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Exhibitions Collection

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0918
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 109 boxes
  • 46.5 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Exhibitions Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1896-2013 (inclusive) and 1951-2013 (bulk)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Form:
Exhibition catalogs. and Exhibition records.
Abstract:
Consists of material from and about the exhibitions held by the Special Collections in Firestone Library, primarily concerning subjects relating to American and English literature and art.

The collection consists of material from and about the exhibitions held by the Department of Collections in Firestone Library, primarily concerning subjects relating to American and English literature and art. [Boxes 43-47 became the "Literary Landmarks of Princeton" Exhibition Collection (C0939).]

Organized into two series: 1. Minor Exhibitions (alphabetically), 2. Major Exhibitions (chronologically).

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This collection was processed in 2002 . Finding aid written in 2002.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Physical Description

20 boxes

Aa - Ap, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Ar - Ba, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Be - Bo, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Br - Cl, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Co - Dy, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

"Collector's Choice", dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Ea - Fo, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Fr - Go, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Garrett Collection: Princeton University Manuscripts on Exhibition, circa 1942. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 boxHandmade exhibit sign.

Gr - Je, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Jo - Me, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Mi - Nu, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

"New and Notable", dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Oa - Po, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Pr - Princeton University (Debate), dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Princeton University (Football) - Princeton University (Whig-Clio), dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Princetonian -Tw, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Ua - Wi, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Wo - Z, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Signs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

General Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Cards, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University Library Exhibitions, 1896-1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Exhibition Labels: Miscellaneous, circa 1951-1960. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Exhibitions: General Information, circa 1949-1950. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Loan Desk Exhibits, circa 1945. 4 folders.
Physical Description

4 folders

Treasure Room Exhibitions, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Undergraduate Book Collecting Contest, circa 1931-1951. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

(in date order)

Physical Description

89 boxes

Princeton University Library Publications from 1938 to 1952, General Manuscripts, 1938-1952. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts

Physical Description

1 box

Exhibition Catalogs Elsewhere than Princeton, 1940-1968. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Brochures and information from exhibitions at other Universities and galleries

Physical Description

1 box

Miscellaneous, 1946-1968. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous

Physical Description

1 box

71"The Golden Age of Persian Manuscripts", 1949 January 15-1950 January 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, photocopies of exhibit materials [see also: ExB 0639.739 nos. 3 and 53]

Physical Description

1 box

"Contemporary American Hand Binding", 1951 January-March. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, publicity, invitations, mounted display labels

Physical Description

1 box

"Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: A Century of an American Classic", 1951 October 15-1951 February 1. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, publicity, leaflets, invitations

Physical Description

1 box

"Governor Jonathan Belcher" and "Nassau Hall" 1953 June (Belcher), 1956 (Nassau), 1953 June. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Belcher: exhibit cards, pamphlet

Nassau Hall: ink drawings, photographs, photostats, packet of material from U.S. Dept. of the Interior, labels and exhibit cards

Physical Description

1 box

"The Horsemen of the Americas and the Literatures They Have Inspired" and "Jonathan Edwards" 1953 February-April (Horsemen), 1953 October-December (Edwards), 1953 February-April. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Horsemen: invitation, publicity, catalogue [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 10]

Edwards: labels, publicity

Physical Description

1 box

"Emblems" and "One Hundred Great English Books" 1954 (Emblems), 1955 April-1955 May (One Hundred), 1954. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Emblems: Invitations and guest list, exhibit notes, correspondence, leaflet, catalogue, publicity [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 12]

One Hundred: Cards, leaflet, notes, labels

Physical Description

1 box

"The American Civil War: Letters and Documents from the Andre deCoppet Collection of American Historical Manuscripts.", 1955 May 16-1955 June 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, checklist, notes. [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 15]

Physical Description

1 box

"The Art of Angling", 1956. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Copies of original and printed manuscripts. [see also: Box 1 "Angling" and Box 39 "The Art of Angling"

Physical Description

1 box

"Virginia impartially examined and left to publick view...", 1957 October-December. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Leaflet, cards, labels, gallery plans, Griffin drawings (originals and Photostats), other photostats, typed catalogue, cards/labels for "Virginia and Princeton in the 18th century" [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 24]

Physical Description

1 box

"Morgantina—the Rediscovery of a Lost City in Sicily", 1958 February-April. 4 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Set of exhibition photographs, leaflets, maps and notes, publicity, labels and exhibit notes [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 25]

