Call Number:

C0555

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 12 boxes
• 2.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Collins Maclay Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1875-1934 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Maclay, Arthur Collins, 1853-1930

Form:

Correspondence., Lectures., Manuscripts., Maps -- 19th century., photographs, Reports., Slides., and Tintypes.

Abstract:

Consists of works, correspondence, financial records, photographs (including tintypes), a map, glass lantern slides, and printed matter of American lawyer and Far East traveler Arthur Collins Maclay.

Arthur Collins Maclay was an American lawyer, lecturer on the Far East, and author.

The collection consists of works, correspondence, financial records, photographs (including tintypes), a map, and printed matter of Maclay. The collection contains an autograph and typed manuscript of his novel A Budget of Letters from Japan (1886), the autograph manuscript of an unpublished novel, The Kingdom of New York, and two autograph manuscripts of articles, "The Anti-Suffrage Case" and "A Few Leaves from a Globe Trotter's Diary" (1878). There is also correspondence between Maclay and his brother, Robert Hall Maclay, a merchant in Tientsin, China, in which Robert describes his life in Tientsin; and a a sixteen page autograph manuscript report by Robert Hall Maclay sent to Russell & Co., publishers in Shanghai, of his journey to Chihli, Honan and Shantung, China, written in Peking on Jan. 12, 1875. Also included are manuscripts of travel lectures on China and Japan delivered by Maclay with accompanying photographs used to illustrate the lectures and flyers to publicize them. In addition, there are statements of account of the Maclay brothers' estates. There is also a group of glass lantern slides and negatives with images of rural scenes, urban and industrial scenes, maps, buildings and landscapes, and portraits of people in Romania, Japan, India, China, and Italy.

Arranged in this order: manuscripts, correspondence, The Kingdom of New York, printed matter, lectures, photographs (in flat boxes nos. 4 & 5), and stereopticon slides.