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William Libbey Correspondence

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Libbey

William Libbey (Princeton Class of 1877) was a professor of physical geography at Princeton University. Libbey also served in the New Jersey National Guard, evenutally advancing to the rank of colonel, and was twice a member of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team, winning a silver medal at the 1912 Olympic Games.

Libbey

The collection consists of 207 letters written to Libbey by 89 different correspondents associated with Princeton University, the greater scientific community, and friends. Represented are Wilson Farrand, New Jersey Governor James F. Fiedler, Arnold Guyot, Ivy L. Lee, John Maclean, Allan Marquand, Junius Spencer Morgan, Robert E. Peary, Joseph P. Tumulty (as secretary to Woodrow Wilson), Henry Van Dyke, William H. Welch, and Woodrow Wilson.

Also included is a commencement program (une 1877) for the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

Arranged alphabetically.

Gift of Anne Bressman.

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This collection was processed by Barbara Volz in 2000. Finding aid written by Barbara Volz in 2000 .

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Barbara Volz
Finding Aid Date
2000
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Collection Inventory

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (B. Sharp?), 1892. 1 box.
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Alexander, H. M, 1886. 1 box.
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Alexander, Stephen, 1878. 1 box.
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Appletons, Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1886. 1 box.
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Baker, Newton D., War Department, 1917. 1 box.
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Barr, Amelia E. (English author), 1891-1914. 1 box.
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Beaufort, William, 1920. 1 box.
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Blair, [William A.], 1896. 1 box.
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Boy Scouts of America, Princeton Council, undated. 1 box.
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Bumpus, H. C. (American Society of Naturalists), 1897. 1 box.
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Burleigh, George W. (Princeton Club of N.Y.), 1896-1898. 1 box.
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Capps, Edward, 1921. 1 box.
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Chapman, Frank M, 1896. 1 box.
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Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1907-1908. 1 box.
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Crowell, Benedict (War Department), 1920. 1 box.
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Daly, Charles P, 1895-1896. 1 box.
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Davis, W. M. (William Morris), 1896. 1 box.
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Dedrick, T. S, 1902. 1 box.
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Diebitsch, Emil (Josephine Peary's brother), 1894-1906. 1 box.
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Donnelly, Frederick W. (Mayor of Trenton, N.J.), 1913-1914. 1 box.
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Duffield, Edward D, 1922. 1 box.
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Economic Geography, 1925. 1 box.
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Edge, Walter E. (U. S. Senate), 1924. 1 box.
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Elmendorf, Dwight L, 1896-1904. 1 box.
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Farrand, Wilson, 1895. 1 box.
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Fiedler, James F. (State of N. J.), 1913-1914. 1 box.
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Field, Marshall, 1878. 1 box.
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Field, William Pierson, 1919. 1 box.
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Fine, Henry B, 1904. 1 box.
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Flexner, Simon (Rockefeller Institute), 1909-1913. 1 box.
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Fox, G. H. (George Henry), 1894. 1 box.
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Gilman, Daniel C, 1891. 1 box.
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Gummere, Chas. E. (Sons of the Revolution, N.J.), 1917. 1 box.
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Guyot, Arnold, undated. 1 box.
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Halsted, N. N. (Nathaniel Norris), 1878. 1 box.
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Heilprin, Angelo, 1894. 1 box.
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Herrick, Francis H, 1895. 1 box.
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Hubbard, Gardiner Greene, undated. 1 box.
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Hubrecht, J. B, 1920. 1 box.
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Hutton, Laurence, 1898. 1 box.
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Jackson, James, 1887-1888. 1 box.
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Jackson, Sheldon, 1887. 1 box.
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James, G. Wharton, 1898-1900. 1 box.
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Kunz, George F, 1889. 1 box.
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Lamont, Daniel S, 1900. 1 box.
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Lee, Ivy L, 1909. 1 box.
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Lempriere, Charles, 1889. 1 box.
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[Libbey, Elizabeth] "Mother", 1903. 1 box.
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[Libbey] "Mame", undated. 1 box.
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Maclean, John, 1884. 1 box.
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Macloskie, George, 1913. 1 box.
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Magie, W. F. (William Francis), 1889. 1 box.
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Marquand, Allan, 1908-1912. 1 box.
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Marquand, Henry, undated. 1 box.
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McAdoo, William G, 1913. 1 box.
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McCosh, James, undated. 1 box.
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Moody, W. L, 1891. 1 box.
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Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1898. 1 box.
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Murray, James O, 1876. 1 box.
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Nassau, Robert Hamill, 1907. 1 box.
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Neuvième Congrès International de Géographie, 1909. 1 box.
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Parker, C. W, 1913. 1 box.
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Parsons, William Barclay, 1913. 1 box.
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Patton, Francis L. (with letter by Alice Lansing Atocha), undated. 1 box.
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Peary, Robert E. (with 2 postcards of Eagle Island), 1889-1911. 1 box.
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Penck, Albrecht, 1908. 1 box.
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Posse, Wilhelm, circa 1880-1903. 1 box.
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Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1902. 1 box.
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Pyne, Moses Taylor, 1908. 1 box.
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Re____?, G, 1917. 1 box.
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Richarson, Ernest Cushing, 1917. 1 box.
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Schwatka, Frederick, 1885. 1 box.
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Sloane, William M, 1896-1917. 1 box.
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Société de Géographie de Genève, 1924. 1 box.
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Stokes, Edward C, 1910-1913. 1 box.
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Struve, Hermann, 1884. 1 box.
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Stryker, William, 1884. 1 box.
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Swetland, R. W. (Roger Williams), 1917. 1 box.
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Tumulty, Joseph P. (as Secretary to Woodrow Wilson), 1913-1920. 1 box.
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Tyler, John, 1901. 1 box.
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Upton, Francis R, 1884. 1 box.
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Van Dyke, Henry, 1900. 1 box.
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Wanamaker, John, 1877. 1 box.
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Watson, C. R. (Charles Roger), 1920-1921. 1 box.
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Welch, William H. (with memorabilia), 1920. 1 box.
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White, Stanley, 1920. 1 box.
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Whitman, C. O. (Charles Otis), 1891. 1 box.
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Whitney, W. C. (William Collins), 1886-1888. 1 box.
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Wilson, C. W. (Sir Charles William), 1902. 1 box.
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Wilson, Woodrow (thank-you note), 1920. 1 box.
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Woodhull, Alfred A, undated. 1 box.
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College of New Jersey: 130th Commencement, 1877 June, Princeton, N.J., first proof of program, 1877 June. 1 box.
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Arctic Club of America: 17th Annual Dinner, 1911 January 28, broadside, 10″ x 10″, 1911 January 28. 1 box.
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