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Henry Neill Paul Papers

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Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954

Henry Neill Paul (Princeton Class of 1884) was an American lawyer and collector of Skakespeareana.

The collection consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Neill (Princeton Class of 1884), and an autograph book (1850) and account books (1846-1856, 1841-1843) of family members. The collection contains his essays on Shakespeare; notes and file cards, including a listing of "Editions of Shakespeare's Works Published in the United States" (1779-1910); and correspondence with scholars, libraries, universities, manuscripts dealers, and learned societies on Shakespeare and the interpretation of his plays. Also included are some minutes, correspondence, and notes of the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia. In addition, there are newspapers clippings about World War I.

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This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
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Giles Dawson, dates not examined. 1 box.
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J. W. Draper, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Henry L. Savage, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Robert M. Smith, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Shakespeare Society in Philadelphia, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Unidentified, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Basilicon Doron, copies of A Just Vindication of the Honour of King James of Bleffed Memory, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Shakespeare at Oxford, copy of Oxford Triumph: In the Royal Enter, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Effects of Imagination in Macbeth", dates not examined. 1 box.
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King James-Witchcraft, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Unidentified, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Mary Glovers, 1605. 1 box.
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Francis and Beatrice, Anne Gunten, 1605. 1 box.
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Londons Dove or A Memoriall of the Life of Maiffer Robert Dowe, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Line of Kings, Giles Dawson, dates not examined. 1 box.
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A Treatise of Eqivocation, The Unmasking of Murther, dates not examined. 1 box.
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A Collection of Diners and Remarkable Stories, Tragical and Comical, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Demonology and Nacromancy, "Garrick's Handeling of Macbeth", dates not examined. 1 box.
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Sorcery, dates not examined. 1 box.
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The Profanity Statute, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Royal Papers, Hounds in the Old Days, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Bleeding Sergeant, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Hasty Widow, Swearing and Lying, dates not examined. 1 box.
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The Visit of Christian of Denmark to King James of England, 1606 July 17-August 11. 1 box.
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Kingly Graces, dates not examined. 1 box.
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The Castle of Dusinnan, Stage directions for Royal Touch, dates not examined. 1 box.
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The First Performance of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, dates not examined. 1 box.
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The First Performance of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, Volume 2, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Macbeth IV (scene production), dates not examined. 1 box.
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Drapery by John W. Draper, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Foot-notes for MWW, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Players' Quartos and The Players' Duodecimos of Hamlet", dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, ", 1851-1951. 1 box.
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"Mr. Hugh's Edition of Hamlet", dates not examined. 1 box.
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Notebooks and Notes on the works of Shakespeare, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Six letters published in The Times Literary Supplement, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"Reprint of Joseph Quincy Adams Memorial Studies", 1948. 1 box.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, 1933. 1 box.
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"The First Performance of Macbeth" by Henry Neill Paul, 1947. 1 box.
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The University of Pennsylvania Library Chronicle, 1938. 1 box.
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"The Effects of Imagination in Macbeth" by Henry Neill Paul, 1938. 1 box.
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"Shakespeare in Philadelphia" by Henry Neill Paul, 1936. 1 box.
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"Players' Quartos and Duodecimos of Hamlet" by Henry N. Paul, 1934. 1 box.
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"Eight Lectures on Living Problems in Shakespeare" by J. Dunran Spaeth, Ph.D., 1908. 1 box.
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"Mak and Archie Armstrang" by T. M. Parrott, 1944. 1 box.
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"Overrun" by Robert M. Smith, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Influence of Biblical Texts upon English Law" by John Marshall Gest, 1910. 1 box.
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"Abstracts and Bibliography of the Published Work of Members of the Faculty, Lehigh University", 1935-1937. 1 box.
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Book Handbook, An Illustrated Quarterly for Discriminating Book-Lovers Volume 2 no.1, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Quarto of King Lear and Shorthand" by Joseph Quincy Adams, 1933. 1 box.
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A Reprint from Shakespeare Quarterly by The Shakespeare Association of America, Inc., 1953. 1 box.
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Shakespeare Quarterly by The Shakespeare Association of America, Inc., 1954. 1 box.
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"The Reading of Shakespear in Colonial America" by Edwin Eliott Willoughby, 1936. 1 box.
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The Shakespeariana Collection of the Late J. Parker Norris, Esq. of Philadelphia, PA. by the American Art Association, 1922. 1 box.
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"The Veil of Beauty Some Apect of Verse and Prose in Shakespeare and Goethe" by Richard Flatter, 1951. 1 box.
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Illustrated Catalogue of the Pictures Ec. In The Shakespeare Memorial at Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1896. 1 box.
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"Hamlet vs. Rex" by Isaac Hassler, 1931. 1 box.
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"Hamlet and Gertrude, or The Conscience of The Queen" by Robert M. Smith, 1936. 1 box.
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Biblia by The Princeton University Press, 1937. 1 box.
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PMLA by The Modern Language Association of America, 1934. 1 box.
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"The Commissioners of the Alms-House vs. Alexandre Whistelo" by David Longworth, 1808. 1 box.
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"An Offprint from Speculum-A Journal of Mediaeval Studies" by Henry L. Savage, 1933. 1 box.
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Bulletin of The New York Library, Volume 40 no. 6, 1936. 1 box.
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The Shakespeare Fellowship Quarterly, Volume V no.3, Vol.VII no.4, Vol.VII no.4, dates not examined. 1 box.
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"The Dream of Esile and The Ennobled Queen" by Henry N. Paul, 1933. 1 box.
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"Garrick's Presentation of Antony and Cleopatra" by George Winchester Stone, Jr, 1937. 1 box.
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"Mr. Hugh's Edition of Hamlet" by Henry N. Paul, 1934. 1 box.
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Theater Arts, 1951 May. 1 box.
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"Sonderdruck aus Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft", dates not examined. 1 box.
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Hampton Court Palace by G. H. Chettle, F. S. A, 1950. 1 box.
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Macmillan Books, 1950 Spring. 1 box.
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Bodleian Library by Charles Batey, 1951-1952. 1 box.
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"A Reverie", 1787. 1 box.
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New Republic, 1951. 1 box.
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The Atlantic Bookshelf, 1950. 1 box.
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President's Note to Austria and Comments, 1915. 1 box.
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Lindley M. Garrison, 1916. 1 box.
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Sec. Garrison\ Army Matters, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1914, 1914. 1 box.
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Women's Suffrage, Editorials and Comments, 1915. 1 box.
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President's Second Note to Germany, Editorials and Comments, 1915. 1 box.
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The President's Third Note to Germany, Editorial and Press Comments, 1915. 1 box.
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The Third German Note to the United States, Editorial Comments, 1915. 1 box.
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The Kraiser's Note to the United States, Editorial Comments, 1915 March 31-June 3. 1 box.
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Newspaper Clippings in relation to Shakespeare, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Pictures, including five idealized pictures from 1588 by John White, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Account Book, 1841-1861. 1 box.
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Autograph Book, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Album of Prints and Engravings, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Postcard Album, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Blueprint of Henry Neill Paul's house, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Folder of Lectures and Essays related to Henry Neill Paul at Princeton, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Account Book, 1848-1967. 1 box.
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Postcard Album, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Two Index Card Catalogue of the Works of Shakespeare published in the United States from 1775 to 1888, dates not examined. 1 box.
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Print, Suggest