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William A. Fleet Papers

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

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Fleet

William A. Fleet was the first American Rhodes Scholar, 1904-1907, at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later an instructor in classics, 1907-1908, at Princeton University.

The collection consists of selected papers of Fleet. Included are a scrapbook of photographs, letters, and clippings related to his military service, passports, commission certificate, posthumous awards, family photographs, and autograph copies of letters of condolence to Mrs. Fleet. In addition there are applications (1894) by Fleet's father, Alexander F. Fleet, for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, and a few letters, 1923-1983, about William A. Fleet.

Transferred from Princeton University Archives in Mudd Library in 1994 (AM1995-36).

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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Documents of Alexander F. Fleet, 1894-1895. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scrapnook (Photos, Letters, Clippings), 1916-1917. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scrapbook (letters and documents removed), 1916-1917. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photograph Album, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Documents, 1916-1918. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters of Condolence to Mrs. Fleet (copies), 1918. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence about W.A. Fleet, 1923-1983. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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