Physical Description

4 boxes

"One Hundred Notable American Books" and "New and Notable" 1959 February 1-1959 April 15 One Hundred, 1958 May (Notable), 1959 February 1-1959 April 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

One Hundred: Catalogue (3 volumes), 100 cards, labels [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 23]

Notable: cards and labels, gallery plans and sketches

Physical Description

1 box

"Early American Book Illustrators & Wood Engravers, 1670-1870", 1959 October 15-1960 January 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Gallery plan, invitation, leaflet, clippings, articles, sketches, labels, catalogue ("The New Sinclair Hamilton Catalogue"), glossy photostats and mounted prints [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 27]

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" Box 1 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Leaflets, correspondence, items borrowed, publicity

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" Box 2 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Exhibition notes, gallery plan, reference notes, label transcriptions, photo checklist, exhibition cards by number, typed and handwritten notes

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" Box 3 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Exhibition cards/mounted notes

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" Box 4 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Photographs for and of the exhibit, photostat copies of diagrams/manuscripts used in exhibit

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" Box 5 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Catalogue; Book: "The Desert of the Exodus" by E.H. Palmer

Physical Description

1 box

"Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" and "The Changing Face of Princeton" Box 6 of 6, 1960 February 19-1960 April 30 (Sinai), 1964 (Princeton), 1960 February 19-1960 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Sinai: mounted maps

Princeton: large mounted photos

Physical Description

1 box

"The Portrait of John Milton at Princeton" a Princeton University Library publication, 1961. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Reference materials for compilation of book, manuscript of book

Physical Description

1 box

"The Gutenberg Bible", 1961 October 28-1961 January 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Display cards revised as copy for catalogue, negative photostats, opening and invitations, leaflet, publicity [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 30]

Physical Description

1 box

"U.S. Diplomatic History: Selected Documents from the Princeton Collections", 1962 May-October. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, notes, wooden trivets

Physical Description

1 box

"In the Steps of the Dancing Man.Fall&Winter Drama Series at McCarter Theatre", 1962 January 1-1963 February 1. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards and notes (by play), publicity, playbills, posters, brochures (McCarter), gallery/exhibit plans.

Physical Description

1 box

"P.J. Conkwright, Typographer.Twenty-Five Years of Craft & Art", 1963 February 15-1963 April 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, catalogues, poster, exhibit notes, correspondence, invitations, ephemera, gallery/exhibit plans

Physical Description

1 box

"Book of Books: The English Bible and its Antecedents", 1963 May 15-1963 September 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, labels, leaflet, exhibit/gallery plans, notes, publicity, correspondence

Physical Description

1 box

"Baroque Art: Illustrated Books of the 17th Century", 1963 October-1964 January. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Poster, labels, leaflet, checklist, exhibit/gallery plans, reference materials [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 33]

Physical Description

1 box

"Seven Princeton Poets", 1963-1964. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, labels, negative photostats, catalogue, publications, poet profiles with photographs

Physical Description

1 box

"Princeton Mountaineers" Keywords: "James Ramsey Ullman", 1964. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Mounted photos w/labels, labels, signature sheet of the "American Mount Everest Expedition 1963"

Physical Description

1 box

"New Jersey Road Maps of the 18th Century", 1964. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, publicity, first edition (1 hardcover, 4 paperbacks 1964), reprinted edition (1 hardcover, 1 paperback 1970), notes on book exhibit [see also: 1174.737 and 1174.737 1970]

Physical Description

1 box

"Five Shakespearean Plays Through Four Centuries", 1964 February-April. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards/labels, notes, large photocopies of maps and etchings, poster, gallery plan, playbill (McCarter), exhibit plans, brochure (McCarter), play information: Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing

Physical Description

1 box

"New Jersey, 1664-1864", 1964 May-September. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Catalogue, notes, labels, leaflet, correspondence, road map of NJ, gallery/exhibit plans [see also: 0639.739 no. 34]

Physical Description

1 box

"Landmarks of English Literature", 1964 November-1965 January. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Catalogues, cards, leaflets, exhibit plans [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 35]

Physical Description

1 box

"Something of Kipling" Box 1 of 2, 1965 October 30-1966 January. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Catalogue and notes [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 36]

Physical Description

1 box

"Something of Kipling" Box 2 of 2, 1965 October 30-1966 January. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, labels, leaflet, photographs, printed negatives, publicity, poster, gallery/exhibit plans [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 36]

Physical Description

1 box

"Wilde and the Nineties" Keywords: "Grolier Club", 1965 October 27-1965 February 3. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, copied labels, exhibition photos, reference

Physical Description

1 box

"Mirrors of the Mediaeval World", 1966 May-September. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, labels, cards, publicity, correspondence, leaflet

Physical Description

1 box

"New and Notable" and Chinard display in MSS room, 1966 May-September. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

New: Notes, cards, exhibit/gallery plans.

