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James Thayer Gerould Papers on Jonathan Edwards

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Call Number:
C0576
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.4 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Thayer Gerould Papers on Jonathan Edwards, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1931-1937 (inclusive)
Creator:
Gerould, James Thayer, 1872-1951
Form:
Correspondence. and Librarians -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Abstract:
Consists of selected papers of James Thayer Gerould, Princeton librarian (1920-1938), accumulated during the preparation of a bibliography of the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), Congregational clergyman and Princeton president.

Gerould, James Thayer, 1872-1951

James Thayer Gerould was librarian of Princeton University Library (1920-1938), a founder of the Association of Research Libraries, and the author of The Printed Writings of Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758: A Bibliography.

The collection consists of selected papers of Gerould, Princeton librarian (1920-1938), accumulated during the preparation of a bibliography of the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), Congregational clergyman and Princeton president, which was published in 1940 by Thomas H. Johnson. Included are correspondence with various university and public libraries, notes, lists, typescripts, and Princeton University Press galley proofs (1937) for the work entitled, The Printed Writings of Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758: A Bibliography.

Publication by Thomas H. Johnson: The Printed Writings of Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758: A Bibliography (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1940)

Bequeathed from the author.

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

No appraisal information is available.

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Notes, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1931-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1931 October-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence, 1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1933-1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1936-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Typescript of Introduction and Index, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

American History, Ruebush's Catalogue Number 60, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University Press Galley Proofs, 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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