William A. Packard Collection

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Call Number:

C0750

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

3 boxes
1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William A. Packard Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1857-1878 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Packard, William A. (William Alfred), 1830-1909

Form:

Lecture notes -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected papers of classics professor William A. Packard.

Packard, William A. (William Alfred), 1830-1909

William A. Packard was a professor of Latin languages and literature at Princeton from 1870 until his retirement.

The collection consists of selected papers of Packard. Included are lecture notes on Latin literature, an annotated copy of Ciceronis Epistolarum Delectus (1871), several personal documents, and a letter (1871) to Henry Woodhull Green concerning the design of a new library at Princeton College. There are also several volumes (1854-1856) of lecture notes Packard took while a student at the Andover Theological Seminary.

Transferred from Archives. Certificate of PHD was a gift of A.A Packard in 1913. Letter to Green was purchased in 1940, from "Collins Papers." Recommendation of Parrott is a gift of T.M. Parrott.

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Folder inventory prepared by Lisa Yankowitz ('13) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher: Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date: 2012
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Collection Inventory

Lecture Notes: Roman Literature, 1878. 2 boxes.

Scope and Contents

Caesar and Pompey Circle of Cladia Cato Cicero and Caesar

Physical Description

2 boxes