Chinard: notes, cards, large photocopies

Physical Description

1 box

"An Historical Survey of Music in the Western World", 1966 January 14-1967 February. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, publicity, catalogues, invitations, leaflet, reference "Princeton Music IV Facility"

Physical Description

1 box

"Sir Chester Beatty Manuscripts", 1967 February 28-1967 April 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, labels, catalogue, box of typed manuscripts

Physical Description

1 box

"Literary Landmarks of Princeton" Boxes 1-5 [have been moved], 1967 May-October. 5 boxes.
Scope and Contents

See C0939, the "Literary Landmarks of Princeton" Exhibition Collection

Physical Description

5 boxes

"Meaning in the Visual Arts: An Exhibition Suggested by the Writings of Erwin Panofsky", 1969 February 22-1969 May 1. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, cards, labels, leaflets, catalogues. [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 38]

Physical Description

1 box

"William Blake: Engraver", 1969 December-1970 February. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Articles, labels, publicity, slides, catalogues

Physical Description

1 box

"Little Grains of Sand", 1970 April-June. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Leaflet, gallery and exhibit plans, publicity, notes and label cards for the Rare Book and Manuscripts acquisitions displayed here

Physical Description

1 box

"Alumni Day 1971 Lobby Exhibition" and "Beethoven Exhibition" and "New Jersey History in Two Collections" and "Piranesi Exhibition" 1971 November (Alumni), 1970 November (Beethoven), 1971 January-April (New Jersey), 1971 May-September (Piranesi), 1971 November. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Alumni: cards

Beethoven: labels, notes, correspondence

New Jersey: labels, leaflet, publicity, correspondence, notes, catalogue (keywords: "New Jersey Historical Society")

Piranesi: labels

Physical Description

1 box

"Five Themes from Genesis: A Graduate Student Exhibition", 1972 January-March. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, cards, leaflets, photographs, correspondence, publicity

Physical Description

1 box

"The Rossettis and the Pre-Raphaelites", 1972 May 5-1972 September 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, photographs, poster, art reproductions, correspondence, publicity

Physical Description

1 box

"The Artist as Illustrator of His Age: The World of George Cruikshank" Box 1 of 2, 1973 May 11-1973 September 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Photocopied display materials by case, cases 1-27

Physical Description

1 box

"The Artist as Illustrator of His Age: The World of George Cruikshank" Box 2 of 2, 1973 May 11-1973 September 30. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Exhibit plan and notes, gallery plan, attendance record, labels, poster, publicity, walking tour information

Physical Description

1 box

"One Hundred Notable Acquisitions 1948-1973: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Firestone Library" Box 1 of 2, 1973 January 1-1974 January 31. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, leaflet, catalogue, opening invitations, reference materials, publicity, exhibit/gallery plans.

Physical Description

1 box

"One Hundred Notable Acquisitions 1948-1973: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Firestone Library" Box 2 of 2, 1973 January 1-1974 January 31. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Reference materials, catalogue of Princeton papers in 20th century American statecraft and public policy.

Physical Description

1 box

Thomas Mann, 1975. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Photocopied documents, labels

Physical Description

1 box

"Building from a Bookcase: A History of the Princeton University Library", 1975 May-June. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Acquisition information, exhibit plans and notes, labels, catalogues, librarians' reports, trustees' minutes, publicity, case contents (photocopies and labels) 1-19.

