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James Thayer Gerould Papers on Jonathan Edwards

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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.

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Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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Collection Inventory

Notes, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence, 1931-1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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

Correspondence, 1932. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence, 1933-1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence, 1936-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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

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

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

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