-1843), as well as some papers of others.

Benedict Jaeger was a professor of natural history and modern languages at Princeton (1832-1843).

The collection consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Jaeger, professor of natural history and modern languages at Princeton (1832-1843), as well as papers of others. The collection contains notes, notebooks, and lectures in natural history, and several autograph manuscripts including "The Happy Families or Rural Life the Real Source of Comfort," "Victims of Infidelity," "The Importance of Studying Natural History," and an account of Jaeger's travels in Russia (1825). In addition, there is a log of Henry Hastings Strong describing his trip around the world on the schooner "Brunhilde" in 1885-1886, several miscellaneous letters signed by "Beatrice," and unrelated newspaper clippings.

Unprocessed.