Physical Description

2 boxes

"Gentleman's Recreation" Box 1 of 2, 1979 April. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Catalogue, labels and photocopies. [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 39]

Physical Description

1 box

"Gentleman's Recreation" Box 2 of 2, 1979 April. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, labels, cards, reference materials, publicity, exhibit/gallery plans [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 39]

Physical Description

1 box

"The Literary Life and the Hell with It!", 1980 August-September. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, correspondence, film negatives

Physical Description

1 box

"Women and Writing: A Thousand Years" Box 1 of 2, 1988 October 21-1989 January 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, catalogue [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 56]

Physical Description

1 box

"Women and Writing: A Thousand Years" Box 2 of 2, 1988 October 21-1989 January 15. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, exhibit photos, invitations, publicity [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 56]

Physical Description

1 box

"A Hudson Valley Family: Politics and Society in the New Republic", 1989 May 7-1989 September 17. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes, cards, labels, catalogue, correspondence. [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 58]

Physical Description

1 box

"From Circle to Sphere: Historical Maps Since Columbus", 1992 January 17-1992 April 12. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Poster, catalogue [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 63]

Physical Description

1 box

Raymond Mortimer Exhibition, 1993 August. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, photograph

Physical Description

1 box

"Books Eternal: Treasures of Islamic Civilization.", 1994 October 2-1995 January 8. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Labels, catalogues, invitations, DVD ("Treasures of Islamic Civilization")

Physical Description

1 box

"Telling Her Story: British Women of Letters of the Victorian Era.", 1995 October 1. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, labels, photographs

Physical Description

1 box

"A Centennial Exhibition in Celebration of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Class of 1917", 1996 May 5-1996 September 29. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, labels, poster

Physical Description

1 box

Latin American Exhibition, 1998. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards

Physical Description

1 box

Lewis Carroll, 1998. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Reproductions of photographs

Physical Description

1 box

"Sing Whatever is Well Made": The Leonard L. Milberg '53 Collection of Irish Poetry, 1998. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Includes a brochure, a photograph of Seamus Heaney, a poster, and newspaper clippings.

Physical Description

1 box

"Aubrey Beardsley, 1872-1898: A Centennial Exhibition.", 1998 October 5-1999 January 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cards, labels, flier [see also: ExB 0639.739 no. 67]

Physical Description

1 box

"One True Sentence:Hemingway and the Art of Fiction", 1999 October 4-2000 January 9. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Brochure, poster, invitation

Physical Description

1 box

"The Light of Ancient Athens: A Photographic Journey by Félix Bonfis, 1868-1875", 2001 April 22-2001 October 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Poster, cards, invitations, flier

Physical Description

1 box

"Of Maps and Men: In Pursuit of a Northwest Passage, 2004 April 4-2004 September 25. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Posters, color-illustrated booklet

Physical Description

1 box

"Portraits of the Lost Generation: Photographs by Man Ray and Other Expatriates in Paris, 1920-1939, From the Papers and Library of Sylvia Beach", 2004 January 8-2005 April 17. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Poster, brochure, labels

Physical Description

1 box

Albert Schweitzer: The Bibliographical Approach, 1956. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Graphic Arts Exhibition Files, 1955-2006. 5 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Unprocessed. Mostly from Dale Roylance era. Includes 2006 Milberg Irish exhibition files.

Physical Description

5 boxes

"To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880", 2007. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Main Gallery from 4/15 through 10/21/2007. Catalogue, poster, newsletter, invitation.

Physical Description

1 box

"The Author's Portrait: 'O, If He Could He But Have Drawne His Wit", 2010. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Main Gallery from 1/22 through 7/5/2010. Newsletter, catalogue draft, publicity, etc.

Physical Description

1 box

"Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700", 2010. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Milberg Gallery from 2/8 through 8/1/2010. Catalogue, newsletter, invitation.

Physical Description

1 box

"Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific", 2010. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Main Gallery from 7/17/2010 through 1/2/2011. Catalogue, newsletter, invitation, poster.

Physical Description

1 box

"The Cracked Lookingglass: Highlights from The Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Irish Prose Writers", 2011. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Main Gallery from 1/28 through 7/10/2011. 5 DVDs of the media (audio and video) used in the two galleries, poster.

Physical Description

1 box

"First X, Then Y, Now Z: Landmark Thematic Maps", 2012-2013. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Ran in Main Gallery from 8/24/2012 through 2/10/2013. Contains companion volume (First X, Then Y, Now Z: An Introduction to Landmark Thematic Maps), poster, invitation, logbook entries of viewers, and final report on "who is the typcial exhibition viewer?". Viewers were asked to identify their sex, location of their hometown (state or foreign country), and Princeton affliiation: student, faculty/staff memeber, alumnus, local non-PU resident, other non-PU visitor.

Physical Description

1 box

Oversize Box of Posters, Etc., 1978-2013. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Contains miscllaneous posters and printed ephemera from exhibitions.

Physical Description

1 box

Print, Suggest