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William Kelly Prentice Papers
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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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William Kelly Prentice was a Greek scholar and authority on classical inscriptions. A member of the Princeton Class of 1892, he was an instructor (1892-1893) at the Lawrenceville School, N.J., before becoming a member of the Princeton University faculty in 1894 as an instructor in Greek. He retired from Princeton in 1940 as Ewing Professor of Greek Languages and Literature. Prentice participated in archaeological expeditions to Syria, served in World War I, and was the author of several books.
The collection consists of works, correspondence, and documents of Prentice, as well as selected papers of his father and various other family members. Included in the papers are approximately 65 manuscripts and printed articles and lectures by Prentice, mainly on classical topics or his association with Princeton and the Class of 1892; family and academic correspondence with Thomas Seymour, John Foster Dulles, Howard Crosby, Max Farrand, William Kelly, W. Parmalee Prentice, William Packer Prentice, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Woodrow Wilson, and others; personal documents; and biographical and genealogical records.
Papers of William Packer Prentice include lectures and printed articles; some correspondence; journals, 1849-1915; personal documents; letters received by him and O. M. Mitchell during the Civil War; and other Civil War documents. Also present are family papers, including photographs, Prentice family correspondence (1852-1965), a small file of Hutton family correspondence (1830-1841), and a number of printed writings by various family members, including a typed copy of a diary by Jemima Parmalee Prentice of a pioneer journey (1816) from New Hampshire to New York, "Recollections" by Ezra Parmalee Prentice, "Mount Hope" by E. Parmalee Prentice, and articles and documents of Robert and William Kelly.
Transferred from P.U. Archives in Mudd Library in 1996.
This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
In 2022, restrictions on the Abraham Lincoln certificate where researchers were required to use surrogates were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
No appraisal information is available.
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Organization
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1892.
- United States
Subject
- Classicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Classicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Manuscripts
- Family papers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- 19th century
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single copies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication 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 Special Collections 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.
Collection Inventory
Consists of the works, correspondence, documents, printed matter and genealogical materials of William Kelly Prentice.
This series is arranged into five subseries: Works, Correspondence, Documents, Genealogy, and Printed Material.
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Consists of the works of William Kelly Prentice, such as "Recommendations for American Educational Institutions, such as Princeton," "The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven," "Communism Ancient and Modern," and "The Princeton University Epigraphical Museum," as well as others.
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Consists of the correspondence of William Kelly Prentice, arranged in alphabetical order and including correspondence with William Packer Prentice and correspondence related to Princeton University Class of 1892.
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Consists of personal documents, marriage documents, and clippings.
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Consists of biographical records and notes on family history.
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Consists of newspaper clippings and printed works such as "The House in Capernaum" and "Callisthenes, the Original Historian of Alexander," as well as others.
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Consists of the works, correspondence, journals, documents, and printed matter of William Packer Prentice.
This series is arranged into five subseries: Works, Correspondence, Journals, Documents, and Printed matter.
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Consists of "Address to XY" and "Remarks at Alumni Meeting, Williamstown."
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Consists of the correspondence of William Packer Prentice, arranged in alphabetical order.
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Consists of the journals of William Packer Prentice, arranged in chronological order.
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Consists of German University Certificates, passports, and other miscellaneous documents.
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Consists of miscellaneous personal papers, an obituary for William Packer Prentice, and printed works such as "Dissertation on the Indicative and Admonitive Signs of Sexties Empiricus" and others.
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Consists of correspondence and printed matter related to the Prentice family.
This series is arranged into two subseries: Correspondence, and Printed Matter.
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Consists of miscellaneous correspondence as well as miscellaneous papers of the Hutton family.
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
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Consists of printed matter of individuals such as Robert Kelly, Ezra P. Prentice, and E. Parmalee Prentice, as well as others.
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Consists primarily of Civil War papers, including letters to William Packer Prentice and Gen. O.M. Mitchel, as well as documents, clippings, a journal and a Thomas's Almanack, 1797 (with AMs notes for 1797).
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Consists of photographs of the house at 9 West 16th Street, Ezra Parmalee Prentice (both the brother and grandfather), Paul Cheney Prentice, and William Packer Prentice, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Consists of printed works such as The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, Etc., from 1631 to 1883 and Eight Generations: The Ancestry, Education and Life of William Packer Prentice, as well as others.
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