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Selected Papers of David Paton
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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David Paton (Princeton Class of 1874) was an Egyptologist.
The collection consists primarily of letters to Paton (Princeton Class of 1874) about his four-volume work Early Egyptian Records of Travel: Material for a Historical Geography of Western Asia (1915-1922), including letters from George Vincent Welter, Robert William Rogers, and the Egyptologist A. H. Sayce. There is also a scrapbook of postcards of Palestine, bearing Paton's references to the Bible, and including six letters by "Mr. Goffey" to William MacGregor and others, and a 7-page autograph manuscript about Egypt. In addition, there are some personal business correspondence, page proofs for an advertising circular for his book, a list of Paton's articles about Egypt, a diploma, and clippings.
AM22018 and AM15332 (scrapbook and diploma).
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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